City Hall:  City Hall, located at 300 South 5^th Street, will be closed Monday, September 3 for the Labor Day holiday.

Engineering-Public Works Department: 

• The City of Paducah will not collect brush or limbs Monday, September 3. 

• The trash collection schedule for the Labor Day week will not change.

• The Compost Facility located at 1560 North 8^th Street will be closed Monday, September 3 but will resume normal operating hours, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, September 4.

Robert Coleman Spraypark:  The Robert Coleman Spraypark is open daily 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.   The Parks Services Department plans to keep the Spraypark open until the weather turns significantly colder.

Labor Day Parade:  The 2012 Labor Day Parade conducted by the Western Kentucky Labor Day Committee will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, September 3.  The parade will follow Broadway starting at 14th Street and ending at 2nd Street after making a turn onto 2^nd Street toward Jefferson.  Each year, the Labor Day Parade averages 60-70 entries.  After the parade in the downtown parking lot between Broadway and Jefferson, there will be political speaking starting at noon, food and merchant vendors, inflatables for the kids, and four bands.  The bands will play until 5 p.m.  The Farmers' Market will be open.

The downtown parking lot between Broadway and Jefferson will be closed to the public on Labor Day from 6 a.m. until the festivities end at 5 p.m.  At 7 a.m. Broadway will be closed between 14^th and 19^th Streets to allow for the marshaling of the parade entries.  Broadway from 14^th Street to Water Street will close at 9 a.m. and remain closed until the parade safety passes. 

Pets are allowed at parades.  However, for the public’s safety, Chapter 14 of the City of Paducah Code of Ordinances lists three requirements to bring a dog to a special community event such as a parade or festival.  The dog must be 

1. licensed by McCracken County Animal Control or by any other state or county,

2. restrained by a leash or other lead that is no longer than three feet, and

3. restrained by a muzzle.

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