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TOMPKINSVILLE
GAMALIEL
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE J TOMPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY — Site No. 179 — 37 Acres For more information contact Carol C. Moore, 100 North Main Street, Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 or the Kentucky Department of Commerce, Industrial Development Division, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
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LOCATION: Within southeast city limits Existing Industries ZONING: Not zoned HIGHWAY ACCESS: Paved county road adjacent to southwest A.RED KAP INDUSTRIES boundary; Kentucky 100 approximately 0.6 mile north B.STEPHENS MFG. CO. O RAILROAD; Not rail served C.CUDAHY FOODS CO. WATER : City of Tompkinsville Water and Sewer Co. D.KEY INDUSTRIES, INC. Size Line: 12-inch line on site GAS: Natural gas service presently not available ELECTRICITY: Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation SEWERAGE: City of Tompkinsville Water and Sewer Co. Size Line: 8-inch line on site OWNERSHIP: City of Tompkinsville
SCALE: 1 inch = 1500 feet UTILITIES CONTOUR INTERVAL: 20 feet ■ Water Lirte BASE: USGS 7.5 minute series - 1954 _ _ Sewer Line GAMALIEL, KENTUCKY — Site No. 179 — 30 Acres For more information contact Morris Carder, Chairman, Gamaliel Industrial Foundation, P. 0. Box 145, Gamaliel, Ken tucky 42140, or the Industrial Development Division, Department of Commerce, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Ken tucky 40801.
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LOCATION: Adjacent to western city limits ;>ZONING: Not zoned -HIGHWAY ACCESS: KY 87 along northern boundary of site 'RAl LROAD: Not rail served sWATER: Monroe County Water District J ; Size Line: 6-inch line approximately 900 feet east of site along KY87 GAS: Natural gas service presently not available -ELECTRICITY: Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation ^7; .■SEWERAGE: Sewerage service not available OWNERSHIP: Private
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Existing Industries UTILITIES A. GAMALIEL APPAREL CO. Water Line B. STITCHES. INC. INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL. KENTUCKY
Prepared by The Kentucky Department of Commerce Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with The Tompkinsville Chamber of Commerce and The City of Gamaliel
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Program supervisor - Pamela Riley; research - John McMurray; clerical - Sharon Mills and Linda Pint; graphics - Frank Ferrante, Tony Cecconi, Richard Spencer; cartography - Industrial Development Division. Cost of printing paid from state funds.
IV TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
INDUSTRIAL SITES i
SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES - TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL, KENTUCKY 1
THE LABOR MARKET AREA 7 Population 7 Labor Force Characteristics of Residents, 1978 7 Major Tompkinsville and Gamaliel Manufacturing Firms, Their Products and Employment 8 Labor Organizations 8 Industrial Services 9 Estimated Male Labor Supply 10 Estimated Female Labor Supply 10 Average Weekly Wages by Industry, by Place of Work, 1978 11 Per Capita Personal Income 13
TRANSPORTATION 14
Rail 14 Highways 14 Truck Service 14 Air 16 Taxi 17 Rental Services 17
POWER AND FUEL 18 Electricity 18 Natural Gas 18 Other Fuels 19
WATER AND SEWERAGE 20
Water 20 Sewerage 22
CLIMATE 23 Chapter Page
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 24 City 24 County 24 Assessed Value of Property, 1979 24 Property Taxes 25 Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1979 . 25 Utilities Gross Receipts Tax for Schools 26 Planning and Zoning 26 Safety 26 Police 26 Fire 26 Rescue Service 26 Refuse Collection and Disposal 27
EDUCATION 28
Public Schools 28 Area Colleges and Universities 29 Vocational Schools 30
HEALTH 32
Local Medical Personnel 32 Hospitals 32 Other Medical Facilities 32 Ambulance Service 32 Public Health 32
OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES 33
Communications 33 Library Services 34 Religious Institutions 34 Financial Institutions 35 Hotels and Motels 35 Clubs and Organizations 35
RECREATION 36
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS 38
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LOCATION
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Road Distance in Miles from Tompkinsville:
Atlanta 370 Bal timore 706 Chicago 419 Detroit 487 New York 868 St. Louis 346
POPULATION
City of Tompkinsville, 1976 2,056 City of Gamaliel, 1976 ^7T Monroe County, 1978 12,000 Labor Market Area, 1978 72,100 % Nonwhite, Monroe County, 1977 3.8
LABOR ANALYSIS
Labor Market Area - Monroe, Allen, Barren, Cumberland and Metcalfe Counties
Estimated available workers from labor market area, 1978:
Male 3,453* Female 3,204*
Unemployment rate, 1978 Labor Market Area 5.5%
Monroe County 6.8% Cumberland County 4.5% Allen County 4.5% Metcalfe County 0"% Barren County 5.5%
*Includes the number of men and women in the adjoining Tennessee counties of Clay and Macon who are available for industrial jobs. Total employment, Monroe County, 1978 - 4,881 Manufacturing employment in labor market area, 1978 - 8,369 Major local manufacturing plants:
Name Employment
Tompkinsville
Key Industries, Inc. 188 Red Kap Industries 200
Gamaliel
Harpeth Apparel 390
Labor unions in local manufacturing plants:
None
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Mileage from Location Tompkinsville
Tool & Die, Machine & Pattern Shops Horse Cave, Kentucky 43 Metal Service Centers Bowling Green, Kentucky 63 Heat Treating Nashville, Tennessee 104 80 Metal Finishers Elizabethtown, Kentucky Electric Motor Repair Bowling Green, Kentucky 63
TRANSPORTATION
Rail : Nearest rail service - Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Glasgow, 32 miles from Tompkinsville Piggyback service - Available at Glasgow
Highways: Interstate - 1-65, 43 miles northwest of Tompkinsville Parkway - Cumberland Parkway, 24 miles north of Tompkinsville
Truck: Number of Interstate motor carriers - 4; Local terminals - 0
2. Air:
Scheduled airline service - Available in Louisville, Kentucky, 127 miles northwest of Tompkinsville, and in Nashville, Tennessee, 128 miles southwest of Tompkinsville, both served by major airlines Commuter air service available in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 63 miles northwest of Tompkinsville>
Nearest local airport - Moore Field, Glasgow; Distance - 29 miles north of Tompkinsville; Runway length - 4,000 feet
UTILITIES AND SERVICES
Electricity:
Tompkinsville and Gamaliel
Local distributor - Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation Source of power - Tennessee Valley Authority
Natural Gas:
Tompkinsville
Local distributor - Tompkinsville Water and Gas Company Source of supply - Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Available for new industry - Yes
Gamaliel
Natural gas service is not available.
Other Fuels:
Number of area propane distributors - S Number of area distillate fuel oil distributors - 5
Water, treated:
Tompkinsville
Local supplier - Municipal Excess municipal system capacity - 1,210,000 qpd Storage capacity - 700,000 gal Ions Expansions planned - ^
Gamaliel Local supplier - Monroe County Water District Source of supply of treated water - Tompkinsville Water Works Storage capacity - 225,000 gal Ions Expansions planned - ^
3. Water, raw: Sources in Monroe County - East Fork of Barren River and Cumberland River
Sewer:
Tompkinsville
Excess treatment capacity - 69,000 gpd Planned expansions - Yes
Gamaliel
Septic tanks are utilized for sewage disposal.
CLIMATE
Temperature, Normal - 59.4 degrees F. Precipitation, Normal - 46.00 inches Snowfall, Mean Annual - 11.2 inches Prevailing winds - South Relative humidity {%) - 6 a.m. 6 p.m. 62
GOVERNMENT
Tompkinsville
Type - Mayor-City Council Police personnel - full-time - 4^ Fire department personnel - volunteer - 18 Fire insurance rating (A.I.A.), class - Inside city - 8 Outside city - 10
Gamaliel
Type - Board of Trustees Police personnel - full-time - ^ Fire department personnel - volunteer - ^ Fire insurance rating (A.I.A.), class - Inside city - ]_ Outside city - 10
4, TAXES
Property taxes:
Combined state and local rates per $100 valuation, 1979 (100;: assessment)
Inside City Inside City Outside of Tompkinsville of Gamaliel City
1. Land and buildings $0,903 $0,893 $0,693 2. Mfg. machinery, raw materials, goods in process, pollution control equipment 0.150 0.150 0.150 3. Finished goods, office equipment, vehicles, other tangibles 1.074 1.064 0.864 4. Intangibles (accounts receivable, notes, bonds, etc.) 0.250 0.250 0.250 5. Leaseholds in I. R. bond financed plants 0.015 0.015 0.015
Special local taxes:
Utilities tax - 3.; of electric, gas, water, sewer, telephone services
EDUCATION
Nearest state vocational-technical school - Bowling Green State Vocational-Technical School at Bowling Green, 63 miles from Tompkinsville Area vocational education center - Monroe County Area Vocational Education Center at Tompkinsville Nearest college or university - Lindsey Wilson College at Columbia, 45 miles from Tompkinsville
Public Schools:
High school enrollment - 751^; Student/teacher ratio - 16-1 Junior high school enrollment - 443; Student/teacher ratio - 28-1 Elementary school enrollment - 1,297; Student/teacher ratio - 20-1
MEDICAL
Number of physicians locally - 4; Number of dentists locally - ^ Hospital - Monroe County War Memorial Hospital; Number of beds - 49
COMMUNICATIONS
Local newspaper - Tompkinsville News - Weekly Local radio station - WTKY-AM & FM (Tompkinsville) Television reception - Cable service available in Tompkinsville; recep tion in Gamaliel from Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee
5. RELIGIOUS FACILITIES
Churches - 8 in Tompki'nsvi'11e> 3 in Gamaliel Nearest synagogues - Louisville, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Tompkinsvllle
Banks - 2; Total assets - $36,157,876.11
Gamaliel Banks - 1^; Total assets - Sl9,333,301.03
PUBLIC LODGING
Total number hotels and motels - 2; Total rooms - 20
RECREATION FACILITIES
Tompkinsville City park with facilities for picnicking, camping, hiking, and fishing and boating on a 100-acre lake; 2 tennis courts; baseball, Softball and football fields at local schools
Gamaliel City park with 2 tennis courts, picnic shelters and grills; baseball diamond and football field located on school grounds Nearest Kentucky state park - Barren River Lake State Resort Park Camping; Swimming; Fishing; Water skiing; Boating; Lodgings; Dining facility; Open year round
6. THE LABOR MARKET AREA
POPULATION Area 1978* 1970 Percent Nonwhite**
Tompkinsville 2,056** 2,207 13.6 Gamaliel 371** 431 N/A Labor Market Area 72,100 69,944 N/A Monroe County 12,000 11,642 3.8 Allen County 13,300 12,598 2.1 Barren County 30,900 28,677 6.2 Cumberland County 7,200 6,850 6.3 Metcalfe County 8,700 8,177 4.0
**1976 Population Estimates; 1970 Percent Nonwhite for cities; 1977 Per cent Nonwhite for counties. Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Population, 1970. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 756, January 1979; Series P-26, No. 78-17, August 1979. University of Louisville, Urban Studies Center, Population Research Unit, Kentucky's Population Disaqqreqations of 1977 Estimates, December 1978,
LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTS, 1978 Monroe County Labor Market Area
Civilian Labor Force 5,235 39,512
Employment 4,881 37,336
Agricultural 989 5,832 Nonagricultural 3,892 31,504
Unemployment 354 2,176
Rate of Unemployment (%) 6.8 5.5 Source: Kentucky Department for Human Resources, Kentucky Labor Force Estimates, Annual Averages, 1978.
7. MAJOR TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL MANUFACTURING FIRMS, THEIR PRODUCTS AND EMPLOYMENT* Employment Firm (Establishment date) Product Total Male Female
Tompklnsville
Anderson Forest Products (1976) Wood pallets, wood boxes, blocking 42 40 2 Roy Anderson Lumber Company (1956) Rough lumber 35 34 1 Cudahy Foods Company (1949) Cheddar and col by cheese 38 31 7 Graham Pallet Company (1960) Wood pallets 45 44 1 Key Industries, Inc. (1952) Men's and boys' jeans, dungarees, coveralls 188 30 158 Red Kap Industries (1963) Men's coveralls, work coats, jackets 200 30 170 Stephens Manufacturing Company, Inc. (1956) Steel bulk cement silos, ready mix plants, pollution control equipment 46 45
Gamaliel
Harpeth Apparel (1960) Casual jeans, men's sportswear, women's sportswear 390 80 310 Stitches, Inc. (1976) Men's sportswear, women's sportswear 85 15 70 ♦Manufacturing companies with 20 employees or more. Source: Kentucky Department of Commerce, Division of Research and Planning.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
Presently there are no unions representing manufacturing workers in Monroe County.
8. INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Mileage from Location Tompkinsville
Tool & Die, Machine & Pattern Shops Horse Cave, Kentucky 43
Metal Service Centers Bowling Green, Kentucky 63
Heat Treating Nashville, Tennessee 104
Metal Finishers Elizabethtown, Kentucky 80
Electric Motor Repair Bowling Green, Kentucky 63 Source: Kentucky Directory of Selected Industrial Services, 1979.
9. ESTIMATED MALE LABOR SUPPLY TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL LABOR MARKET AREA Current Future Not in Under Reaching 18 years Area Total Labor Force Unemployed employed of aqe before 1985
Labor Market Area 3,453 3,955 Monroe 495 84 171 240 562 Allen 439 96 153 190 531 Barren 1,224 218 476 530 1,381 Cumberland 319 54 95 170 299 Metcalfe 326 62 144 120 393
Clay (Tenn.) 270 N/A N/A N/A 282 Macon (Tenn.) 380 N/A N/A N/A 507 Estimates by County, 1978. Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, Available Labor, February 1979. Kentucky Department of Commerce, Future Labor Supply before 1985.
ESTIMATED FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY TOMPKINSVILLE '\ND GAMALIEL LABOR MARKET AREA Current Future Not in Under- Reaching 18 years Area Total Labor Force Unemployed employed of age before 1985
Labor Market Area 3,204 3,684 492 Monroe 419 36 183 200 Allen 464 43 171 250 531 Barren 1,119 100 529 490 1,216 Cumberland 230 21 99 110 310 360 Metcalfe 262 27 155 80
Clay (Tenn.) 250 N/A N/A N/A 306 Macon (Tenn.) 460 N/A N/A N/A 469 Estimates by County, 1978. Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development, Available Labor, February 1979. Kentucky Department of Commerce, Future Labor Supply before 1985.
10. AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES BY INDUSTRY,
Monroe Allen Barren County County County
All Industries $141.68 $176.53 $176.11 Mining & Quarrying * * 237.09 Contract Construction 96.44 197.02 Manufacturing 146.82 190.68 211.82 Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities 214.34 235.07 214.34 Wholesale & Retail Trade 117.87 147.08 126.15 Finance, Insurance & Real Estate * 185.69 199.18 Services 123.26 98.00 134.07 Other "k * *
Cumberland Metcalfe County County
All Industries $123.39 $119.11 Mining & Quarrying * * Contract Construction * 101.44 Manufacturing * 112.46 Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities 114.80 ★ Wholesale & Retail Trade 114.87 110.23 Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 133.87 133.92 Services 122.16 156.09 Other * * Note: Excludes domestic workers, railway workers; certain nonprofit corporations; majority of federal, state, and local government workers; and self-employed workers. Source: Kentucky Department for Human Resources, Average Weekly Wages of Workers Covered by Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Law, 1978.
11. Occupational wage rates for specific industries are usually not available to most government agencies, and wage data furnished to state employment agencies by individual industrial employers is pro tected from disclosure by federal law. The most reliable up-to-date wage information can be obtained by direct contact with local employers.
Associated Industries of Kentucky, a voluntary organization of Kentucky businesses, regularly collects occupational wage rates and fringe benefits data from participating member firms. Data is compiled for over 127 clearly defined office, production, and service occupations. Tabulations are published for eleven regions of Kentucky, as shown on the map below. It should be noted that the data may be weighted by the pre ponderance of firms in the larger cities and may be somewhat higher than the rates paid in the smaller communities. Data from these tabulations are available, upon request, from the Kentucky Department of Commerce, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
Associated Industries of Kentucky Area Wage Surveys Up-to-date occupational wage rates of the existing industries are maintained by South Kentucky Industrial Development Association, Inc., Post Office Box 726, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240.
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME Percent Area 1977 1973 Change
Monroe County $4,036 $2,574 56.8 Labor Market Area Range $3,646 - 5,543 $2,332 - 3,579 N/A Kentucky 5,989 4,021 48.9 U.S. 7,026 4,980 41.1 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, April 1979.
13, TRANSPORTATION
Rail The nearest rail service is provided by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Glasgow, 32 miles northwest of Tompkinsville. Services at Glasgow are: one local turn around to Park City 5 days a week; switch engine; switching facilities; team track with space for 12 cars; and piggyback facilities. For details on routing, schedules, rates, and services, contact: Manager of Industrial Development Louisville and Nashville Railroad 908 West Broadway Louisville, Kentucky 40201 (502)587-5723
Highways Kentucky Route 163 connects Tompkinsville with Kentucky Route 90, 14 miles to the north, and with the Cumberland Parkway near Edmonton, 24 miles to the north. Access to Interstate 65 is 43 miles northwest of Tompkinsville via Kentucky 163 and Kentucky 90. Kentucky Route 100/63 connects Tompkinsville and Gamaliel.
Truck Service
Company Home Office
Manning Motor Express, Inc.* Westwood Drive P.O. Box 685 Glasgow. Kentucky 42141 Merchants Freight Line* P.O. Box 298 Lafayette, Tennessee 37083 Tompkinsville Transfer Company, Inc.** 1213 Rugby Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37207 Smith's Transfer Corporation* P.O. Box 1000 Staunton, Virginia 24401
*Interstate only. **Interstate and Intrastate.
14 other Freight Services Nearest Shipping Center or Home Office Purolator Courier Corporation* Campbellsville, 62 miles north of Tompkinsville; Bowling Green, 63 miles northwest of Tompkinsville United Parcel Service* Bowling Green, 63 miles northwest of Tompkinsville KATO Express (Air Cargo Service)** Elizabethtown, 80 miles north of Tompkinsville
HIGHWAY MILES AND TRUCK TRANSIT TIME IN DAYS FROM TOMPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, TO SELECTED MARKET CENTERS Delivery Delivery Highway Time Highway Time City Miles TL City Miles TL
Atlanta, Ga. 370 2nd day Los Angeles, Ca. 2,153 6th day Baltimore, Md. 706 2nd day Louisville, Ky. 127 Same day Birmingham, Ala. 324 Overnight Nashville, Tenn. 128 Same day Chicago, 111. 419 2nd day New Orleans, La. 645 2nd day Cincinnati, Ohio 225 Overnight New York, N. Y. 868 3rd day Cleveland, Ohio 472 2nd day Pittsburgh, Pa. 508 2nd day Detroit, Mich. 487 2nd day St. Louis, Mo. 346 Overnight Knoxville, Tenn. 218 Overnight Source: Delivery Time Only - Manning Motor Express, P.O. Box 685, Glasgow, Kentucky 42141.
*For regular scheduled pickups or for occasional pickups, arrangements must be made with the Louisville office of Purolator Courier Corpora tion or United Parcel Service. **Daily pickup and delivery service is available to and from Standiford Field in Louisville. Arrangements for service should be made through the home office In Elizabethtown.
15. Air
Nearest Small Craft
Moore Field Location: Glasgow, 29 miles north of Tompkinsville Runways: 1 paved Length: 4,000 feet Traffic Control Wind sock Lighting: Runway lights sundown to sunrise, VASI Services: 100 octane, jet fuel, charter, flight instruction, taxi, A & E repairs, rental cars available, hangar rental, tug, auxiliary power unit Air Freight Service: Chartered air freight service must be arranged
Nearest Scheduled Airline Service*
Standiford Field Location: Louisville, Kentucky, 127 miles northwest of Tompkinsville Runways: 3 paved Length: 7,800 feet; 7,250 feet; 5,000 feet Traffic Control: Control tower, approach control, ground control, radar service - departure control, clearance delivery Lighting: Runways, obstructions, beacon and approach and touchdown lights, center line on one runway Services: American, Delta, Eastern, Ozark, Piedmont, TWA, USAir and Air Kentucky (commuter) Airlines; 100 octane and jet fuel; major A & E repairs; Hertz, Avis, National, and Budget rent-a-car service; taxi; city bus service; restaurant; Louisville-Jefferson County Air Board Air Freight Service: Air freight terminal
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*In addition, the Bowling Green-Warren County Airport which is located 63 miles northwest of Tompkinsville is served by Air Kentucky, a commuter air carrier.
16. Nashville Metropolitan Airport Location: Nashville, Tennessee, 128 miles southwest of Tompkinsville Runways: 3 paved Length: 8,000 feet; 7,700 feet; 4,025 feet Traffic Control Tower, ground control, clearance, departure, arrival. Automatic Information Service Lighting: Runway and beacon Services: American, Braniff, Delta, Eastern, Ozark, Piedmont, Southern, TWA, USAir, Air Kentucky (commuter), Tennessee Airways (commuter). Vale (commuter). Air Bama (commuter), Com.air (commuter); 100/130 octane, jet fuel; major repairs; tie downs and hangars; charter service; flight instructions; limousine; bus; taxi; car-plane rentals; weather information; restaurant; hotel Air Freight Service: Air freight terminal
Taxi - Tompkinsville has two cab companies providing 24-hour service
Rental Services - Car, truck and trailer rentals are available at Glasgow, 32 miles from Tompkinsville.
17. POWER AND FUEL
Electricity Company serving Tompkinsville, Gamaliel and Monroe County - Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation Source of power - Tennessee Valley Authority Total generating capacity - 27,071,480 KW* For industrial rates contact:
South Kentucky Industrial Development Association, Inc. P. 0. Box 726 Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240 (502) 885-5392
and/or
Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation 919 North Main Street Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 (502) 487-6761
Natural Gas Company serving Tompkinsville - Tompkinsville Gas System Source of supply - Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Size of transmission mains - 30 inches (supplier) 3 inches (distributor) Distribution mains - 2 and 3 inches Distribution pressure - 25 psi Btu content - 1,000 per cubic foot Specific gravity - 0.585 For rates and supplies contact: Tompkinsville Water and Gas Company c/o City Hall Magnolia Street Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 (502) 487-6776
Natural gas service is not available in Gamaliel.
*1976 capacity in service - kilowatts,
18. other Fuels
Propane (Within 30 miles)
Harold Clarkson Gas & Appliances Petrolane Gas Service 921 West Main Marrowbone, Kentucky 42759 Glasgow, Kentucky 42141 Petrolane Gas Service Pargas of Glasgow Lafayette Road 214 Industrial Drive Red Boiling Springs, Glasgow, Kentucky 42141 Tennessee 37150
Williams Energy Company West Main Glasgow, Kentucky 42141
Fuel oils
Distillate fuel oil - (Within 30 miles)
Edwin Bradshaw Oil Gulf Oil Corporation Marrowbone, Kentucky 42759 700 West Main Glasgow, Kentucky 42141 Paul Bridges Oil Company Industrial Drive Standard Oil Company Glasgow, Kentucky 42141 210 Leslie Avenue Glasgow, Kentucky 42141
Standard Oil Company 310 South Main Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167
Residual fuel oil - Arrangements must be made with the refinery.
Low sulphur content coal - Available in eastern Kentucky.
19. WATER AND SEWERAGE
Water Company serving Tompklnsvine - Tompkinsvine Water Works Old Mulky Road Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 (502) 487-6211 Source - Mill Creek Reservoir Treatment plant capacity - 1,500,000 gallons per day Average daily consumption - 290,000 gallons Type treatment - Flocculation, clarification, filtration, coagulation, fluoridation, and disinfection Storage capacity - 700,000 gallons Size lines - 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 inches Average pressure - 130 psi
MONTHLY WATER RATES FOR WHOLESALE AND INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS
First 2,000 gallons S5.70 Minimum Bill Next 3,000 gallons 1.50 per M gal Ions Next 5,000 gal Ions 1.15 per M gallons Next 15,000 gallons .90 per M gallons Next 75,000 gal Ions .70 per M gallons Next 100,000 gallons .55 per M gallons Over 200,000 gallons .35 per M gallons
Tap-on charge: $80
Name of water district Monroe County Water District c/o Clyde Cunningham Route 4 Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 (502) 487-5375 Area served - All of Monroe County except Tompkinsville, Fountain Run and the Fountain Run Water District Date when water district began operating - April 1979 Source of supply of treated water - Tompkinsville Water Works Average amount of water used in a 24-hour period - 60,000 gallons Storage capacity - 225,000 gallons Pressure - 35-100 psi Average temperature - 55 degrees F. Size lines - 4, 6, and 8 inches Monthly rates - See following page
20. Monthly Rates - Monroe County Water District
5/8" X 3/4" Meter
First 2,000 gallons $7.00 Minimum Bill Next 3.000 gallons 2.00 per M gallons Next 5,000 gallons 1.50 per M gallons Over 10,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
3/4" Meter
First 3,000 gallons $9.00 Minimum Bill Next 2,000 gallons 2.00 per M gallons Next 5,000 gallons 1.50 per M gallons Over 10,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
1" Meter
First 5,000 gallons $13.00 Minimum Bill Next 5,000 gallons 1,50 per M gallons Over 10,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
1 1/2" Meter
First 10,000 gallons $20.50 Minimum Bill Over 10,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
2" Meter
First 16,000 gallons $27.70 Minimum Bill Over 16,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
3" Meter
First 30,000 gallons $44.50 Minimum Bill Over 30,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
4" Meter
First 50,000 gallons $68.50 Minimum Bill Over 50,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
6" Meter
First 100,000 gallons $128.50 Minimum Bill Over 100,000 gallons 1.20 per M gallons
Tap-on charges:
5/8 X 3/4-inch meter $300 3/4-inch meter 300 1-inch meter 500 1 1/2-inch meter 750 2-inch meter 900 Larger than 2-inch meter Actual cost of materials and installation
21. Surface water sources - East Fork of Barren River and Cumberland River Average discharge - Barren River near Finney, Kentucky, 1,458 cfs (27 years, unadjusted, USGS) Expected ground water yield - 5 to 50 gpm in belts running north - south in central and western portions of county; 5 gpm or less over the remainder of county
Sewerage Company serving Tompkinsville - Tompkinsville Sewerage Company* City Hall Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 {502) 487-8410/487-6776 Design capacity - 500,000 gallons per day Average daily flow - 431,000 gallons Treatment - Secondary, activated sludge with final settling tanks Type treatment - 60-cubic-foot grit chamber, extended aeration, clarifier, chlorine contact tank, 4 drying beds (5,540 square feet) Treated effluent discharged into - Curtis Branch Size of sanitary mains - 4, 6, 8 and 12 inches Size of storm mains - 24, 36 and 48 inches Rates - $4.56 flat rate per customer per month Tap-on charge: $65.00 per customer
Gamaliel - Gamaliel is utilizing septic tanks for sewage disposal at this time.
*Step 1 of a 201 Facilities Plan has been completed and is under review.
22. CLIMATE
Monroe County
Temperature Normal {30-year record) 59.4 degrees Average annual 1978 58.0 degrees Record highest. July, 1952 (39-year record) 107.0 degrees Record lowest. January. 1963 (39-year record) -15.0 degrees Normal heating degree days (30-year record) 3.696 (Heating degree day totals are the sums of negative departures of average daily temperatures from 65 degrees F.)
Precipitation
Normal (30-year record) 46.00 inches Mean annual snowfall (37-year record) 11.20 inches Total precipitation 1978 53.44 inches Mean number days precipitation (.01 inch or more) (37-year record) 119 Mean number days thunderstorms (37-year record) 55 Prevailing Winds (22-year record) South Relative Humidity (13-year record)
Midnight 79 percent 6 a.m. 84 percent Noon 58 percent 6 p.m. 62 percent
Source: UTS. Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, C1imatological Data, 1978. Station of record: Nashville, Tennessee.
23. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
City
Tompklnsvllle
Structure - Mayor - 4-year term; 6 councilmen - 2-year terms
Budget 1979 - General Fund $ 98,000 Water and Sewer Fund 166,300 City Gas System 193,731
Fees and licenses - Business licenses range from $15 to $300 per year
Gameliel
Structure - Board of Trustees, chairman and 4 board members - 2-year terms
Income 1978 - General Fund $76,420
Fees and licenses - Occupational license $25 per year
County
Structure - County Judge/Executive - 4-year term; 5 magistrates - 4-year terms
Budget 1979-80 - General Fund $178,658; Road Fund $66,685
Assessed Value of Property, 1979
Monroe County Classes of Property Tompkinsville Gamaliel (1979-80)
Real Estate and Tangibles Not Available $3,397,519 Real Estate $67,400,994 Tangibles 20,871,089
24. Property Taxes All property in Kentucky is assessed at 100 percent of fair cash value. Land and buildings are taxed by the state and may be taxed by local jurisdictions. The state rate is $0,279 per $100 of assessed valuation. Manufacturing machinery, raw materials inventories, pollution control equipment, and goods in the process of manufacture are not subject to local taxation. The state rate is $0.15 per $100. Other tangible personal property owned by manufacturers (automobiles, trucks, finished goods, office furniture, office equipment) is taxed by the state at $0.45 per $100 and may be taxed by local jurisdictions. Property stored in public warehouses in a transit status is not subject to local taxation. The state rate is only $0,015 per $100. Intangible personal property located in Kentucky (money in hand, shares of stock, notes, bonds, accounts receivable, and other credits) is taxed by the state at $0.25 per $100, and is not subject to local taxation. Private leaseholds in industrial facilities owned by cities or counties and financed by industrial revenue bonds are subject to a state tax of $0,015 per $100 of value (essentially the lessee's equity, adjusted for appreciation or depreciation). Local taxation is not permitted. Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1979* (lOOX assessment) Inside City Inside City Outside of Tompkinsville of Gamaliel City 1. Land and buildings $0,903 $0,893 $0,693 2. Mfg. machinery, raw materials, goods in process, pollution control equipment 0.150 0.150 0.150 3. Finished goods, office equipment, vehicles, other tangibles 1.074 1.064 0.864 4. Intangibles (accounts receivable, notes, bonds, etc.) 0.250 0.250 0.250 5. Leaseholds in I. R. bond financed plants 0.015 0.015 0.015
*Kentucky Department of Commerce.
25 utilities Gross Receipts Tax for Schools A 3 percent tax is levied on utilities receipts for schools in Monroe County. Tax is paid by all consumers of utilities as an add-on to the utilities bills. Exempted are receipts from utilities services that are resold and the receipts from the sale of energy or energy producing fuels that exceed 3 percent of the cost of production in manufacturing, processing, mining or refining.
Planning and Zoning The joint city/county planning commission of Monroe County and the cities of Tompkinsville, Gamaliel and Fountain Run is not active at the present time. Mandatory state codes enforced - Plumbing, National Fire Protection Association Code, National Building Code (for major buildings and residential construction containing more that 12 bedrooms per building)
Safety
Police Tompkinsville Gamaliel Monroe County Total staff 4 2 full-time 6 1 part-time Radio-patrol cars 2 1 3
Fire
American Insurance Association Fire Rating 8 7 Volunteers 18 22
Rescue Service
Monroe County Rescue Sguad: Number of volunteers - 43 Equipment - Utility truck, step van, pontoon and motor, boat and motor, 3 generators, dragging equipment, 4 fire extinguishers, first aid supplies, oxygen tank, chain saw and attachments, and basic rescue gear. Members have CB radios. Personnel training - Four members are certified emergency medical technicians, and four are registered nurses. Other members receive standard first aid training.
26. Refuse Collection and Disposal
Tompkinsville Gamaliel
Type service Municipal Municipal Fee charged: residential $1.50 to $3.00 $2.00 per month per month business $8.00 to 20.00 $10.00 per month per month industrial $80.00 to $85.00 $18.00 per load per month Collection frequency residential Once weekly Twice weekly business Twice weekly Daily to 3 times weekly industrial Each work day Each work day Trash pickup Twice yearly None Disposal method Sanitary landfill Sanitary landfill
27. EDUCATION
Public Schools
Monroe County
Total Enrollment (March 1979) 2,491 Elementary 1,297 Junior High 443 High School 751
Student-Teacher Ratio 19-1 Elementary 20-1 Junior High 28-1 High School 15-1
Percent High School Graduates to College 30.9
Expenditures Per Pupil (1977-78) $898.20
Bonded Indebtedness, June 30, 1978 $1,524,000
28. Area Colleges and Universities
Location Enrollment Highest Degree Name (Miles distant)* (Fall, 1978) Conferred
Lindsay Wilson College Columbia, Kentucky (45) 381 Associate Tennessee Technical University Cooksville, Tennessee (56) 7,473 Masters, Ph.D.** Campbellsville College Campbellsville, Kentucky (62) 652 Baccalaureate Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky (63) 13,224 Masters, Specialist*** Somerset Community College Somerset, Kentucky (87) 805 Associate
*Mileage from Tompkinsville. **Ph.D. in engineering only. ***Joint doctoral degree programs are offered in cooperation with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, and cooperative doctoral degrees are offered with the University of Louisville.
29. Vocational Schools
Nearest State School
Bowling Green State Vocational- Technical School Location Bowling Green Miles Distant 63 from Tompkinsville Curriculum Agriculture Adult Agriculture Business and Office Accounting Clerical Secretarial Consumer and Home Economics Commercial Foods Distributive Education Health and Personal Services Occupations Dental Assistant Health Careers Nurse Assistant (Adult) Practical Nurse Respiratory Therapy Surgical Technician Industrial Education Auto Body Repair Auto Mechanics Carpentry Civil Highway Technology Drafting Electronics (Technology) Electronics Servicing Occupations (i.e. Radio & TV Repair) Graphic Arts (Printing) Industrial Electricity Machine Shop Masonry Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Small Engine Repair Tool and Die Making Welding
30. Nearest Area Education Center
Monroe County Area Vocational Education Center Location Tompkinsville Curriculum Agribusiness Business and Office Industrial Education Auto Mechanics Building Trades Drafting Electricity Farm Machinery Repair Welding Arrangements can be made to provide training in the specific production skills required by an industrial plant. Instruction may be conducted either in the vocational school or in the industrial plant, depending upon the desired arrangement and the availability of special equipment.
31. HEALTH
Local Medical Personnel
Tompkinsville and Gamaliel
Physicians - 4 Dentists - 4
Hospitals
General Hospital Location Beds
Monroe County War Memorial Hospital* Tompkinsville 49
General hospital facilities - X-ray equipment, emergency room, operating room, delivery room, laboratory, respiratory therapy
Medical staff - 4 medical doctors, 7 registered nurses, 9 licensed practical nurses, 1 pathologist (consulting), 1 radiologist, 1 cardiologist (consulting).
Other Medical Facilities
Monroe County Comprehensive Care Center Services - Group activities; social skills; individual visitation; mental health, mental retardation; drug and alchohol abuse; family counseling; outreach program
Ambulance Service
Name - Monroe County War Memorial Hospital Ambulance Service Staff - Vehicles staffed by hospital personnel; two emergency medical technicians on duty at all times Service - 24-hour, county-wide Equipment - Two fully equipped ambulances; one partially equipped transporter
Public Health
Facility - Monroe County Health Department** Staff - Administrator, registered nurse, records administrator, environmentalist
*A new $4 mil 1 ion hospital is now under construction with completion due in 1981. **A $100,000 building program is under way for the Monroe County Health Department. The new facilities will provide full health care services including a new X-ray machine and family planning. Completion is scheduled for early in 1980.
32. OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES
Communications
Tompkinsville Gamaliel
Telephone - General Telephone South Central Rural Company Telephone Cooperative Services - Standard Standard
Telegraph - Western Union Western Union Services - Toll-free number Toll-free number
Postal - U.S. Post Office Class - Second Third Mail received - Once daily Once daily Mail dispatched - Once daily Once daily
Newspapers - Tompkinsville News Weekly and circulation - 3,400 Other papers received from Louisville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Louis- and Scottsville, vtlle, Glasgow, and Kentucky; Nashville, Scottsville, Kentucky; Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
Radio - WTKY-AM & FM Stations received from - Louisville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Louis and Bowling Green, ville, Glasgow, and Kentucky; Celina Bowling Green, and Nashville, Kentucky; Celina and Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
Television - Cable service Yes No Reception from Louisville and Bowling Bowling Green, Kentucky; Green, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessse Celina and Nashville, Tennessee Kentucky Educational Television - Bowling Green Bowling Green transmitter- transmitter- Channel 53 Channel 53
33. Library Services
Public library - William B. Harlan Memorial Library Size collection - 29,953 volumes Circulation, 1977-78 - 32,837; bookmobile - 20,840 Services - Magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, records, record player, art, story hour for day care center, 4 talking book machines for the blind, 8 mm projector and films, movie screens, microfilm, reader-printers, copying machine, cassette players, sports equip- ment, bookmobile, interlibrary loan, play school, community meeting room, services to shut ins, nursing homes, and senior citizens activities.
Reliqious Institutions
Tompkinsville Gamaliel
Number of churches - 8 3 Denominations - Baptist Baptist Catholic Church of Christ Church of Christ Methodist Church of First Born Church of Today Jehovah Witnesses Latter Day Saints Methodist
Nearest Synagogues - Louisville, Kentucky, 127 miles from Tompkinsville Nashville, Tennessee, 128 miles from Tompkinsville Congregations Louisville, Kentucky - Adath Israel (reform) Adath Jeshurun (conservative) Anshei Sfard (orthodox) Brith Sholom (reform) Keneseth Israel (orthodox) Nashville, Tennessee - Sherith Israel (orthodox) Ohabai Shalom (reform) West End Synague (conservative)
34. Financial Institutions
Statement Banks Assets Deposits Date
Tompkinsville
Deposit Bank of Monroe County $23,744,438.77 $21,475,749.39 12/30/78 Peoples Bank of Tompkinsville 12,413,437.34 11,055,937.07 12/31/78
Gamaliel
Gamaliel Bank 19,333.301.03 17,921.716.79 12/30/78
Hotels and Motels
Tompkinsville
Total number - 2 Total units - 20
Clubs and Organizations
Monroe County
American Legion Boy Scouts Business and Professional Women's Club Chamber of Commerce Cub Scouts Eastern Star 4-H Club Fountain Run Community Club Future Farmers of America Future Homemakers of America Gamaliel Industrial Foundation Girl Scouts Historical Society Jaycees Lions Little League Masons Monroe County Homemakers Club Monroe County Horseman's Club Sportsman Club Tompkinsville Industrial Foundation Veterans of Foreign Wars
35. RECREATION
Local
Tompkinsville's city park offers facilities for picnicking, camping, hiking, and fishing and boating on a 100-acre lake. Other public recreation facilities in the city include two tennis courts near the new high school football stadium, and baseball diamonds, Softball diamonds, and football fields at the schools.
Gamaliel's city park contains two tennis courts, picnic shelters and grills. Planned improvements are for the construction of basket ball courts and shuffleboard courts at the park. In addition, public recreation facilities in the city include a baseball diamond and foot ball field on the school grounds. A private country club in the county offers a 9-hole golf course, swimming pool, and two tennis courts. A drive-in movie theater is located near Tompkinsville.
The annual Monroe County Fair, held in late August, features agricultural exhibits, fiddling contests, a country music show, rodeo horse show, tractor pulls, and various displays and exhibits.
Old Mulkey Meeting House State Shrine, near Tompkinsville, offers picnic areas and playgrounds. The house was built in 1804, and is the oldest log meeting house in the state. Daniel Boone's sister is buried in the graveyard and authentic records written in pokeberry ink are on display.
Area (Within 80 miles)
Barren River Lake State Resort Park is located only 45 miles from Tompkinsville, The park covers 1,800 acres on a 10,000-acre lake. Accommodations include a resort lodge and coffee shop, cottages, and camping. The park features a pool, swimming beach, riding stables, nature trails, open and covered boat slips, boat rental, 9-hole par 3 golf course, planned recreation, playground, tennis courts and a gift shop.
Dale Hollow Lake State Park, situated on 3,500 acres east of Tompkinsville, provides many recreational activities. In addition to a 27,700-acre lake, the park also offers a community pool, supervised recreation, playgrounds, fishing, camping, boat docks, open slips, and paddle boats.
36. Mammoth Cave National Park is 49 miles from Tompkinsvi1le. Beneath 51,000 park acres. Mammoth Cave is among the major tourist attractions of all time. It is one of the largest cave networks ever discovered, with at least 150 miles charted on five levels and vast areas not yet mapped. Some famous sights are Snowball Dining Room (267 feet below surface). Frozen Niagara, Crystal Lake and Bottomless Pit. The park also features scenic boat trips on the Green River and nature and hiking trails. Park accommodations include a hotel, motor lodge, cottages and camping areas.
Green River Lake State Park is located 60 miles from Tompkins- ville, near Campbellsville. This 1,300-acre park lies on an 8,200-acre lake. The park offers camping, fishing, swimming, beach, boating, playground, docks, picnic areas, boat launch, and open slips.
Lake Cumberland State Resort Park is located approximately 62 miles from Tompkinsvilie. The park consists of 3,000 acres on beauti ful Lake Cumberland. A lodge with a dining room and a gift shop, cottages, and camping provide a diversity of accommodations. The park offers fishing, Olympic-size pool, lodge pool, bathhouse, boats, house boats, motors, dock, ramp, tennis, hiking, horseback riding, picnic areas and shelters, playground, 9-hole par-3 golf course, miniature golf course, and multipurpose convention center.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site is located in Hodgenville, 76 miles from Tompkinsville. The grounds include 116 acres of the original Thomas Lincoln farm where Abraham Lincoln was born. Lincoln's birthplace, a small log cabin, is enclosed in a granite memorial shrine. The Visitor's Center has exhibits and an audiovisual program. Picnic grounds, hiking trails, and a 300-year-old Boundary Oak, an old landmark even in Lincoln's time, complete the park attractions.
Tompkinsville and Gamaliel are within 80 miles of two Tennessee state parks — the 850-acre Standing Stone State Park and the 1,000- acre Cedars of Lebanon State Park. These parks offer camping, picnick ing, hiking, boating, fishing, swimming and lodge or cabin accommoda tions.
37. COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS
The Cudahy Foods Company has completed a $500,000 modernization and plant rehabilitation project. New equipment has been installed and the plant interior was extensively rehabilitated. As a result of the remodeling project, production was doubled and 15 new employees were added.
Anderson Forest Products has recently completed a $196,000 expansion project that has enabled the company to add five new employees to its work force.
Construction has been completed for the new Monroe County Water District which began operating in April of 1979. The water district maintains approximately 25 miles of line and serves all of Monroe County with the exception of Tompkinsville, Fountain Run, and the area served by the Fountain Run Water District.
Step I of a 201 Facilities Plan for the city of Tompkinsville sewerage system has been completed and is under review. A $15,000 grant from the Barren River Area Development District and $5,000 from city and county funds have been appropriated for the development of a Monroe County Airport. The initial stage of development calls for the construction of a 1,800-foot paved runway.
An urban renewal project has been completed with the relocation of 39 families and the clearing of a 15-acre area in Tompkinsville. An application for the construction of 40 additional housing units has been made to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Two double tennis courts and a softball diamond have been con structed in Tompkinsville with a $25,000 grant. There are future plans for the construction of a public swimning pool.
Continued development of Gamaliel's city park has added two tennis courts, picnic shelters and grills. Planned improvements are for the construction of basketball courts and shuffleboard courts. Monroe County's new $1,380,000 courthouse is nearing completion and occupancy is scheduled for the spring of 1980.
Additions to the Monroe County Area Vocational Education Center at a cost of $350,000 will provide space for two more classes; welding and farm machinery repair. Construction is due to be completed in the summer of 1980.
One tennis court at the Fountain Run Elementary School and two at the Gamaliel Elementary School were completed in 1979 at a cost of $23,000.
38. A football fieldhouse was completed in the fall of 1978 and features dressing rooms for the home team and the visiting team, dressing rooms and offices for the coaches, and dressing rooms for officials, all with showers; a film room; and a lobby for visitors. A portable classroom for special education has been constructed at the J. H. Carter Elementary School at a cost of $42,000. A new $4,125,000 building to house the Monroe County War Memorial Hospital is under construction and scheduled to be completed early in in 1981. A vigorous recruiting campaign for medical doctors will be under way.
A $100,000 building program is under way for the Monroe County Health Department. The new facilities, which will provide full health care services including a new X-ray machine and family planning, will be occupied early in 1980.
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