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} SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, MARCH 30, 1981
, Meeting called to order by Mayor Hartsfield.
}^ Roll � Councilmen present : Borgmeyer, Crader, Gordon, Halsey,
Call 1 Hequembourg, Kiiegel , Prenger, Wade and
Whitecotton.
Councilmen absent : Brant.
A quorum was declared present .
Lt. Gov. Kenneth Rothman appeared before the Council and gave a
Presenta- presentation on City-State relations and the Omnibus Program,
tion by which is designed to help individuals in their relationship with
Lt. Gov. State Government. The program has been expanded to include local 1
Rothman government such as cities, towns, and villages. A committee has
been created to study all Statutes of the laws throughout the I
State and they welcome suggestions from the Mayor and Council on
changes to the Statutes to meet the City' s problems. This
committee will be meeting through the summer and fall and will ,
hopefully, have legislation ready to be introduced next year that
' would help cities, such as Jefferson City, have the tools necessary
1 to be both responsive to the needs of our community as the ' cir-
cumstances arise and to give the City the authority it deserves.
Dick Hayes spoke to the Council concerning an Employee Assistance
Employee Program, which would offer guidance and training, particularly
Assis- for supervisors, in dealing with employee problems. ,
tance The Employee Assistance Program has been in existence for II
Program approximately forty years. It was started when the focus was
primarily on alcohol problems. The idea of the program was to
generate enough interest on the part of the employers to identify
the symptoms of alcoholism. In the last ton or fifteen years i
there has boon a shift in the concept of the program to not only 1
emphasize the symptoms of alcoholism or any other mental or
1 emotional. illness but , rather , to train supervisors and employer
organizations in management techniques which would enable them
to intervene on what could be mental health problems and, at the
IHMO time, produce the most productive of forts of the employees.
The idea has boon to focus not so much on the symptomo.logy of the
31 disease but to identify problems on the job. Once the problems
are documented, if an employee in confronted with his job related
Iproblems, the supervisor does not have to second guess whether or
not this person has a mental health problem. He would simply
have to present the evidence of deteriorating job performance and
then suggest mental health services to that person. If , after a
( period of time, the job performance does not improve then cor--
irective or disciplinary action should be taken.
He stated there are a number of service agencies and pro-
fessionals in the Jefferson City area. lie would propose that a
mental health consultant work closely with the supervisory per-
' sonnel and management personnel to offer possible solutions to
problems which the employee may be experiencing. He stated an
Employee Assistance Program can be effective within three years
and can save as much as ten times over its out of pocket costs
1for providing these kind of services.
k He pointed out the advantages of such a program would be
reduced turnover in personnel, less cost of training new personnel ,
' less on the job accidents and errors, increased employee moral
and generally a higher production level.
Councilman Hequembourg pointed out the similarities between
Ithis program and the contract which is being discussed with the
! Cole County Mental Health Services.
Mayor Hartsfield stated the Cole County Mental Health Services;
will be purely counseling while the Employee Assistance Program !;
! consists of training assistants for department heads and super- ,
visors to spot problems and handle them in the work force, not
III individual counseling services.
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� ^ CouncilmanTHequembourg inquired as to the fee structure for -
such a program. Mr. Hayes stated that a person would be evaluated
at a fee of $25. 00 per session and the referral service would be
part of that evaluation process. They would be referred out to a
service agency or service provider which would be best suited to 1
deal with their particular problems. Initial consultations to
the supervisors and management would be free to orient them to
the most effective intervention techniques. Any group or indivi-
dual consultations after that time would accrue a fee of $75.00
per ninety minutes and $25. 00 per half hour increments thereafter.
Only the initial evaluation would be reimbursable by the City.
Subsequent services provided, either by Mr. Hayes or other
practioners here in the community, would be arranged on the
employee's time and at the employee' s expense.
After further discussion , it was decided that further action
and discussion be postponed until the April 6th meeting.
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Mr. Walter Nowotny, who is representing the City in the census
matter, presented the Council with a status report of the preli- t Census �£
minary results of the census recount which has been conducted by Suit.
the City. Based upon a fifty percent tabulation , he stated that
at the most the City has 1 . 7% more population, or 574 people ,
than the U.S. Census shows . He stated that Jefferson City's 1 . 7%
projected undercount will not be much higher than what a national
undercount would be. From his legal research, it is his opinion
this would be an extremely difficult lawsuit to take to Court
for a 1. 7% undercount .
After discussion, Councilman Prenger moved that the City
discontinue the Census lawsuit . Motion was seconded and passed.
Mayor Itartufiel.d informed the Council that. Mr. (balky, Cole County i ?:
Assessor, and Mr. Neutrl.er , City Assessor, nro Interested In
a contract to consolidate the assessment work between
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pursuing County
the City and County. The City Is in the process of drafting a Mm ens,-
contract which wi 1. l be hosed on assessed valuation rather than
moat .
taxes collected. The City would continue to huve a representative ;-;
on the Board of Equalization. Mr. GaI' Pke and Mr . Neutv.Ior would
like to speak with the Council when the drat't. 1.5 completed.
Marty Bros°, Director of Transportation , appeared before the
Counc11 to present a status report on the design work for the
parking deck. This was for a two level structure off of Jefferson Parking
Street, just South of the Jefferson Building. The cost estimate Deck.
for the structure was $602 , 000. 00. He explained that the structur
would hold 58 cars on the lower level and 62 on the upper level .
Jim Thomas appeared before the Council . In his opinion,
if this project is rejected the downtown area will further deteri-
orate. He stated there is no other place in the downtown area to
go. There are two lots which are conveniently located in the
business community and to the State that will provide adequate
parking; one is the Jefferson Street lot and one is the Riley lot ,
which is adjacent to the present parking facility. The reason
the more expensive lot was chosen by the Parking Authority was on
the basis of the study which was made. The main thing to keep in
mind is we have to keep the downtown area powerful and parking
will have to be provided. He stated the biggest single complaint
they have is lack of short term parking for people who wish to do
business in the area. The Parking Authority recommends that we
build this structure.
Mary Ann Caplinger, President of the Downtown Association,
appeared before the Council. She stated the Council should view
the parking deck as a $600,000.00 investment in the future of the '
downtown in Jefferson City. Parking in the downtown area is a
big problem and she encouraged the Council to proceed with the
parking project.
Jack Steppleman stated that if you want a downtown area
we must do something. The mall is encouraging businesses to move
out there and if the downtown area is to be kept alive, parking
must be provided.
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: After discussion, Councilman Wade moved that we accept the
l report given by Mr. Grose and we proceed with the necessary imple- .::,
mentation of our contract with the architect . Motion was seconded _
by Councilman Prenger but failed to pass with four affirmative ;4
and five negative votes.
Some of the Councilmen agreed that parking in the downtown
area was indeed a problem, however, they felt the cost estimate fo
the structure was too high for the number of parking spaces the ? ,
City would receive.
After further discussion, Councilman Gordon moved that Marty
I Brose go back to the next Parking and Traffic meeting and ask
1 them to consider, as an alternative, leveling and metering the
lot and that the Parking Authority make themselves available to
the Downtown Association to assist them with any self-help
programs. Councilman Prenger seconded the motion and it passed
by voice vote. 1.
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Gary Hamburg spoke briefly concerning the Personnel Rules/Regu- '�;:.
lations and the Personnel Evaluation System. A copy of the manual
Person- was provided to each Councilman. He stated an important aspect ,.''"'!
nel Rule. of the evaluation system is it would provide a regular formal '°
tr' & Regu- evaluation of employees upon which their merit increases would be
lations. based. They would be rated under this system at least once a year I
and there would be a standarized format for each job classificatio
which people would be rated under.
He pointed out the Personnel Rules and Regulations are a
collection of many of the personnel ordinances which are currently
on the books and, in addition, there are some new areas contained
therein. He requested the Councilmen read through the documents
' and offer any conmrents or changes at the time the ordinance is
introduced.
Bill No. 210, introduced by Councilman Hoquembourg , entitled :
Bill "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson , Missouri , authorizing the
21(7 Mayor and the Clerk of the City or Jefferson to execute a contract
City with I). E. Klockow and Associates relating to subsurface I nvot,Li-- ':"
Hall gation for the proposed City Hall site. " :
Site B1.11. No. 210 read first and second time by title anti upon 's _
f4' request. by Councilman Hequembourg that the rules be suspended ,
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Bill No. 210 was road the third time by title, placed on final.
passage and passed by the following vote us Ordinance No. 0590 :
Councilmen voting Aye : Cruder, Gordon , Hequemrbourg, Prenger,
Wade and Whitecotton.
Councilmen voting Nay : Borgmeyor, Halsey , and Kliegel • , ,
Councilmen absent Brant . ,r
Bill No. 211 , introduced by Councilman Cruder, entitled:
Bill "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson , Missouri , authorizing and
211 directing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract on behalf
Propert of the City with JoAnn Brown for the purchase of real estate. "
on I Bill No, 211 read first and second time by title and, upon
Cherry request that the rules be suspended, Bill No. 211 was read the
St. third time by title, placed on final passage and was passed by
the following vote as Ordinance No. 9600:
Councilmen voting Aye : Borgmeyer, Cruder, Gordon, Halsey,
Hequembourg, Kliegel , Prenger, Wade
and Whitecotton.
Councilmen voting Nay : None.
Councilmen absent Brant .
Bill Bill No. 212, introduced by Councilman Crader, entitled:
212 "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri , authorizing and I
Contract directing the Mayor and Clerk to execute a written agreement on r
with
Booker
Assoc.
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behalf of the City with Booker Associates Inc. for architectural
and engineering services. "
Bill No. 212 read first and second time by title and ordered
distributed to members of the Council.
Councilman Hequembourg stated that if all three Cable Television April
( Applicants want to give their presentation at the April 13 13th
meeting, he will draw names and, in the event the second applicant 's Mtg.
presentation goes to 9:30 p.m. ,the third applicant 's presentation
will be postponed to a later date.
Meeting adjourned. .djourn-
ment,
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