Council to vote on raise for Capell
Vince Capell is set to receive a raise at Monday night’s City Council meeting, but for the third straight year, his performance evaluation either has not been completed or has not been made public.
The council will vote on a 4 percent raise for Mr. Capell — the same as all other city employees receive this year — to bring his base salary to $124,035. The city also pays a $5,400 car allowance, $8,000 in deferred compensation and, like all city employees, covers his health insurance premiums.
Under a new contract he negotiated last year, Mr. Capell and the council
eliminated the past custom of the mayor and Mr. Capell going over his annual review with the News-Press. That practice provided a link for the public — how the elected officials viewed the effectiveness and direction of city government via the city manager.
“I don’t believe in beating a dead horse, but I think he should have to go through the same evaluation,” Mayor Ken Shearin said.
Now, the council must vote before releasing Mr. Capell’s annual evaluation. The council didn’t do so last year, and it’s unclear if they intend to do so this year. In 2006, the council didn’t perform an evaluation.
Under the new evaluation process, Mr. Capell fills out a self-evaluation, and each council member judges Mr. Capell on several factors. Some factors include administration, community relations, council relations, professionalism, fiscal management, personnel and organization management, and planning.
Mr. Capell told the News-Press he doesn’t plan to release or talk about his evaluation.
Joe Blumberg can be reached
at joeblumberg@npgco.com.
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Looks like I will be the first brazen enough to start in on this topic.
At the current amount just over $119k, plus associated benefits, some of which being trimmed or eliminated by many civic and corporate entities, it would appear the salary of the city manager is appropriate. In-fact, a detailed look at similar and even somewhat larger sized communities throughout the country could suggest that the salary is above the medium.
Message to the mayor and council; homework and due diligence is in order.
Now to the issue involving the evaluation of the city manager, or any other publicly appointed servant for that matter. While discretion is essential, individuals holding and accepting such positions are accountable to the people. The mayor and council are the administrators of this process but this by no means should be construed to allow information to be with-held from public knowledge. The Sunshine Law of Missouri is specific on how and when such information may be excluded from the public forum leaving the subject of compliance open to review.
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