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Sessio~ 1221, Minutes June 18, 1979 ~>age 4 Y ~ ~,~,.. -.. asked a number of questions by Council. She said this program is funded by the Louis County Health Department, which does not pay rent to the Community Center~'~Th~ patrons of the clinic are supposed to be cowry residents, and there is no fo~l procedure for establishing financial need. Patrons are encouraged to ~ke s~e kind of pro,sion for care, either private or clinic, for their children ~en they are sick. Ks Walden outlined the routine care which each child receives fr~ one month to five years. ~e clinic also does school physicals for fourth, se~nth and tenth graders, and for new students in the school district. Mr. Joseph L. Rice, 2165 Territory Court, St. Louis County, asked to address Council on the subject of University City paramedics. He said University City has an excel- lent, extremely well-trained, group of paramedics, but they are being lost because of low salaries and because of a highly competitive situation in the hiring of para- medics by other communities in the area. He distributed a survey comparing Univer- sity City with other municipalities nearby in the area of salaries. His group is recommending a 15% raise which will move them from second from the bottom to fourth or fifth in the groups listed in the survey. Mr. Dwight Irwin, 6255 Clemens, representing the Community Education Program, came forward to address the Council and answer any questions they might have about the Community Education program. Councilman Hetcalfe reiterated her suggestions from last week about the possibility of having neighborhood councils, so each neighborhood could have some say about the kinds of activities which are held in their neighbor- hood schools, an~ also have some input into hiring and firing. Mr. Irwin thought perhaps these cduncils, composed mainly of volunteers, might not have the time or amount of information needed to make knowledgeable decisions about personnel, al- though he certainly would not rule out some changes in the present structure. Coun- cilman Metcalfe said she would object to giving the school system hiring and firing power using city money. Mr. Irwin said he felt that dividing ~ the structure might cause difficulties in followup of programs. He feels perhaps some of the original intentions of the program have been forgotten--that the original premise was that through cooperation between the city, the schools, and citizens, better programs could be initiated and developed for smaller amounts of money than it would cost for each of these groups to develop programs on its own. In response to cuestions from Councilman Sabol, )~. Irwin said his group is asking for the same amount as last year--$15~000 from the City and $15,000 from the schools. lie thinks they will operate in five schools, as they did last year. He would like to expand, but feels he wants to spend some time in the coming year in gathering in- formation to try to ascertain if the program should be expanded, and if so, to deter- mine which schools should be used in the following year, and what types of programs to have. Councilman Adams asked if Pershing Community Center is precluded from charging rent. Mr. Irwin said rent is charged for private affairs and certain community group meet- ings, but not to the Well Baby Clinic. Councilman Glickert thought perhaps the Well Baby Clinic might find the University City Community Center a better place to operate, ~ince it has more space than the Pershing Community Center, and it also would not conflict with any other programs at that location. ·iore discussion followed about possible restructuring of the Central Coordinating Council and the Community Schools program, and also about possible changes that might be made in the allocation of funds.