Friday, March 1, 2013
As part of the agreement, the parks and recreation director will be guaranteed a five-year contract and all future council communications to her will come through the city administrator.
The Arnold City Council has approved a $55,000 settlement agreement in the Susie Boone discrimination case. In October, Boone, the city's parks and recreation director, went public alleging Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss had harassed her for more than two years. Boone claims the harassment began after Moss' sister was fired from the Parks Department in 2010. The council voted 3-to-3 on the agreement. Mayor Ron Counts broke the tie by voting in favor of the motion. Councilmembers Doris Borgelt, Ward 1, Michelle Hohmeier, Ward 2, and Sandra Kownacki, Ward 4, voted against the settlement. Councilmembers Bill Moritz, Ward 2, and Phil Amato and Paul Freese, both of Ward 3, voted in favor of it. City Attorney Bob Sweeney said since Moss was …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss has filed a defamation lawsuit claiming the five "orchestrated a sham investigation" against him, according to a stltoday.com article.
Ward 4 Arnold City Councilman Ken Moss has filed a defamation lawsuit against four city officials and a private investigator - all of whom were involved in the investigation of a harassment complaint made by a city employee. In October, Susie Boone, the city's parks and recreation director, went public alleging Moss had harassed her for more than two years. Boone claims the harassment began after Moss' sister was fired from the Parks Department in 2010. That's when the city hired an independent firm to investigate the complaint. After the investigation was complete,five out of eight councilmembers - including Moss - refused to accept it into public record calling it hearsay and a "sham." The same five later voted to refuse a $6,800 …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Robert Shockey, police chief and acting city administrator, has filed a complaint with the state alleging Doris Borgelt and Ken Moss have retaliated against him.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Chief Robert Shockey, who is also serving as acting city administrator, filed the complaint for alleged retaliation attempts by two city councilmembers, Arnold's city attorney says.
Arnold Police Chief/Acting City Administrator Robert Shockey has filed a harrasment complaint with the state alleging two city councilmembers have retaliated against him. City Attorney Bob Sweeney said the claim, filed with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, involves Ward 1 Councilwoman Doris Borgelt and Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss. Sweeney said he could not comment further because it is a personnel matter. Shockey had no comment on Wednesday. This is the second time in recent months a city employee has filed a complaint with the division. In October, Susie Boone, the city's parks and recreation director, went public alleging Moss had harassed her for more than two years. Shockey became chief of the Arnold Police Department in 2001. …
Monday, January 7, 2013
The council hired Protective & Investigative Services to conduct an investigation on a complaint by a city employee that she was harassed by a city councilman for more than two years.
The Arnold City Council has refused to pay for an independent investigation from a company it hired to investigate an employee's complaint about a hostile work environment. Susie Boone, Arnold's parks and recreation director, claims she was harassed for more than two years by Ward 4 City Councilman Ken Moss. Boone says the harassment began after Moss' sister was fired from the Parks Department in 2010. At the council's last meeting, Ward 1 Councilwoman Doris Borgelt made a motion to remove the $6,800 payment to Protective & Investigative Services from the city's regular payment of bills. She called the report an "inferior product." The council voted 5-to-3 in favor of the motion. Ward 2 Councilman Bill Moritz and Ward 3 Councilmen Phil …
Friday, January 4, 2013
The Arnold councilwoman says the situation between Susie Boone and Ken Moss is going nowhere, and the city needs to move forward.
Ward 1 Arnold Councilwoman Cricky Lang has called for an end to the saga between Arnold Parks and Recreation Director Susie Boone and Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss. "We just need to get past this," Lang said in front of a packed house at Thursday's City Council meeting. "There's so much that needs to be done in the city. We need to move forward." In October, Boone went public alleging Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss had harassed her for more than two years after his sister was fired from the Parks Department. The city hired an independent company to investigate the claim. At its last meeting, the council refused to accept the investigation on a 5-to-3 vote. Lang, who was not interviewed in the independent investigation because she was hospitalized…
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Arnold councilman denies Susie Boone's allegations that he harassed her for two years after his sister was fired was fired from the Parks Department.
Arnold Councilman Ken Moss says he has never harassed Susie Boone, the city's parks and recreation director. In October, Boone went public alleging Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss had harassed her for more than two years after his sister was fired from the Parks Department. Boone filed a complaint with the city and the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Boone said the agency responded that it couldn't do anything because it was not within its realm. Boone's lawyer filed a second complaint with the commission on Dec. 20. The city recently released the results of a $6,800 independent investigation into the matter. According to the summary, Boone's claim has merit. Moss and others have questioned the validity of the report. In the …
The Arnold councilman, who's been accused of harassing a city employee, claims the entire situation was politically motivated. Mayor Ron Counts calls Moss' statements "ludicrous."
Arnold Councilman Ken Moss says he was asked to resign from his position in September over allegations that he harassed the city's parks and recreation director. Moss, of Ward 4, told Patch that during the Sept. 20 closed city council session on personnel matters, he was asked to leave the room. He said that 40 minutes later, Mayor Ron Counts, Police Chief/Acting City Administrator Robert Shockey and City Attorney Bob Sweeney took him to a room in the Police Department and asked him to resign. "They told me Ms. Boone had a list of allegations," he said. "They said that she was going to file a complaint and a lawsuit against the city unless I resigned from my position immediately and agreed not to run for public office while she was an …
If the council doesn't reverse its decision to accept the independent investigation on Moss' alleged harassment of a city employee, Moritz says he intends to call for Moss' removal.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
If the council doesn't reverse its decision to accept the independent investigation on Moss' alleged harassment of a city employee, Bill Moritz intends to call for his removal.
Thursday's Arnold City Council meeting could turn out to be a showstopper with emotions running rampant among its members regarding the alleged harassment of a city employee by Ward 4 Councilman Ken Moss. In fact, one councilman has threatened to call for Moss' impeachment if the council does not reverse its decision to accept an independent investigation on the matter. Arnold's Parks and Recreation Director Susie Boone claims Moss harassed her for more than two years after his sister was fired from the Parks Department. Moss has denied the accusations and said if he did something wrong, he would have admitted it. "I ask the five of you who voted to cover up Ken's activities to reconsider voting to accept the report of the investigation," …
Doris Borgelt
11:13 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
That is a small sampling of the issues I have attended to, when people call I answer. If they have a problem, I come and take a look at it. I document the problem and have NO SHAME in attaching my name to any of the complaints. It seems names of persons reporting problems/violations were being revealed to the violators, doesn't seem like the right thing to do to me, so I started passing on every … more ›