Two changes Monday will have a direct effect on those using the city's transit system: six routes are being combined into three routes and the price of fares is going up.
A driver shortage is forcing adjustments to all six fixed bus routes, a notice from the city said Friday.
On Monday, the routes will double up to create three combined routes:
• The green and gold routes, which cover east and west High Street, will form one route.
• The black and orange routes covering Capital Mall and Missouri Boulevard will make up another.
• The third combined route will be comprised of the blue and red routes, covering Southwest and Business 50 East.
Representatives for Transit did not immediately respond for a request for additional information.
Presentations on the changes will take place at Thursday's Public Works and Planning Committee meeting and Friday's Public Transit Advisory Committee meeting.
As for the council, it approved an increase in rates for the service from $1 to $1.50 last month. That change also takes effect Monday.
On Monday night, the council will be discussing the transit system. The council will consider a $69,950 contract with Automotive Technology Inc. for the removal and replacement of its current lift system.
In other business Monday night, the council will discuss bills that would amend a city code on parking.
Under the trio of bills on the pending calendar, parking time limit zones would be altered to eliminate portions governing parking on Lafayette and East High streets that is no longer available.
The 600 block of East High would see its parking time limit doubled from two hours to four, while another bill would eliminate time-limited spaces in front of a defunct business next to 1001 W. McCarty St.
Parking in Jefferson City was a topic of discussion in a House committee last week as lawmakers proposed a prohibition on parking meters statewide.
Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin testified against the proposal, saying meters were necessary to ensure turnover for businesses and to keep people moving through the limited space available.
Two other bills will be discussed Monday on the council's pending bill calendar.
One bill would amend local code to comply with the statewide changes from Amendment 3, which legalized adult recreational marijuana use. It would also alter current medical marijuana business licenses to allow for recreational sales under the new comprehensive facility standards.
The other bill would approve a plan for an industrial development project at Scholastic. The bill would allow for the issuance of taxable industrial development bonds up to $44.7 million for the construction of a new conveyor system, automation equipment and other machinery.
The bonds would be issued as a way to provide personal property tax abatement for the equipment up to 50 percent for 10 years, according to the bill summary. The equipment is expected to be installed between this year and 2025.
Bills scheduled for introduction this week include one that would authorize a $1.24 million contract with Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co. to design and build a biosolids improvement project. Another proposal would allow for a $213,147 contract with IniniTech for a Storage Area Network (SAN) project, a computer network that provides access to consolidated data storage.
Other proposals set to be introduced would authorize a $325,918 contract with Don Schnieders Excavating Company Inc. for the replacement of the Westview Forcemain, a pressurized sewer pipe, rezoning three acres from M-1 Light Industrial and approving a plan for the property at 1110 Cedar City Drive, and rezoning 9 acres along St. Mary's Boulevard.
Monday's meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at City Hall.