Yet again, spring weather has hindered Ste. Genevieve County road crews from working on road preparation for paving. Scott Schmieder, the county’s road and bridge foreman, reported to the Ste. Genevieve County Commission last Thursday that he had to pull crews off preparing Madden Creek Road and have them rehab roads damaged by heavy rains.…

The Ste. Genevieve County Commission during last Thursday’s meeting passed resolutions supporting Nick Wehner as its choice for the New Bourbon Regional Port Authority board and opposing the banning of feral hog hunting in Mark Twain National Forest. The commissioners also agreed to write a letter of support for a senior citizens home rehabilitation grant.…

After the topic had been discussed for about 10 minutes during the public comments section of the meeting, the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen voted 5-2 to approve the first reading of a bill that would limit the number of visible vehicles on a residential property. The bill will get a second reading at the…

The New Bourbon Regional Port Authority board agreed during its June 19 meeting to invite two prospective board members to attend their next two meetings. Rodney Richardet, who is also the Perry County collector, resigned this spring and recommended Perry County Assessor Charlie Triller as his replacement. Three commissioners each are appointed by Perry and…

With all members present, the St. Mary Board of Aldermen last week agreed to hire Jacquelyn Gonz to provide legal services for the city and it passed a parking ban for a portion Circle Drive during certain hours. The actions took place during last Thursday’s meeting, one month after the regularly scheduled meeting could not…

No Ste. Genevieve High School student will graduate with an 11.0 grade point average (GPA) in the future. The Ste. Genevieve R-II School District Board of Education voted at last Thursday’s monthly meeting to move from an 11.0 grading scale to a 4.0 scale. The board also voted to approve new criteria for making A,…

Ste. Genevieve R-II Board of Education members and administrators emphasized last week the district’s new drug-testing policy was designed to help students, not to hurt them. The board voted during its meeting last Thursday to approve the updated policy after about 25 minutes of discussion, in which R-II athletic director Jeff Nix outlined the procedure…

The city of Ste. Genevieve’s elected officials earlier this month discussed how much of a reserve fund the city should maintain and how much it should spend. Intense discussion took place during the June 13 Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen budget work session. During the session, some sharp exchanges were shared by Mayor Paul Hassler…

County officials last week worked on two mysteries — unexpected money being wired to the county and a two-year-old grant-related letter dropped off at the courthouse. During last Thursday’s County Commission meeting, Ste. Genevieve County Treasurer Sara Hoog reported that a wire transfer for $21,002 had been received from the U.S. Department of Interior. At…

Setting aside additional money for pump station upgrades and drainage system maintenance, the Levee District 3 board approved a $360,710 budget for fiscal year 2020 — up from last year’s proposed budget of $251,500 — at its June 10 meeting. The pump station upgrade and drainage maintenance are new line items for this year, adding…

City of Ste. Genevieve community development administrator David Bova will redraft a bill to limit the number of cars parked on residential property in the city. The bill, which was tabled at both the May 9 and May 23 Board of Aldermen meetings, will be extensively revised before the board considers it at its June…

Special Road District A foreman Paul Bauman reported that his crew spent about two weeks of the past month working on New Bourbon Port Road in addition to getting most of the district’s planned overlays and paving completed. “We spent quite a bit of time hauling rock down there, with the water being up,” Bauman…

Two residents contacted the Ste. Genevieve County Commission by telephone last Thursday, wondering when they could expect to see their roads paved. The first was a resident of Charter Church Road, asking if it was ever going to get paved. First District County Commissioner Randy Bahr explained that rain and high water this spring have…

The city of St. Mary Board of Aldermen was scheduled to meet last Thursday but did not have a quorum and therefore did not have a meeting. Mayor Gloria Bader was joined by only two of the four aldermen — Jennifer Weiss and Jennifer Schwartz. Attempts to reach Alderman Cody Myers were not successful. Alderman…

Holding its third budget work session in two months, the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen reached some conclusions last Thursday evening. The city had experimented with a priority-based budgeting approach rather than the traditional incremental approach. It also had discussed the merits of tourism, employee health insurance and the city’s economic development. Now the more…

The Ste. Genevieve County Commission agreed to pass an ordinance allowing the Ste. Genevieve County Library to erect additional signs around the library. Shawn Long, the new library director, told the commissioners the library has inadequate signage at the Ste. Genevieve County Community Center, where it has been located since 2000, and on the roads…