Landscaping and planting natural grasses in Pere Marquette Park and a survey on improving the park’s walking trail took up most of the 20-minute meeting of the city of Ste. Genevieve Parks and Recreation Board on April 22. The members have not yet met to walk the park and pick good locations to plant native…

The city of Ste. Genevieve will not be working any longer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on its proposed flood mitigation and recreational plans. During a work session last Thursday, the Board of Aldermen agreed that city administrator Martin Toma would write the Corps a letter informing it that the city will not…

With no quorum present for their quarterly meeting on April 23, members of the Ste. Genevieve Tourism Advisory Council brainstormed for some 45 minutes on ways to promote the town and to protect city funding of tourism. Only chair Sara Menard and council members Kelly Fallert and Kandye Mahurin were present, along with city administrator…

Ste. Genevieve’s new billboard on Interstate 55 will be simple, but eye-catching, according to city tourism director Sandra Cabot. The Ste. Genevieve Tourism Tax Commission had voted at its January 19 meeting to pay $325 a month, plus a one-time art fee of $650, for a total of $4,550 for one year for the billboard.…

With only minor adjustments, the Ste. Genevieve Planning and Zoning Commission voted at a special meeting last Thursday to recommend the Board of Aldermen approve a list of proposed changes to the city’s zoning regulations to deal with the advent of medical marijuana. The recommended changes will be brought to the Board of Aldermen at…

At the end of the city of Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission’s April 15 meeting, local historian Bob Mueller lectured the group on what he considered to be inconsistency on its part. Mueller went to the podium during the public comment portion of the meeting and expressed his concerns. “I just wanted to say, first thing,…

Two requests for certificates of appropriateness were granted by the Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission at its April 15 meeting. WHEELCHAIR RAMP APPROVED ON N. FOURTH Bobby Hamelback requested approval to place a wheelchair ramp, compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, at the back of her home at 182 N. Fourth St. She explained that…

Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District personnel will probably be joining Stoddard and Scott counties’ emergency responders deploying to provide emergency relief in the event of hurricanes and other disasters. “We’re going to try to partner up with them to try to get on the hurricane relief deployment teams, so when we get hurricanes hitting someplace,…

The future of the St. Mary Police Department was discussed during a sometimes-heated gathering at St. Mary City Hall last Thursday. The meeting was called to address a blown engine with the department’s vehicle and possibly liquidate more certificates of deposit if needed to get the car running again. However, the St. Mary Chamber of…

Ste. Genevieve County Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson reported Thursday that a recent meeting of elected county officials turned into a “roundtable discussion” with Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Gary Stolzer on courthouse security. Stolzer will be providing estimated costs on various security options. Nelson also spoke to the Community Services Forum on April 10 about the…

The Bloomsdale Board of Aldermen voted during its April 9 meeting to spend $163,775 to replace rotor No. 2 at the city’s wastewater plant. The giant rotor, one of two that shreds waste at the plant, has been causing the city trouble since it was rebuilt three years ago. The rotor, originally built in 1982,…

During community development administrator David Bova’s report at last Thursday night’s Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meeting, the property of George Wehner, who owns the circa 1832 Eloy LeCompte House at 231 N. Main St. and has a special use permit to run a garage and auto salvage business behind it, was discussed. “I talked…

As they brace for a potentially big flood year, members of the Levee District 3 board were pleased to finally see some old flood cases wrapped up and money received. Sue Schweiss, treasurer for the city of Ste. Genevieve and the district, reported at the April 8 Levee District 3 board meeting that the Missouri…

The Special Road District A board on April 9 awarded bids for two upcoming projects to Vern Bauman Contracting. Bids were opened during the April 9 meeting of the board. Bauman bid $63.89 per ton, with a total of 604 tons for $38,590 to pave Roth Quarry Road. Jokerst, Inc. bid $64.00 per ton for…

After a discussion in which a former mayor and former city clerk urged the St. Mary Board of Aldermen to enact water and sewer rate increases that would keep those departments solvent, the board and Mayor Gloria Bader ended up asking city clerk David Woods to put 20 percent increases for each department on the…

If things don’t change, most Missourians may have to drive to larger cities to renew licenses, take drivers’ tests and take care of other license-related business, the operator of the local license office warned last week. Wayne Grusling, operator of the Ste. Genevieve License Office, told the Ste. Genevieve County Commission last Thursday that unless…

Voters in the two wards of the city of St. Mary last week re-elected one alderman by a narrow margin in one race and selected the only newcomer on the ballot in the other. First-time challenger Jennifer Schwartz defeated the board’s longest-serving member, Rose Rosenzweig, for the Ward 2 seat. Schwartz received 30 votes to…

Jeanette Roth Wood and Jim Brumfield will bring different backgrounds and different perspectives to the Ste. Genevieve County Health Department board when they become formal members at the Monday, April 22, meeting. Wood and Brumfield won the two four-year terms in a four-person race in the April 2 election. Carl Kinsky, who was appointed to…

Veteran board members Terry McDaniel and Richard “Itchy” Rudloff were returned to the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District Board of Education by voters on April 2. The two incumbents defeated challenger Larry Pfaff for the two open seats in a rematch of the 2013 election with the same result. McDaniel, who has served 18 years…