City of Ste. Genevieve voters on April 2 passed an increase of $0.2684 per $100 of assessed valuation in the city’s property tax levy for improving public safety through increasing police department salaries. Proposition P passed with 335 votes in favor to 291 against, or 53.5 percent to 46.5 percent. The city’s previous property tax…
When the Missouri Supreme Court issued an order amending Rule 37 in 2017, the absorption of many municipal courts into circuit court systems throughout Missouri began. This spring, the Ste. Genevieve and St. Mary municipal courts began the process to follow that trend, as both cities’ aldermen have acted to turn their cases over to…
Terry McDaniel and Rick Itchy” Rudloff were re-elected to the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District Board of Education on Tuesday, April 2, in the Municipal Election. McDaniel received 805 votes, Rudloff received 669, and challenger Lawrence Pfaff Jr. received 646. The R-II board was one of just two races that encompassed most of the county.…
The St. Mary Board of Aldermen will have one newcomer while another race resulted in a narrow win for an incumbent. Jennifer Schwartz defeated Ward 2 Alderwoman Rose Rosenzweig by a 30 to 20 count. In Ward 1, Alderwoman Jennifer Weiss held off former alderman Clyde Cassoutt 17 to 15. St. Mary also had a…
Proposition P, the public safety property tax increase of $0.2684 per $100 of assessed valuation, passed by a margin of 44 votes in the Municipal Election on Tuesday, April 2. The proposition had 335 votes in favor (53.5 percent) and 291 votes against (46.5 percent). Police chief Eric Bennett had estimated the tax will collect…
How to solicit public input on potential park improvements took up much of the city of Ste. Genevieve Parks and Recreation Board’s March 25 meeting. City administrator Martin Toma had previously discussed pursuing a state grant to widen the walking trail in Pere Marquette Park with the board. One of the requirements to be considered…
Ste. Genevieve County Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson and County Clerk Sue Wolk are both adamant in their opposition to proposed bills in the Missouri House that would create closed primaries by forcing voters to choose a party. House Bills 26 and 922, which received their second of three readings March 26 in Jefferson City, would…
No one, it seems, has money to spend on maintaining the New Bourbon Port Road. Special Road District A chairman Paul Arnold and First District County Commissioner Randy Bahr attended the March 27 New Bourbon Regional Port Authority board meeting and brought invoices for work done on the flood-prone road. The Port Authority had been…
No definite policies will be put in place regarding zoning of medical marijuana-related businesses in the city of Ste. Genevieve until after the state releases its own guidelines. Ste. Genevieve aldermen looked at information compiled by community development administrator David Bova and city administrator Martin Toma during a work session prior to last Thursday night’s…
Two people were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Perry County on March 28, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Jackie W. Parmley Sr., 59 years old, of Ste. Genevieve suffered serious injuries, and Tara P. Parmley, 46, of Festus suffered moderate injuries. The accident took place around 6:35 p.m. on…
Another impromptu debate on the value of funding the city’s tourism department took place last Thursday during tourism director Sandra Cabot’s report at the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meeting. At a March 14 budget work session, outgoing Ward 4 Alderman Randy Ruzicka had challenged the need and propriety of the city funding the Welcome…
The fourth of four work sessions devoted to the city of St. Mary’s budget situation was the shortest, ending less than four minutes after the Pledge of Allegiance was said. Last Thursday’s work session was a special meeting that took place on what is not a regular meeting night for the St. Mary Board of…
Ste. Genevieve police chief Eric Bennett last week continued campaigning — on his own time — for Proposition P, which would raise the city’s property tax rate of $0.7316 by $0.2684 per $100 of assessed valuation. “It will be used solely to increase the salary for our officers,” Bennett said last week during the candidates…
Dr. Julie Flieg, superintendent of schools, and Dr. Paul Taylor, assistant superintendent, addressed the amount of money the district received from the Valle Springs Tax Increment Financing (TIF) settlement and the district’s graduation rate at the Ste. Genevieve R-II School District Board of Education meeting on March 19. “I know several of the board members…
County commissioners and others visiting their meeting last Thursday had plenty to tell Matt Bain when he sought input. Bain is U.S. Senator Josh Hawley’s district director. Bain said he was making the rounds through this part of the state, seeking to find out what was on constituents’ and officials’ minds. Hawley, a Republican, defeated…
A court appearance for Elizabeth Giesler was set for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, in Ste. Genevieve front of Judge Wendy Wexler Horn. Giesler, former assistant principal at Ste. Genevieve Middle School, faces six felony counts — two charges each of statutory sodomy in the second degree, sexual contact with a student, and statutory…
A Ste. Genevieve County man suffered serious injuries on March 19 in a two-car crash on Highway 67 in St. Francois County, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident took place around 5:15 p.m. at Shannon Road. Daniel Evans, 44, of Ste. Genevieve County was driving a 2018 Toyota Corolla…
A Ste. Genevieve woman suffered minor injuries in a two-car crash on Interstate 55 in Jefferson County, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred around 12:45 a.m. on March 20 just south of Route TT. Gidget A. Mattison, 54, of Ste. Genevieve County, was the passenger in a 1997…
Casey Benner’s first meeting as chair of the Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission on March 18 saw all three agenda items approved in less than 30 minutes. The commission held its annual reorganizational meeting just prior to the regular meeting. Benner was elected chair, replacing Jamie Bauman, and Donna Rausch was elected vice chair, taking the…
Building issues took up a good portion of the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District board meeting last Thursday. Building 2 in Bloomsdale had to have its roof repaired twice by Joe Bauman Construction LLC, after separate heavy wind incidents. “The roof was completed last month, but it was right before we had those strong winds,”…
Patricia Trap, the acting Midwest Region director for the National Park Service, said this month that she wouldn’t set a target date for the opening of the Sainte Genevieve National Historical Park “because as soon as you do, something shifts.” Trap pointed to the recent government shutdown as something as the type of unexpected development…
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The Ste. Genevieve County Commission agreed to add its voice to Bill Kraemer’s concerns about two areas on Highway 61 in the county. Kraemer, president of Quarry & Allied Workers’ Local 830 and a candidate last year for the Missouri House of Representatives, visited the commission last Thursday to share his worries about the intersections.…
Steve Bacon of Bacon Commercial Design attended last Thursday’s Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meeting to answer questions about the planned renovations of the city hall building. City officials had been taken aback by estimates of $375,000 for the project. A budget of $200,000 had been anticipated. City administrator Martin Toma said the city has…