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Cop Calls

By Ralph Echtinaw on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Here are the highlights from the St. Louis Police Department’s complaint log for Dec. 30 through Jan. 17. Thanks to Police Chief Richard J. Ramereiz Jr. for the following information. Traffic Crash […]

DPW monthly report (January)

By Ralph Echtinaw on January 16, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

By DPW Superintendent Mark Abbott Public works performed winter maintenance on city streets and properties and also salted after a recent ice event. Salt stores are in very good supply for this […]

DPW Monthly Report (December)

By Ralph Echtinaw on December 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

This is a new feature in the St. Louis Sentinel, i.e. the publication of DPW Superintendent Mark Abbott’s monthly report to city council. By DPW Superintendent Mark Abbott Public works completed loose […]

City council cancels Christmas parade

By Ralph Echtinaw on November 19, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

By Ralph Echtinaw Santa Claus has been given his walking papers, as St. Louis city councilmen cancelled the Dec. 3 Christmas parade Tuesday. City manager Kurt Giles recommended cancelling the parade over […]

Council approves lease of new wheel loader, ‘the No. 1 workhorse in our fleet’

By Ralph Echtinaw on November 7, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis City Council members voted 5-0 Tuesday to trade in the DPW’s three-year-old wheel loader for a factory-fresh wheel loader. What’s a wheel loader, you ask? It’s 29,000 […]

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St. Louis Facts

Population

The 2010 census set the population of St. Louis at 3,659 free people and 3,823 inmates in the prison.

Heavy Load

St. Louis police officers typically carry 30-40 pounds of gear when they are on duty. State police troopers carry 41 pounds of gear.

Infrastructure

There are 24 miles of road in St. Louis and 22 miles of sanitary sewer pipe.

How much are they paid?

The mayor is paid $1,120 per year plus $35 per council meeting. City Council members are paid $700 per year and $35 per meeting.

Board of Review members are paid $50 per session.

Members of all other city boards and commissions serve for free.

Politics

St. Louis has 2,534 registered voters.

1,477 voted in 2016 (59 percent turnout)

782 voted for President Trump

574 voted for Hillary Clinton

100 voted for other candidates

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