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Clapp Park vandalism has city council considering increased video surveillance

By Ralph Echtinaw on October 22, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw Vandalism in Oak Grove Cemetery and Clapp Park was a hot topic at Tuesday’s virtual city council meeting, conducted via conference call. “We have been having repeated incidents of […]

The St. Louis Area Fire Department has a new chief today: Bill Coty

By Ralph Echtinaw on October 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw Bethany Township resident Bill Coty, 44, takes over today as chief of the St. Louis Area Fire Department. Coty was promoted (from lieutenant) by the Fire Board last month […]

City council continues to meet virtually, despite supreme court ruling

By Ralph Echtinaw on October 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw The St. Louis City Council continues to meet via conference call despite a 4-3 state Supreme Court ruling last Friday that said the 1946 Emergency Powers Act that Gov. […]

Saturday’s power outage caused by car striking utility pole near middle school

By Ralph Echtinaw on September 21, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

By Ralph Echtinaw St. Louis residents were left without electricity for four and a half hours Saturday morning after a car struck a utility pole near the middle school. The driver of […]

The Rest of the Story

By Ralph Echtinaw on September 20, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

This is where the St. Louis Sentinel reports the final dispositions of notable local crimes. The information is provided by Police Chief Richard J. Ramereiz Jr. Drunk tries to bite officer A […]

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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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