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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 […]

City looking for a way to communicate with residents during power outages

By Ralph Echtinaw on October 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw Two power outages in September, especially the one on Sept. 19 that left the whole city without electricity, have local officials thinking about creating a system to alert residents […]

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 […]

Recovery of contaminants from Velsicol Site Two is finally tapering off

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

The following is a press release from the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force. EPA Project Manager Tom Alcamo told members of the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force that the excess […]

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St. Louis Facts

Population

The 2020 census set the population of St. Louis at 3,805 free people and 3,648 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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