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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 […]

City council approves trick or treating but will cancel if state government steps in

By Ralph Echtinaw on September 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw City council voted unanimously to permit Halloween trick or treating this year with the caveat that it will be cancelled if the governor or state health department put the […]

Repair of dilapidated library gazebo on hold

By Ralph Echtinaw on September 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Ralph Echtinaw Repair of the gazebo outside the St. Louis public library was tabled Tuesday as city councilmen questioned why city administrators recommended a bid of $18,809 over one of $9,000. […]

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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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