STE. GENEVIEVE – The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met in regular and work sessions Thursday.
Aldermen Bennett was absent.
City Administrator Happy Welch presented his report (1:35 in the video of the meeting linked below.).
Staff reports:
Fire Chief Ken Steiger (11:22)
David Bova, Community Development (15:00)
Aaron Smith, Tourism (19:27)
Public Comment (21:50)
A resident suggested speed bumps be installed on a portion of Fifth Strret. (This matter was discussed briefly later in the meeting)
The Consent agenda (24:45) items were approved.
Among them:
A street closure request from the Ste. Gen Gearheadz, LLC, requesting the closure of Third Street, the Island of Flags and DuBourg Street from 5-9 p.m. on April 19, May 17, June 21 and July 19 for their monthly car cruises.
Resolution 2025-22: Rolls back a portion of the public safety tax if the Ste. Genevieve Fire District is approved by voters in April.
Old Business: (25:34)
Bill No. 4661 creating a no parking during certain times restriction on the west side of Virginia Street between Maple and Ridgeway. There was a motion to consider the measure, but no second.
New Business: (30:13)
Amending the Tree Maintenance budget for Memorial Cemetery was approved. The Foundation for the Restoration of Ste. Genevieve requested the board set aside $14,000 in the Cemetery Fund for tree maintenance based oon a recent inventory analysis and management plan completed for the non-profit This is year one of a five-year plan to maintain and improve the trees in the cemetery. The cemetery fund has a reserve of $280,000.
The Low bids for “Asphalt Concrete Paving 2025” was approved. Vern Bauman Contracting bid $3,195,814.99 for asphalt. SIC Concrete bid $837,853.31 for concrete.
Bill No. 4662 to hireTaylor Engineering, LLC, for the Crestlawn Cemetery Expansion Design was given first round approval.
The council briefly discussed the possibility of speed bumps on Fifth Street after the possibility was brought up in public commets. (53:00)
Bill No. 4663 authorizing a $10 million bond issue and levying of taxes to pay the bonds for the street improvements approved by voters on August 6, 2024, was given first and second round approval. The roll call vote on second reading was unanimous: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 absent.
Adjournment.
Work Session (1:02:00)
Following the close of the regular meeting the board of aldermen met in a work session to discuss
- The Water/Sewer Rate Analysis done by Carl Brown.
- Independence Center (2:19:03, the rest of the meeting was held in closed session.)
- Progress Parkway Housing Development
Both meetings were shown live on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable TV system and are now available on the SteGenTV You Tube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbP7MxX93Q