STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met last night and approved the purchase of a surveillance camera system for the police department, the hiring a firm to conduct a 15-year street preventive maintenance program, an agreement for 911 dispatching services and a street closure for a bicycle race.
The action came during an hour and eight minute meeting in the city hall board room.
The meeting was shown live on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable TV system and on the SteGenTV You Tube Channel and is now available at https://youtu.be/h2HzoS5b5WY
Six of the eight aldermen attended the meeting, with Gary Smith and Jeff Eydmann absent.
Action items:
Approval of a street closure request from the city’s tourism department for the city portion of the StG Gravel Classic bike race April 9th. Market Street will be closed from Second to Main Streets.
Resolution 2022-27 approving the purchase of a surveillance camera system for the police department.
Bill No. 4467 authorizing the mayor to execute a proposal for professional services with Cochran Engineering for a 15-year street preventive maintenance plan second reading on a 5-1 vote with Alderman Robert Donovan voting “no”.
Bill No. 4468 authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement…with Ste. Genevieve County for the county to provide 911 dispatching services for the calendar year 2022 on a second reading on a 6-0 vote.
Following the regular session, the aldermen met in a work session to discuss connecting Blain Street to an industrial site, an update of building codes and a closed session to discussion the city administrator’s performance review.
Normally the city cannot spend public tax money on a private drive, but in this case the construction of the drive is considered important to traffic safety and the life of Market Street, by keeping semi tractor trailer rigs off of Market Street between 10th Street and Highway 61.
The aldermen also discussed an update of the city’s building codes from 2012 to 2018.
The following changes are being considered:
All basement and all counter top receptacles would have to be ground fault circuit interrupter type or protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter breaker.
Smoke and CO alarms would have to be interconnected so if one went off, they would all go off.
Construction of a tornado safe room in educational or institutional buildings of a certain size, if economically feasible (20 percent of the base cost of construction).