To:
Honorable Mayor Adams and City Council
From:
Julie Feier, City Manager
Date:
March 7, 2008
Subject:
Weekly Update
As follow up to our last study session, I provided a comparison of area municipalities’
budgets, population, payroll etc. The comparison is in no way comprehensive, but
provides a general comparative overview of services. For example, it covers total
budget and basic services such as fire service, but not code enforcement. For
examples, cities contract with the County for building inspections and have no code
enforcement.
MSD announced public hearings on its proposed rate increases for both sanitary
sewers and storm water. The 2008 proposal will change the way storm water services
are funded. Currently, customers pay a $0.24 monthly charge on their MSD bill and
through a variety of property taxes. According to the proposal, MSD would no longer
charge customers a flat fee. Instead, the company would take into consideration each
customer's impervious area on their property, which means the company will consider
how much of the property is covered by cement, blacktop and the footprint of buildings,
which cannot absorb rainwater. If adopted, MSD will have more money for the sanitary
system and substantially more to address storm water problems. MSD has traditionally
had little storm water funding and often the burden has fallen to local governments.
MSD Public Hearing Dates:
March 10 - Richmond Heights Community Center at 8001 Dale Avenue, St. Louis, MO,
63117 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
March 13 - Offices of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District at 2350 Market Street,
St. Louis, MO, 63103 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
March 15 - Affton Senior High School at 8309 Mackenzie Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63123
from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Third Ward Council Members will hold a community meeting at Heman Park
Community Center on Tuesday, March 11 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
OACAP is the Older Adult Community Action Program that is based in the Crown
Center at 8350 Delcrest Drive in University City, just east of I-170. The OACAP Board is
hosting a session on Wednesday, April 23 meeting entitled "Your Social Security and
Medicare Matters". The speakers will be Sharon Byrd, Public Affairs Specialist, for the
Social Security Administration St.Louis/Eastern Missouri Area and Shelly Miller,
Regional Liaison for Medicare. The speakers will begin at 10:30 AM.
Upcoming Meetings and Events:
Friday, March 7:
7:00 PM Returning Artist Series Reception for Raymond
Thomas at Centennial Commons
Wednesday, March 12:
2:00 PM Sutter Meyer Meeting, 2nd floor conference room
Wednesday, March 19:
Evening Session in Olivette with Olivette City Council, details
to follow.
Monday, March 24:
5:30 Study Session: Impact of Development on Budget
Monday, March 24:
6:30 PM Council Meeting
Monday, April 7:
5:30 PM Fire Department Consolidation Discussions
Monday, April 7:
6:30 PM Council Meeting
Monday, April 14:
6:30 PM Budget Public Hearing, Council Chambers
Monday, April 21:
5:30 PM CDBG Process/Programs
Monday, April 21:
6:30 PM Council Meeting
Monday, May 12:
6:30 PM Budget Study Session, EOC Room
Thursday, May 15:
6:30 PM Budget Study Session, EOC Room
Monday, May 19:
6:30 PM Council Meeting
* Topics subject to change as schedules require.
Attachments:
Council Concern List
PW Week-In-Review
List of Unimproved City Streets and Alleys
Letter from County RE: Traffic Requests
Update RE: Kelley Arbitration
3rd Ward Community Meeting Flyer
MML Bulletin
Master the Met! American Lung Association results for Fire
Municipal Financial Comparison
Environmental Committee Recommendation
Snow Plowing Map/Email
Ms. MacCartney’s follow up to Ms. Drey’s emails
Correspondence with Ms. Mello
News Clippings