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Saint Louis County, MO April 8, 2008 Election
Directory of Saint Louis County, MO Propositions
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Proposition Ballwin-B. -- City of Ballwin (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 2,033 / 36.12% Yes votes ...... 3,595 / 63.88% No votes
Shall the City of Ballwin impose a real property tax of forty cents per $100.00 of assessed value of real property, but not personal property, for the purposes of improving streets and continuing existing programs and services?

Proposition BelNor-A. -- Village of Bel-Nor (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 282 / 72.12% Yes votes ...... 109 / 27.88% No votes
Shall the Village of Bel-Nor increase the current minimum business license fee to $100.00 per year?

Proposition Bellefontaine-S. Bond Election -- City of Bellefontaine Neighbors (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 555 / 55.56% Yes votes ...... 444 / 44.44% No votes
Shall the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $8,300,000 for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, extending, repairing and improving the surface and subsurface conditions affecting city streets and sidewalks, and acquiring any land necessary therefore?

Proposition Bellefontaine-P. Bond Election -- City of Bellefontaine Neighbors (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 566 / 56.94% Yes votes ...... 428 / 43.06% No votes
Shall the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $3,200,000 for constructing, expanding, renovating, furnishing and equipping a police facility at City Hall, and to accommodate the police facility, constructing, furnishing and equipping a facility for the relocation of the public works department?

Proposition Berkeley-A. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 304 / 37.81% Yes votes ...... 500 / 62.19% No votes
Shall Article II, Section 3, entitled Compensation, be amended to increase the compensation for each member of the Council to Three Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($375.00)?

Proposition Berkeley-B. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 478 / 61.20% Yes votes ...... 303 / 38.80% No votes
Shall Article VII, Section 3, sub 4, be repealed and there be enacted in lieu thereof a new section to read as follows: 4. Appoint persons eligible to fill vacancies in the classified services?

Proposition Berkeley-C. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 399 / 52.85% Yes votes ...... 356 / 47.15% No votes
Shall Article VII, Section 6, entitled Present Employees, be repealed in it's entirety?

Proposition Berkeley-D. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 582 / 73.86% Yes votes ...... 206 / 26.14% No votes
Shall Article X, Section 1, entitled Time of Elections, be amended to hold regular elections for the choice of Councilmen bi-annually on the first (1st) Tuesday in April, or as set by the St. Louis County Election Board?

Proposition Berkeley-E. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 440 / 56.77% Yes votes ...... 335 / 43.23% No votes
Shall Article X, Section 7 entitled Tie Elections be amended to eliminate the Twenty (20) Day requirement to hold an election between candidates with equal votes?

Proposition Berkeley-F. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 460 / 59.35% Yes votes ...... 315 / 40.65% No votes
Shall Article XI, Section 1, entitled Petition be amended to increase the required amount of qualified registered voters to certify the recall of a Councilman to at least thirty percent (30%)?

Proposition Berkeley-G. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 332 / 43.86% Yes votes ...... 425 / 56.14% No votes
Shall Article X, Section 8, entitled Voting Machines be repealed in it's entirety?

Proposition Berkeley-H. Charter Amendment Election -- City of Berkeley (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 398 / 51.62% Yes votes ...... 373 / 48.38% No votes
Shall Article XI be amended adding Section 7 The Organizer/person representing citizens seeking the recall of Councilman shall pay filing fee upon presenting the petition to the City in the amount of One Hundred and Fifty dollars ($150)?

Proposition Edmundson-B. -- City of Edmundson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 42 / 85.71% Yes votes ...... 7 / 14.29% No votes
Shall the City of Edmundson, Missouri, be authorized to impose a business license tax on banquet and reception facilities operating within the City of Edmundson in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each one thousand dollars of gross receipts?

Proposition Ellisville-A. Annexation Election -- City of Ellisville (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 882 / 93.04% Yes votes ...... 66 / 6.96% No votes
Shall the City of Ellisville annex that unincorporated territory known as the Old State Road Area, which such area is surrounded by the City and consists of several parcels located to the east and west of Old State Road and generally south of Pierside Lane and north of Ridge Road, all as more specifically described in Ordinance #2823 of the City of Ellisville?

Proposition SLCBC-A. Annexation Election -- Saint Louis County, Boundary Commission (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 39 / 82.98% Yes votes ...... 8 / 17.02% No votes
Shall the City of Ellisville annex the area adjacent to it as described in the legal description and map contained in the Boundary Commission's Summary of Decision, Commission Number BC0701, known as the Old State Road Annexation Area, of June 26, 2007?

Proposition Ferguson-A. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 562 / 80.29% Yes votes ...... 138 / 19.71% No votes
Shall Section 3.2.2 of the City's Charter, relating to qualifications of office for Mayor and Council Members, be amended to include a prohibition on eligibility for convicted felons?

Proposition Ferguson-B. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 545 / 77.97% Yes votes ...... 154 / 22.03% No votes
Shall Section 3.2.3 and Section 7.1.1 of the City's Charter be amended to provide for three year terms for council members, reduce the number of consecutive terms that such officials may serve from 4 consecutive terms to 3 consecutive terms and establish an appropriate election cycle based on these terms?

Proposition Ferguson-C. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 508 / 72.88% Yes votes ...... 189 / 27.12% No votes
Shall Section 3.3 of the City's Charter be amended to set the Mayor's compensation at $350 per month and set the compensation for Council members at $250 per month?

Proposition Ferguson-D. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 585 / 84.42% Yes votes ...... 108 / 15.58% No votes
Shall Section 3.4.3 of the City's Charter be amended to clarify the distinction between inquiries, investigations and social interaction with regard to communications between elected officials and City employees?

Proposition Ferguson-E. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 624 / 88.89% Yes votes ...... 78 / 11.11% No votes
Shall Section 4.5 of the City's Charter, relating to procedure for removal of the City Manager, be amended to require that any resolution for suspension be made public ten days prior to the City Manager's hearing?

Proposition Ferguson-F. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 533 / 78.04% Yes votes ...... 150 / 21.96% No votes
Shall Section 5.2 of the City's Charter, relating to the Personnel System, be revised to provide that the comprehensive personnel system, adopted by ordinance, shall include a human resources structure or component?

Proposition Ferguson-G. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 621 / 89.22% Yes votes ...... 75 / 10.78% No votes
Shall Section 6.3(c) of the City's Charter, relating to the budget, be amended to require the council to disclose the amount of contingent liabilities that may become due with respect to any debt of the City, including but not limited to borrowings providing for an interest rate swap?

Proposition Ferguson-H. Charter Election -- City of Ferguson (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 536 / 76.68% Yes votes ...... 163 / 23.32% No votes
Shall Section 4.4(a) of the City's Charter be amended to provide that, notwithstanding the City Manager's authority with regard to officers and employees, the Council may terminate certain officers, City Attorney, upon the affirmative vote of five members?

Proposition Lakeshire-A. -- City of Lakeshire (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 81 / 76.42% Yes votes ...... 25 / 23.58% No votes
Shall a maximum charge not to exceed fifty dollars be assessed annually on residential property for each lateral sewer service line serving six or less dwelling units on that property and condominiums that have six or less condominium units per building and any condominium responsible for its own individual lateral sewer line to provide funds to pay the cost of certain repairs of those lateral sewer lines which may be billed quarterly or annually?

Proposition Moline-A. -- City of Moline Acres (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 124 / 52.77% Yes votes ...... 111 / 47.23% No votes
Shall the City of Moline Acres, Missouri, increase the Merchant License Fee from 0.10 percent to 1 percent for the purpose of providing revenues for the operation of the City?

Proposition Olivette-1. -- City of Olivette (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 417 / 83.23% Yes votes ...... 84 / 16.77% No votes
Shall the fee schedule for liquor licenses as proposed in Ordinance No. 2358 of the City of Olivette be approved?

Proposition VVH-A. -- Village of Velda Village Hills (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 73 / 44.51% Yes votes ...... 91 / 55.49% No votes
Shall the Village of Velda Village Hills impose an utility gross receipts tax at the rate of one-half of one percent?

Proposition VVH-B. -- Village of Velda Village Hills (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 81 / 49.09% Yes votes ...... 84 / 50.91% No votes
Shall the Village of Velda Village Hills impose a parks tax at the rate of one-half of one percent?

Proposition Wildwood-1. Charter Amendment -- City of Wildwood (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 3,302 / 75.22% Yes votes ...... 1,088 / 24.78% No votes
Effective as of the first meeting of the City Council following certification of the election results, shall Section 3.5(c) of the City Charter of the City of Wildwood pertaining to the filling of vacancies within the City Council be amended as outlined in City Ordinance 1472?

Proposition Wildwood-2. Charter Amendment -- City of Wildwood (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 3,258 / 74.62% Yes votes ...... 1,108 / 25.38% No votes
Effective as of the first meeting of the City Council following certification of the election results, shall Section 4.7(a) of the City Charter of the City of Wildwood pertaining to the appointment of officers, boards, commissions, and committees be amended as outlined in City Ordinance 1473?

Proposition Wildwood-3. Charter Amendment -- City of Wildwood (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 3,417 / 75.65% Yes votes ...... 1,100 / 24.35% No votes
Effective as of the first meeting of the City Council following certification of the election results, shall Section 7.2(b) of the City Charter of the City of Wildwood pertaining to vacancies in the City Council if no candidate files a nominating petition be amended as outlined in City Ordinance 1474?

Proposition NSD-K. Bond Election -- Normandy School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 2,004 / 62.59% Yes votes ...... 1,198 / 37.41% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Normandy School District of St. Louis County, Missouri, borrow money in the amount of Twenty Three Million Dollars ($23,000,000) for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, construction, equipping, furnishing and betterment of school facilities to include the site development, construction, equipping and furnishing of a new elementary school in Pine Lawn; to upgrade electrical and/or heating, ventilation cooling systems at Bel Nor, Bel Ridge, Jefferson and Washington Elementary Schools; partial roof replacement at the Middle School and to modify the Middle School layout making it consistent with academic best practices; to complete other remodeling and repair improvements to the existing facilities of the District including the installation of heating, ventilation and cooling systems and window replacement as part of Phase 2 at the high school; and issue bonds for the payment thereof?

Proposition RSD-3. Bond Election -- Rockwood R-VI School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 9,232 / 61.98% Yes votes ...... 5,663 / 38.02% No votes
Shall the Rockwood R-6 School District, St. Louis County, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of Seventy-four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($74,500,000) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, renovating, repairing, improving, furnishing and equipping school sites, buildings and related facilities in the District, including (1) protecting students and the District's investment in facilities by providing safety and health infrastructure and continuing to fund major capital repairs and improvements, (2) providing enhanced educational opportunities for all students by acquiring and constructing additional classroom technology and technology infrastructure, and (3) preparing students for the future by constructing and renovating instructional areas?

Proposition NAFPD-B. Bond Election -- Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 1,385 / 45.34% Yes votes ...... 1,670 / 54.66% No votes
Shall the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District of St. Louis County, Missouri, incur an indebtedness of said District in the amount of Ten Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,700,000) and issue general obligation bonds of said District in evidence thereof in order to or for the purchase and clearing of land or real estate, the construction, equipment, and maintenance of administration buildings, fire and ambulance stations, garages and houses, and the purchase of ambulances, fire trucks, emergency medical service equipment, paramedical equipment, fire protection equipment and fire-fighting apparatus and auxiliary equipment for said District?

Proposition RFPD-A. -- Robertson Fire Protection District (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 227 / 63.41% Yes votes ...... 131 / 36.59% No votes
Shall the Board of Directors of the Robertson Fire Protection District be authorized to levy an additional tax of fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation to provide funds for the ambulance service?

Proposition RFPD-F. Bond Election -- Robertson Fire Protection District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 238 / 66.48% Yes votes ...... 120 / 33.52% No votes
Shall the Robertson Fire Protection District of St. Louis County, Missouri, incur an indebtedness of said District in the amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and issue the bonds of said District in evidence thereof for the purpose of purchasing real property, constructing improvements to, equipping and maintaining fire stations, and purchasing and equipping ambulances and fire protection and fire-fighting apparatus and auxiliary equipment therefor?

 
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