Proposition 1. Community Children's Service Fund -- County of Saint Louis (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 315,078 / 61.54% Yes votes ...... 196,894 / 38.46% No votes

Shall St. Louis County, solely for the purpose of establishing a community childrens services fund for the purpose of providing services to protect the well-being and safety of children and youth nineteen years of age or less and to strengthen families, be authorized to levy a sales tax of one-quarter of a cent in the County of St. Louis?

Yes

No

Proposition 1-BJ. license tax -- City of Black Jack (Proposition 1 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 1,977 / 52.69% Yes votes ...... 1,775 / 47.31% No votes

Shall a City of Black Jack license tax not to exceed seven percent (7%) be imposed on the gross receipts of companies engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing electricity, electrical power, electrical service, gas, gas service, water, water service, telegraph service or telecommunication services, including without limitation cellular or mobile communication services, to both residential and non-residential customers?

Yes

No

Proposition 1-BV. lateral sewer service charge -- City of Bella Villa (Proposition 1 - Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 152 / 45.92% Yes votes ...... 179 / 54.08% No votes

Shall an additional charge of $22.00 be assessed annually for the lateral sewer service line added to the $28.00 already in place to make a maximum charge of 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 service lines which may be billed quarterly or annually?

Yes

No

Proposition 1-WELL. gross receipts tax described in Section 13-72 -- City of Wellston (Proposition 1 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 612 / 62.77% Yes votes ...... 363 / 37.23% No votes

Shall the gross receipts tax described in Section 13-72 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for every person engaged in the business of selling, distributing, and supplying natural, artificial or mixed natural and artificial gas for heating, lighting, power, and refrigeration in the city be increased from five (5) percent of the gross receipts to seven (7) percent of the gross receipts?

Yes

No

Proposition 2-Well. gross receipts tax described in Section 13-91 -- City of Wellston (Proposition 2 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 573 / 60.44% Yes votes ...... 375 / 39.56% No votes

Shall the gross receipts tax described in Section 13-91 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for every person engaged in the business of selling, distributing, and supplying electricity, electrical power or electrical service for compensation in the city be increased from five (5) percent of the gross receipts to seven (7) percent of the gross receipts?

Yes

No

Proposition 3-Well. gross receipts tax described in Section 13-111 -- City of Wellston (Proposition 3 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 546 / 57.35% Yes votes ...... 406 / 42.65% No votes

Shall the gross receipts tax described in Section 13-111 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for every person engaged in the business of furnishing water service in the city be increased from five (5) percent of the gross receipts to seven (7) percent of the gross receipts?

Yes

No

Proposition 4-Well. gross receipts tax described in Section 13-131 -- City of Wellston (Proposition 4 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 534 / 56.33% Yes votes ...... 414 / 43.67% No votes

Shall the gross receipts tax described in Section 13-131 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for every person engaged in the business of furnishing exchange telephone service in the city be increased from five (5) percent of the gross receipts to seven (7) percent of the gross receipts?

Yes

No

Proposition 5-Well. gross receipts tax described in Section 13-151 -- City of Wellston (Proposition 5 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 564 / 59.68% Yes votes ...... 381 / 40.32% No votes

Shall the gross receipts tax described in Section 13-151 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for every person engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing telegraph service in the city be increased from five (5) percent of the gross receipts to seven (7) percent of the gross receipts?

Yes

No

Proposition 6-Well. business and occupational license fee -- City of Wellston (Proposition 6 - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 584 / 61.15% Yes votes ...... 371 / 38.85% No votes

Shall the business and occupational license fee of the City of Wellston, Missouri, described in Section 13-234 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Wellston, Missouri for merchants businesses be increased from $2.00 on each $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof on all gross sales with a minimum fee of $75.00 regardless of the amount of gross sales as described in Section 13-234 be increased to $3.00 on each $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof on all gross sales, provided, however that in no case shall the merchants license tax be less than $90.00 regardless of the amount of gross sales?

Yes

No

Proposition C. Charter Commission -- County of Saint Louis (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 212,377 / 45.37% Yes votes ...... 255,710 / 54.63% No votes

Shall there be a Charter Commission to revise and amend the Charter?

Yes

No

Proposition E. Special Bond Election - School -- Brentwood School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 3,195 / 69.62% Yes votes ...... 1,394 / 30.38% No votes

Shall the Board of Education of the Brentwood School District be authorized to borrow money in the amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) for the purpose of establishing an early childhood education center by means of acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping and renovating such early childhood education center and in the event that any money remains after completion of the early childhood education center, making improvements to certain of the districts existing school buildings and related facilities for school purposes, and to issue the general obligation bonds of the Brentwood School District for the payment thereof, resulting in an estimated increase to the debt service property tax levy of zero cents ($0.00) per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation? If this proposition is approved the adjusted debt service levy of the district is estimated to remain at twenty-one cents ($0.21) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Yes

No

Proposition F. Special Bond Election -- Eureka Fire Protection District (Four-Sevenths Majority required)
Pass: 5,868 / 75.7% Yes votes ...... 1,888 / 24.3% No votes
   4,851 (75.40%) Yes / 1,583 (24.60%) No in Saint Louis County
   1017 (76.93%) Yes / 305 (23.07%) No in Jefferson County

Shall the Eureka Fire Protection District issue general obligation bonds in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount of up to thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) for the purpose of acquiring firefighting and emergency vehicles, equipment, and apparatus; acquiring real estate; constructing and equipping new fire stations; renovating, improving, and equipping existing fire stations; and other related capital expenditures?

Yes

No

Proposition H. Use Tax -- County of Saint Louis (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 224,868 / 44.60% Yes votes ...... 279,274 / 55.40% No votes

For the purposes of enhancing county and municipal public safety, parks, and job creation and enhancing local government services, shall the county be authorized to collect a local use tax equal to the total of the existing county sales tax rate of one and eighty-five hundredths percent (1.85%), provided that if the county sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same voter action? Fifty percent of the revenue shall be used by the county throughout the county for improving and enhancing public safety, park improvements, and job creation, and fifty percent shall be used for enhancing local government services. The county shall be required to make available to the public an audited comprehensive financial report detailing the management and use of the countywide portion of the funds each year. A use tax is the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases from out-of-state sellers by in-state buyers and on certain taxable business transactions. A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.

Yes

No

Proposition I. Improvements to County Buildings & Facilities -- County of Saint Louis (Special Bond Election - Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 252,968 / 50.82% Yes votes ...... 244,830 / 49.18% No votes

Shall St. Louis County, Missouri, issue general obligation bonds up to the amount of One Hundred Twenty Million Dollars for the purposes of constructing various capital improvements to County buildings and facilities, and making improvements to County safety/security and communication facilities?

Yes

No

Proposition K. general obligation bonds - schools -- Ritenour School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 12,267 / 64.85% Yes votes ...... 6,650 / 35.15% No votes

Shall the Board of Education of the Ritenour School District, St. Louis County, Missouri, borrow money in the amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) for the purpose of improving schools by adding and upgrading technology; constructing and furnishing an Early Childhood Center, additional classrooms, a high school auditorium and two elementary libraries to meet state standards; and renovating existing school facilities, and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof, resulting in an estimated increase to the debt service property tax levy of $0.20 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to increase from $0.71 to $0.91 per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Yes

No

Proposition L. Special Bond Election -- West County Ems & Fire Protection District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 13,995 / 69.31% Yes votes ...... 6,197 / 30.69% No votes

Shall the West County EMS and Fire Protection District of St. Louis County, Missouri, incur an indebtedness of said District in the amount of Nineteen Million Dollars ($19,000,000) and issue the bonds of said District in evidence thereof for the purpose of purchasing real property, constructing, equipping, and maintaining fire stations and purchasing and equipping ambulances and fire protection and fire-fighting apparatus and auxiliary equipment therefor?

YES

NO

Proposition M. Public Transportation -- County of Saint Louis (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 249,089 / 48.45% Yes votes ...... 265,027 / 51.55% No votes

Shall St. Louis County, Missouri impose, in addition to an existing County-wide sales tax of one-quarter of one percent for the same purpose, a county-wide sales tax of one-half of one percent (0.50%) which shall have a sunset date twenty years from the date on which the tax is first imposed, for the purpose of providing a source of funds for public transportation purposes, with the revenues from one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) to be used for expansion of a light rail system and revenues from the remaining one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) to be used for the maintenance and operation of existing public transit facilities?

Yes

No

Proposition O. Special Bond Election - School -- Bayless School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 3,837 / 67.12% Yes votes ...... 1,880 / 32.88% No votes

Shall the Bayless Consolidated School District Board of Education borrow money in the amount of Four Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,300,000) for the purposes of improving students learning environment and implementing the long-range plan endorsed by the Bayless Student Success Task Force, including but not limited to renovations to increase instructional space, making safety and security improvements, completing HVAC and lighting projects and state-required technology upgrades, addressing ADA-compliance, electrical and plumbing needs, and refinancing outstanding lease obligations, and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof, resulting in no estimated increase to the debt service property tax levy? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged at thirty-nine cents ($0.39) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Yes

No

Proposition P. Tax levy -- Affton Fire Protection District (Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 7,574 / 44.29% Yes votes ...... 9,528 / 55.71% No votes

Shall the Board of Directors of the Affton Fire Protection District be authorized to levy an annual rate of 18 cents per one hundred dollars valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a special fund and used only for the Pension program of the District?

Yes

No

Proposition R. general obligation bonds - school -- Lindbergh R-VIII School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 20,378 / 72.40% Yes votes ...... 7,770 / 27.60% No votes

Shall the Lindbergh R-VIII School District, St. Louis County, Missouri issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of thirty-one million dollars ($31,000,000) for the purpose of reducing overcrowding at Sperreng Middle School, and repairing, constructing, furnishing and equipping schoolhouse sites and related facilities including the purchase of property, resulting in no estimated increase in the debt service property tax levy? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged at thirty-eight cents ($0.38) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Yes

No

Proposition S. Special Bond Election - School -- Parkway School District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 53,809 / 69.01% Yes votes ...... 24,165 / 30.99% No votes

Shall the Parkway C-2 School District Board of Education borrow money in the amount of Eighty-Seven Million Dollars ($87,000,000), resulting in no estimated increase to the debt service property tax levy, for the purpose of school maintenance, repairs, renovation and accessibility, including but not limited to roof repairs, HVAC, plumbing, electricity, furnishing and equipping school sites, technology, renovations or additions to high school science labs, elementary classroom walls and security improvements, and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged at thirty-four cents ($0.34) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Yes

No

Proposition T. operating levy ceiling -- Mehlville School District R-9 (Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 31,203 / 62.17% Yes votes ...... 18,985 / 37.83% No votes

For school purposes, including implementing building and instructional improvements recommended by the community participants of COMPASS, shall the Mehlville School District R9, St. Louis County, Missouri, be authorized to establish its operating levy ceiling (per $100 assessed valuation) at $3.1114 for residential real property, $3.2252 for commercial real property, $4.0600 for agricultural real property and $3.9348 for personal property? Approval of this proposition is expected to result in No Increase to the estimated Total Tax Levy of the District, due to an expected decrease in the Debt Service Levy that will offset the estimated thirty-one cent increase in the Operating Levy.

Yes

No

Proposition Y. Special Bond Election -- Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (Four-Sevenths Majority Required)
Pass: 6,800 / 51.24% Yes votes ...... 6,470 / 48.76% 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?

Yes

No

Proposition P-CFD. Increase in Annual Tax Rate -- Community Fire Protection District (Proposition P - Simple Majority Required)
Pass: 11,215 / 57.30% Yes votes ...... 8,356 / 42.70% No votes

Shall the Board of Directors of Community Fire Protection District be authorized to increase the annual tax rate from ten (10) cents to twenty-five (25) cents per one hundred dollars (100) valuation, the revenues from which shall be deposited in a special fund and used only for the pension program of the District?

Yes

No

Proposition P-WW. Park tax -- City of Wildwood (Proposition P - Simple Majority Required)
Fail: 9,226 / 47.21% Yes votes ...... 10,317 / 52.79% No votes

Shall the City of Wildwood, Missouri impose a sales tax of one-half of one percent for the purpose of providing funding for local parks for the City of Wildwood, Missouri? This sales tax would be used to implement the goals and recommendations of the Parks and Recreation Action Plan.

Yes

No

Proposition T-RH. Allow non-commercial light duty trucks on residential streets -- City of Richmond Heights (Majority Approval Required)

Shall the City Council consider legislation that would allow a light duty passenger truck with no commercial designation to park on the City of Richmond Heights streets while continuing to not allow commercial trucks to do so?

Yes

No

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