New Council, Old Business
The residents of Overland have had a rough time of it over the last year. Between the storms causing power outages in our neighborhoods, and other storms causing reason outages in our government Overland has had some difficult times. The storms are behind us now. On April 23rd the new Council will take their seats and Overland will get another opportunity to focus on the road ahead. Unfortunately, they have some unfinished business to attend to first.
The first thing the new Council will need to do is decide on how they are going to fill the Mayor's seat. The Council will likely fill the seat temporarily with the president pro-tem. (Currently that would be Councilman May of Ward 1). However, every new Council elects a member to this position so that might change. How the Council will fill the seat permanently has already be a subject of a multitude of rumors. As it stands, if the Council wants to hold an August election for Mayor they are going to have to address this at their first meeting (April 23rd) because the St. Louis County Election Board's cut off date to add items to the August election is in May.
Next the Council has some unfinished business to attend to. The Council needs to pass a budget for 2006/2007. Once passed, the City will be able to get the overdue utility tax rebates out to those who qualify. Those rebates were delayed due to the failure of the previous Council to pass a budget. They also need to decide on whether or not to allow a tax abatement on two different developments (we covered the issues with one of those development plans here).
From there the Council will need to get right to work on drafting and passing a Budget for 2007/2008. The City will also need to work on finding a replacement for Roland Lettner (who resigned this week), as well as several other employees who have left or have given their notice at City Hall.
It will take some time for our Council to catch up on unfinished business and get priority items accomplished. Hopefully they will hit the ground running to try to accomplish these things as soon as possible.
The first thing the new Council will need to do is decide on how they are going to fill the Mayor's seat. The Council will likely fill the seat temporarily with the president pro-tem. (Currently that would be Councilman May of Ward 1). However, every new Council elects a member to this position so that might change. How the Council will fill the seat permanently has already be a subject of a multitude of rumors. As it stands, if the Council wants to hold an August election for Mayor they are going to have to address this at their first meeting (April 23rd) because the St. Louis County Election Board's cut off date to add items to the August election is in May.
Next the Council has some unfinished business to attend to. The Council needs to pass a budget for 2006/2007. Once passed, the City will be able to get the overdue utility tax rebates out to those who qualify. Those rebates were delayed due to the failure of the previous Council to pass a budget. They also need to decide on whether or not to allow a tax abatement on two different developments (we covered the issues with one of those development plans here).
From there the Council will need to get right to work on drafting and passing a Budget for 2007/2008. The City will also need to work on finding a replacement for Roland Lettner (who resigned this week), as well as several other employees who have left or have given their notice at City Hall.
It will take some time for our Council to catch up on unfinished business and get priority items accomplished. Hopefully they will hit the ground running to try to accomplish these things as soon as possible.
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I came across a new link at the Election Boards website. They were kind enough to break down the election results per municipality.
Overland Election Results
Overland had a 43.62% voter turn out, which is fantastic!
Compare Overland's Turnout with surrounding communities:
Bridgeton:.............29.58
Charlack:..............29.51
Creve Coeur:..........19.67
Edmundson:...........22.90
Maryland Heights:.....7.97
Normandy:.............12.86
Olivette:...............22.11
St. Ann:................26.08
St. John................23.32
University City:.........9.87
Vinita Park:............10.82
Woodson Terrace:....18.16
Of course in their defense they didn't have a high profile Recall measure on the ballot.
Yes, but voter apathy may cause a situation where the recall may be needed.
I still think 43% is pathetic and it's the high water mark!
I agree that it can always be better. However, that would be a decent turn out in a Presidential Election if I am not mistaken, so I think we should be happy with the progress.
We also gained a lot of Registered voters in Overland which is also a good sign. :-)
Good news all around!
Besides all that, Happy Easter Everyone.
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