Law enforcement officers often encounter a myriad of issues while on duty in the community, including individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. These people regularly need immediate attention and assistance in situations which can include harm to themselves or others. St. Charles County ensures its officers are prepared to respond by making crisis intervention training a priority.

The St. Charles County Assessor is mailing approximately 39,000 Personal Property Notices of Assessment Change on June 6. Taxpayers who reported additional personal property or made corrections to their 2023 personal property assessments will receive the notice. The mailing is part of County Assessor Scott Shipman’s efforts to further involve residents and make the assessment process less burdensome.

If you have a worn or damaged U.S. flag and don’t know where or how to dispose of it properly, the military veterans of St. Charles County Government are ready to help.

This past November, I expressed concerns about the explosive growth in St. Charles County, including the explosion of apartment buildings by over 300% in the past two years.

Recently, a request for rezoning was submitted to the St. Charles County Planning and Zoning Commission to develop an approximate 600-home subdivision near Frontier Middle School on Highway DD to Schwede Road. In this request, the property is being rezoned from Agricultural District to R1A (1-acre minimum lot size) and R1E Residential District (7,000 square feet minimum lot size).

Below is the tentative agenda for the June 6, 2023, Planning and Zoning Meeting at 7 p.m. at New Melle City Hall. 

The City of New Melle will hold its Regular Board of Aldermen Meeting on Tuesday, May 9 at 7 p.m., 145 Almeling St., New Melle, 63365. 

By Kathy Miller

The following highlights are from the March 14 Regular BOA Meeting.

The City of New Melle will hold its Board of Aldermen Regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 7 p.m. at City of New Melle, City Hall, 145 Almeling Street. Below is the tentative agenda.

Beginning with the April 4, 2023, General Municipal Election, the St. Charles County Election Authority will offer all St. Charles County voters the opportunity to vote early without an excuse at a satellite location specifically for this purpose. With the change in Missouri law that went into effect Aug. 28, 2022, voters now can absentee vote in person without giving a reason.

The City of New Melle, 145 Almeling St., will be holding a special Board of Aldermen Meeting at 6 p.m. on March 7, 2023. 

The City of New Melle will hold an election on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, for the offices of Alderman Ward 1 and Alderman Ward 2. There is one candidate for Ward 1 (currently held by Nik Bradley and he is not running for reelection,) Brian Nelson (currently the Chairman of Planning & Zoning.)

The City of New Melle is holding a Planning & Zoning Commission regular meeting on, Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 145 Almeling St.