By Tom Weber, KWMU
St. Louis, MO – Voters in DeSoto Tuesday approved letting the school district borrow $7.6 million for school construction following a tornado in May. Insurance will cover the tornado damage to the buildings but officials wanted to also upgrade them while workers repair them.
In St. Louis County, tax increase questions were approved in Crestwood and Overland but rejected in Crystal Lake Park. Ferguson and Pine Lawn will join 10 other cities in charging a fine for keeping a building vacant too long.
And St. John voters approved giving the city's mayor and council $125 more dollars a month as salary. They were making $25 a month.
Here is a list of elections held Tuesday:
Franklin County
- Meramec Valley R-III School Dist. - property tax increase
REJECTED: 742 Yes, 1,261 No
Jefferson County
- De Soto School District 73 - sell $7.6M in bonds
APPROVED: 1,793 Yes, 913 No
- Sunrise R-IX School District (DeSoto) - eliminate tax rollback
REJECTED: 190 Yes, 194 No
- De Soto Rural Fire Dist. - switch tax from debt service to general spending
REJECTED: 896 Yes, 927 No
- Jefferson R-7 Rural Fire Dist. - property tax increase
REJECTED: 106 Yes, 239 No
- Valle Ambulance District - property tax increase
APPROVED: 1,784 Yes, 1,777 No
Lincoln County
- County Ambulance Dist. - raise sales tax, decrease prop. tax
REJECTED: 1,032 Yes, 1,040 No
- Fire Dist. (Troy) - property tax increase
REJECTED: 371 Yes, 788 No
- incorporate Old Monroe Fire Dist.
APPROVED: 184 Yes, 38 No
- Old Monroe Fire Dist. Board (pick 3)
124 Jeff Keiser, 72 Gayle Stelzer, 52 Hans Gilmka
- Old Monroe Fire Dist. - impose property tax
APPROVED: 175 Yes, 47 No
St. Charles County
- Cottleville Fire Dist. - property tax increase
REJECTED: 582 Yes, 2,364 No
- create New Melle Oaks N'hood Improvement Dist. & sell bonds
APPROVED: 32 Yes, 0 No
St. Louis City
no elections held
St. Louis County
- City of Crestwood - property tax increase
APPROVED: 714 Yes, 524 No
- City of Crystal Lake Park - property tax increse
REJECTED: 35 Yes, 67 No
- City of Crystal Lake Park - tax on natural gas
REJECTED: 32 Yes, 71 No
- City of Ferguson - $200 vacant building fee
APPROVED: 357 Yes, 100 No
- City of Overland - property tax increase
APPROVED: 1,177 Yes, 483 No
- City of Pine Lawn - $200 vacant building fee
APPROVED: 41 Yes, 24 No
- City of St. John - increase business fees
APPROVED: 155 Yes, 111 No
- City of St. John - increase mayor & council's salary to $150/mo.
APPROVED: 139 Yes, 130 No