The city of St. George is no more. With a few motions at a Tuesday night meeting of the St. Louis County Council, the town took part in its final official actions. The county voted to accept the deed for the building that formerly housed St. George City Hall and agreed to integrate  the St. George city park into the county park system. The city’s books were also closed. The county council appointed resident Bob Burns to oversee the disincorporation and he turned in an audit completed by CPA firm Schowalter and Jabouri. With all its bills paid, Burns said St. George’s remaining financial …

Almost a year after the surprise write-in winners of St. George’s municipal election launched a campaign to dissolve the city, the tiny government’s final business will soon be put to rest. Most notably this final transition will resolve the fates of the city’s two major properties: the house that has served as city hall and a small park with a playground. According to St. George resident Bob Burns, the executive in charge of the disincorporation process, the city’s park will be taken into and maintained by the St. Louis County park system. City hall, meanwhile, will be converted into a 24 …

Despite intense opposition from four fellow St. George residents, Bob Burns was elected by the St. Louis County Council to oversee the disincorporation of St. George. In the public comment section of the county council meeting Tuesday night, one St. George resident after another stepped up to speak against Bob Burns being named the executive to oversee the disincorporation. Later, five council members voted for Burns, and two abstained, giving Burns the job of overseeing the disincorporation of the city. Brian Wilkerson spoke first. He said Burns had been involved in many of the disputes in …

The first things to go after the vote came in were the stickers. St. George residents no longer need a “city sticker” on their cars to avoid a small fine. The rest of the city’s functions, however, are still waiting to be put to rest. On Nov. 8 the tiny city of St. George voted on a ballot measure to disincorporate the troubled, often scandal-fraught municipality. The election results were certified by the board of elections of Nov. 21: the neighborhood chose to become a part of unincorporated St. Louis County. The next step in the transition process now sits with the St. Louis County Council…

Unofficial election results are now in: St. Louis County is about the have one less city. The ballot measure to disincorporate St. George has passed. The tiny, often scandal-fraught municipality will be dissolved as a legal entity and the neighborhood will become part of unincorporated Affton. The measure, placed on the ballot by a petition circulated earlier this year, won with 73 percent of the vote: 345 voted ‘yes’ and 128 voted ‘no.’ Only a 60 percent majority was required to pass. “We won it, baby,” said soon-to-be-former mayor Carmen Wilkerson, who lead the charge for disincorporation, …

Less than a year after write-in candidates ousted the town's political establishment in a last minute campaign, Mayor Carmen Wilkerson and her allies are on the brink of potentially achieving their singular aim: disincorporating the tiny city of St. George. On an otherwise off-year, unexciting election day, St. George's approximately 1300 residents will get to vote on whether or not to continue to be a municipality, or join unincorporated St. Louis County. The measure, placed on the ballot by a petition signed by more than half the registered voters in the city, must get at least 60 percent …

With just weeks left before the disincorporation vote, St. George residents gathered at the Southridge Condominiums clubhouse Thursday night for the first of two town halls with city and county officials about the implications of dissolving their city. Taxes, services and the future of the tiny municipality’s roads and park were the main focus of the presentation by St. Louis County officials, headed by Comprehensive Planning Manager Lori Fiegel. Fiegel laid out a tax comparison between St. George and unincorporated St. Louis County. Post-disincorporation, residents would not have to pay city…

The City of St. George has scheduled two town hall meetings with St. Louis County officials before residents vote on a ballot measure to disincorporate the troubled city. The first town hall will be 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Southridge Condominium club house. The second will be 10 a.m. on Oct. 15 at the Affton White-Rodgers Community Center. The disincorporation measure goes to a vote election day, Nov. 8. “I understand that this is a very emotional issue for some and simply a practical decision for others. It is my hope that each of you will receive all of the information you need to make an …

St. George residents will get a chance this November to decide whether their city should continue to exist. The St. Louis County Council approved a ballot item on Tuesday that, if approved, would disincorporate the tiny municipality. St. George residents will vote on the issue Nov. 8. The unanimous decision by the council to put the issue up for a vote prompted a small cheer from St. George Mayor Carmen Wilkerson, who attended the meeting, along with several other supporters. In an interview, Wilkerson said she was very excited’ about the voters getting to “make a choice for themselves.” …

The St. George petition to disincorporate the tiny municipality was verified by the St. Louis County Board of Elections and a recommendation to put disincorporation on the ballot was presented Tuesday to the St. Louis County Council. The petition was verified with a total of 463 valid signatures, or about 60 percent of registered voters in the city of 1300. 93 percent of signatures on the petition were accepted. Now County Councilor Patricia Redington’s office will draft an ordinance putting the disincorporation measure on the November 8 ballot. The ordinance requires three readings at County…

At a board of aldermen meeting Thursday, the tiny city of St. George moved to shut down its court system and contract for court and judge services with St. Louis County instead. With disincorporation of the municipality possibly on the horizon, the decision eliminates one of the few remaining government services that St. George provides itself. The board of aldermen voted for the measure 4-2. Aldermen Nelda True and Herb Pyne voted against it. Mayor Carmen Wilkerson said the move should help resolve the hundreds of years-old traffic warrants that still trouble drivers caught in the city’s now…

At a meeting Tuesday the St. Louis County Council accepted the petition to put disincorporation of the tiny municipality of St. George on the ballot. St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley said the signatures will be referred to the St. Louis County Board of Elections. He said that entity will certify the signatures so that the question can be posed to voters. “It’s up to the citizens,” Dooley said when asked if St. Louis County had any position on the move. “They know what they want.” St. George Mayor Carmen Wilkerson, an advocate of disincorporation who attended Tuesday’s meeting, said …

Wednesday, disincorporation supporters in St. George submitted the petition to dissolve the tiny municipality on an upcoming ballot, Mayor Carmen Wilkerson said. The petition was submitted to St. Louis County with 504 signatures, Wilkerson said, or about 60 percent of registered voters. To be approved, the petition must be signed by half of all registered voters in St. George. This number has been a moving target in the last several months, as the city cleans the names of residents who have died or moved away from its voter registry and as petitioners register new voters. Wilkerson said the …

Correction: Mayor Carmen Wilkerson originally told Patch that she believed the warrants had “expired” but had been “reactivated” by the previous administration. However, she said she now believes that they may have instead only renewed efforts to enforce these citations and collect on the fines. The old warrants may have shown up on background checks regardless of any actions by the previous administration. Applying for a job or joining the military is challenging enough. Imagine, however, turning in your paperwork only to discover you’ve been flagged by the background check: There is a …

At the St. George Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night, Mayor Carmen Wilkerson reported that the petition to have the tiny municipality vote on disincorporation has gathered 433 signatures from registered voters and should be ready to send to St. Louis County election officials in two weeks. The petition has been circulating the city of 1,400 for only a month, but disincorporation supporters may have already gathered signatures from the requisite 50 percent of registered voters. Once that mark is reached, the county elections commission must verify the petition, and St. Louis County will …

The St. George board of aldermen took another step closer to making the disincorporation of the tiny municipality possible on Monday. At its regular monthly meeting, the board voted to create a Disincorporation Exploratory Committee (DEC) to further research the procedure and effects of disincorporation and to circulate the petition needed to put disincorporation on the ballot. The vote on the resolution creating the DEC was 3-3. Aldermen Dianne Burns, Jeremy Collier and Christina Charpentier, who were elected in April as write-ins on the "disincorporation ticket," voted yes. Herb Pyne, Nelda…

In a packed meeting room at the Southridge Condominiums, officials from St. George and from St. Louis County took questions from residents both interested and concerned about what the proposed disincorporation would mean for the tiny city. The main thrust of the evening was a presentation by county Chief Operating Officer Garry Earls, who provided comparisons of services and tax rates in St. George and in unincorporated St. Louis County. With him were County Police Chief Tim Fitch and a slew of county department heads. Midway through the evening Earls was joined by County Executive Charlie …

At an emergency meeting Monday night, the St. George Board of Alderman passed three motions that had failed on Thursday night in the first meeting since the election of several pro-disincorporation write-in candidates. The board voted to appoint Susan Preis as the new city clerk and court clerk, replacing long-time clerk Marilyn Schneider. Cathy Heins, who acted as clerk during the meeting, was appointed treasurer, replacing Dave Pozzo. Paul Martin, who acted as attorney during the meeting, was appointed city attorney, replacing John Malec. These three motions had failed Thursday with three …

The tiny City Hall of St. George was packed fon Thursday night for the first board of aldermen meeting since new mayor Carmen Wilkerson and three cohorts were swept into power by a write-in campaign earlier this month. Anger and frustration were felt from both sides of the town’s political divide, and the new administration’s efforts to change several city positions were stymied by administrative missteps. However, progress was made on their plan to disincorporate the small, scandal-wracked municipality to a vote next year. The main thrust of the night’s agenda was the appointment of new city…

The former mayor of St. George was negotiating with other municipalities for police services, perhaps in an effort to beef up the traffic fines flowing into city coffers, according to the new mayor and the chief of a neighboring police force involved in the discussions.This Tuesday, St. George swore in a new mayor and several new aldermen after an unexpected write-in campaign successfully won four out of five of the open city races in the April 5 municipal elections.Former Mayor Mary Kaufmann told Patch her discussions with other police departments were only designed to give her information …