It’s Official: St. George To Decide Fate in November

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 .

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.”

Those in support of disincorporation have spoken to citizens about the importance of registering to vote.

“Now we get out the vote,” Wilkerson said.

Asked if it would be difficult to get voters to disassemble the town they live in, Wilkerson pointed to the success disincorporation supporters had getting enough signatures to put the initiative on the ballot.

“We have a lot of support from the citizens about it,” Wilkerson said. “We still have some work to do. We still have some people who don’t have enough information yet. And actually, we have 30 or 40 people who have moved into St. George since we started this. So we have to start back at square one and educate them about what’s been going on and what the issue is on the ballot in November.”