St. George Disincorporation Petition Submitted

Wednesday, disincorporation supporters in 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 total number of registered voters remains fluid, but as of Wednesday stood at 829.

Now the petition must be verified by the St. Louis County Board of Elections. Once approved, the county will schedule a vote on the issue. If the measure wins 60 percent of the vote, the city will be disincorporated. After that, the city and the county would work together to wind down the business of the municipality: settle contracts, collect assets, deal with outstanding legal matters.

Wilkerson said she hopes to get the disincorporation question on the ballot in November.

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