Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Check out the most recent food inspection reports from St. Charles County Health Department from January and February, 2013.
St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment regularly inspects food service establishments throughout St. Charles County, except for within limits of St. Peters. Businesses are inspected one to four times a year or after public complaints. "Lower-risk" places, like gas-stations that serve pre-packaged foods, are inspected less often than "higher-risk" places, like a restaurant, said Doug Bolnick, spokesman for the health department. The establishments begin with a score of 100 and points are deducted based on the severity of problems observed. According to the department's website, a low score does not mean the restaurant was unsafe on the day of the inspection. "A place could have just one deficiency that garners…
The 8th Annual Public Work Fair is 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22.
Monday, April 29, 2013
The $38,000 contract covers the demolition of Civic Hall and a building at O'Day Park.
The O'Fallon City Council has approved a contract for the demolition of Civic Hall. The Civic Park building was declared unusable in 2011, and funds for demolition were approved in the 2013 budget. Also included in the contract was the demolition of an deteriorated residential building in the future O'Day Park property. Cannon Excavation Company was the low bidder at $38,140. The contract includes asbstos abatement, demolition and removal, abandonment of existing utilities, fill, grading and site restoration. READ MORE:
Friday, April 26, 2013
The O'Fallon City Council voted 9-1 to table the reconsidered ordinance and discuss at the next workshop.
A metal detecting ordinance recently approved by O’Fallon City Council is now being reconsidered. The previous ordinance, approved on April 11, called for new regulations regarding the use of recreational metal detectors in the city's parks, including restricted areas and a requirement to turn over their finds to the city. Hobbyist metal detectors expressed disagreement with the new O'Fallon law on O’Fallon Patch and to their council members. Ward 2 Councilman Jim Pepper said he received emails from hobbyists across the country, leading him to take a second look and sponsor a revision bill. “I didn’t realize how wide spread this hobby was until after the meeting,” Pepper said Thursday. Among the revisions, Pepper suggested having the parks…
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Revisions to the bill, if approved, would require the Parks Department to create a permitting process for metal detecting.
O'Fallon City Council member Jim Pepper has asked the council to take another look at a new city ordinance about park regulations. READ MORE: O'Fallon Metal Detector Hobbyists Restricted; Must Turn Over Finds The new bill technically addresses the leash law. But regulations about hobby metal detecting raised the ire of some O'Fallon Patch readers, especially when they heard that the "treasure hunters" would be required to turn over their finds to the city. READ MORE: Patch Readers Slam Metal Detecting Ordinance; Councilman Promises New Bill But it wasn't just the local reaction that caused Pepper to ask for a vote to reconsider the ordinance. Pepper said he got emails from all over the country about the regulations. "How we are perceived …
Check out the most recent food inspection reports from St. Charles County Health Department from January and February, 2013.
St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment regularly inspects food service establishments throughout St. Charles County, except for within limits of St. Peters. Businesses are inspected one to four times a year or after public complaints. "Lower-risk" places, like gas-stations that serve pre-packaged foods, are inspected less often than "higher-risk" places, like a restaurant, said Doug Bolnick, spokesman for the health department. The establishments begin with a score of 100 and points are deducted based on the severity of problems observed. According to the department's website, a low score does not mean the restaurant was unsafe on the day of the inspection. "A place could have just one deficiency that garners…
A proposed bill that would hand out penalties to cities or counties that enforce smoking bans would take money away from those towns and pump it into the local public school district.
More smoking ban news is making headlines—this time on a statewide level. State Rep. Kathie Conway, R-St. Charles, is pushing a bill through the state legislature that would place financial penalties on local counties and cities that enforce smoking bans. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Conay is trying to protect the rights of owners of bars, restaurants and other businesses to decide for themselves whether to allow smoking. “If these municipalities and counties are going to hurt the income of small businesses, maybe their bottom line should be affected as well,” she told the Post-Dispatch. Money generated from the bill—Hosue Bill 1021—would be handed over to the local school district. The bill faces fierce opposition from …
Monday, April 22, 2013
O'Fallon Patch readers didn't mince words about how disgusted they were with O'Fallon's new metal detector rules requiring treasure hunters to turn over their finds.
O'Fallon Patch's April 16 story about a new ordinance regulating where hobbyist metal detectors could conduct their treasure hunting in O'Fallon parks and requiring items to be turned over to the owner—the City of O'Fallon—hit a nerve. But it prompted a promise by an O'Fallon Councilman to look at changes. READ MORE: O'Fallon Metal Detector Hobbyists Restricted; Must Turn Over Finds Most of the comments on the story related to having to turn over the finds: Councilman Jim Pepper responded to the comments: I, along with Councilman Schwentker, tried to table this bill so it could be amended so as not to infringe on anyone's activities when conducted within reason. This was a bad bill from the beginning, not thought through nor consideration …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Check out the most recent food inspection reports from St. Charles County Health Department from January and February, 2013.
St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment regularly inspects food service establishments throughout St. Charles County, except for within limits of St. Peters. Businesses are inspected one to four times a year or after public complaints. "Lower-risk" places, like gas-stations that serve pre-packaged foods, are inspected less often than "higher-risk" places, like a restaurant, said Doug Bolnick, spokesman for the health department. The establishments begin with a score of 100 and points are deducted based on the severity of problems observed. According to the department's website, a low score does not mean the restaurant was unsafe on the day of the inspection. "A place could have just one deficiency that garners…
One blogger thinks there needs to be more traffic signals along the South Outer 364 service road in O'Fallon. What do you think? Where should there be more or less traffic lights?
One O'Fallon resident's quest to see a traffic signal installed on the South Outer 364 road is sparking conversation among O'Fallon Patch readers about whether city officials need to take notice. "Could someone please look into how a stoplight can be installed at the entrance to the Villages at Dardenne?" Patch blogger John Patrick Malone wrote in a post on O'Fallon Patch. "There have been 3 bad accidents at this intersectction in just the last 2 months and those are just the ones I am aware of. Someone is going to get seriously hurt or killed before long, and I hope it is not me or better yet anyone." Malone's blog post got the attention of more than a dozen other O'Fallon residents. Here's what they had to say about the issue: Tracy …
Public and Community Advocate "For the People" City Council and Municipal Centre "Watch-Dog" O.W.D.C
12:44 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Jimmy you were in Florida in the 50's. And why did you not step up and try and save the building. Shameful!!! more ›