10 Candidates File For O'Fallon April Election

Candidate filing ends Jan. 15, 2013.

Update: 10 Candidates File For O'Fallon April Election

Candidate filing began Dec. 11 and ends Jan. 15, 2013.

Filing for seats on the O’Fallon City Council ends on Jan. 15.  City of O’Fallon On the first day of filing, six candidates have filed for five open seats on the O'Fallon City Council and one candidate has filed for mayor.  The terms of Rick Lucas, Jim Pepper, Rick Battelle, Jeff Schwentker and Michael Snowden end in April, leaving one seat open in wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Mayor Bill Hennessy's term also ends in April. Council members serve three-year terms. The mayor serves a four-year term.  Candidates in filing order:  Mayor  William "Bill" Hennessy filed for re-election. Ward 1 AC Arnie C. Dienoff  Kevin Wattelet  Rick Lucas filed for re-election  Ward 2 Jim Pepper filed for re-election. Ward 3 Richard "Rick" Battelle filed for re-…

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Jim Frain

8:52 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

If I could ask every resident that is running for O'Fallon Office it would be this..."Will you guarantee that you will complete your entire term of office with no possibility of moving, resigning or running for another office while you are still an elected public servant of our city?" I hope that during any debates that this question will be asked of every one of them. There is a history of …   more ›

Update: Candidates Begin Filing For O'Fallon April Election

Candidate filing began Dec. 11 and ends Jan. 15, 2013.

This article was updated at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20.  Filing for seats on the O’Fallon City Council and Fort Zumwalt School Board began on Tuesday morning.  City of O’Fallon On the first day of filing, six candidates have filed for five open seats on the O'Fallon City Council and one candidate has filed for mayor.  The terms of Rick Lucas, Jim Pepper, Rick Battelle, Jeff Schwentker and Michael Snowden end in April, leaving one seat open in wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Mayor Bill Hennessy's term also ends in April. Council members serve three-year terms. The mayor serves a four-year term.  Candidates in filing order:  Mayor  William "Bill" Hennessy filed for re-election. Ward 1 AC Arnie C. Dienoff  Kevin Wattelet  Ward 2 Jim Pepper filed for…

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Candidate Filing For O'Fallon April Election Begins Tuesday

O'Fallon will elect five council members and a mayor. The Fort Zumwalt School Board will fill two seats.

Candidate filing for the April 2, 2013 election begins Tuesday, Dec. 11 and runs until Jan. 15 for both the O'Fallon municipal elections and the Fort Zumwalt School Board. City of O'Fallon Filings for the city's five wards and mayor position will be accepted at the West City Hall entrance on the first day of filing only, from 8 a.m –5 p.m. Council members serve three-year terms. The mayor serves a four-year term.  After Dec. 11, filing continues in the city clerk's office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Each candidate must file in person, and pay a $25 fee filed with the City Clerk.  Qualifications:  The last day for filing is Jan. 15. Candidates will appear on the ballot in the order they have filed. For more information, contact…

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Legislative Moves Continue Toward Retaining Three-Year Terms for Fort Zumwalt

Missouri House and Senate bills would allow Fort Zumwalt school board members to continue to serve three-year terms.

Legislative moves to exempt Fort Zumwalt Board of Education members from serving six-year instead of three-year terms are winding their way this week through the Missouri General Assembly. A hearing on Senate Bill 450 that would allow the Fort Zumwalt School District to retain three-year terms for its seven-member board was scheduled before the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 11. “So far it's moving pretty good,” said Bernard DuBray, superintendent of the Fort Zumwalt School District. DuBray was scheduled to testify before the education committee. DuBray and the present school board want the legislation to move quickly because without a legislative remedy school board members elected on April 3 would serve six-year terms. The bill …

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