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April 2011 Elections

Friday, August 12, 2011

City Council Hears Redistricting Plan, Annexation Complaint

While voters approved the annexation of eight parcels of land in April elections, one landowner claims they never got the memo.

O’Fallon City Council heard a first reading of the city’s redistricting plan in light of 2010 United States census data at Thursday's regular session. Director of City Planning and Development David Woods said that except for four minor amendments, O’Fallon’s five wards would remain largely intact. “The goal here is to keep the wards’ population size consistently the same throughout the next 10 years, until the next census,” said Woods, who reported the findings of the city’s apportionment commission. Ward 5 added 430 residents southwest of the intersection of Interstate 70 and Bryan Road, as well as 294 residents south of Piper and Pean drives. Southwest of O’Fallon Road and Page South Outer Road, 1,358 residents will transfer from Ward 3…

Mike Nunnery

8:02 am on Saturday, August 13, 2011

The word preference was originally typed presence...(MDN)   more ›

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Update: Nine Candidates File for City Council Seats

O'Fallon will elect six council members in April.

Nine candidates have filed for the six open seats on the O'Fallon City Council. Ward 1 Council member Bill Gardner filed for re-election on Monday. O'Fallon contains five wards. There is one seat open in wards 1,2,4 and 5. There is one three year position open in Ward 3 and one two-year position, left by Dan Haney's resignation in October. The terms of Gardner, Rose Mack, John Haman Jr., Bob Howell and Mike Pheney end in April.   Candidates for 2011 election: Filing continues Monday through Friday from  8 a.m.-5 p.m until Jan. 18. in the city clerk's office at the Municipal Center at 100 North Main St. 

Public and Community Advocate "For the People" City Council and Municipal Centre "Watch-Dog" O.W.D.C

11:01 pm on Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Dear Editor: Can you please correct the following mispelled words and corrections as follows; The first line shall correctly read "Citizens and the Voters of each of the City's Five (5) Council Wards need to realize that two (2) City Council Members represent each Ward in staggered three (3) year terms of Office with the Election being held in April." A. C. Dienoff   more ›

Thursday, December 23, 2010

City-wide Smoke Ban in Voters’ Hands

O'Fallon residents will choose whether or not to restrict smoking in restaurants and bars come April.

A smoke-free air proposal is headed to the ballot for O'Fallon voters in April. The city charter gives the O'Fallon City Council a choice between putting the issue on the ballot or enacting the ban within 30 days as presented in the petition without a vote. City Council members at Wednesday's public forum said they would have to hold a special meeting before their next regular meeting on Jan. 13, or the initiative would automatically be placed on the ballot. If approved, the measure will ban smoking in most indoor public places, including O'Fallon restaurants and bars. Ward 2 Councilman Jim Pepper, who helped write the city's charter, said placing the issue on the ballot is the best way to proceed with the issue. "The petition was signed…

Reverend Scott E. Lee

2:49 pm on Friday, March 18, 2011

Fine. Leave it up to the establishments. If they want to allow smokers and possibly lose non-smokers' business, that is their prerogative. Don't tell a business to whom they may or may not cater. If non-smokers wish to patronize only those businesses that ban all smoking, that is their choice; their decision. That is the way it should be.   more ›

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