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I didn't know that when I asked for proper trash cans at clifton park rather than used oil barrels the bill would be this high..Ebsy wrote: ↑Feb 26, 2025That's a big number for Parks, Recreation and Forestry.
There's significant overlap between support for Jones and Green and Baringer and Spencer.
Stl Mag - Many St. Louis property owners see big appraisal hikes
https://www.stlmag.com/news/st-louis-pr ... increases/
https://www.stlmag.com/news/st-louis-pr ... increases/
Muni bonds crashing. Glad Stl is cash rich.
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FY 2026 City budget highlights
FY2026 proposed budget for the City is $1,408,800,000, a 5.4% ($72.5m) increase over the FY2025 budget
Total budgeted employees:
FY 2026: 6487
FY2025: 6604
-117 year to year, most of the cuts were from police after the union agreed to the cuts in exchange for a 7% raise
ARPA funds generated $37.5m in interest for the City from 2022-2025, here is how it was spent;
$15.3m for convention center expansion
$5.0m to general revenue fund
$6.9m circuit courts capital improvement
$10.3m to judgement fund (pay for lawsuits against the City)
In 2017, voters approved a half cent sales tax (while rejecting a use tax for new mls stadium). That tax is expected to generate $24.3m in FY26 (+3.6m carried over from
Fy25 that was unspent. By law this is how that $27.9m has to be spent.
Transit(N/S metrolink expansion ) $14m (total balance of this account is now around $86m)
Neighborhood stabilization: $3.4m
Workforce development: $5.0m
Public Safety: $2.4m
Infrastructure: $2.4m
City is on track to run a $42.2m surplus in FY2025. Half will go into the fy2026 capital improvements plan and other half into the rainy day fund, which now has a balance that well exceed best practices, should we get a recession, the City is well positioned to not half budget issues as a result of that
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... g-plan.cfm
This document below describes the budget process but also has a good breakdown on City debt and who holds it (most of it is held by the airport) and a lot of other good info
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... pendix.pdf
FY2026 proposed budget for the City is $1,408,800,000, a 5.4% ($72.5m) increase over the FY2025 budget
Total budgeted employees:
FY 2026: 6487
FY2025: 6604
-117 year to year, most of the cuts were from police after the union agreed to the cuts in exchange for a 7% raise
ARPA funds generated $37.5m in interest for the City from 2022-2025, here is how it was spent;
$15.3m for convention center expansion
$5.0m to general revenue fund
$6.9m circuit courts capital improvement
$10.3m to judgement fund (pay for lawsuits against the City)
In 2017, voters approved a half cent sales tax (while rejecting a use tax for new mls stadium). That tax is expected to generate $24.3m in FY26 (+3.6m carried over from
Fy25 that was unspent. By law this is how that $27.9m has to be spent.
Transit(N/S metrolink expansion ) $14m (total balance of this account is now around $86m)
Neighborhood stabilization: $3.4m
Workforce development: $5.0m
Public Safety: $2.4m
Infrastructure: $2.4m
City is on track to run a $42.2m surplus in FY2025. Half will go into the fy2026 capital improvements plan and other half into the rainy day fund, which now has a balance that well exceed best practices, should we get a recession, the City is well positioned to not half budget issues as a result of that
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... g-plan.cfm
This document below describes the budget process but also has a good breakdown on City debt and who holds it (most of it is held by the airport) and a lot of other good info
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d ... pendix.pdf
It sounds like the City is in great shape financially, so why is our credit rating so low? Is that normal for cities our size?
^ good question. Curious as my thought has to do with revenues from tax generation, sales and earnings, which can be highly fluctuating depending on the economy. So essentially a hedge by lenders. Give to good of rating and such lenders might be wishing something different if tax revenues tank.
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Not saying this negatively or positively, off top of head that's roughly 10 city employees per square mile.
Wait, that's 100 city employees per square mile? Wow omg. Apologies, I went to public school.leeharveyawesome wrote: ↑Apr 25, 2025Not saying this negatively or positively, off top of head that's roughly 10 city employees per square mile.
Good idea
StlToday - After state takeover, St. Louis to charge police department for city services
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... -top-story
StlToday - After state takeover, St. Louis to charge police department for city services
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... -top-story
It's a very good idea. Looks like it already triggered some south county clown.
The proposed budget is a $21 million increase in line with the new state law, $16 million of which will be paid back for services provided by the city, such as legal or maintenance.
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Do you know where I can see what they will do with the additional $5 million?Auggie wrote: ↑May 12, 2025The proposed budget is a $21 million increase in line with the new state law, $16 million of which will be paid back for services provided by the city, such as legal or maintenance.Rick Prieto wrote: ↑May 12, 2025Any idea of how much can the city charge for these services?
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... r_stltoday
City to pay former police chief $505k to settle lawsuit over wife's death.
He should be in prison, not getting any money from the citizens of STL. Insane miscarriage of justice.
City to pay former police chief $505k to settle lawsuit over wife's death.
He should be in prison, not getting any money from the citizens of STL. Insane miscarriage of justice.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 9c479.html
City to require workers burn through paid vacation and paid sick days before using paid time off to take care of family members or recover from illness.
Last year, 632 city employees, or about 10% of the city's workforce utilized the benefit. Spencer says it has significantly strained departments' overtime budgets and impacted staffing.
The exact benefit in question is 6 weeks of paid time off to take care of family members or revover from illness.
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Seems like a pretty dumb way to go about this. Why not just cut the benefit from 6 weeks to 3 weeks or 2 weeks? Make paternal leave 6 weeks and family/medical leave 3 or 2 weeks. Why make people who have actual family or medical reasons to miss work burn through their paid vacation and sick days first? Just seems like a good way to get workers to quit and make working for the city slightly less attractive when it's already not very attractive.
City to require workers burn through paid vacation and paid sick days before using paid time off to take care of family members or recover from illness.
Last year, 632 city employees, or about 10% of the city's workforce utilized the benefit. Spencer says it has significantly strained departments' overtime budgets and impacted staffing.
The exact benefit in question is 6 weeks of paid time off to take care of family members or revover from illness.
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Seems like a pretty dumb way to go about this. Why not just cut the benefit from 6 weeks to 3 weeks or 2 weeks? Make paternal leave 6 weeks and family/medical leave 3 or 2 weeks. Why make people who have actual family or medical reasons to miss work burn through their paid vacation and sick days first? Just seems like a good way to get workers to quit and make working for the city slightly less attractive when it's already not very attractive.
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Vacation PTO must be paid out upon termination (for any reason). The City may pay out sick time upon term as well, not sure. So if you can use your family/med leave time as vacation, essentially, without touching a bucket that is a guaranteed bonus upon terminating, there's going to be abuse or creative interpretation or however you wanna characterize it. In case they get fired or quit, they haven't yet spent their reimbursable PTO.