After months of on-and-off discussion, the St. Charles City Council has approved tax breaks to fund expansion of a construction products firm.

The 7-3 vote on Tuesday night allows the city to issue about $7.1 million in industrial revenue bonds for…

New Town behind some commercial construction

Last month, the St. Charles City Council voted to allow higher maximum sound levels in the New Town residential/commercial development for a year-long tryout period.

Now, to solve a related issue over whether city police have legal authority…

City Hall, built in 1976, could be phased out or expanded

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Could a new City Hall be in St. Charles’ future?

The City Council has formed a committee to look into the city’s building needs - and erecting a new City Hall…

Spurred by criticism from Orchard Farm School District officials, the sponsor of proposed tax breaks to fund expansion of a St. Charles construction products firm has negotiated a new deal with fewer benefits for the company.

Klinghammer

City Councilman Michael Klinghammer says…

Last week the St. Charles City Council appeared to be finished redrawing ward lines for next year’s election, narrowly approving a plan on a 6-4 vote after more than six months of consideration - much of it in committee.

Weller

But that decision…

St. Charles officials missed today’s target date for a $30-million bond issue to fund the city’s community and recreational center.

But Mayor Patti York and key City Council members say they remain hopeful a financing snag can be worked out in the…

St. Charles City Councilman Richard Veit said today that he will withdraw his pending bill to increase the pay of the city’s elected officials “and work out a few of the kinks.”

Veit said he’ll probably re-introduce the proposal later -…

St. Charles officials are scrambling to avoid a possible delay in a $30-million bond issue scheduled for Sept. 1 to fund the city’s long-debated community and recreational center. Also possible is a delay in the start of demolition work at the site on Interstate 70 between Hawk’s Nest and…

Most governmental bodies, such as state legislatures and the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, redraw their district and ward boundaries every 10 years after results come in from the once-a-decade federal census.

However, St. Charles officials are getting a head start.…

St. Charles City Councilman Michael Klinghammer was fined $5,000 by the Missouri Securities Division earlier this month for falsifying signatures of two of his investment clients in 2007 on a form relating to an annuity.

Klinghammer

The penalty is in a consent order issued…