A vote this week by the St. Charles City Council may have shut the door on any mobile food vending carts in the North Main Street bar-restaurant area for the foreseeable future - except during special festivals.

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Amid continued opposition from…

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 -…

Two rival bills dealing with St. Charles’ municipal property tax rate are being pushed by different city council members.

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One measure, submitted last week by Council President Larry Muench at the request of Mayor Patti York, would increase the city rate to 92.1 cents…

A bill introduced at Tuesday night’s St. Charles City Council meeting would increase the pay for the mayor, city council members and the municipal judge.

You can read the text of the bill and the accompanying document by clicking here. It was…

In 2005, with the support of neighborhood activists, the St. Charles City Council passed a rezoning plan for the Frenchtown historic district which barred any new auto-related businesses from opening there.

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Now some of those same activists are at odds with…

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…

Former St. Charles County Councilman Dan Foust, who helped revive the county’s Municipal League in 2007-08, might become the organization’s executive director.

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The league’s vice-president, St. Charles Councilman Richard Veit, said league board members are considering the possibility of creating such a position and naming…

After seven years of delay by three different sets of members, the St. Charles City Council has finally decided:  the median at the rebuilt First Capitol Drive-Interstate 70 interchange will be filled in with plain concrete.

The council on Tuesday night voted 6-4 to accept a $58,590…

Perhaps it’s never too early to throw your hat in the ring. We received a press release this afternoon from Tim Lohmar, St. Charles County’s current municipal court judge, announcing that he will run for associate circuit judge in 2010.…