Thursday, May 9, 2013
A divided TIF Commission approved the project, sending it forward to the City Council for final approval.
A divided Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission Wednesday approved a plan to amend the Hadley Township Redevelopment plan and approved a TIF redevelopment plan for Hadley Township South, moving a Menards store development one step closer to finalization. Both measures were approved 6-5, moving the issue to the Richmond Heights City Council. The TIF Commission's recommendation will be taken up by the council no sooner than June 3. The proposed development is in the southern section of the Hadley redevelopment area–the area south of Elinor Avenue and north of W. Bruno Avenue. It would be just north of Walmart, in the Maplewood Commons, and southeast of Home Depot, in Brentwood. Susan Meyers, Michael Pratl, Michele Kopolow, Betty Humphrey…
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Missouri State Auditor answered questions after his report on Tuesday. Watch the video.
Following a petition for a state audit of the City of Brentwood and the 16-month audit process, State Auditor Tom Schweich presented his findings. Schweich gave Brentwood the lowest possible rating, which prompted some questions. He answered some of them publicly after he went through his report. A lawyer, a mom and Ward 1 Alderwoman Maureen Saunders were among the residents who got to ask a question. Read previous articles surrounding the petition audit of the City of Brentwood:
Following the auditor's presentation Tuesday, some thought more needed to be looked into.
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich had bad news for Brentwood residents Tuesday. His audit of the city found 21 things in need of improvement. Schweich spoke to several hundred in the main meeting room of the Brentwood Rec Center. “Twenty-one is a large number of findings,” he said. “That’s much more than we usually see. That’s the bad news.” See a Patch article with the content of the audit. Schweich gave Brentwood a ‘poor’ rating, the lowest possible in his four-tier grading system. He didn’t say there was good news, but he said no criminal conduct was uncovered, and that the current city administration seems committed to fixing the problems. He said his office spent almost 1,500 hours on the audit, which will cost the city …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Following a process that dates back to 2011, the audit covered 12 different areas of the city's operations. Many details about the audit are included in this article.
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, following an audit process that lasted 16 months, has given the City of Brentwood a 'Poor' rating for its overall performance. It's the lowest of the four possible ratings. The audit covers the year of 2011, so the city has already made improvements in some of the areas mentioned. The audit begins with a brief "citizens summary" of each area. The 'Poor' overall performance is described as: The audit results indicate this entity needs to significantly improve operations. The report contains numerous findings that require management's immediate attention, and/or the entity has indicated most recommendations will not be implemented. In addition, if applicable, most prior recommendations have not been …
Hear the audit presentation in person at the Rec Center at 6 p.m.
Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich will present the findings of the audit of the City of Brentwood Tuesday at 6 p.m. He will also answer questions. At that same time Patch will release details of the audit as well. The audit was initiated in 2011 when supporters gathered 869 valid signatures, 287 more than the 581 needed to trigger a petition audit. Following the then Brentwood city administrator Chris Seemayer's guilty plea to stealing nearly $30,000 from the city and a scandal surrounding the Brentwood Fire Department, Brentwood residents Julie Pozzo and Maureen Saunders led the effort to petition the state for the audit. Saunders is now an alderwoman of Ward 1. Come back here for all the details on the audit and the presentation. These…
The state auditor will present his findings of the City of Brentwood at the Recreation Center tonight.
Tonight at 6 p.m. at the Brentwood Recreation Center, Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich will present the findings of his audit of the City of Brentwood. The auditor will give the city an overall rating which will be one of four levels of performance: Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor. Excellent means the city is well managed. Poor means operations need significant improvement. For example, the city of Pacific was audited in 2011. The audit covered four areas in detail, and the city was given an overall performance rating of Good. The auditor's office met with the Brentwood aldermen and mayor earlier in the year to share the audit. The city's officials' responses to the audit will be included in the final draft. The audit of Brentwood was …
Monday, May 6, 2013
State Auditor Tom Schweich will present the audit and take questions at the Brentwood Recreation Center.
Brentwood residents will find out on Tuesday what the Missouri state auditor found with an audit of the city's books. The audit was triggered in 2011 when supporters gathered 869 valid signatures, 287 more than the 581 needed to trigger a petition audit. Those figures are from an announcement of the meeting from State Auditor Tom Schweich's office. Following the then Brentwood city administrator Chris Seemayer's guilty plea to stealing nearly $30,000 from the city and a scandal surrounding the Brentwood Fire Department, Brentwood residents Julie Pozzo and Maureen Saunders led the effort to petition the state for the audit. Saunders is now an alderwoman of Ward 1. Schweich will present the audit findings of the City of Brentwood, and take …
Friday, May 3, 2013
The city is still looking for a school crossing guard for the busy morning intersection.
A Brentwood city/school district cooperative effort to have a crossing guard at the intersection of White Avenue and Brentwood Boulevard is still in process. A guard was hired and scheduled to start on Monday, April 29, but called to say they can no longer accept the position, City Administrator Bola Akande said. She said the recruitment effort to fill the position continues. See the city's online ad for the position. The guard was approved by the board of aldermen to help students cross Brentwood Boulevard from approximately 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. "We’ve had some problems, at least the parents have observed some problems, with cars leaving White Avenue in a hurry, making turns right or left in front of kids as they’re trying to cross," …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A resident said delaying the decision is hurting the ice rink.
Brentwood could be closer to a decision about what to do with the aging Brentwood Recreation Center/Ice Rink, as of Wednesday. To help the city decide, it hired Kenneth Warren, Ph.D, of the Warren Poll, who polled 646 Brentwood residents from April 1-15 on their opinions of the Brentwood Recreation Center, City Hall and Library. Warren was chosen by the Public Works committee in December 2012. On Wednesday he presented the results of his polling to the Public Works Committee. Among his findings (percentages rounded): Warren said the bottom line is that residents want renovations but only a trickle of them are willing to pay more than a $100 more in property taxes per year to fund it. He blamed that on the poll being administered at the …
Missouri Department of Transportation reports its St. Louis Work zones for May 2-8.
Missouri Department of Transportatation's maintenance crews are continuing to work daily on touching up striping on state roads around the region. Drivers should be aware of slow moving maintenance operations on roadways as crews continue to work on putting on a new coat of paint. When drivers see a MoDOT vehicle with flashing lights, they should remember to slow down or move over to avoid the work ahead. Often three or more maintenance vehicles will be spaced out over some distance to complete maintenance work. In St. Louis County, blasting operations on southbound Interstate 270 near Big Bend is scheduled weekdays at 1 p.m., and will continue weekly, weather permitting. Both directions of I-270 will have a rolling closure and potential …
maureen yowell
8:18 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
here we go again! when are some one going to stand up and scream NO WAY!! NO More TIF's. If you can't afford it any other way than don't do it this year but on down the line when you can afford to build the store without TIF money. you did it in St. Peters and O'Fallon, so why not here? because they knew there would be TIF money offered. which should be taken off the table and let's see what … more ›