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St. Louis: local government and reports

The City of St. Louis owns a hydroelectric dam on the Pine River, and its city council meets at City Hall on N. Mill St.

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St. Louis City CouncilThe St. Louis City Council meets at City Hall, 300 N. Mill St. The city posts a packet (PDF) for each meeting on its council page, and our reports on the council come from those packets and the city's...

Oct. 2, 2026What Federal Records Show About the St. Louis Hydro Plant’s OutputFederal data list the dam’s yearly hydro generation from 2002 to 2024. A 2001 license order gave an engineering estimate, and two recent documents describe the current status.
Oct. 2, 2026St. Louis Cemetery Design Fee Rises to $26,000 After Survey Differs From 1999 PlanA survey found the unbuilt cemetery land does not match the 1999 layout. On Tuesday the council is asked to raise two engineering fees and to petition the county to abandon part of an old drain.
Oct. 2, 2026St. Louis Asks Council for $32,570 to Seek a USDA Loan for a North Sewer Lift StationTuesday’s council packet pairs a small planning fee with engineer estimates of $3.75 million for a new lift station and $3.275 million for rebuilding North Union Street.
Sept. 23, 2026Update Oct. 3: the Oct. 1 bid deadline has passedSt. Louis Takes Bids to Demolish a House on S. East Street; Contractors Told to Assume AsbestosThe city says the building at 117 S. East St. is too deteriorated to survey safely. Bids are due 3 p.m. Oct. 1; a separate Oct. 6 hearing concerns a tax exemption at 137 N. Mill St.
Sept. 18, 2026Update Oct. 3: the council adopted both resolutionsSt. Louis Packet Proposes $1,000 Fees for Two Bulk Data ExportsA proposed policy would set prices for complete assessment and cemetery-data exports while leaving ordinary individual-record requests under existing public-record laws.