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ORDINANCE NO. 15549
AN ORDINANCE, with an emergency clause, proposing a change to Proposition
1 of the Official Ballot for the Special Election on April 6, 2021, in the Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District as described in Exhibit C of Ordinance No. 15548.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 15548 orders an election to be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the District the propositions as set forth in the form of
Notice of Election attached as Exhibit C to Ordinance No. 15548; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the District, after due deliberation and consideration of the
District Plan Amendment Commission, have determined that it is in the best interest of the District to
submit to the voters of the District Proposition 1 language different than the language described in
Ordinance No. 15548; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Proposition 1 of the Official Ballot for the Special Election on April 6, 2021, in the
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District as adopted in Ordinance No. 15548 shall be changed by adding
language contained in letter (h) of Proposition 1. All other language in Proposition 1 shall remain as
adopted in Ordinance No. 15548.
Section 2. Emergency Clause. Communication is necessary prior to the election filing date of
January 2021, thus creating an emergency within the meaning of the Charter. Therefore, this Ordinance
should be enacted without delay and shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.
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PROPOSITION 1
Shall the Plan (Charter) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be amended to
remove obsolete provisions, modernize certain provisions, references and language and
change certain provisions to align with current practices of the District, including but not
limited to (a) removing obsolete positions and titles, (b) replacing “city workhouse” with
“jail or detention facility”, (c) requiring that the District present annually to the City and
County only upon request, (d) adding gender, sexual orientation, familial status, ancestry
or national origin and disability to the list of protected classes, (e) providing that notice of
proposed rate changes can be given by posting on the District’s website and other digital
media, (f) replacing “affiliated with” with “a member of” with respect to the current
requirement that no two Trustees appointed from the City or County be “affiliated with”
the same political party, (g) clarifying that documents submitted to the Board of Trustees
in connection with an annexation also be made available to the public (h) and
recognizing, in accordance with Missouri’s Sunshine Law, that hearings before the Civil
Service Commission are not public hearings.
YES
NO
Section 2. The revisions and amendments to the Plan contained in this Ordinance shall take
effect when they have been submitted to the registered voters residing within the District at a general or
special election and approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions in the portions of the
District situated within the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, respectively.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State of Missouri and the Plan.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted on November 12, 2020.