Inventory Completed;

Trees Valued at $325,993

   The Grantwood Village Board of Trustees recently reported on an extensive tree inventory undertaken in the Village earlier this year. The purpose of an inventory is to study and evaluate the structure of a tree population, ultimately establishing an effective planning and management program for the valuable resource. The report is a summary of the findings from this inventory.

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Boone Reports on Lateral
Sewer Line Insurance  

Mike Boone, Street & Building Commissioner, for Grantwood Village, carried through on his promise to investigate the  Residential Sewer Lateral Repair Program when he reported to the Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 19.Boone told the Board that the Village is eligible to participate in the program only if a majority of the voters in the Village approve participation. 

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  Three residents have filed the April 6 election for the Board of Trustees of Grantwood Village. Candidates include incumbent Cathy Forand, who has served the Village for 20 years; incumbent Nancy Humes, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Don Dempsey and Bill Hypes, who is making his third run for a seat on the Board. Only two of the three candidates will be elected.    Board members earn $369 per month.

  Write-in candidates have until March 26 to  file at the St. Louis County Election Board at 12 Sunnen Drive, Maplewood by 5:00 p.m.

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State Has More Than

$3 Million in Unclaimed Cash

11 in St. Louis County Worth $100,000 Each

JEFFERSON CITY – State Treasurer Clint Zweifel announced today his office had returned $1.6 million in Unclaimed Property to a person in the St. Louis region.  There remain 30 claims worth more than $100,000 each to be returned from Unclaimed Property. Read the Story

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AmerenUE 18% Rate Hike Draws Opposition

A number of Missouri residents attended meetings this week to protest a request by AmerenUE to revise tariff sheets with the Missouri Public Service Commission that are designed to increase the company’s electric service revenues by approximately $402 million. Included in this amount is an increase in the level of net fuel costs that are recovered in base rates of approximately $227 million, which company officials say will make the company’s fuel charges lower in the future, according to a company news release. The change would result in an 18% increase to residential rates.

The rate filing includes a request to continue its fuel adjustment clause that reflects changes in the cost of fuel used to generate electricity on customers’ bills through a separately identified surcharge or credit outside a general rate case.

Public hearings on the matter are scheduled for:

The Commission will also conduct an evidentiary hearing at its offices in Jefferson City from March 15-19 and March 22-26, beginning at 8:s0 a.m. each day.