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Creve Coeur passes budget By TED DIXON JR. The Creve Coeur City Council on June 28 passed the budget for fiscal year 2011, and has settled on some options for balancing it. With state and local governments facing challenges of declining revenue, Creve Coeur City Administrator Mark Perkins said, the city is not immune to this trend. In 2010, the city’s sales tax revenue decreased by 3 percent. “As we look ahead to 2011, we do not anticipate a significant increase in revenues,” Perkins said in his report to the city. “As a result, we must look at reducing our expenditures to maintain a balanced budget.” The city is expecting the deficit to increase from $184,000 next year to more than $1 million in 2014. “By addressing long-term challenges now, we will avoid using our existing fund balance on ongoing operations and instead be able to preserve our reserves for critical, long-term infrastructure and city facility needs,” Perkins said. The city’s general fund balance will begin at approximately $10.5 million, according to the budget. The city will lose $250,000 in building permit revenue, and municipal court revenues will decrease by 3 percent. The city has devised ways to increase revenue and balance the budget. One of those methods is implementing user fees to fund trash and recycling services. The $1.3 million the city pays annually for trash and recycling services comprises 9 percent of the city’s general fund budget and 33 percent of its non-personnel budget. One option is for residents to pay a fee of $10 per month to cover 50 percent of the total cost of rear-yard trash and curbside
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bartender passes away Tom Volkerding (pictured with his grandson, Jacob), a longtime bartender in West County, passed away on June 24 at the age of 65. Volkerding tended bar for 35 years at many area restaurants and watering holes, including Springs, The Seventh Inn, Coach House, French Quarter, Island Bar, and Deb’s Corner. He is survived by his wife, Mary K. Volkerding; a daughter, Angela Tipton; grandsons Jacob and Luke; and a sister, Betty Dodge. He will be missed by many in the community.
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recycling, or $650,000 annually. The city would have to formulate an ordinance this month to get that on the books. Another option would be to place a onequarter-cent local sales tax to help cover the costs. The city could vote to place that option on the ballot by late August for the November elections. Perkins said that if the sales tax is passed, it would defer the need for trash fees for at least three years. He said it would generate $800,000 annually. The city still could decide to forego that option and stick with the trash fees.
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