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standing customer service and positive
community promotion.
It’s likely the city would begin implementing
the program twice a year at first
and later evaluate its frequency after a twoyear
period, after four awards have been
presented, he said. Increasing the frequency
of the award to four times per year could
occur by a vote of the council’s Economic
Development subcommittee. If the subcommittee
would want to further increase the
award frequency, it would require a vote by
the city council.
City set to vote on
lobbyist agreement
Wildwood’s City Council, on May 8, is
set to vote on entering into an agreement
with AT Government Strategies, LLC as a
state lobbyist for the city, starting on June
1, 2017, with a monthly retainer of $1,000
per month for the first six months of the
agreement, followed by a monthly retainer
of $2,000 per month there after.
City Administrator Ryan Thomas told
the council during an April 24 work session
that, from 2011 to 2016, Wildwood
has shared a state lobbyist with a coalition
of other municipalities with similar interests
regarding the pool sales tax issue. Last
summer, an ad-hoc committee of the city
council was formed to review the need for
lobbying services in the future, he said.
The monthly retainer would provide
for general representation of Wildwood
and monitoring of legislation that could
impact the city, he said. If a major legislative
item arose, a separate budget would
be established for providing expanded services,
such as developing a strategic plan
to address that specific item, Thomas said,
adding, in such cases, the concept of sharing
costs with other municipalities could also
be considered.
He said it’s important to have representation
in Jefferson City, in order to sufficiently
monitor and address important legislation,
and AT Government Strategies, LLC has
strong experience with municipal issues.
“I feel this is one of the best companies we
could find to represent Wildwood’s interests,”
Councilmember Ed Marshall [Ward
2] said.
Council changes
meeting start times
Wildwood’s City Council, beginning May
8, will meet at 7 p.m. – 30 minutes earlier
than the former start time – on the second
and fourth Mondays of each month.
The council, on April 24, approved a resolution
making the change by a vote of 15 to
1, with only Councilmember Tammy Shea
[Ward 3] opposed.
Mayor Jim Bowlin said he suggested the
change to help limit meetings from running
as late due to public hearings and other matters
– that night, the meeting, including a
work session, ran from 6 to 10 p.m.
Historic home proposed for
city’s historic register
Wildwood’s City Council, on May 8, is
set to vote on legislation that would place
the circa 1918 “Cottage in Wildwood”
house on .37 acre at 2550 Eatherton Road,
just north of Manchester Road in the
Grover neighborhood, on the city’s Historic
Register, as well as allow for incentives
for preservation.
Joe Vujnich, the city’s director of planning
and parks, told the council during an April
24 public hearing that Ryan and Katherine
Dingley, owners of the commercially-zoned
property, submitted an application to put the
building on the register with the intent of
reusing it as a retail business/restaurant.
They’re also seeking possible waivers
and/or incentives – such as on traffic generation
assessment and rezoning fees and
a potentially reduced parking requirement,
totaling about $5,900 in value – if historic
preservation goals are met for the building,
the oldest part of which dates to about 1918,
he said.
Prowler spotted, police
seek information
On Monday, April 24, at approximately
10:20 p.m., St. Louis County Police officers
from the Wildwood Precinct responded to a
call for a prowler in the 200 block of Timber
Tree Court.
A female victim advised that a suspect
had placed a ladder against her house under
her bathroom window, while she was inside.
Following the incident, the ladder was
located by officers a short distance away.
It is believed that the suspect was in the
area of the victim’s residence for almost an
hour. At one point, he took a patio chair
from the victim’s patio and moved it to the
wood line behind the house where he sat and
watched the victim.
The suspect and portions of the incident
were captured by video surveillance. The
footage depicts a white male, in his late
teens or early 20s, with a slender build.
From Jan. 31 to Feb. 5, the Wildwood Precinct
received three other prowler-related
calls. These were in the same subdivision
with a similar suspect description, and in
one, a ladder was used in the same manner.
That ladder was also located the next day
a short distance away and returned to the
owner, who lives in the subdivision and was
unaware that it was missing.
Residents are urged to contact the St.
Louis County Police Department at (636)
529-8210 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-
TIPS[8477] with any information regarding
the incident.
May 3, 2017
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