Voters Reject MSD Rate Hike, Give St. Louis County Council Its Own Attorney

[Sherman A1]

St. Louis and St. Louis County residents on Tuesday rejected a Metropolitan Sewer District tax increase aimed at stopping erosion and flooding.

Voters also endorsed designating an attorney to represent the St. Louis County Council, while in Ferguson Fran Griffin defeated Michael Brown’s mother, Lezley McSpadden, and incumbent Keith Kallstrom for a seat on the city council.

MSD asked voters for more money for stormwater service to stabilize creek and stream banks and to deal with flooding. The new fee, based on how much of a property can absorb water, would have cost a homeowner an average of $27 a year.

The new fee, which failed by more than 5,300 votes, would have generated around $30 million a year. It would have supplemented MSD’s current stormwater services, which cover things like replacing manhole covers and regulatory compliance.

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[Kurt V.]

1. MSD is important. Mostly they do good work.

[Sherman A1]

2. They are important

But their rates have gotten pretty high and I suspect folks have had enough.