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County Executive Kelly (identified in the meeting as the executive) described the proposed facility as the product of several years of work with the executives of neighboring counties and said officials had been negotiating details and the composition of a governing commission. “If regionalism was easy, everybody would be doing it,” Kelly told the council, emphasizing the challenge of getting four county executives to agree on the plan.

Arnie C. Dinoff, identifying himself as County Public Advocate during the public-comment period, urged more intergovernmental cooperation and questioned the current distribution of grant funds and board representation. Dinoff said O'Fallon has spent about $6,000,000 on a Phase 1 law enforcement training center and reported that O'Fallon was rejected for a $4,000,000 state grant this year and for $7,000,000 last year; he noted $50,000,000 had been awarded to St. Louis County. Dinoff recommended exploring shared arrangements rather than duplicating nearby facilities and said Saint Charles County should seek greater representation on the planned regional commission.

The draft agreement before the council (Bill 5403) would authorize an intergovernmental joint cooperation and development assistance agreement to accept a state grant to construct the facility. The proposed commission would have eight commissioners; Dinoff and some council members questioned whether two seats for Saint Charles County provided fair representation given local law enforcement numbers. Kelly said the current seat allocation was negotiated to require cooperation among counties and to prevent one county from making unilateral decisions.

Council discussion touched on location and the potential for separate local facilities to coexist. Kelly said the agreed location aims to be near the demographic center of the participating counties, near Interstate 64 and Route 141, and that property searches would follow the approval of the agreement. A council member said he preferred the facility be located in Saint Charles County or coordinated with O'Fallon and the City of St. Charles to avoid duplication.

No final vote was taken; the bill was introduced for future consideration and staff offered to meet individually with council members to answer detailed questions before the next meeting.

Why this matters: A regional training facility would affect law enforcement training capacity, local budgets and governance. Allocation of grant funds, board representation and location determine who benefits and how decisions are made.

Next steps: Bill 5403 was introduced. The county will continue outreach with council members and may return with more detailed agreements, property options and a proposed governance structure for vote at a later meeting.

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Raymond Schulte, who identified himself as a member of the neighborhood affected by Convention Center parking, told the council the City Council held a work session proposing a residential district with posted no-parking rules from 5 p.m. on Friday through 8 p.m. on Sunday and the ability to tow violating vehicles. The proposal also included pop-up signage directing event attendees to satellite parking and a placard system for residents with multiple vehicles.

Schulte said the city council and the St. Charles Police Department expressed general support for the idea at that work session and asked the county council for continued backing. “It would be helpful,” Schulte said, describing the limited weekend restriction and towing as likely to reduce street parking during events.

No county action or vote was recorded on the matter during the meeting; Schulte presented the concern as public comment. The transcript indicates the change was proposed at a city work session, not enacted, and would depend on the city’s ordinance and enforcement by the St. Charles Police Department.

Why this matters: Residential parking districts and time-limited no-parking zones are local tools cities use to protect residential streets from spillover event parking. Implementation typically requires municipal ordinance language, posted signage and an enforcement plan.

Next steps: The city council and police department would need to adopt and implement the proposed restrictions; county council support was sought during public comment but no formal county action was recorded.

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John Letourneau, who identified himself as a Hunters Point subdivision resident at 317 Laramie Drive, told the council he has seen severe storm damage to his yard in the last two years and said similar runoff could affect neighboring backyards if the Moser Place drainage does not perform as expected. “In the last two years, I can't believe what the storms have done to my property,” Letourneau said during public comment. He said he paid $105 to repair sod and soil on his property and questioned whether proposed water flows would be directed safely to retention ponds or instead into adjacent yards.

The matter is before the council as Bill 5401, an ordinance approving the preliminary plat of Moser Place. The application (RZ25-06) would develop roughly two acres into 10 condominium units, a layout that Councilman Tim Baker said he and others previously rezoned despite reservations. “We rezoned this property two years ago,” Baker said, and he told colleagues he inspected the site and worried the proposed layout could “cause some serious erosion.” Baker added that detention structures are apparently not required for the development under current standards.

Letourneau also raised two operational concerns. He said the fire department had sought a vehicular turnaround to enable emergency responders to operate safely but that the turnaround is not included in the plat’s lot lines. Separately, he said children in a small neighborhood currently board a school bus on Central School Road — a road he described as far busier now than in past decades — and argued that a turnaround inside the subdivision would let buses stop away from the busy road.

Council members did not take a final vote on Bill 5401; the meeting included only introductions of bills and no final passage. Baker noted the council had seen the item previously and reiterated his concern about erosion and the absence of detention on the proposed plat. The transcript shows no formal motion, direction to staff, or conditions applied to the plat during the meeting.

Why this matters: Preliminary plats establish lot layout, roadways and drainage patterns that determine how future storms will be managed, where emergency vehicles can operate and where children embark on school buses. Council review and any required engineering or design changes can affect resident safety and property impacts.

Next steps: Bill 5401 was introduced; forthcoming meetings or staff reports may provide engineering reviews, detention requirements, or recommended modifications before any final vote.

Additional context: The plat is identified as Moser Place (Bill 5401, application RZ25-06). Comments about erosion and detention reflect concerns raised by a resident and by Councilman Tim Baker during the bill’s introduction.

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County executive, public advocate outline regional training facility plan; residents seek greater local representation

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Resident, council members raise erosion, emergency-access and school-busing concerns over Moser Place preliminary plat