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Road board approves county’s half-share for Mercy Wentzville road; motion passes with one abstention
Summary
The St. Charles County Road Board voted to contribute half of the $6.6 million roadway cost tied to the Mercy Wentzville hospital campus, approving a roughly $3.3 million county share; the motion passed with one abstention and individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.
The St. Charles County Road Board voted to approve a county contribution toward roadway work for the proposed Mercy Wentzville campus, agreeing to pay half of an estimated $6.6 million road cost in a motion that passed with one abstention.
Mercy representatives told the board the campus — a four-story hospital, a cancer center and a clinic on roughly 63 acres at the Highway 64/I-70 area — will include roadway improvements integral to access and to connecting to planned roundabout and trail projects. "Mercy Wentzville is the first green field hospital to be built in the state of Missouri and for decade," said Sam Atinson, who introduced the Mercy presentation as an executive director supporting the project.
George Stock, a civil engineer on the project, described the campus layout and said the roadway alignment was coordinated with the city and MODOT. Matt Walberg, Wentzville director of engineering, stressed the road and associated 10-foot trail would extend the city's outer-road and trail network and that the roadway portion for this segment is a small part of Mercy's larger investment.
Board staff summarized the funding request: the roadway portion was described as approximately $6.6 million and Mercy requested the road board pay half. After discussion about project timing, right-of-way coordination and the county’s policy on funding thoroughfare segments, a motion to approve the board's contribution was made and seconded. The motion passed; the meeting record states the motion passed "with one abstension," and one member excused themselves from the vote. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally with member names for the yes/no votes.
The board chair said the approved action will likely be forwarded to the county council for consideration; Mercy representatives said they will continue permitting and planning with the city’s planning commission and city council in the coming weeks.
The board’s approval covers the roadway funding decision recorded during this meeting; no binding construction contract was described in detail during the discussion, and Mercy and city officials said additional design, permitting and coordination steps remain before construction could begin.
