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Resident urges solar education as board weighs pay increase for mayor and aldermen
Summary
At the Feb. 3 Clarkson Valley Board meeting a resident urged the Board to study solar energy while discussion turned to potentially increasing compensation for the mayor and aldermen; the Board also accepted audit and DNR reports and heard a brief financial update.
Frances Babb, who identified herself as a Clarkson Valley resident of 2001 Kehrsdale Court, used the public remarks period at the Feb. 3 Board of Aldermen meeting to ask what the Board had done to educate itself about solar energy and whether the city should prioritize sidewalks on Clarkson Road or adopt policies that help residents save money with solar.
"She asked what the Board had done to educate themselves about solar energy and making informed decisions that would benefit the community," Babb told the Board, and she said she appreciated sidewalks on Clarkson Road.
Gary Wiegert also spoke during public remarks, saying he had received comments from political opponents and providing the Board a copy of an award he received from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Later in the meeting Mayor Sue McNamara reported on a recent "Coffee with the Mayor" event and raised the possibility of increasing compensation for the mayor and aldermen. City Attorney Patrick Butler advised that any approved increase would take effect when elected officials are sworn in and suggested the board consider making any change in March. Alderman Brock MacDonald said he previously sponsored a similar bill and agreed to reintroduce it.
The Board accepted the FY25 audit and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Water Pollution Inspection Report as part of the consent agenda and received a financial overview from Mayor McNamara listing the city’s total portfolio and recent income figures.
What happens next: The resident’s request about solar education was noted in the public record; the transcript does not record a Board response or a directive to staff. Any formal proposal to change elected-official compensation would need to be introduced, considered at a future meeting and — if adopted — would take effect when officials are sworn into office.
