Darlene Green

Slay, Green Take Oaths At City Hall

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:11:48 +0000

St. Louis mayor Francis Slay says he's approaching his historic fourth term with "hope and optimism."

Slay and Comptroller Darlene Green took their oaths of office just after noon today at City Hall. He's the first mayor elected to a fourth, four-year term and will become the longest-serving in the city's history at the end of the month.

Parks bond issue sent to Mayor Slay

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:53:55 +0000

After 18 months of work behind the scenes, a three-week delay, and two hours of debate that covered topics from roller skating to Robert Frost, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has sent a $64 million bond issue for the city's parks to Mayor Francis Slay.

Bonds for St. Louis city parks clear one hurdle, others remain

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:00:49 +0000

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen appears likely to meet an end-of-the-year deadline to pass a bond issue for the city’s parks, giving initial approval today to legislation that would issue $64 million in debt to fund major capital repairs at the more than 100 parks in the city limit.

Stalled bill on bonds for parks could jeopardize $25 million for Forest Park

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:44:59 +0000

A $25 million donation to Forest Park may be in jeopardy if the St. Louis Board of Aldermen cannot approve a bond issue for parks improvement by the end of the year.

The two bond issues - one for Forest Park, another for the city's 100+ other parks - stalled again Thursday at the Board of Aldermen.

The bills would work in the following way:

City delays vote on mandatory furloughs for employees

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:44:57 +0000

Saying they could not in good conscience declare that the city of St. Louis is in a fiscal crisis when it had a budget surplus last year, two members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on Wednesday forced a delay on implementing a third year of furloughs for city employees.