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South St. Louis County News

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The existing Missouri American Water tower, 11834 Sappington Barracks Road, as seen from Crestwick Drive. The proposed new tower would be just north of the existing one, at 11832 Sappington Barracks.

Water tower in Sunset Hills rejected, then reversed as city questions its zoning power against utilities

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 3, 2021

Missouri American Water will construct a new, larger water tower on Sappington Barracks Road in Sunset Hills after Mayor Pat Fribis broke a tie for a conditional-use permit over fears of a lawsuit, despite...

Sunset Hills backs off rugby lease

Sunset Hills backs off rugby lease

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 28, 2021

The city of Sunset Hills hopes to work with the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club to mutually terminate the lease that would allow a rugby facility on a former golf course donated to the city. Mayor Pat Fribis...

Affton firefighters tour the inside of a Missouri American Water tank at Tesson Ferry and Gravois roads in South County.

Sunset Hills holds special meeting after rejecting Missouri American Water tower

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 26, 2021

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting Tuesday about a new Missouri American Water tower the city rejected earlier this month. Neighbors are opposed to the tower, but the city attorney...

The city of Sunset Hills campus.

Sunset Hills holds special Board of Aldermen meeting tonight

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 22, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will meet in a special meeting tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via teleconferencing. The special meeting was called by Mayor Pat Fribis,...

A rendering of the proposed layout and location of the St. Louis Bombers rugby park.

Sunset Hills rugby site vetoed by Mayor Fribis

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 15, 2020

The future of the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club facility in Sunset Hills is uncertain after the mayor vetoed an ordinance last week that would have lifted the traffic study rating requirement for the Bombers...

Contentious new ethics code passes in 2020

Contentious new ethics code passes in 2020

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 11, 2020

One of the most contentious bills passed by the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen this year instituted a code of ethics that applies to all elected and appointed officials, and uses the board itself as the...

Joe Stewart

Stewart is appointed to Sunset Hills board

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter December 11, 2020

Sunset Hills has a new alderman after Mayor Pat Fribis appointed Bank Star owner Joe Stewart to fill the seat vacated by Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler when she moved out of the city in September. Stewart...

The proposed location of the St. Louis Bombers rugby park.

Sunset Hills board may not require rugby traffic rating

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter November 18, 2020

The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen might lift a traffic study rating required for the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Club to lease the former Sunset Hills Golf Course for a rugby facility, revisiting the project...

The new Comfort Suites development next to Helen Fitzgerald’s under construction, as seen July 17, 2020.

Developers question why aldermen don’t OK Helen’s/hotel plan

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 23, 2020

A Sunset Hills bill that would establish a new sales tax at Helen Fitzgerald’s and the neighboring hotel to fund parking has been postponed for months after city officials said they would drop a related...

Brittany Gillett

New Sunset Hills city administrator looks forward to challenge of moving city ahead

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 22, 2020

The city of Sunset Hills will have a new city administrator at the helm starting next week, after the board voted unanimously to hire Brittany Gillett as the city’s second-ever city administrator. The...

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