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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...

Dee Baebler

Dee Baebler is stepping down as Sunset Hills alderman

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 17, 2020

Longtime Sunset Hills Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler will no longer serve in her post after she and husband move this month from Sunset Hills to the city of St. Louis. Baebler said she plans to resign Sept....

Brittany Gillett

New Sunset Hills city administrator resigns as Wentzville alderman to remove any conflict of interest

September 16, 2020

Brittany Gillett was officially hired this week as the new Sunset Hills city administrator, and she resigned her position as alderman in Wentzville after the vote, effective Sept. 23. Gillett posted to...

The city of Sunset Hills campus: Sunset Hills Police Department

New Sunset Hills city administrator is Wentzville Alderman Brittany Gillett

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter September 1, 2020

Sunset Hills has hired its second-ever city administrator, who is set to begin at the end of September.  Mayor Pat Fribis told The Call that she offered the position of city administrator Saturday...

Curbside pickup was open at Helen Fitzgeralds in Sunset Hills March 18.

Sunset Hills eases sign restrictions during pandemic

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Repoter July 31, 2020

The City of Sunset Hills has temporarily stopped enforcing ordinances regarding temporary banners and signs in front of businesses to allow businesses to continue to advertise carryout, curbside and pick-up...

Then-Ward 4 Alderman Donna Ernst, left, applauds for her successor, Ward 4 Alderman Thompson Price, at the victory party on his first election night in April 2016.

Price voted board president over Baebler

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 29, 2020

Newly re-elected Ward 4 Alderman Thompson Price was named president of the Sunset HIlls Board of Aldermen June 23, defeating Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler in a 5-3 videoconferenced vote that was split along...

Krueger honored for service to Sunset Hills

Krueger honored for service to Sunset Hills

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 28, 2020

The city of Sunset Hills honored outgoing Ward 3 Alderman Kurt Krueger at the Board of Aldermen meeting June 23. Krueger had served as Ward 3 alderman since 2013 before he was defeated by resident Cathy...

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

Helen’s and hotel want tax incentives vote

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 22, 2020

A final vote on a Sunset Hills bill that would grant tax incentives to Helen Fitzgerald’s and a new hotel on Lindbergh Boulevard in Sunset Hills was postponed to August at the developer’s request. The...

John Stephens and his wife, Gena, started the private Sunset Hills Neighbors Facebook group last year.

John Stephens looks back on Sunset Hills mayoral election

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter July 10, 2020

Despite a loss in the June 2 mayoral race, Sunset Hills resident John Stephens plans to continue to advocate for city residents. Two-term incumbent Sunset Hills Mayor Pat Fribis collected 1,117 votes...

Cathy Friedmann, left, defeated Kurt Krueger, right, in last Tuesdays elections to become Sunset Hills Ward 3 alderman.

In Sunset Hills, Friedmann defeats Krueger

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 9, 2020

Sunset Hills will soon have a new Ward 3 alderman after political newcomer Cathy Friedmann defeated incumbent Kurt Krueger in the June 2 municipal election that had been postponed from April. Friedmann...

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