Besides a $945 million bond issue, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Board of Trustees has placed eight amendments to its charter on the Tuesday, June 5 ballot.

The propositions are put to the voters, per the charter itself, which is required to be reviewed every 10 years.

Passage of the amendments requires a simple majority in the county and the city.

Proposition 1 asks for the charter to provide that “the portion of the district’s boundaries that are located within St. Louis County” be described in records at the secretary-treasurer of the district’s office rather than being “contained in the text of the plan.”

Approval of Proposition 2 would establish “procedural requirements relating to the formation of subdistricts … and the design, construction and funding of improvements in such subdistricts.” It also would create a “method for levying special benefit assessments, all subject to a vote of the property owners in the affected subdistricts.”

The amendment also would modernize and streamline “the process of forming subdistricts” that want to “go from septic tanks to sewer lines and puts the process in compliance with the Hancock Amendment.”

Proposition 3 asks for permission to “establish environmentally sustainable standards and practices,” along with clarifying the district’s authority to “enter into contracts pertaining to stormwater facilities.”

Approval of Proposition 4 would allow public notices to be given through “mail, publication or electronic media, or such other form of communication as may be permitted by Missouri law.”

Proposition 5 looks to “streamline the budget process,” according to information provided by MSD, by requiring budgets to include capital projects and require a public hearing at least 21 days before adopting a budget.

Proposition 6 asks for permission for the district to use “design-build and other alternative delivery methods to make improvements, as permitted by Missouri law,” similar to the process used for the reconstruction of Interstate 64.

Approval of Proposition 7 would set a date of July 1, 2019, to establish a District Plan Amendment Commission, and “every 10 years thereafter.”

Proposition 8 asks for the ability to update the charter to “allow for gender neutrality” and eliminate the requirement that records of the board of trustees be kept in “bound or book form.”