Curious Louis Answers 4 More Questions About Proposed City-County Merger
Date Posted: April 12, 2019
Posted In: Discussion, Regionalism,
From St. Louis Public Radio: The group Better Together submitted its proposal for a merger of St. Louis and St. Louis County in January. The plan calls for a statewide vote in 2020, when Missouri residents would decide on the future of the city and county. The plan would consolidate several municipal functions including police departments, a prosecutor and an assessor.
Residents of the city and country continue to have question regarding the merger, which would consolidate several key functions of the St. Louis and St. Louis County region.
The plan has also spurred both praise and criticism. Many have asked how this plan will impact their way of life and affect political power.
We answered several more questions from St. Louis Public Radio listeners through our Curious Louis project.
Better Together has a list of studies and surveys published on its website dating back to the organization’s first study in 2014. The subjects include economic development, general administration costs and functions, and public safety.
Better Together officials said these studies, along with the For the Sake of All report, and researching other city-county mergers, helped lead the recommendations from the organization’s task force that were submitted for the Better Together plan.