Councilmen Kneemiller, Weller, Muench, Reese and Hoepfner Put City at Risk for $3 million
By Tony Brockmeyer
The First Capitol News has learned that at a closed meeting of the St. Charles City Council several members of the City Council, against the advise of City attorney Mike Valenti, voted not to appeal a decision of Circuit Judge Ted House that ordered the City Council and the Mayor to allow MJ Developers to hook up to the City sewer and water system.
According to our sources and from statements made on the City Council floor by Councilman Mark Brown at the Council meeting on Tuesday, Valenti had advised the Council in closed session he believed the decision by the Judge was in error and should be appealed. Valenti told the Council members the City was at risk for $3 million dollars in possible damages if they did not appeal.
According to Brown, Councilman Bob Kneemiller told the Council members that Sellenschuetter deserved the $3 million and Kneemiller along with Bob Hoefpner, Larry Muench, Mike Weller, and Jerry Reese voted not to appeal the Judge’s decision going against the advise of City Attorney Mike Valenti.
