The St. Charles County Board of Equalization has voted to approve Assessor Scott Shipman’s recommendation to reduce the assessed valuation of personal property at General Motors’ van-assembly plant in Wentzville. The county dropped the assessed value of GM’s personal property ...

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In the case of St. Charles City, it takes six politicians accompanied by three city employees. The nine city officials dipped into the city’s coffers last month to attend this year’s International Council of Shopping Centers convention, which ran May ...

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As expected, most of the government jurisdictions in St. Charles County are projecting that they will increase the amount of their tax rates in 2009. However, those increases won’t necessarily translate into higher tax bills for county property owners. That’s ...

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The figures aren’t final, but St. Charles County Assessor Scott Shipman expects a countywide decline of approximately 6.29 percent in value of reassessed residential, commercial and agricultural property.  “You will see a bigger [percentage] decline in residential” property values than ...

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