Municipal Issues
GENERAL ELECTION
CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Final Official Results
720 of 720 Precincts Reporting. (100%)

Charter Amendment N
Proposition to amend the Charter of the City of St. Louis to increase the maximum fine to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by repealing existing Section 24 of Article IV and enacting a new Section 24 of Article IV relating to fines which shall be and read as follows: Article IV, Section 24. No fine shall exceed one thousand dollars or such other amount as the City may, by law, be authorized to impose.
Yes (For the Issue)   157	40,256
	53.46%
No (Against the Issue)   158	35,047
	46.54%

Charter Amendment O
Shall Paragraph (E) of Section Three of Article XVIII of the Charter of the City of St. Louis be amended, as follows, for the purpose of limiting the advantage given to current permanent city employees on competitive examinations for civil service positions with the City? Section 3. Scope of Civil Service Rules - (e) Filling vacancies: promotions. For filling vacancies in higher competitive positions, so far as practicable on competitive examinations, either promotion or open to the public shall result in giving current permanent employees who pass an examination for a position in the classified service a preference, of five points (5) on a scale of one hundred points (100) on such competitive examination.
Yes (For the Issue)   163	44,090
	59.83%
No (Against the Issue)   164	29,601
	40.17%

Charter Amendment Q
Shall Paragraph (a) of Section Fourteen-C of Article XIII of the Charter of the City of St. Louis relating to the qualifications for the Director of Health and Hospitals be repealed and a new paragraph (a) for Section Fourteen-C be enacted to read as follows: Section 14C Director-Qualifications (a) Director-Qualifications. The Director of Health and Hospitals shall be a licensed practitioner of medicine and surgery and a graduate of an accredited school of medicine or shall have completed graduate work in an accredited school of public health to the level of a Master's Degree in Public Health or have been certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. The Director also shall have had at least three years of experience in the practice of medicine or shall have had at least three years experience in public health work, with at least two years of such experience in a responsible administrative capacity.
Yes (For the Issue)   169	57,363
	76.41%
No (Against the Issue)   170	17,712
	23.59%

Note: City Charter Amendments
require a 60% super-majority for approval.

City Charter of 1914

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