If approved by voters in November 2024, the proposal will fund the Kirkwood City-Wide Transportation Development District (TDD). This will be an independent political subdivision of the State of Missouri that would levy a half-cent (.50%) sales tax for 15 years to generate funds for maintenance, repair and reconstruction of all public streets, sidewalks, and transportation infrastructure maintained by the City of Kirkwood. State legislation mandates that the funds generated from Prop. T be used for transportation-related projects, including improved street maintenance, upgraded stormwater control, and increased resurfacing efforts.

Approximately $2,800,000 per year will be generated for neighborhood street work, and other transportation related projects, more than doubling funding for the City’s resurfacing program, and providing long-term dedicated funding to Kirkwood’s transportation needs.

General fund property taxes bring in approximately ten percent of our general fund revenues. Property tax is used to pay for operations such as police, fire, and public works – most of what is considered general government services. Passage of Prop. T does not impact property taxes. Prop. T would bring dedicated funding to transportation capital needs.

No. State legislation mandates that the funds generated from Prop. T be used for transportation-related projects, including improved street maintenance, upgraded stormwater control, and increased resurfacing efforts.

Sales tax funds will be used on a pay as you go basis, or through bonds, to fund street resurfacing and reconstruction, sidewalk repair and new construction, and street safety improvements.

No additional funds will be raised to fund the City’s street resurfacing and reconstruction. The City will be limited to its current funding sources and restoration plan for street work, which allows for incremental street improvements as funds permit.

The funding that the capital improvement tax produces annually does not completely cover the City’s existing capital needs such as normal replacement of squad cars, ambulances, maintenance of City buildings and parking lots, and the over $1 million the City has been spending annually on street reconstruction and maintenance. Prop. T would bring in an additional $2.8 million per year dedicated only to street maintenance and improvement projects.

A proposal of this type requires a partnership of government entities. Downtown is the heart of our City. It is important to have the support of local businesses that collect the tax. With the City and SBD as partners, the funding from Prop. T would be able to address downtown, neighborhood, and City-wide transportation needs.

If approved, Prop. T would result in an additional half-cent sales tax. This means an extra nickel on a $10 purchase or $1 on a $200 purchase.

PROPOSITION T 

Shall there be organized in the municipal boundaries of the City of Kirkwood, within the State of Missouri, a transportation development district, to be known as the Kirkwood City-Wide Transportation Development District for the purpose of developing the following transportation project: the repair, rehabilitation, maintenance, enhancement, construction and reconstruction of the following, all as located within the City and/or the Downtown Kirkwood Special Business District: streets, alleys, roadways, sidewalks, curbs, and public parking, that are owned, leased, or within dedicated easements maintained by the City, and be authorized to impose a transportation development district-wide sales tax at a rate of one-half of one percent (.50%) for a period of up to 15 years from the date on which such tax is first imposed for the purpose of funding the transportation projects?

          Yes                   No

Prop. T will be on the ballot Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

All registered voters in the City of Kirkwood are eligible to vote in this election. Additional information is available through the St. Louis County Board of Elections at stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-government/board-of-elections/ or by calling (314) 615-1800.

You can cast an absentee ballot in person or vote via mail through the St. Louis County Board of Election. Additional information is available through the St. Louis County Board of Elections at stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-government/board-of-elections/ or by calling (314) 615-1800.

Your precinct number and polling location are shown on your voter notification card, but registered voters in St. Louis County can vote at any polling location. Visit the St. Louis County Election Board’s website at stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-government/board-of-elections for the most up-to-date list of polling locations.