Politics & Government
Wentzville Board of Aldermen Submit Audit To DMV, Approve Anti-Erosion Project
Residents who underpaid or have not paid tax on motor vehicles may get a bill. City works to fix neighborhood erosion problems.
At Wednesday night’s board of aldermen meeting, the board agreed to send the results of a new city motor vehicle audit to the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles.
This means that citizens who have underpaid, or not paid, taxes on their cars will be forced to pay the state once the DMV has reviewed the audit.
City Administrator Dianna Wright said, despite the cost to residents, the city has no choice but to send in the results of the audit to the DMV.
This is because neighboring cities are sending in their audits as well. If the DMV finds that residents are paying taxes to the wrong city, the neighboring city that should have received the funds may be able to collect that revenue.
“It’s a matter of making sure that if the city is going to reduce revenues because we owe to other cities and we’ve got their money, then the issue is, if they got some of our money, then it would come back here,” Wright said.
Wright said Wentzville could receive as much as $93,000 from taxes that should have been paid to Wentzville.
The board plans to conduct these audits on a quarterly basis in the future so residents who neglected to pay taxes on their cars will not receive a large bill at the end of the year.
Wright said citizens should make sure they live within the city limits of Wentzville when they pay their taxes to avoid problems.
Aldermen Approve Stream Stabilization Projects
The board approved a project aimed at fixing erosion issues at residences near Spring Meadow Drive.
A few residents have made complaints that runoff from nearby streams are eroding their yards away.
Director Scott Smith said increased development in the city has lead to more of these storm water runoff issues.
“The more development that comes into the city, the more runoff you have from different developments, more paved areas such as residential subdivisions, commercial property development and those types,” Smith said. “And what we’re seeing is more storm water runoff therefore scouring these stream banks and the adjacent properties.”
The city is planning on hiring the city engineering and design consultant, Intuition & Logic, to study these areas and find the best solution to the problem.