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Government

The Richmond Heights City Council, composed of a mayor and eight city council members, provides ever-developing and progressive services (tempered by the City’s strong sense of heritage and tradition) to the City’s residents and businesses.

The City Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. to conduct city business. In turn, the city manager carries out the Council’s actions through the day-to-day operations of eight municipal departments, which includes Police, Fire, Public Works, Building, Finance, Office of the City Manager and the Parks and Recreation Department. The Richmond Heights Memorial Library is a separate taxing and operational entity.

Richmond Heights prides itself on being a “free service” city. In addition to the indispensable daily services provided by the departments listed above, the City is also able to offer residents curbside solid waste disposal and recycling services, curbside leaf vacuuming in the fall, street maintenance and many other value-added services and programs at no additional charge. All of this is being accomplished while the City maintains one of the lowest municipal property tax rates in St. Louis County.

The Public Safety Building, which houses Police, Fire and Municipal Court personnel and their equipment, is also home to the East-Central Dispatch Center (ECDC). Through an agreement between five cities, the ECDC is able to provide emergency police, fire and medical dispatching services for residents of the five communities from one location. Facilities in this one dispatching center enable the sharing of state-of-the-art technologies and equipment between participating municipalities, and, as a result, it provides their constituents with top-notch service at a lower cost per city than would be possible if provided by each city individually.

Since 2002, Richmond Heights and its neighbors to the north and south — the cities of Clayton and Maplewood — have worked together to take a number of specific, cooperative actions that have resulted in cost-savings, expanded services and improved operations in the various communities — including metered parking enforcement, street resurfacing bids and increased sharing of parks and recreational activities and services.

For more details about the history, development, services and operations of the City, visit www.richmondheights.org.

Important Phone Numbers and Addresses

The City of Richmond Heights
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
General Information: — (314) 645-0404
www.richmondheights.org

Building & Departmental Directory
City Hall
1330 S. Big Bend Blvd. — (314) 645-5129

Mayor and the Office of the City Manager
(314) 645-4595 — Administration, human resources, computers, public relations. Garage sale permits can be obtained from the receptionist at City Hall.

Building Department
8008 Dale Ave. (Interim Offices) — (314) 646-7658
Occupancy permits, building permits, inspections, zoning information.

Finance Department
(314) 645-3550 — Accounts receivable and payable and business and liquor licenses.

Public Safety Building
7447 Dale Ave.

For Police, Fire & Medical Emergencies, Please Dial 9-1-1

Police Department
• Non-emergency calls — (314) 645-3000
• Records & Reports — (314) 655-3637
• P.A.C.T. Unit — (314) 655-3535
• Crime Hotline — (314) 647-3784

Fire Department
• Non-emergency calls — (314) 645-8800

Municipal Court
• Non-emergency calls — (314) 645-1982

PARC: Parks & Recreation Cooperative
The HEIGHTS — 8001 Dale Ave. — (314) 645-1476
PARC serves the residents of Richmond Heights and Maplewood. Facilities include The Heights: Richmond Heights Community Center, the Maplewood Community Center, the Maplewood Family Aquatic Center, the A. B. Green Athletic Complex, parks located throughout both cities and a full-service recreation department that offers programs, events and services for residents of all ages.

Richmond Heights Memorial Library
8001 Dale Ave. — (314) 645-6202
State-of-the-art facility offers more than 60,000 books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, videos, CDs and recorded books as well as high-speed Internet connections, comfortable facilities and a separate children’s room.

Public Works Department
8108 Elinor Ave. — (314) 645-2277
Streets, sidewalks, trash and recycling, sewer lateral protection program.

Richmond Heights City Council Members
Mayor James J. Beck — (314) 645-4545
jbeck@richmondheights.org

Council District 1
Paul Lore — (314) 647-6379
plore@richmondheights.org

Timothy Gallagher — (314) 645-3620
tgallagher@richmondheights.org

Council District 2
Michael Jones — (314) 644-1564
mjones@richmondheights.org

Jim Thomson — (314) 644-2128
jthomson@richmondheights.org

Council District 3
Gina Mitten — (314) 644-0919
jthomson@richmondheights.org

Ed Notter — (314) 781-3707
enotter@richmondheights.org

Council District 4
Connie Williams — (314) 962-9243
cwilliams@richmondheights.org

Camille Greenwald — (314) 989-0753
cgreenwald@richmondheights.org