St. Louis Public Radio
Belleville is moving toward eliminating a requirement that some government employees live within city limits. The city council relaxed that restriction for non-appointed employees last month and is set to do the same for mayor appointees this month.
BELLEVILLE Mayor Patty Gregory is expanding her push to eliminate the requirement that government employees live within city limits.
Belleville had required some of its full-time employees to relocate to the city within 15 months of starting their job, but last month,
Now, those city workers must only relocate to St. Clair County within 18 months of employment.
The old requirements were one of the first issues Gregory looked into after her