Nine months into the job, Sunset Hills’ second-ever city administrator is enjoying getting to know the city and community while overcoming the challenges brought on by COVID-19. City Administrator Brittany Gillett’s first day overseeing City Hall was Sept. 28, after working in the city of Bridgeton for 2.5 years as executive assistant to the mayor..
Sunset Hills has a new alderman after Mayor Pat Fribis appointed Bank Star owner Joe Stewart to fill the seat vacated by Ward 1 Alderman Dee Baebler when she moved out of the city in September.
Stewart was confirmed unanimously 6-0 by the Board of Aldermen at a special videoconferenced meeting Oct. 13. Board President Thompson Price was absent.
“After much deliberation,” Fribis said she chose Stewart because he “has been an active voice in the city.”
Bank Star Chairman and CEO Stewart has served on the city’s Finance Committee for five years, and he and his family have lived in Sunset Hills for the past 17 years. A lifelong South County resident, both of his children attended Lindbergh Schools.