Editing St. Louis (section)

===Structure===
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! Citywide office<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/|title=City of St. Louis Departments|website=Stlouis-mo.gov|access-date=August 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811005650/https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/|archive-date=August 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/aldermen/Wards-1-28.cfm |title=Wards and Aldermen |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026194115/https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/aldermen/Wards-1-28.cfm |url-status=live}}</ref>
!Elected official
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|[[Mayor of St. Louis]]
|[[Cara Spencer]]
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|President of the [[St. Louis Board of Aldermen|Board of Aldermen]]
|[[Megan Green]]
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|City Comptroller
|[[Donna Baringer]]
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|Recorder of Deeds
|Michael Butler
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|Collector of Revenue
|Gregory F.X. Daly
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|License Collector
|Mavis T. Thompson
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|Treasurer
|Adam Layne
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|Circuit Attorney
|Gabe Gore
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|City of St. Louis Sheriff
|Alfred Montgomery
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[[File:Alderwoman Cara Spencer.jpg|thumb|St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer]]
The mayor is the chief executive officer of the city and is responsible for appointing city department heads including; the director of public safety, the director of streets & traffic, the director of health, the director of human services, the director of the airport, the director of parks & recreation, the director of workforce development, the director of the Community Development Agency, the director of economic development, the director of public utilities, the director of the Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, the register, and the assessor, among other department-level or senior administrative positions. The President of the Board of Aldermen is the second highest-ranking official in the city. The President is the presiding officer of the Board of Aldermen which is the legislative branch of government of the city.

Municipal elections in St. Louis are held in odd-numbered years, with the primary elections in March and the general election in April. The mayor is elected in odd-numbered years following the United States presidential election using a top-two [[approval voting]] primary.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=2021-03-01 |title=St. Louis mayoral candidates, voters deal with new rules in Tuesday's primary |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/wellness/st-louis-mayoral-candidates-voters-deal-with-new-rules-in-tuesday-s-primary/article_4335d64e-7dc2-5f6b-832e-d02edc54477b.html |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis |access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> The aldermen representing odd-numbered wards are up for election at the same time as the mayor. The president of the board of aldermen and the aldermen from even-numbered wards are elected in the off-years. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] has dominated St. Louis city politics for decades. The city has not had a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] mayor since 1949, and the last time a Republican was elected to another citywide office was in the 1970s. {{as of|2015}}, all 28 of the city's aldermen are Democrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/2015/05/first-time-all-28-aldermen-are-democrats/|title=First Time All 28 Aldermen Are Democrats – UrbanReview - ST LOUIS|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616121145/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AN5ob6C_jyuAJ%3Awww.urbanreviewstl.com%2F2015%2F05%2Ffirst-time-all-28-aldermen-are-democrats%2F+&ct=clnk&gl=us|archive-date=June 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Forty-eight individuals have held the office of mayor of St. Louis, four of whom—[[William Carr Lane]], [[John Fletcher Darby]], [[John Wimer]], and [[John How]]—served non-consecutive terms. The most terms served by a mayor was by Lane, who served 8 full terms plus the unexpired term of Darby. The current mayor is [[Cara Spencer]], who took office on April 15, 2025. She is the city's third consecutive female mayor. Her predecessor [[Tishaura Jones]] who took office April 20, 2021, was the first African-American woman to hold the post. Jones succeeded [[Lyda Krewson]], the first female mayor of the city, who retired in 2021 after serving for four years. The longest-serving mayor was [[Francis Slay]], who took office April 17, 2001, and left office April 18, 2017, a total of 16 years and six days over four terms in office. The shortest-serving mayor was [[Arthur Barret]], who died 11 days after taking office.

Although St. Louis separated from St. Louis County in 1876, some mechanisms have been put in place for joint funding management and funding of regional assets. The St. Louis Zoo-Museum district collects property taxes from residents of both St. Louis City and County, and the funds are used to support cultural institutions including the [[St. Louis Zoo]], [[Saint Louis Art Museum|St. Louis Art Museum]] and the [[Missouri Botanical Gardens]]. Similarly, the Metropolitan Sewer District provides sanitary and storm sewer service to the city and much of St. Louis County. The Bi-State Development Agency (now known as Metro) runs the region's [[MetroLink (St. Louis)|MetroLink]] light rail system and bus system.

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The City of St. Louis Sheriff's Office (STLSO or STLCSO) primarily provides security services for the courtrooms, and serves court documents and issues gun carry permits. In 2022, it gained the ability to make arrests and traffic stops.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=S |first1=Nicole |last2=ers |title=New certification to allow St. Louis City deputies to make arrests, traffic stops |url=https://www.kmov.com/2022/05/24/new-certification-allow-st-louis-city-deputies-make-arrests-traffic-stops/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=KMOV |date=May 24, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113010653/https://www.kmov.com/2022/05/24/new-certification-allow-st-louis-city-deputies-make-arrests-traffic-stops/ |url-status=live}}</ref>