City of O'Fallon v. Bethman

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Annexation case. O’Fallon, a city with a population in 1976 of 8,200 and 2,739 acres of land, seeks to annex a contiguous unincorporated area of 1,673 acres with a small population.1 There was no dispute that O’Fallon had a strong fiscal base with a large budgetary surplus for calendar year 1976. The city appeals a judgment of the circuit court of St. Charles County holding that it failed to demonstrate the reasonableness of its annexation plan and dismissing its petition.

O’Fallon is a city of the fourth class centrally located in St. Charles County. It has a uniform…