The Board meets in the north wing of City Hall, located in the Downtown West neighborhood.

[1] Proposition R (2012) was a charter amendment passed in November 2012 to reduce the number of city of St. Louis alderpersons from 28 to 14.

[2] Proposition D, a ballot measure to make municipal elections in St. Louis officially non-partisan, was passed by city voters on November 3, 2020 with 68 percent voting in favor.

[4] Proposition R (2022) called for an independent commission to draw boundaries between the wards of St. Louis and ensured that the board was not able to change the election method without a public vote.

"[6] By custom and tradition, an alderperson has a great deal of influence over decisions impacting the ward they represent on matters ranging from zoning changes, to street resurfacing, to tax abatement to business licensing, etc.

The president directs action from the broad elevated podium in the front and center of the semi-circulate position.