Residents across Chesterfield, Wildwood, and Clarkson Valley will see two fire stations rebuilt, a new sixth station added, and equipment updated after voters approved Monarch Fire Protection District's $42 million bond measure on April 7.

Proposition D passed with 57.27% of the vote. It needed a four-sevenths supermajority (57.14%) under Missouri law, clearing that bar by just thirteen-hundredths of a percentage point.

The bond carries no property tax increase. It renews existing debt and will be paid off over 20 years from the district's general operating fund, according to Chief Russ Adams.

The money will fund rebuilding Station 1 at 15700 Baxter Road, built in 1986, and Station 5 at 155 Long Road, built in 1988. Both are approaching 40 years old and too small for modern fire trucks. Adams told KMOV the cramped bays make it difficult to house modern equipment, which can slow response.

"One of the biggest things that we are facing is more and more growth," Adams said, pointing to the Downtown Chesterfield redevelopment and new apartments drawing thousands of additional residents into the district.

The bond also funds a new sixth station near Clarkson Road, with a groundbreaking target of 2027, plus replacement of the maintenance center next to Station 5 and continued purchase of major apparatus like fire trucks.

Monarch serves more than 80,000 residents across 62.7 square miles and responded to over 10,000 calls last year. The district currently operates from five stations with 133 full-time personnel.

Construction timelines for the Station 1 and Station 5 rebuilds have not been announced.