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St. Louis Science Center plans to rein in spending.

St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)

| August 10, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Matthew Hathaway

Aug. 10--ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Science Center will slash $600,000 in expenses this year and hopes to cut $1.5 million more next year in an effort to tighten spending, Interim President Philip Needleman said Tuesday.

The announcement comes one week after the science center's board of commissioners approved a restructuring plan that reduces the number of vice presidents to four from nine. The board also expanded its oversight of executive pay and six-figure spending.

Needleman revealed the expense-cutting plan Tuesday to leaders of the Zoo-Museum District. The district represents property taxpayers of St. Louis and St. Louis County, who last year paid more than $70 million to help fund the science center, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis Art …

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