The City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen convened on October 17, 2025, opening with a reflection for the upcoming Diwali celebration and a moment of silence honoring Ann Voss, a West End neighborhood leader. The Board addressed appointments, zoning changes, public safety ordinances, and community announcements, including a street fair for the Delmar Makers District.
The board will now come to order, Madame Clerk. Aldo Woman Miss Whitzer. Out of Woman Sonia. Aldo Woman Cats Antwi Altamin Browning. Aldo Woman Clark Hubbard. Out of woman keys. Out of woman's hias. Present. Out of the woman boy. Present. President Green. Present. Present. Twelve present, you have corn. A corn being present will be led in an opening reflection from Dharmash Sharma with Bap St. Louis as Dwali approaches on Monday, October twentieth, twenty twenty-five. Oh Shantihi Babatu. The verses you just heard were from the Shantipad. A sacred prayer for peace. Here is its meaning in English. May peace radiate there in the whole sky, as well as in vast etheral space everywhere. May peace radiate, may peace reign all over this earth, in water, and in all herbs, trees, and other creepers. May peace flow through the whole universe. May there be peace in our being, and may there always exist in all peace and peace alone. Peace, peace, and peace to us and all beings. May this peace guide our thoughts, words, and actions every day. May peace be with us all today and always. Thank you. I did add something to this room. I just put the notes for reconsider for most. We will dispense with line item four. Any introduction of honored guests. Any introduction of honored guests. Testing. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. I would like to add um my colleagues and everyone for a moment of silence in my honor of my honored guest. Ann Voss, who was a pillar in the 26th Board in the West End neighborhood. When I first ran in 2012, she was one of the short list of people that I was told to speak with and Ms. Voss. Taught me stories of how her and Marie Fowler and my grandfather worked together to bring communities together to foster inclusion and open the doors in the West End neighborhood and how she was proud of the work that they did then and was hoping that I could be here in a gap to continue to work. And I hope that I made her proud many times when I saw her still living on the historically black private street in the city of St. Louis Windermere place. And with that, I would like to ask for a moment of silence for Ann Voss. If we could please stand and bow our heads for a moment of silence. Seeing none, older woman from the 10th, you're recognized on the approval of the minutes from Friday, October 10th, 2025. Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. I move that we approve the minutes from Friday, October 10th, 2025. It's been moved by the older woman from the 10th, seconded by the older men from the 14th.