The board will now come to order.

Madam Clerk, please call the role.

Alder Woman Schweitzer.

Alderman Odenberg.

Alderman Cone.

Alderman DeBrian.

Alderman Devotee.

All the women of Alaska.

Alder Woman, Sonny.

Alder Woman Cox Anthony.

Alderman Browning.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Alder Woman Keith.

Alder Woman Tith.

Out of the woman, all the woman boy.

Present.

Alderman Aldridge.

President Green.

Present.

Alder Woman Spicer.

Alderman Cone.

All the women Velasquez.

Alder Woman Keith.

Alder Woman Tith.

Present.

We have 12 present.

According being present will be led in an opening prayer by Pastor Robert White with Martin's Temple Church of God in Christ.

Thank you, and good morning to President Green and to the all the persons of this great leadership board.

Um, before we go into prayer, I wanted to just I was told I could say two things.

One of the things I was thinking about as a leader in this city, as a pastor in church, is one of the things that we find ourselves doing is calling for revival when things have gone astray or when leadership has kind of fallen off the edge, the pastor calls for the revival to indoctrinate reminders to the parishioners of who we are and what God has called us to do.

And as we travel through our city after the effects of this tornado that has ravaged our communities, I think that it's time that there's a revival that takes place in our city.

And so, on behalf of my bishop Shabbat Martin and my wonderful com uh Alder Woman, uh Clark Hubbard.

I just wanted to thank you guys for allowing us to be here and just be reminded when you go to vote.

Uh as we say in the church, what would Jesus do?

How will he vote for these resolutions for the people of God?

Let us pray.

Father, it is in the match name of Jesus the Christ that we come before you.

I humbly submit myself to you, God, before this great board, before this city, asking God that you are God each and every last one of them to do the right thing to vote in the manner that will be effective and produce the things that you desire for this city.

Lord, we need your strength back into this community, back among the homes of our people who have been ravaged by the storm.

Father, I ask that you give your presence in the lives of these people that they may understand and that you will provide the resources that are necessary to restore this city from the highways to the byways, bring our schools back into power, bring our churches back into power, God, protect our children in the street, bring peace, let the crime fall down.

God, protect our children in the street, bring peace, let the crime fall down.

God, I ask that every resolution that is under your guidance be passed, and anything, God, that is outside of your will that it does not pass.

Bless this leadership, God.

Bless our mayor, bless our police officers, bless our people in this city, God, that we can be better than we've ever been before and keep this city at the forefront as we are the gateway to the West.

Let us be the example to this country of how to lead and how to dwell together in unity.

Restore our communities right now.

And it's now in the name of Jesus that we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Thank you.

We will dispense with the regular order of business to take up the courtesy resolution calendar.

Alder Woman from the 12th, you're recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution 161.

Alder Woman from the 12th.

Can you hear me now?

Yes, we can hear you now.

Okay, I'm sorry, I don't know what you're doing because I I was kicked off for a second, but I came back up.

What's going on?

Uh, you are recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing 161.

Courtesy resolution 61, is that what we're on?

Yes.

Okay.

I'm sorry, I'm printing something out.

So if that's in the background, I'm sorry.

Um, Madam President, members of the board, I uh move to suspend the rules to for the purpose of introducing um from the floor uh courtesy resolution number 61.

It's been uh seconded by the or moved by the alder woman from the 12th, seconded by the alderman from the ninth, that we done the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution 161.

This is a non-debatable motion made on Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alder Woman Swife, sir, Alderman Odenberg, Alderman Cohn, Alderman Narayan, Alderman Devotee, Audder Woman Velasquez, Alder Woman Son Ye, Alder Woman Cox Antoine, Alderman Browning, Audow Woman Clark Hubbard, Alder Woman Keys, Alder Woman Tyus, Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye, Alderman Aldrich, President Green, aye.

Alder Woman's wife, sir.

Alder Woman Keys, we have 12 I votes.

By your vote, you sustain the motion from the Alder Woman from the 12th, Madam Clerk.

If you can please place resolution 161 at the end of the courtesy resolution calendar.

So noted.

This time, Alder Woman from the 7th, you are recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution 162.

Thank you, madam president, members of the board.

I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules to introduce resolution 162.

It's been moved by the older woman from the seventh, seconded by the older woman from the eighth, that we suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution 162.

This is a non-debatable motion.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alderman Ryan.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Cox Answing.

Aye.

Alderman Brownie.

Audder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Alder Woman Keys.

Alder Woman Tyus.

Aye.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Alderman Aldrich.

Aye.

President Green.

Aye.

Alder Woman's wife, sir.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Keys.

We have 12 I votes.

By your vote used to stay in the motion from the Alder Woman from the 7th.

Madam Clerk, if you can please place resolution 162 at the end of the courtesy resolution calendar.

And at this point in time, I'd like to invite the Alder Woman from the 7th to approach the dais with her special guest for uh the presentation of resolution 162.

162.

Sorry.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

Madam Clerk, may you please read resolution 162?

Resolution 162, honoring the service of Newell Pfeiffer upon his departure from the community development organization.

Whereas Newel Pfeiffer has served the City of St.

Louis with distinction across multiple mayoral administrations, including a special assistant to the administration of Mayor Francis G.

Slay as Director of Policy and Administration of Mayor to Shara O.

Jones, and as executive director of community development administration under both Mayor Jones and Mayor Kara Spencer.

And whereas, as an executive director of the community development administration, Mr.

Pfeffer led a team of approximately 40 professionals responsible for more than four million 400 million dollars in federal grants funds that support housing economic development and central neighborhood services.

And whereas Ms.

Mr.

Pfeffer played a significant role in the City of St.

Louis response to the COVID-19 pandemic by managing by helping manage direct and deploy federal resources, including major allocations from the American Rescue Plan Act, which supported housing stabilization, community recovery, public health, and neighborhood investment throughout the city.

And whereas, under his leadership, the community development tripled its investment since 2022, strengthened and diversified the affordable housing production pipeline and created a program that supports early childhood centers, health clinics, artists, parks, and community gardens, reflecting a comprehensive and community-centered approach to neighborhood development.

And whereas during the administration of Mayor Jones, Mr.

Pfeffer served as director of policy, where he drafted and advanced numerous budgets, tax charter, and policy initiatives that shape the city's governance structure and strengthen the city's fiscal strategy, and he later continued his service as executive director of the community development administration working to advance federal and local and local investments in every ward.

And whereas during the transition into his administration of Mayor Lila Crusin, Mr.

Pfeiffer remained to brief incoming staff, assist with ongoing projects, and help finalize the charter budget for fiscal year 2018, successfully contributing to the passage of a balanced budget, and while studying full-time law at New York University, he continued to work part-time on major initiatives, including North South Metro Link Planning, the Economic Development Sales Tax, and the Choice Neighborhood Program.

And whereas after joining after this period of municipal service, Mr.

Pfeffer served as Justice Catalyst Fellow with Arch City Defenders, where he worked as legislative litigation support and policy initiatives and intended to advance criminal justice reform, economic equity, and democratic accountability in the St.

Louis region, demonstrating a clear commitment to underserved and marginalized communities.

And whereas Mr.

Pfeffer has contributed to regional efforts to modernize economic developmental tools, strengthen accountability, and ensure the public service resources deliver community benefits and neighborhoods most impacted by historic disinvestment.

And whereas throughout his tenure, Mr.

Pfeffer has brought professionalism, dedication, and clear science and a clear sense of public purpose shaped by his personal journey from Buenos Aires in Argentina to his upbringing outside Boston to his long-standing commitment to the Tower Grove South community.

And whereas Mr.

Pfeff departs from the community development administration marks the conclusion of an important chapter of service during which he strengthened city capacity to deliver equitable housing and community development strategies, expanded public investment, and deepened partnership with neighborhood organizations and residents across the city.

And whereas the Board of Ottoman wishes to formally recognize his contributions and express appreciation for his his lasting positive impact of his work.

Now I'm therefore be a resolve by the Board of Alderman of the City of St.

Louis that we honor Newell Pfeffer for his outstanding service to the people of St.

Louis for his leadership in advancing equitable community development for his work in strengthening strengthened neighborhoods and for his commitment to building strong and enduring partnerships with residents, community organizations, and civic institutions.

Be it further resolved that the Board of Alderman extends to extend its sincere gratitude and best wishes to Mr.

Pfeffer as he concludes his service and begins the next chapter of his professional journey.

Introduced this 21st day of November 2025 by the Honorable Alysia Mahfany, Alder Woman of the Seventh Ward.

Thank you, Madam.

Try it now.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

That resolution really says all of what I could say.

I had quite the assignment just having to dig through all of Noel Pfeiffer's extensive history of 10 years.

And so I absolutely did not want to allow him to leave our city without acknowledging his service and his commitments.

I wrote I met every word that is written in the resolution, and it really encapsulates what I most admire about Noel.

But Noel is someone for me.

I knew him before I was even Alderwoman.

I knew him as a board of education member.

And I just appreciate that time that he was one of the few city officials that would try to talk to the school board and was trying to figure out how there could be better communication, and just over the years have had many agreements, disagreements, spicy conversations, but you've always been willing to go above and beyond in your service, come to neighborhood meetings, go to town halls.

Very responsive.

I think every member of the HUDS committee will allude to your very long, thorough, detailed presentations where we just got the last one.

So I just really wanted to make sure that I did not allow you to leave without giving you your flowers and giving you your gratitude and thanking you deeply for your service and for your commitment.

I know that you are not done at all, and I look forward to seeing the ways that you you know you brought this forward, and I really thank my colleagues for allow allowing me to suspend the rules to move this forward today.

Thank you very much, Alderwoman Sonier, President Green, esteemed members, esteemed members of the Board of Aldermen, I'm truly honored and humbled.

And I would say, All right.

There we go.

And that tumble, I think is one of many sacrifices that Alder Woman Sonnier has made on my behalf.

Um that all the members of the board uh have made.

I'm so grateful for your continued support for the trust that you have placed uh in me.

The truth is that I owe my success to the incredible support that I've had from the city since I started here in 2015.

Um, to our team at CDA, to all the extraordinary public servants, uh including in this room who have supported me.

So I'm so deeply grateful.

Serving the people of St.

Louis and leading CDA has been the honor of my professional life.

As I shared with my team, the inevitable logic of my departure doesn't make it any easier.

Uh, I love St.

Louis.

I love this work from housing to murals to free public Wi-Fi, from food assistance to park improvements to new health clinics.

I truly believe that St.

Louis will reap the benefits of the investments we've made for years, if not decades to come.

I could go on about our projects for a long time, uh, but I want to be respectful of your time and keep these remarks focused.

As I head to Boston, I want to leave you with three big ideas that I believe are essential for St.

Louis's future.

First, the time is ripe to integrate the city's development agencies.

CDA was created in 1974 through the consolidation of the city's Office of Business Development, Edification Commission, Model Cities Corporation, and Planning Commission.

Since then, our institutions have fractured again.

SLDC was created in 1988, PDA was spun off in 1999, the Affordable Housing Commission was established in 2001.

There's a cycle of centralization and then fracturing that happens in St.

Louis, mainly fracturing, to be honest.

And the time is ripe uh for that integration because we have a maze of agencies with competing priorities, overlapping missions, occasional duplicative administrative overhead.

And with my departure, with the fact that Don, who leads the planning department, and Otis, who leads SLDC are also retiring, with the mayor seeking to hire a new chief development officer, I really think this is the right moment to think strategically.

It doesn't make sense to bring on four senior development leaders, each with again competing missions and priorities.

And so based on what I've observed in cities ranging from Columbia here in Missouri to big cities like Chicago, New York, or even Boston, and in Germany, Munich and Frankfurt, what I've concluded is that we want to consult, or it makes sense to consolidate city development agencies under a new department.

You can call that a Department of Housing and Community Development, but honestly, the name doesn't matter.

What matters is bringing CDA, the Affordable Housing Commission, homeless and certain other human services, planning, zoning, incentive programs, code enforcement, LRA, and other economic development functions under a single city umbrella.

I know this might be controversial, and there are a lot of details which would need to be ironed out, but a benefit of leaving is that I can make this recommendation without fear of sounding like I'm making a power grab.

The truth is that effective community development requires deep strategic alignment across mayoral administrations, and that's best achieved through a cohesive departmental structure that can develop an integrated team and strategy.

Second, please, I beseech you to appropriate tornado recovery funds now with a focus on housing.

I deeply appreciate the commitments that this body has made to tornado recovery and the recent investment in emergency shelter.

These could not be more essential.

But even as the city makes heroic last-minute efforts to stand up a winter safety net, we've yet to see a robust investment in long-term rebuilding and housing recovery.

As I shared with the HUDS Committee back in September, while the total housing need is in excess of 500 million, we have over 150 million dollars in immediate housing need, including home repair, reconstruction, down payment assistance, and rental assistance.

If we fail to make these allocations and stand-up debris removal and shelter programs without an equivalent investment in rebuilding, I truly fear that we will be writing yet another chapter in St.

Louis's long and painful history of neighborhood clearance.

I hear calls for additional data, and I recognize the need for data, and we have excellent data.

But the truth is what the data shows is that the need is in excess of our capacity or resources.

And so we don't need to say we need exactly $713 million to know that we could put $150 million to work today to great effect.

I've also heard concerns about the city's capacity to deploy these funds, and I want to reassure this board that the city's departments are prepared to scale and accelerate housing recovery program.

I recognize that the Rams funds allocated to tornado recovery have not moved fast enough.

And though the $5 million allocated to CDA by ENA in August and September for our home repair and vacant unit term programs are being deployed, we need to move faster.

This brings me to my final point.

Abolish the Board of Estimate Apportionment and initiate comprehensive charter reform.

Everyone knows that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is broken.

I suspect every former mayor would agree.

The City of St.

Louis takes the principle of separation of powers and checks and balances to a radical and dysfunctional extreme.

This has been well documented by historians who note that we are checked and balanced to death with responsible leadership virtually impossible.

The consequences play out every single day.

Basic operational processes, hiring, procurement, contracting, budgeting, all require approval from dozens of stakeholders.

And that creates bottlenecks and veto points, even when everyone is working in good faith.

Our system was designed in the 19th century to preserve the status quo and prevent executive overreach.

It is not a good fit for a moment where we need energetic city government capable of responding to disasters and capable of driving the city's resurgence and renaissance.

St.

Louis fundamentally needs both a strong executive branch and a strong legislative branch.

I often hear this board bemoan the fact that its powers are severely constrained, that the board cannot take action on civil service items without a recommendation of the Civil Service Commission, on real property items without the Board of Public Service, on other items without the Planning Commission's approval or ENA approval.

The board is severely constrained.

Starting this process for structural reform of our charter and abolishing ENA and looking at other ways that we can make our charter more effective in a 21st century charter is truly one of the most powerful things that this board could do, and I urge you all to consider it in the new year.

In closing, the work before St.

Louis is daunting.

Building a regenerative ecosystem designed to reverse generations of population loss and catalyze equitable growth is never easy, less so in the wake of a tornado and in a chaotic federal environment.

Success will require an unprecedented level of collaboration, creativity, courage, and commitment.

Systemic change is the only alternative.

Centuries of segregation, oppression, and fragmentation have taken a moral and economic toll, destroying countless lives and resulting in anemic growth.

We cannot address these challenges without recognizing that extreme levels of racial disparities and economic inequality are not natural or inevitable.

They're a function of public policy and must be corrected by public policy.

We can either make a long overdue correction towards justice, equity, and democracy, or continue our long stagnation and decline.

We can either model solutions or remain the paradigmatic example of an American city destroyed by racism and unbridled capitalism.

The path forward is hard, and we must reject the false choices between justice or safety, equity or growth, city or county.

We must synthesize them in the name of a greater vision.

We must build an equitable and sustainable future out of a present teeming with contradictions.

Thank you again.

And please know that though I may be leaving, I'm not disappearing, and I remain committed and invested in helping St.

Louis grow and thrive.

Thank you.

Thank you, Noelle, and th there's no better way to send you off than with a 15 minutes.

Thank you for your indulgence.

Any further discussion.

Alder, I'll go alderman from the fourth and then eighth.

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

And thank you, Noel, for all of your service over the years.

You've always been a pleasure to work with, even when we've disagreed on things.

Certainly.

And I love that even on your way out the door, you're you're advocating for solutions for the entire region.

But what we're gonna need you to do is send some overly complicated PowerPoint slides.

Thank you for all your service.

And please add me as a co-sponsor nine.

There we go.

Alder Woman from the Eighth.

Thank you, Madam President, and thank you, Noel, from your remarks.

You and I share so many passions, especially about housing.

And I think I would echo all of my colleagues and say we would expect you to not go out the door from St.

Louis any other way than to your last moment, giving us all the knowledge that you have truly given us.

And I think this resolution uh as very comprehensive that the Alder Woman from the 7th noted, uh, doesn't really translate all that you have given to St.

Louis during your time here.

Uh we don't see many dedicated public spirits spanning three mayoral terms serving the city so well as you have.

Uh and I truly think that the city is losing a gym and you and losing a lot of that knowledge, but Boston is gaining a gym.

So we will truly, truly miss you.

Um, and we hope that even though you'll be far away from your US, your knowledge and your passion for St.

Louis never leave us.

Um with that, I would like to move that we pass this resolution and bank today.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the Ace, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 10th that we make resolution 16 and bank.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries resolution 162 is now in bank, and every member of the board is signed on as a sponsor.

Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

Uh Noelle, I just want to say thank you for your leadership, your commitment to St.

Louis, and your dedication uh to the city of St.

Louis.

Uh HUD's meetings are going to be a lot less uh longer now when we have CDA or to all my budget committee members, uh, those will be a little shorter as well when CDA comes.

You're gonna have to worry about the uh 35 pages of paper and you reading every single line and every single page, as if you know we can't read what's on the page.

But uh I know how hard you you work and how much you care about the city.

We've been able to do some um amazing work in the 14th ward, some projects over in Loretta Hall and other things that uh do to your department and your staff.

I know you always give your staff uh their flowers, even when you come in front of the HUDs of budget committee because you know you don't do this work alone, that you're not leaving St.

Louis, you're just uh taking a quick break because I know you'll be back.

Um and I'm wishing you the best on your next endeavor.

So thank you for everything.

Elder woman from the 10th and the 9th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

I just want to echo the Noel for the work you're doing.

I'm gonna push back on some of the teasing they've done about you and the length and the depth and the detail of your presentations, because maybe if we had more, then we wouldn't be even in the situation we in here today.

So again, thank you.

I told you in committee, don't change.

I know that God has must have better and bigger plans for you.

I cannot wait to watch and witness and be able to say I knew him when in the future, either in Boston, across the globe, or hopefully back here in St.

Louis.

If there's ever anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to come.

Alderman from the 9th.

Uh Noelle.

Uh I I know the city is losing uh a great talent.

Uh but you know, I also know that St.

Louis has a way of bringing people back.

Uh and I hope that you'll at least visit.

Uh I also know that you know, wherever you go, you're gonna make a difference because you've made a difference here in this city.

Uh I I've already said a lot of things to you in in a HUDS meeting earlier this week.

Uh, but I want to just say it again for everybody.

You're leaving a legacy.

Uh there's work that you can walk around, drive around the city and see, and you can point to it and say that happened because of Noel Pfeiffer.

Uh and I think that is just the kind of legacy that we all want to leave in the city.

So we've knowing that you've done great work and we've knowing that you have good work still left to be done.

Thank you.

Alder Woman from the 11th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

Noel, I just want to uh first of all echo all of the sentiments of everyone here.

But in my experience in working with you, I saw real compassion for this work.

And in working for uh and and with our community organization.

And you have a heart mate for this work.

And so I just want to say thank you.

Any further discussion?

Any further discussion?

Okay, where do I start here?

So I'm one of the I guess few people still on this board who has had the opportunity to work with Noel since the very beginning of when he showed up to the Slai administration as a know it all intern.

And we were all kind of like, who is this kid?

Like he's he's not even an employee here, and he's showing up and testifying in front of committee hearings with all of this knowledge, like he's been an employee that works here for the last 10 years.

Um and initially Noelle and I kind of went head to head.

Um we had some disagreements over a football stadium.

Um, but then uh quickly after we got on the same page when it came to raising the wage in the city, and we worked very closely on that uh fight together.

And so I've been so pleased to see him go from know it all intern to know it all CDA director.

Um, which I say very lovingly, and he would he would know that.

Um as we all know, Noelle is one of the most thorough people in city government.

Um that one PowerPoint slide that I think all of us are joking about today, we still have as like favor in our office.

Um but really you think of every side of an issue, and that's very rare to find in somebody who is able to see things from every direction.

Um, somebody that you're able to disagree sometimes vehemently with, um, and then you know, grab a drink a half hour later.

Um that's also a pretty rare quality of you know, keeping it on the policy and not making it personal.

Um you've also, while you've been here, you've pushed us to be a lot more innovative and make us take steps to expand what community development looks like.

And um, and those are seeds that I think you have left here that are going to grow for a very long time.

Um I always appreciate your ability to think strategically and big picture.

And I know a lot of us in this body do agree with you on needing some very major structural reforms in this city, and um and you know, my commitment is to continue to work on that.

I also know that as long as you don't change your phone number, I'm still going to call you frequently to bounce ideas off of you.

Really sad that you're leaving, but you left once before and came back.

So I'm hoping maybe we can uh convince your soon-to-be wife that St.

Louis is maybe the place that you eventually put down long-term roots because you've made quite an impact here and we're really sad to see you go.

Um but just thank you for all your years of service.

And you know, I'm sad to be not just losing uh you know CDA director from city government, but losing somebody that's become a good friend uh over the last 10 years.

So thank you so much for your service.

And then if we want to gather on the steps for a picture with Noelle, let's go ahead and do that.

You want to be a good question?

First thing she did is her heels put holes in eyes.

Be careful.

First thing I'll show is to put holes in our heels put holes in them.

And with that, uh Alder Woman from the 10th, you are recognized on the motion to adopt the courtesy resin resolution consent calendar.

You have thank you, madam.

President members of the board that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar.

It's been moved by the alder woman from the 10th, seconded by the alderman from the third that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar.

Is there any discussion?

I have seeing none.

All those in favor signify discussion.

I have my hand up.

I'm sorry, one second.

All right.

Thank you.

It's been moved by the alder woman from the tenth, seconded by the alder person from the third that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Before we continue with the special order of the day, I am going to move over to uh take up items number nine, ten, and eleven and ask if anyone would like to take any bills or resolutions off of any of our informal calendar alderman from the ninth.

Thank you.

Uh can we please take resolution one fifty off of the informal calendar and place it on the first reading of resolution calendar?

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So noted.

Uh Alderman from the fourth.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

Uh could we place uh board bill forty-three and board bill seventy-four on the third read calendar.

Third reading consent calendar.

Correct.

Sure.

Yeah.

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So noted.

And with that, we will continue with the special order of the day by taking up the first reading of reference reading of resolutions.

Alderman from the ninth, you may approach the dais uh with your special guest.

Oh, sorry.

Hold on.

Alderman from the ninth, I need you to adopt the make a motion to adopt first and then come to the dais.

Thank you.

I would move that we adopt resolution one fifty.

Unanimous consent and then adoption, sorry.

I'll request resolution uh unanimous consent for resolution fifty.

Here, no objection, you may proceed toward adoption.

I would make a request to adopt resolution one fifty.

It's been moved by the alderman from the ninth, seconded by the alder woman from the tenth that we adopt resolution one fifty.

At this time, Alderman from the 9th, you may approach the dais with your special guest for the presentation of resolution 150.

Thank you.

If I could ask the court to please read resolution 150.

Resolution 150, supporting the Service Employees International Union SEIU Local One's appeal for living wage and benefits for area janitors who are essential workers.

Whereas the poverty rate in 2023 for St.

Louis City was approximately 19.8%, which was above the national poverty rate of 11.1%.

And whereas, according a to a 2025 report issued by the St.

Louis Realtors Association, housing values have risen dramatically since 2020, with home buyers in St.

Louis currently 40% higher, and income needed to afford home rental costs currently is up 37% since 2020, thus adding additional price pressures on working families.

And whereas the St.

Louis metropolitan area has historically been one of the most economically and racially segregated.

Black residents in the St.

Louis region are three times more likely to live in poverty than whites, Hispanics.

Residents are two times more likely to live in poverty than whites.

Furthermore, black and brown workers comprise the majority of the members of SEIU Local One in St.

Louis.

And whereas despite Missouri's voters overwhelmingly improving proposition A, which increases the minimum wage to 15 by 2026 and thereafter increases it through cost of living adjustments while providing for the first time ever sick leave for workers.

The Missouri General Assembly overrolled the will of the people and unjustly repealed the pay sick leave and cost of living adjustments.

And whereas the St.

Louis Board of Ottoman unanimously unanimously passed ordinance number 65597 on August 2nd, 2022 to provide fair compensation and a path to a living wage by paying city employees a living wage with a current minimum of 22.02 per hour.

And whereas essential workers like janitors have worked continuously to keep buildings in the St.

Louis metropolitan area clean and safe for public use since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Where airs a fair wage and retirement benefits are essential to enable working people to lift their families out of poverty, strengthen our communities, and facilitate equitable inclusive growth across racial and geographic divides.

Now therefore, be a resolve that the Board of Alderman support the SEIU local ones appeal to the owners of the buildings of the City of St.

Louis to ensure that the contractors 4M, HES facilities management, SBM, Woodley Building Maintenance, and ABM pay their janitors who work in their buildings a fair wage and receive access to meaningful retirement benefits.

Be a resolved that the Board of Ottoman directs the clerks of the Board of Ottoman to spread a copy of this resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to prepare a formal copy of this resolution to the end that it may be presented to those deemed appropriate by the sponsor.

Introduced this 14th day of November 2024 by the Honorable Michael Browning, Alderman 9th Ward, co-sponsors, the auto the honorable Shemeen Clark Hubbard, Alder Woman, 10th Ward, the Honorable Laura Keith, Alder Woman 11th Ward.

Thank you.

So I believe the janitors, and this is who are standing behind me right now, are janitors that work uh for various companies.

Uh janitors are the backbone of every workplace.

They keep our workplaces safe and clean.

Their work often takes place after hours and out of sight, and yet they play a vital role that we should never forget.

There are large companies that believe that they can pay people below a living wage and withhold benefits that every working person deserves.

This resolution shows our solidarity with these janitors and our appreciation for what they do.

I hope that we can all agree that these workers deserve a living wage and benefits, especially for a job as vital and as important as these good people behind me do.

I was honored uh when SCIU approached me to uh present this resolution.

I think it's incredibly important that we show this solidarity.

And uh I I also want to give a chance to for them to speak as well.

So let me please introduce you to Eugene.

My name is Eugene Hubbard, and I work for Clean Tech at COCO performing arts building.

I've been with Clean Tech for 18 years.

Okay, and to this day, they still uh think people with my amount of time or more are still entry level.

I'll be asking is for a fair wage, living wage and uh dental care and stuff like this.

They don't want to batch or none of that.

So I want to say that we at the CIU want to thank Alderman Brownlee for his resolution, and we support him, and we Lord knows we need all the help we can get, so we hope you'll support him too.

Thank you.

Any further discussion, Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

I want to make sure I get up and beat the alderman from the fourth to the punch.

I know when we do union resolutions, he's always uh the union guy who gets up, but uh SEIU is uh some special uh to me and uh Eugene and Shante up there in the gallery and everybody from SEIU.

Yeah, I know that y'all are not just a union to me.

Uh y'all not just fighting uh the good fight for livable wages in a union, but you guys are family.

Uh, because when I was on the front lines with the fight for 15, it was the shantees of the world, it was uh Kente's, it was the Stanley's, it was SEIU.

And what I love about uh SCIU, uh, which I think is probably in the top tier of uh the best union that there is, um, they understand the um how all these fights are connected.

If it's fast food workers, if it's consodial workers, if it's health care workers, if it's child care workers until everybody makes a living wage, uh nobody is really winning.

And I just want to thank Mr.

Eugene and all the custodial workers that are up there that continue to fight, continue to put your bodies on the line, continue to put uh not just your bodies, but potentially not even having a job because we know these big corporations do not like it when folks speak up and speak out about what is a human right, a livable wage, and the right to be able to negotiate on the job.

So uh y'all know when it comes to whatever y'all do, I stand 10 toes down with y'all.

And with that, uh Madam President, I'd like to make a motion that we embank this resolution.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the older woman from the 11th that we embank resolution 150.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries resolution 150 is in bank, which means that every member of the board of aldermen has signed on as a sponsor to the resolution in support.

I'll go alderman from the fourth, and then alder woman from the 13th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

Uh I I uh as Alderman Aldridge pointed out, uh, I I stand in support of SEIU.

Um, I think one of the things that your union is incredible at is simplifying the message and saying we want to we want a living wage and we want to be we want to be treated with with with dignity.

And that's never too much of an ask.

And I also want to thank you.

Uh your union hall serves as uh a meeting location for several of my neighborhood meetings and board meetings, and I want to thank you for always opening up your your house to uh to the community.

Uh so thank you and uh keep up the good work.

Uh thank you, madam president, and I want to thank SEIU.

And so I don't think people understand the volume of people that they represent.

And so they do represent all the service people that are out there that are always forgotten.

So I was on the group with them when we were fighting with the long-term care facilities.

You have uh dietary employees, so you have housekeepers, so you have all these people, and I call them the forgotten group.

And what people don't understand, especially in the hospitals and the long-term care facilities, without them, these institutions won't make it.

And so they are the anchors of these institutions, the hospitals, the long-term cares, the uh city hall, they won't survive.

These areas cannot survive.

So if we don't, and I'm saying we because I was one of those people.

If we don't feed the patients so they can take their medicine, guess what?

They can't take their medicine.

If we don't clean the rooms, guess what?

The patients and employees are living with overfilled trash cans and dirty halls.

So I applaud you.

I'll continue to support you, and I hope the the best that people recognize you for the work that you do and give you your roses now and not wait till later.

You see, I didn't say flowers, I said roses.

So thank you.

Thank you, madam president.

So um, this is my union.

Uh, I was trained under Richard von Glan uh when I was a child abuse investigator for the state of Missouri.

Um, and so as the list that Alder Woman Boyd gave, it it's even greater than that, more broad than that.

You know, um Missouri is practically dead last in the care of people like children, you know, and that was one of the things we were always fighting about is that the resources provided by our state for for our children is just abysmal, but this union uh really helped me to gain a voice um to advocate for children and families here in our state.

So I want to thank you all, soldier on.

There are no small jobs, only small people.

Thank you.

Any further discussion?

Any further discussion?

Seeing none, I want to echo the all of the comments from my colleagues here today.

I've stood alongside many of you at many of a rally over the years, and um feel very grateful for that, and we'll continue to do that as we fight the good fight for living wages.

Um, you know, I've been involved with SEIU before I even ran for office with the fight for 15, and I I think you know, SEIU tends to be one of the more innovative unions in campaigns and organizing and tactics, and you know, doing what we need to do to make sure that working people in our city and our country get the fair shake that you deserve.

Um, and so I'm proud to stand alongside you.

I'm proud that this board continues to stand alongside workers and fight for workers and the dignity of all work.

Um, and so thank you for coming down today and getting your flowers because you very much deserve it, and I I look forward to continuing to work with you.

So we will um uh real quickly, let's uh adopt the resolution and then we can meet on the steps for um for a picture together.

But it has been moved by the aldermen from the ninth and seconded by the older person from the 10th, that we adopt resolution 150.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye opposed motion carries resolution 150 is adopted.

If we would like to meet on the steps for a picture, please do that.

Jump up in there.

Are you scared?

That's his least favorite part.

All right.

Any introduction of honored guests.

Any introduction of honored guests.

Older woman from the 11th.

All right.

Thank you once again.

So my honored guests today are the pod squads, as I call them from St.

Louis University and Clay at the Clay Institute.

We have the Transit Pod, the Criminal Justice Pod, the Mental Health Pod, and the Healthcare Pod.

So as always, I'm I'm gonna try to say these names, and uh, you know, I still speak only two languages, English and bad English, so I'm gonna beg forgiveness early on.

So here we go.

Atiti, Suhana, Munju, Disha.

Stand up, y'all.

Come on, stand up when I call your name.

Let the people see your beautiful faces.

These are people to look for in the future.

So uh let's see, did I say Diksha, Akshaya, Semir, San V, Unksin T, Leila, Olivia, Evelyn, Emily, Bobby Lynn, Suna, Arique, Ali, Raina, Jonathan, Thomas, Zach, Carly, Kim, Christian, Kareem, Katie, Nia, and the phenomenal Jessica Trout.

Thank you all for being here, and thank you for all of the great work that you're doing.

We expect great things.

So, if uh the uh the board will indulge me, I do have to leave.

I have uh some turkeys coming to give away.

So um, if I could just please announce that, first of all, on Tuesday, every Tuesday.

It's a well-kept sequel, but we need to get it out to the public.

You can get a home cooked meal every Tuesday at noon at Central Baptist Church, which is located at 2842 Washington Avenue.

These are phenomenal people, they do great work.

It's free.

Okay, so then on Saturday, the Urban League.

Uh, they are having their turkey and food giveaway that's at the Kings Highway location.

And I'm partnering with Angels Within and the BP Gas Station on Adelaide, and we're gonna be giving out turkeys tomorrow at noon.

And then on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, uh, I will be uh helping to host a turkey giveaway hosted by Crown Food Mark, Paradise Beauty, Liberty Auto, Neighbors Market Phillips 66, and that's gonna be at 3858, Dr.

Martin Luther King.

All of these things are free and open to the public.

Please spread the word.

Please come and get these items if you need them.

One thing I will say, I I helped at the Urban League last Saturday, and we served over 3,000 people.

But I do want to just put out there in the atmosphere.

Take your fair share.

Take what is for you.

Because that's that's a blessing in and of itself.

If you only take what you're supposed to get and not take away from other people, as the um the event lined it down Saturday.

We still had cars, but we ran out of of product, and we don't want that to happen.

And then, you know, we heard some other things that you know people coming for help, you know, did, but we're not gonna focus on that.

We're gonna focus on take care of you.

And one of the things I used to always tell my classroom children, if you take care of you, you have more than enough to do.

Take your fair share.

We look forward to seeing you all and serving you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Older men from the 14th.

Thank you, madam present members of the board.

I would like to have in the gallery today, Mr.

Tyler Wilson as my honored guest, as well as young man getting involved in politics as well as my 14th award committee man, Mr.

Anthony Bale, who's also in the gallery to have as my honor guests.

If you can make them feel welcome.

Okay.

Older woman from the 10th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

I have a few honored guests.

First, I want to start with the people that participated last night in the 2025 Covenant House sleep out.

Um it was an amazing experience, amazing exercise, a very sobering um reminder of God's grace, but also call to action to fill in the gaps and meet some of these many social determinants that result in our youth being on the streets.

When I left about 6 o'clock this morning, they announced that they had raised almost 412,000.

So that's a blessing again to the work that only Covenant House does in the city of St.

Louis.

That's important to note as well.

Um I also want to mention that speaking of meeting and filling in the gaps today, right now, as we speak, I want to as my honored guest Heat Up St.

Louis, who is answering calls.

There's a webinar live line right now.

You can go to HeatUp St.

Louis.org and get bills, uh utility bill assistance.

Uh right now, as we speak, I want to have as my guest, People's Community Action Corporation, People's Health Center, who is passing out turkeys at 50 and baskets, fresh produce at 5801.

Uh Delmar is the drive-thru or walk-up, and then one um small correction to Alder Woman Keys, the Urban League's um giveaway is on Tuesday.

Oh, I'm sorry.

It's on Tuesday.

It's okay because we all filled in the gap, like you said.

So is that not if you was gonna still be here?

I thought you said you was left.

So just if anybody is that giveaway, um, is at uh the Diamond in the Roof, the no, what is he called?

The North Star of North St.

Louis Urban League under the direction of Mike McMillan, that turkey giveaway, annual turkey is this coming Tuesday.

Thank you.

Alder Woman from the 11th.

Thank you.

I apologize for having to come back again, but I wanted to have the Alder Woman of the illustrious 10th ward as my honored guest as she has celebrated a birthday.

Happy birthday to you.

You're very welcome.

Additionally, former alderman and former committee man, Jesse Todd, uh, is celebrating a birthday.

And I failed to say where I'm gonna be giving out turkeys today.

So I'm gonna be at the lower part of the parking lot at O'Fallon Park.

Um, we should be ready to start handing them out about 12, 1230-ish.

So catch me outside at O'Fallon Park and pick up a turkey.

Thank you.

Any further introduction of honored guests?

Any further introduction of honored guests?

Seeing none, older.

Oh, sorry, older woman from the 13th.

Because I'm totally confused.

Is this on a guest or is this announcement?

It's honored guests, um, but the older woman from the 11th has to leave to get to her turkey handouts, so we allowed her to give a couple of announcements.

Okay, so I'm I'm all confused.

Go ahead.

I'm sorry, madam chair.

Older woman from the 10th, you are recognized on the approval of the minutes from Friday, November 14th, 2025.

I thought I'm sorry, I thought I'd woman a boy had announced.

So I uh move that we approve the minutes from Friday.

November 14th.

November 14th, my days are running together for Friday, November 14th, 2025.

It's been moved by the older woman from the 10th, seconded by the alderman for the 14th, that we approve the minutes from Friday, November 7th, 2025.

Is there any discussion?

Let me do that again.

It's been moved by the older woman from the 10th, seconded by the older person from the 14th that we approve the minutes from Friday, November 14th, 2025.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Report of city officials.

The point of city officials can be found in AB and C of the addenda has been placed in a Google Drive for your review.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals for appointment to the 4101 LeClee Community Improvement District.

The appointment of Leslie Yancy, the appointment of Susan Knowles, the reappointment of Mark Buron, the appointment of Madison Drobosclavy, the appointment of Ryan Kroger.

I respect I respectfully request your approval for these appointments.

Sincerely, Kara Spencer.

Alderman from the 9th, you'll recognize a Mayor Spencer's appointments to the 4101 LeCleed Community Improvement District.

Thank you.

I would move that we accept the mayor's appointments of what's we Yancey Susan Knowles, Mark Brayon, Madison Dobrowski, and Ryan Kroger to the 4101que community improvement district.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 9th, seconded by the Alderman from the third, that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the 4101 lead community improvement district.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Opposed motion carries.

Thank you, Madam President.

I move in the rules and introduce board bill 107 and 108.

For first reading.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 11th, that we suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing board bills 107 and 108.

This is a non-debatable motion.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alder Woman Sweitzer.

Alderman Odenberg.

Aye.

Alderman Cone.

Aye.

Alderman Narayan.

Alderman Devotee.

Aye.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Sonia.

Alder Woman Cox Anthwe.

Aye.

Alderman Browning.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Aye.

Alder Woman Keys.

Aye.

Alder Woman Tyus.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Alderman Aldrich.

President Green.

Aye.

Alder Woman Sweit, sir.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Tyres.

Aye.

13 aye votes.

By your vote, you sustain the motion from the Alderman from the 14th.

If you could please place board bills 107 and 103 at the end of the first reading.

So noted.

First reading of board bills.

For Bill 101, sponsored by Alder Woman Board.

Pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394.

An ordinance directing the director of streets to inspire speed humps to calm the flow of traffic on a block in the 13th ward.

Board Bill 102, sponsored by Alder Woman Boyd, pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394.

An ordinance directing the directive of streets to install to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic in the 13th ward.

Board Bill 103, sponsored by Alderman Cohn.

An ordinance recommended by and approved by the Airport Commission and Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the director of the airports and the control of the city of St.

Louis, owner and operator of the St.

Louis Lambert Airport, International Airport, to enter into and execute the second amendment to the Wi-Fi and distribution attendance system operating agreement originally authorized by ordinance number six nine nine one nine between the city and concourse communications group LLC and containing a severability clause.

Board Bill 104, sponsored by Alder Woman Boyd, pursuant to ordinance number 7033 has amended by ordinance number seven one three nine four and ordinance directing the director of streets to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic in the 13th ward.

Board Bill 104, sponsored by Alder Woman Boyd, pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394, an ordinance directing the director of streets to inspire to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic in the 13th ward.

Board Bill 106, sponsored by President Green, an ordinance calling and providing for the holding of an election in the city of St.

Louis on April 7th, 2026 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the city of St.

Louis a proposal to reauthorize a one and a half cent, a one-half of a 1% sales tax on all retail sales made in the city of St.

Louis, which are subject to taxation under Chapter 144 of the Missouri Rice Standard to in order to approve the use of said tax for bus transit and contain the severability and emergency clause.

Board Bill 108 sponsored by introduced by Alderwoman Clark Hubbard, an ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizing the mayor to submit the 2026 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, authorizing the mayor and the Comptroller to enter into an execute agreements with HUD for the receipt of 2026 Community Development Block Grant, Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery, Home Investment Partnership, Emergency Solutions Grant, Housing and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funds, authorizing the directors of the community development administration, Department of Human Services, and Department of Health to execute the contracts as may be necessary to expand funds and containing severability and emergency clauses.

That's the extent of first reading of board bills.

You could please assign 107 to the public infrastructure and utilities and 108 to HUDS.

Alder Woman 11th.

Thank you, uh Madam President.

I'd like to be added as a co-sponsor on board bill 11, and I'm on my way out.

Thank you.

Board Bill.

I'm sorry, 100.

100 100.

Thank you.

Board Bill 100.

100 is was not intro.

Okay.

We don't have a on second reading.

Okay.

Got it.

Alderman from the 14th.

Did you have thank you, Madam President?

Members of the board, I'd like to be added as a co-sponsor of Board Bill 106.

Thank you.

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So noted.

Uh reference to committee of board bills.

Reference to committee of board bills to the public infrastructure and utilities board committee, board bills 101, 102, 104, 105, and 107.

To transportation and commerce, board bill 103.

To budget 106 to HUDS 108.

Second city report of standing committees.

So the following the following board bills were reported out of HUD's committee with a due pass recommendation.

Board Bill 83, sponsored by Alderman Browning, co-sponsored by Alder Woman Clark Hubbard, and ordinance establishing a sales tax reimbursement account in support of the project located at 3942 the Cleed Avenue, approving a public and performance agreement related to such project and authorization execution thereof.

The following board bills were reported out of budget with a due pass recommendation, board bill 100, sponsored by Alder Woman Cox and Twee, Mayor Spencer, President Green, Alderman Naryan, Alderwoman Clark Hubbard, Alderman Aldrich, Alderman Devotee, Alderman Brownie, Alderwoman Keys, and Ordinance submitting to the qualified voters of the City of St.

Louis pursuant to Section 9.115 of the revised Missouri Code.

The question of whether to continue the earnings tax proposal imposed by the City of St.

Louis for a period of five years, providing for an election and the manner of voting, providing that if such questions shall receive the voters of a majority of the voters voting thereon that such earnings tax shall continue and containing a severability and emergency clause.

The following board bills were reported out of the special committee on reducing red tape with a due pass recommendation.

Board Bill 88, sponsored by Alderman Browning, President Green, and Alderman Devotee, an ordinance updating to Title II elections of the municipal code of the city of St.

Louis, updating, clarifying, and removing outdated language within the election code, including filing fees, a certificate for nomination, and containing procedures in the event of a tie.

That's the extent of second reading and standing committees.

Report is special committees.

We have none.

Board bills for perfection consent.

Board bill for perfection consent.

Board Bill 79 as amended in committee, sponsored by Alderman Devotee, pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394.

An ordinance directing the director of streets to install to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic on various blocks of the fifth board.

For Bill 86, sponsored by Alder Woman Cox and TWEE, pursuant to ordinance number 7033 as amended by ordinance number 71394, an ordinance reduct directing the director of streets to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic on various blocks of the eighth board.

For Bill 96, sponsored by Alder Woman Cox and Twee, an ordinance directing the Director of Streets to establish the direction of Moraine Avenue as a one-way street southbound from the 3600 block to the 3700 block.

That's the extent of the perfection consent calendar.

Alder Woman from the 10th, you're recognized on the motion to adopt the board bills for the perfection consent calendar.

Thank you, madam president.

Adopt the board bills and consent calendar.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the 10th, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 7th that we adopt the board bills for the consent calendar.

Is there any discussion?

Alder Woman from the 7th.

Thank you, Madam President and members of the board.

Uh may I be added as a co-sponsor to board bill 100?

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So noted.

Any further discussion.

Seeing none, it's been moved by the alder woman from the 10th, seconded by the alder person from the 7th that we adopt the board bills for the faction.

Now we see alder woman from the 13th.

I'm sorry.

Could I be added to 100 also, please?

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So noted.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the 10th, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 7th.

We adopt the board bills for the perfection consent calendar.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Board bills for perfection.

We have none.

Dispense with line item 17.

Report of engrossment.

Board bill 55, 58, 43, and 74.

Third reading, final passage of board bills consent.

Board bills 55, 58, 43, and 74.

Alder woman from the 10th, you're recognized on the motion to adopt the third reading, final passage of board bills on the consent calendar.

Thank you, Madam President.

Members of the board, I move that we adopt the third reading, final passage of board bills on the consent count.

Second.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the 10th.

Second by the Alderman from the fourth that we adopt the third reading final passage of board bills on the consent calendar.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alderman Odenberg.

Alderman Cone.

Present.

Alderman Narayan.

Aye.

Alderman Devoty.

Alder Woman Velazquez.

Alder Woman Sony.

Aye.

Alder Woman Cox Antwick.

Aye.

Alderman Browning.

Aye.

Alder Woman Clark Cupard.

Aye.

Alder Woman Keys.

Alder Woman Ties.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Press it.

Alderman Aldrich.

Aye.

President Green.

Aye.

Alder Woman's wife, sir.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Keys.

Alder Woman Ties.

Aye.

Alder Woman.

We have 10 aye votes and two voted present.

O'Conn is aye.

Alder Woman from the 13th.

Could you change that to an aye?

I'm sorry.

I'm doing too many things.

Madam Clerk, please make note of that.

So Cone and Boyd are ayes.

We have 12 eye votes.

By your vote, you sustain the motion from the Alder Woman from the 10th to third reading.

Finally passed the aforementioned bills.

Third reading final passage of board bills.

We have none.

Board bill 58, 50, board bill 55, 58, 43, and 74.

All other business being suspended.

The president shall in open session affix her signature here to end that these may become law.

Second reading resolutions committee reports and adoptions.

We have none.

Can dispense with line item twenty-three.

Miscellaneous and unfinished business.

We have none.

Monday, November 24th, we have no announcements.

Tuesday.

Transportation and commerce in the Kennedy room at nine o'clock.

Thursday, we're closed for Thanksgiving.

Friday, we're closed for Thanksgiving.

Any further announcements?

Alderman from the third.

There should have been a transportation and commerce committee meeting for 9 a.m.

next time.

It was announced.

Any further announcements.

Any further announcements?

Seeing none, Alder Woman from the 10th, you're recognized on the motion to oh, sorry.

Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Madam President, members of the board.

I want to just make a quick announcement and wish one of our amazing staff, Miss Chanel, a happy birthday.

If you ever come to the Board of Alderman, you will see a uh beautiful person at the front desk that takes all of the uh phone calls and messages.

Uh and that is Miss Chanel, she hosts down a fort in City Hall.

So we just want to wish her a happy birthday today.

Thank you.

Seeing none, Alder Woman from the tenth, you're recognized on the motion to excuse.

Oh, yeah.

I am sorry.

I just want to uh congratulate Miss Ollie Stewart of South Side Wellness for a successful Thanksgiving event yesterday.

Uh she had over a hundred singers there, so it was a great event.

It had good food, great music.

And so again, she sponsored a great Thanksgiving event, and I look forward to the future events that she'll be having.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any further announcements going once, going twice, going three times.

Right.

Alder Woman from the tenth, you are recognized on the motion to excuse.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the tenth, seconded by the Alderman from the third, that we excuse the aforementioned older people for necessary absence.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Nope.

Motion carry.

Alder woman from the tenth, you're recognized on the motion to adjourn.

Thank you, Madam President.

I pray that everyone enjoys the blessed Thanksgiving holiday and that we adjourn until Friday, December fifth, twenty twenty-five, in the Board of Ottoman Chambers at ten AM.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the tenth, seconded by the Alderman from the third, that we adjourn until Friday, December fifth, twenty twenty-five in the Board of Alderman chambers at ten AM.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

We are adjourned.

Happy Thanksgiving.