The St. Louis Board of Aldermen convened on May 7, 2026, with 10 members present, establishing a quorum. The meeting began with an opening reflection for ALS Awareness Month, followed by the introduction of resolutions, recognition of a retiring STL TV engineer, consideration of mayoral appointments, and perfection of a bill providing a one-time $1,000 lump sum payment to classified civil service employees.
The board will now come to order. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Alder Woman Schweitzer. President. Alderman Oldenberg. Alderman Fight. Acting President Cohn. Present. Alderman Narayan. Alderman Devoty. Alder Woman Velasquez. Alder Woman Sany. Alder Woman Cox and Twee. Alderman Browning. Alder Woman Clark Hubbard. Here. Alder Woman Keys. Alder Woman Tyus. Alder Woman Boyd. Alderman Aldric. President Green. Alderman Devotee. Alder Woman Velasquez. Alder Woman Keys. Alder Woman Tayus. 10 present. A quorum being present. We'll be led in an opening reflection by Sandra Marks with the ALS Association for ALS Awareness Month. Sandra. Thank you. Like I said, I'm Sandra Marks, and I'm a senior VP at Claiko Construction, but also I'm part of the leadership committee with the ALS Association. And I'm also very involved this year and last year as a chair of their annual gala. Uh May is May aware is ALS Awareness Month. And my husband, who many of you all may know or have heard of, Cozy William Marks III died last year after a five-year battle with ALS. And from the time Cozy was diagnosed until his death, the ALS Association was a major supporter from helping him with the care that he needed to the equipment that he had to have as disease progressed and certainly upon his death. Many also knew him from the things that he did in St. Louis. He was the chair of the Annie Malone Board of Directors for many years. He was the deacon of Antioch Baptist Church and very involved. And then he was the son of Cozy William Marks Jr., who's a renowned educator here in the St. Louis Public School District. So the ALS Association has been an important part of our family's life, and I want to make sure people are aware that this month, like every month, people continue to suffer from this. A very good friend of ours who I want to honor today, Bishop Calvin Scott passed recently from the same disease. So please consider getting involved if you aren't already. There's so many ways to be involved, too. June 27th is the ALS Walk in Forest Park. We're going to have a cozy's corner, and I hope to see many people there supporting these organizations that do so much. And then in November at the Chase Park Plaza, we'll have the ALS Game on Gala. So please look for more about it, and I really appreciate the opportunity to not only honor my husband, but to make people aware of how important this month is to so many. Thank you.