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.

Thank you, Sandra.

Announcements and special order of the day.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution 17.

Thank you, Mr.

Vice President and members of the board.

I move in LaRuz to introduce resolution number 17.

It was moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 7th that we uh suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing resolution number 17.

Alderman, you may proceed.

I renew my motion.

It's uh been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 7th.

This is a non-debatable motion.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alder Woman Sweitzer.

Aye.

Alderman Oldenberg.

Acting President Comb.

Aye.

Alderman Narayan.

Alderman Devote.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Sanye.

Alder Woman Cox and Tweed.

Alderman Browning.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Aye.

Alder Woman Keys.

Alder Woman Tyus.

Alder Woman Boyd.

Aye.

Alderman Aldric.

Aye.

President Green.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Velasquez, we're on the suspension of the rules to introduce.

Thank you.

Alder Woman Tia.

President Green, 12 eye votes.

Are your vote you have sustained the motion from the Alderman from the 14th?

Madam Clerk, please place resolution 17 at the end of the courtesy resolution.

So noted.

At this time, we'll have uh presentation of resolution 14 to celebrate Ken from STL TV.

Uh Alder Woman from the 13th, will you please approach the dais with your honored guest?

Good good morning, uh everyone.

Thank you.

Uh Mr.

Acting President.

I had to think, what do I call you?

So, Mr.

Acting President uh Shane, uh I am humbled and I am honored because we have a young man that has been the sleeping giant for our city for quite a few years.

And so I think we need to take the opportunity to recognize him as a whole.

I want to thank his family for being here to support him and thanking Andre, because Andre does a lot of backdoor stuff that people doesn't even know he does.

So I want to make sure that we recognize them and we honor them and let them know how we will miss them humbly, and we will always reach out to him to check on him and his family and make sure that he's taken care of.

So uh at this time, I'll let him speak to the excuse my little report.

Oh Madam Clerk, will you please read the resolution?

Resolution number 16 sorry.

Resolution number 14, honoring Kenneth Roberts, whereas standby quiet on the set in 54321 Q, Kenneth Roberts, the longest serving video engineer in the communications division at STL TV, has heard that countdown thousands of times while dedicating 33 years of service to the city of St.

Louis, and whereas throughout his career, Ken has been instrumental in advancing the station through the ever-evolving landscape of television technology, from VHS to super VHS to DVC Pro and ultimately to digital formats.

Solidifying its reputation as one of the premier government access channels in the country, and whereas in 2015, Ken developed and implemented a solo operational system from broadcasting board of Alderman Committee meetings in the Kennedy Hearing Room and Leisure Room.

Later in 2022, he oversaw the installation of an upgraded video production system in both the Kennedy Hearing Room and the Board of Alderman Chambers.

This upgrade introduced the capability for Alderman to participate in meeting virtually via Zoom.

And whereas Ken is widely known for his meticulous attention to detail and production setup.

Meaning Ken has likely performed over 10,000 camera white balances to ensure top quality broadcasts and whereas on May 1st, 2026, Ken retired from his distinguished career as a video engineer, stepping away from behind the camera to embrace a well-earned retirement with his wife, Janine of 53 years, their loving family of children and grandchildren.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St.

Louis that we pause in our deliberations to recognize and celebrate Kent's outstanding career and lasting contributions to STL TV.

Although no one could fade to black on this performance, we wish him all the best on his well-deserved retirement.

And the honorable Shemeen Clark Alderman of the 10th Ward co-sponder adopted this eighth day of May 2026.

And I know that uh Ken has some prepared remarks, so we'll allow him to share a few words.

Well, excuse my little ratty notes here, but I can't leave anything to chance with my memory being what it is these days.

And never really imagined that uh the day would come when it would be me.

Uh I came to the city as uh their first per performance vid videographer uh from a sports background and eventually uh took a job as a full-time video production specialist.

Uh in a few years I qualified for the job of uh video engineer, and uh with with the resolution, uh there's no need for me to to recount the the the things that I've done that it they pretty much covered it all.

But one of the things I'm most proud of is uh the fact that there are any number of young people who came through the channel that that I mentored and and helped to go on to uh uh successful careers in in the uh television business.

Uh alongside my uh career at STL TV, uh I had a career in sports television for some I guess third but forty plus years now.

Uh baseball, football, hockey, and Olympics, uh what is it?

Um presidential uh and vice presidential debates, uh papal events, and uh I like to say that I've covered everybody from Pope John Paul uh to the Rolling Stones.

Uh I'm most proud of my beautiful families.

You see here though, uh, they're my pride and joy, and uh my oldest grandson Sean uh walked across the stage last night and received his uh certification certificate uh from North County Tech.

And this evening he gets his uh his diploma.

And so uh I'm so proud and privileged.

Uh I've I've truly been blessed, blessed to have uh uh an amazing career and blessed to have an amazing family.

Thank you, thank you, Ken.

Thank you, Ken.

Uh I just listening to those statistics, it's an incredible.

I was thinking to myself, uh, just trying to calculate how many hours of the Board of Aldermen you've had to listen to over those years.

Uh being down here for 17 years, I think I've probably taken up half your time at that point.

But uh, you know, it's always been a pleasure to work with you.

Uh do any alder folks have uh anything that they would like to add to the conversation.

Alderman from the 11th.

Thank you, uh, Mr.

Vice President and members of the board.

This is one of those resolutions that must be embanked.

So I move that we embank this.

It was moved by the Alder Woman from the 11th, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 7th, that we embank resolution number 18.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, hearing none, the resolution is now in bang.

Thank you.

Um, thank you so much for all of your years of service.

I was hoping you were gonna stick around long enough to create that filter that was gonna shave off that fifteen twenty we talked about the last time that you all were here.

But congratulations on a job well done in service to our gray city.

Thank you so much.

Well, Ken, uh having been down here and listening to as many Board of Alderman meetings as you have, I'm sure you're already aware, but I'm oh, I'm sorry, Alder Woman Tyus.

You're on mute, Alder Woman.

Thank you, Mr.

Vice President.

Um, Ken, if the Alderman from the third took up half of your uh footage, I was here for the initial shooting of the Board of Aldermen.

Um and so I know I've taken up the other half.

So that doesn't leave much for the rest of the people down here, okay.

But I do want to appreciate uh thank you and show my appreciation for all that you do.

Um, you know, you know that we've had to fight uh to keep uh STL TV, which was called other things in the past, that uh there were a lot of people didn't want the Board of Alderman to be on T on the television, had to fight for you, had to fight for money.

Um, but I want to thank you personally for the time and efforts that you guys put in and uh uh work ethic that you have, and you are the people that make it possible for the city of St.

Louis to bring its government to the people.

The people who cannot come down, who have to work or whatever, they have an opportunity to watch what's going on.

So I thank you so much, and I hope that now your family gets some of your time.

Um, the lovely family, congratulations to was that your son or grandson is graduating, and hopefully you'll have a lot of time to uh do family things as much as you have for uh the cities of St.

Louis and the members of the Board of Alderman.

Thank you again.

Thank you.

Any further discussion.

Seeing none, I'll just uh you know add, as I was about to close earlier.

Uh Ken You've I'm sure certain have uh heard this many times before, but um as you know, this is the highest honor that this Board of Alderman can bestow on any individual in our city, and it is indeed a pleasure and an honor to be able to do this with you today.

And uh these resolutions go into the history books, and so you are officially now in the history books now and forever of the city of St.

Louis, and people generations from now will know all of the wonderful things that you did to contribute to our city, and we wish you all the best in your retirement.

Thank you.

If members would like to gather at the dais to take a photo, we'll take a moment to collect everyone here.

Very creative writing.

Or maybe after you speak.

I'm waiting for Rashid.

No, I don't.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to adopt the courtesy consent calendar.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we adopt a courtesy resolution calendar.

Second.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alder woman from the seventh that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

Motion carries.

Elevated eleven.

Thank you so much.

So um so my honored guests are quite a few people.

Um this week uh we celebrated over at the Veterans Tiny Homes uh project.

Uh they're opening the second block of of Aldyne Avenue.

So they began in the 3700 block where I was raised.

Uh and it's so amazing every time I go over there that you know I can still identify where our home was.

And so um our veterans do so much for us, and we keep saying as a nation that we respect and we love our veterans, but we are not doing nearly enough when we have so many veterans who are actually part of our unhoused population.

So whenever there is a veterans organization um that you can give to or you move to to do something for, we've got them right here in our own house in our own city, right there on Grand Avenue and Aldyne Avenue between now the 37 and 3800 block of Aldyne.

You can go over and take a tour.

You can actually go over and uh meet with the uh with veterans.

You know, they like company too.

And so I want to encourage us to really wrap our arms around our veterans the way that we say we do.

Um, my next honored guest when I walked in and I saw the birthday and uh a balloon and the flowers, I was just so taken aback, and I thank you all so very much.

So you all are my honored guests today.

But I have a little story for you about sunflowers.

Um a little over uh half a decade.

Uh no, I'm sorry, half a century oh ago, uh, I was born in a small town in Steele, Missouri, which is in Pemescott County in the boot heel.

So I'm a boot heel girl.

I was born at home.

My grandmother, Fredonia Pugh, uh, was the um midwife that delivered me.

And my mother's plan was to name me after her.

But my grandmother begged her, please don't name that child for yet Fredonia because everybody called my grandmother, the midwife, Miss Free.

And so she just felt like that shouldn't be my name.

So there was a cousin named Laura there, and so I ended up being named after Laura Pittman.

And um I was born in May, so they gave me the middle name May.

That's what country people do.

And so um, but one of the things and fondest memories that I have every summer of spending down south with my grandmother, is that every year she had a garden of sunflowers.

And as the season went on, we would be able to go out with her and pick them.

She would soak them in salt water and then bake them in the oven.

And but you know, the we're simple country people, we had electricity.

We did not have indoor plumbing.

Uh in the summer, my job was to go out, and I had to jump up because the pump handle was up high and I was too short.

And so I would jump up and grab the handle and I'd start getting that water going.

My grandmother would always say, Now try to let that water run a little while.

But I like the taste of the orange water that came out first.

It had a sweeter flavor uh to it.

And so that's a fine memory.

Not having an indoor bathroom or indoor running water.

Those are actually fine memories that I have and taking pictures of unusual spiders and things like that bees that you see there that you would not see here uh in St.

Louis City, and not having all of the amenities that most people in this room can't even imagine having you're not or not having, you know, a television on Sunday.

If you didn't drive to town, you listened to uh church on the radio, and as soon as church went out, the radio went off.

But what they gave us instead was conversations, many great conversations.

Our grandparents actually talked to us.

They passed on oral tradition, which we don't see as much now anymore.

And so I am grateful for all of the mornings that she would get up and make me a cup of tea that we drank out of real China, and uh I'm sure somebody gave it to her.

But but it was real China that we we had tea uh in the morning, and she taught me how to churn butter and how to make bread and you know, all of those things that we take for granted walking to or driving to a grocery store um to make those things happen for us.

I'm glad that I've had a portion of my lifetime to be able to live in a very natural way that did not have so much technology.

So I want to thank you all once again.

I feel the love and I love your own purpose.

It ain't nothing you can do about it.

And uh I I'm very appreciative.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderwoman.

Uh so reminder we're on introduction of guests, Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Mr.

Uh Acting President, members of the board.

As my honor guest, I would like to have one best 14th War residents, uh, Ms.

Leo, who's up in the gallery.

She does amazing work uh not only in the 14th War, but especially uh during this as we approach the one-year tornado, has uh been boots on the ground uh helping volunteering, but also have uh a trade and construction and have been using her labor for free to help people throughout the tornado area.

So uh she's one of the people that I always go to.

I know we haven't talked in a while, we need to do some lunch, but I love you.

You always got my back, and if the boy can make her feel welcome, I greatly appreciate it.

Any further introduction of honored guests.

Seeing none, we'll uh move to approval of the meeting minutes from Friday, May 1st, 2026.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the approval of the minutes from Friday, May 1st, 2026.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we adopt the minutes from May 1st, 2026.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderman from the 7th.

That we approve our meeting minutes from Friday, May 1st, 2026.

Is there any discussion?

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

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Report of city officials.

Report of city officials can be found in A, B, C and D of their and has been placed in a Google Drive for your review.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals who appoint me to the detention facility over site board.

The appointment of Dr.

Mark Mullen.

I respectfully request your approval of these appointments.

Sincerely, Carrie Spencer Mayor.

You think I should send this to the committee?

Alderman from the fourth, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the detention facility oversight board.

Thank you, Acting President Cohn, members of the board.

I move that we uh refer this to the public safety committee.

It's been moved by the alderman from the fourth, seconded by the alderman from the second that we move Mayor Spencer's appointments to the public safety committee.

Is there any discussion?

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

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals for reappointment to the senior citizen service fund board.

The reappointment of Call Wilson.

Alderman from the 14th.

You're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Senior Citizen Service Fund Board.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we uh move Carl Wilson to the Health and Human the Health Committee.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderman from the 7th that we move uh Mayor Spencer's appointment to the senior citizens service fund board to the health committee.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individual for reappointment to the 2019 Grand Center Community Improvement District.

The appointment of Stephanie Coran.

I respectfully request your approval of this appointment.

Sincerely, Kara Spencer, Mayor.

Alderwoman from the 11th, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointments to the 2019 Grand Center Community Improvement.

Thank you, uh Mr.

Vice President.

Um yes, I move that we accept um the mayor's um selection of Stephanie Carran for the 2019 grants in a community improvement district.

Second.

It's been moved by the Alderwoman from the 11th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th, that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointment to the 2019 Grand Center Community Improvement District.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none.

Uh all those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individual for reappointment to the mental health board.

The reappointment of Janice Thomas.

I respectfully request your approval of this appointment.

Sincerely, Cara Spencer, Mayor.

Alderman from the 14th.

You're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the mental health board.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we move this uh nomination to the health uh committee.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 7th that we move Mayor Spencer's appointment to the mental health board to the health committee.

Is there any discussion seeing none?

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals for reappointment to the airport arts advisory committee.

The appointment of Margaret McDonald.

I respectfully request your approval of these appointments.

Sincerely, Kara Spencer, Mayor.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Airport Art Advisories Committee.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we send this appointment to the Transportation and Commerce Committee.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 7th that we move Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Airport Arts Advisory Committee to the Transportation and Commerce Committee.

Is there any discussion?

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

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals for appointment to the Clean Energy Development Board.

The appointment of Jim Mao.

I respectfully request your approval of these appointments.

Sincerely, Cara Spencer, Mayor.

Alderman from the second.

You are recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Clean Energy Development.

Thank you, Mr.

Akin President, members of the board.

I move we approve the mayor's appointment.

Second.

It's been moved by the Alderman.

Alderman from the second or uh seconded by the moved by the alderman from the second, seconded by the alderman from the 14th.

That we approve Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Clean Energy Development Board.

Is there any discussion?

Alderwoman from the 12th.

Sure.

Mr.

Acting President, I would request that the Alderman from the second withdraw his motion and send the uh since this is a citywide nomination that uh nomination to an appropriate committee.

Absolutely.

Uh Mr.

Acking President, I withdraw my motion.

We uh the motion from the Alderman from the second has been withdrawn.

Uh the second from the alderman from the 14th has been withdrawn.

Would you like to make a motion?

Yes, I move we move it to the legislation committee, please.

It's been moved by the alderman from the second that we move the mayor's appointments to the clean energy development board to the objection.

I withdraw that.

I'm gonna request uh and move that it go to health, please.

It's uh been the second from the alderman from the 14th has been removed.

The original motion from the uh alderman from the second has been removed to refer to legislation.

Alderman, would you instead like to make a new motion to refer?

Alderman, would you instead like to make a new motion to refer usually this would go to HUDs, by the way.

I'm sorry.

These appointments in the past have gone to the HUDs committee just for reference.

Okay.

I still move that it go to the health committee if that's okay.

Whatever you wish, Alderman.

Uh okay.

So it's been moved by the Alderman from the second, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 13th.

That we will refer Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Clean Energy Development Board to the Health Committee.

Is there any discussion?

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

Aye.

All opposed.

No.

Aye.

The ayes have it.

Motion carries.

Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individual for reappoint me to the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District.

The reappointment of K Vy Rosani.

I respectfully request your approval of these appointments.

Sincerely, Kara Spencer, Mayor.

Alder Woman from the 7th.

You are recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Cherokee Street Community Improvement.

Thank you, Acting President.

I would move to appoint uh Cave Resigning to the Committee Improvement District.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the 7th, seconded by the Alderman from the 14th that we adopt or approve the uh appointment.

Uh the mayor's appointment to the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District.

Is there any discussion?

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

Aye.

All opposed motion carries.

Line item eight, petitions and communication.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item eight.

Board bills for perfection and formal.

We have none.

Please dispense love with line item nine.

Board bills for third reading and formal calendar.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 10.

Resolutions and formal calendar.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 11.

Alder Woman from the 8th, you are recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing board bill 21 for first reading.

Thank you, Mr.

Vice President.

I like to move that we suspend the rules to board bill number 21.

Second.

It's been moved by the Alder Woman from the eighth, seconded by the Alder Woman from the 7th that we suspend the rules to introduce board bill 21.

Alder Woman, you may proceed.

Thank you.

I renew my motion.

Under Rule 47, this is a non-debatable motion to suspend the rules.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alder Woman Schweitzer.

Acting President Cohn.

Aye.

Alderman Narayan.

Alderman Devotee.

Alderwoman Velasquez.

Alderwoman Sanyay.

Alder Woman Cox Ann Twee.

Aye.

Alderman Browning.

Alderman.

Alder Woman Clark Cubberd.

Aye.

Alderwoman Keys.

Aye.

Alderwoman Tyes.

Aye.

Alderwoman Boyd.

Aye.

Alderman Aldrick.

President Green.

Alderman Devotee.

Alderman Browning.

Thirteen I votes.

By your vote, you have sustained the motion from the Alderwoman from the eighth.

Madam Clerk, please place board bill 21 at the end of the first reading of board bill.

So noted.

First reading of board bills.

Board bill number 18, introduced by Alderman Devotee.

An ordinance authorizing the honorary street name.

Board Bill No.

19, introduced by Alder Woman Cox Antwe and Alderwoman Velasquez.

An ordinance amending ordinance 70767 to extend the sunset date of the minority and women-owned business enterprise program for the city of St.

Louis to December 31st, 2026.

The Director of Streets to install speehumps to calm the flow of traffic on various blocks on the second board.

Introduced by Alderwoman Cox and Twee.

The board bill amends ordinance six six nine three five and authorizes the execution of a second amendment lease agreement between the City of St.

Louis, Missouri, and a material sales company for certain land and mooring between the McArthur Bridge and the Popular Street Bridge under certain terms and conditions for a period of five years at a rate of 17 million eight hundred twelve thousand point seventy two for the first year and increasing by three percent each year thereafter.

Reference to committee of board bills.

And would you please refer board bill twenty-one to transportation and commerce?

So noted.

Out of public infrastructure and utilities, board bill eighteen, and board bill nine board bill twenty.

Out of legislation, board bill number nineteen, and from TNT Transportation and Commerce, Board Billy One.

Second reading and report of standing committees.

The following board bills were reported out of budget and public employee with a due pass recommendation.

Board bill number nine, introduced by Alderman Aldrich, President Green, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sanye, Alderman Browning, and Mayor Spencer, an ordinance pertaining to compensation for employees under the classified service, amending ordinance seven one nine six three approved February 2025 by amending the pay schedule in section two and amend to C and amending section seven A by adding a new subsection of Section 7A and 3.

The provisions of the section contained in this ordinance shall be effective with the start of the first pay period in which this ordinance is approved by the mayor.

Alderman from the 14th, you are recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of moving board bill number nine to the regular perfection calendar.

Thank you, Mr.

President, members of the board.

I'm going to suspend the ruse to move board bill number nine from second reading to the regular perfection calendar.

It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alder woman from the sixth.

That we suspend the rules to move the board board bill number nine to the regular perfection calendar.

Alderman, you may proceed.

I renew my motion.

Under Rule 47, this is a non-debatable motion to suspend the rules.

Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Alder Woman Sweitzer.

Alderman Cohn.

Acting President Cohn.

Aye.

Alderman Narayan.

Alderman Devotee.

Alder Woman Velasquez.

Alder Woman Sanyer.

Alder Woman Cox and Twee.

Aye.

Alderman Browning.

Alder Woman Clark Hubbard.

Aye.

Alder Woman Keys.

Aye.

Alder Woman Tyus.

Present.

Alderwoman Boyd.

Alderman Aldrick.

Aye.

President Green.

Alderman DeVotee.

Eleven I votes, one present.

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

Madam Clerk, please paste board bill number nine on the regular perfection calendar.

I'm sorry, we had 12 I votes and one present.

Sorry, I was doing my own math up here.

Uh Madam Clerk, please place board bill number nine on the regular perfection calendar.

So noted.

Report of special committees.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 15, perfection consent calendar.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 16.

Board bills for perfection.

Board bill number 21.

Introduced by Alderman Aldric.

Nine.

I'm sorry, Board Bill No.

9, introduced by Alderman Aldrick, President Green, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, Alderman Browning, and Mayor Spencer.

An ordinance pertaining to compensation for employees under the classified service amending ordinance number 71963 approved February 2025 by amending the pay schedule in Section 2C and amending Section 7A by adding a new subsection of Section 7A and 3.

The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective with the start of the first pay period in which this ordinance is approved by the mayor.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on perfection of board bill number nine.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President.

I move that we perfect board bill number nine.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderwoman from the 7th that we perfect board bill number nine.

Alderman, you may need.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President, members of the board.

Board bill number nine is a uh opportunity for our city employees to receive a one-time lump sum of a thousand uh dollars.

There was funds set aside an FY budget 26 um to uh eventually give our employees uh this kind of lump sum.

Um what we're doing is we're fast tracking it because these funds again will be coming out of budget FY26.

Um and as we are in the FY27 budget year, we want to make sure that this legislation gets done so the funds can come out of the FY26 budget.

This would be a lump sum of a 1,000 uh payment for uh our civic oh no, I'm saying civic service.

Civic service.

I'm getting the words tied up.

Civil service, yes, civil service employees classified civil service employees.

Um so uh also have a floor sub, and I'll move up the floor sub for board bill number nine.

The alderman from the 14th has moved to adopt a floor substitute for board bill number nine.

It was seconded by the alderman from the seventh.

Is there any discussion?

Alderman from the 12th.

Um I'm gonna ask for previous role, that's all.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

There's been a request for previous role.

Is there any objection to previous role?

Motion carries.

We're now discussing the floor floor substitute to board bill number nine.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President, members of the board.

The floor sub is just uh clean up thank uh Mr.

Lou Galley for uh catching it.

What it does is it just makes sure that uh this uh language that we're approving aligns with the previous uh ordinance that we're referencing to to make sure that the civil service employees uh that we're mentioning are actually uh be getting this one-time lump sum.

Again, uh this is uh funds that was set aside uh from the previous budget, and we want to make sure that this is just uh um appreciation to our civil civic service civil service employees got tuntied today um to just say thank you.

There eventually will be a pay study bill that give them a three percent, but that will come out of the twenty-seven.

This is coming out of twenty-six for that one-time lump sum bonus, and with that, I would open up for any questions.

Sir, any discussion?

Alderwoman from the twelfth.

Thank you.

Um, if the alderman from the 14th would would yield, will you yield the questions from the alder woman from the 12th?

Thank you.

Um, are there any employees under this pay uh this uh board bill that would not be included?

This would be only civil service employees, so um, this wouldn't be like the board of aldermen were not civil service employees, so we wouldn't necessarily be in it's uh only people that are civil service employees that uh go through like the personnel process.

So this uh wouldn't relate to anybody who's um kind of patronage office.

Okay, and also with it up uh wouldn't apply to uh the people that we bring in temporary, like people that come in for force three to cut grass for a certain amount of time, right?

Correct.

This wouldn't be also this one, um this wouldn't go for that.

That would be called uh per performance.

So individuals that come in on a per performance, typically per performance are like uh, you know, part-time employees, they don't get city benefits.

We bring them in or contractors, we bring them in as you mentioned, like forestry or parks during a seasonal time to be able to help with uh the the lack of FTEs full-time employees that those departments have.

So this would only be for uh full-time civil service employees in the city of St.

Louis.

I agree.

I will say that um actually the uh charter kind of does not frowns upon pay performance.

They encourage people to have full-time jobs, and especially in forestry, it's been a travesty for many, many years that we have pay performance and part-time when there's actually a need for forestry year long.

All right, but thank you anyway.

And I will add um and maybe a little bit off topic, but as we talk about forestry, you'll see in this budget coming up.

There was an amendment made to reduce some of those per performance in collaboration with the mayor comtroler and president to turn those to full-time uh employees.

I I appreciate that.

They should turn them on because during the winter, there's plenty of work that needs to happen, especially in much of North St.

Louis, because they get so busy, they only cut front yards, not backyards.

So you have all these people living next door to these uh properties that have not been cut in years.

And so if we really want to cut the community and make it so that citizens want to stay in our community, we need to keep uh uh people working full time um and so that we can clean the LRA properties up or any of the other properties that they're only cutting the front yard as a shortcut to um saying that they cut grass when they don't.

So I I appreciate it.

I will be voting present for another reason, but I just wanted the people to know that it wasn't everybody, but I hope sometime soon that we stop doing pay performance and start doing full-time employees because certainly we have so many vacancies places where we need to fill up, fill those uh positions that we should start with forestry, because they are all of the um and they need to be working in the winter.

They can take brush cutters and cut those backyards and cut down trees and clean up alleys.

There's so much things that so many things that they can do.

None of them should be performance.

Thank you.

I agree.

Thank you, Adawana.

Alderman from the fourth.

Thank you, Acting President Cohn, members of the board.

I request to be added as a co-sponsor.

Madam Clerk, please note uh the alderman from the fourth has been uh has requested be added as a co-sponsor to board bill number nine floor substitute.

So noted.

Alder woman from the 11th.

Thank you.

I'd like to be added as a co-sponsor as well.

So noted.

Excuse me, could we just don't go on and embank that?

Uh the alder woman from the uh 12th was going to be present on the vote.

So I thank you, sir.

Any other woman from the eighth?

Mr.

Vice President, I would also like to be out as a co-sponsor.

Madam Clerk, please note the alderman from the eighth would like to be added as a co-sponsor.

So noted.

Any further discussion?

Yeah, previous role.

Madam Clerk, I'd like to be at it as a co-sponsor as well.

There's been a request for previous role.

Should I is there any objection to previous role?

Hearing and seeing none.

Uh by your vote, you have sustained the motion from the alderman from the 14th and a perfected board bill number nine.

Floor substitute.

Report of engrossment.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 18.

Third reading and final passage of board bills.

Consent.

I'm sorry, yes, consent.

We have none.

Third reading and final passage of board bills.

We have none.

Report and finally passed and signed by the president.

We have none.

First reading of resolutions in reference to committee.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 22.

Second reading of resolutions, committee reports and adoption.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 23.

Miscellaneous and unfinished business.

We have none.

Please dispense with line item 25 announcements.

Monday, May 11th, 2026.

Budget and public employees, 9 30 a.m.

in the Kennedy Room.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026.

Budget and public employees, 9 30 a.m.

in the Kennedy Room.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Budget employee public employees, 9 30 a.m.

in the Kennedy Room, and public infrastructure and utilities, 3 30 p.m.

in the Kennedy Room.

Thursday, May 14, 2026.

Health and Human Development, 9 a.m.

webinar.

Budget and public employees, 9 30 a.m.

in the Kennedy Room.

And Friday, May 15, 2026, for board meeting, 10 a.m.

in the chambers.

And Saturday, May 16, 2026, budget and public employees, 10 a.m.

at Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, located at 2901 North Grand Boulevard.

Any further announcements?

Order woman from the 11th.

Alrighty.

Thank you once again, uh, Mr.

Acting Vice President.

That's a mouthful.

But congratulations.

So uh tomorrow, Saturday.

I'm sorry, hang on just a second here.

Oh, I take that back.

So this is for next week, but I want everybody to get it on the calendar.

So Rise Up St.

Louis, uh, which is part of a faith-based community in conjunction with all hands on deck are putting on a wonderful tornado uh I don't want to really call it tornado relief, but it's kind of a commemorative um event uh where there literally is something for everyone, every age group, there will be prizes, um, there will be food, all of these things are free uh put on by Rise St.

Louis as well as um all hands on deck and all hands on deck.

It really is a wonderful uh program, uh not-for-profit group that continuously feeds our city, and they've been doing it long before uh last year's tornado.

So please support that organization if you uh know of someone who's experiencing some food insecurity.

Please reach out to all hands on deck.

Um also on May 23rd.

This is for your future calendar.

Uh, we will have a family fishing derby.

Ride and reel will be provided.

Um we plan this activity for last year, and unfortunately, the tornado took that opportunity away, but we're back, and so we will look forward to seeing you all uh on May the 23rd at Fairground Park.

So thank you again.

Um, and I want to take a special moment to say uh thank you to everyone who you know put this together for me.

I know I said thanks, but I really am appreciative.

And I want to thank Alderman Aldridge, who was so chivalrous.

They told me Shivary was dead, but now I know it's on live support.

And so he pulled out my chair, he helped me off the steps, trying to take care of old lady.

I appreciate it.

All right, thank you all.

Have a great weekend.

Any further announcements?

Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Mr.

President, members of the board.

I do want to announce something that'd be next week also on May 16th.

I just want to remind everybody who's watching.

Uh the budget and public employees committee will have a public uh hearing where we'll go through the budget and allow the community to have input.

We'll be at Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club and the elevated 11th at 10 uh 10 a.m.

I also want to wish the Alder Woman from the Elevated 11th ward a happy uh birthday.

I hope she has a wonderful time uh with her herself and her partner and everybody who loves her.

Um you are a very special person and you deserve all the love that you can get.

And I want to uh wish everybody, uh all the mothers out there uh a very very happy Mother's Day.

There is nothing like Mother Love, you know, when you come out of your mom, the first part you go is on art and chess, um, and that connection never uh is separates.

So to all the amazing moms out there, uh just happy Mother's Day.

I hope y'all have a wonderful day, and it is y'all weekend outside of the outside of this weekend.

Uh ultimately is y'all day every day because there's nothing like Mother's Love.

Uh so happy Mother's Day, everybody.

Thank you.

Any further announcements?

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to excuse.

Thank you, Mr.

Act.

Members of the board.

Uh, I'd like to make a motion with Alderman from the fifth for necessary absence.

And the president.

And the president for necessary absence.

Happy Mother's Day, President.

Your first one.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderman from the 6th, that we excuse the older person of the fifth and the president of the board of Alderman for necessary absence.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Alderman from the 14th.

You're recognized on the motion to adjourn.

Thank you, Mr.

Acting President, members of the board.

I make a motion to adjourn until Friday, May 15th, 2026.

It's been moved by the Alderman from the 14th, seconded by the Alderman from the 6th, that we adjourn until Friday, May 15th, 2026.

And the Board of Alderman Chambers.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Motion carries.

We stand adjourn.