Board of Estimate Apportionment Meeting - October 15, 2025
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Board of Estimate Apportionment Meeting - October 15, 2025
The Board of Estimate Apportionment convened a regular meeting on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, with all three members (Mayor Spencer, Comptroller Barringer, and President Green) present. The board approved seven agenda items regarding financial contracts, transfers, and personnel organizational changes, adjourned into a closed session for legal matters pursuant to Missouri revised statutes, and subsequently adjourned the public meeting.
Consent Calendar
- Items 1–7: The board unanimously adopted agenda items one through seven as presented by the Comptroller's Office and other departments. These items included:
- Approval of contracts and leases from various city departments (Exhibit A).
- Approval of intra-departmental and interdepartmental transfers (Exhibit B).
- Approval of transfers between projects for capital improvement funds (Exhibit C).
- Law Department organizational changes: deletion of one attorney position for the airport and one attorney position for SLDC; addition of three attorney positions for the airport, four attorney positions for SLDC, one government service administrator, and one government service analyst.
- Public Safety Department changes: deletion of two clerk typist positions and addition of one locksmith position.
- Public Utilities Department changes (Fund 2001): addition of one water distribution superintendent and two utility locator positions; deletion of one government services analyst and one government services administrator.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments or testimony were recorded during the public portion of the meeting.
Discussion Items
- The chair inquired if there was any discussion on items one through seven; no discussion was offered by any board member.
- A motion was made to go into closed session under Missouri revised statutes regarding legal actions, causes of action, or litigation involving public governmental bodies and confidential communications between the body and its attorneys. The motion carried unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Unanimous Vote: Adoption of agenda items 1 through 7.
- Motion to Closed Session: Board voted to enter closed session for legal purposes (3-0).
- Adjournment: The public meeting was adjourned after the closed session concluded without further items or discussion.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, good afternoon. I would like to call the regular meeting of the Board of Estimate apportionment for today, Wednesday, October 15th, including a closed session meeting uh now to order. Madam Davis, would you please call the roll? Mayor Spencer. Present. Comptroller Barringer. Present. President Green. Present. All are present. Okay, with that, uh, we have I believe. Nine. Do we have eight or nine items on the agenda here today? I'm looking at eight. Yes, ma'am. We have eight items closed session. And then I get ready to go. Just go, Joe. You go on. I'm going on. Okay, we have eight items on our agenda here this afternoon. Um the first item is a request from the Comptroller's Office for ENA approval of contracts and leases from various city departments as listed on exhibit A. Item number two is a request from the Comptroller's Office for ENA approval of intra-departmental and interdepartmental transfers from various city departments as listed on exhibit B. Item number three is a request from the Comptroller's Office for ENA approval of transfers between projects for capital improvement funds as listed on exhibit C. Item number four is a request from the law department for approval of the following changes to their table of organization from fund 1000, delete one attorney for position for the airport, delete one attorney one position for the airport, and add one attorney three position for the airport. Add one attorney two position for the airport from fund 1502, delete one attorney two position, SLDC. Add one attorney four position, SLDC. From fund 1509, add one government service administrator position law department, add one government uh service analyst position, law department. Item number five, a request from the department of public safety for approval of the following changes to their table of organization to fund 1000. Delete two clerk typist positions, add one locksmith position. Item number seven, request from the department of public utilities for approval of the following changes to their table of organization in fund 2001. Add one water distribution superintendent position, add two water distribution superintendent positions and add two utility locator positions. Delete one government services analyst position, delete one government services and administrator position. Do we have any discussion on items one through seven on today's agenda? I do not. I will would make a motion that we adopt agenda items one through seven as presented for the first time. Second. Mayor Spencer. Aye. Controller Berninger. Aye. President Green. Aye. All in favor. Okay, with that, um, I'd like to now uh give notice that um the board of estimate apportionment having duly voted to uh well excuse me, I'd like to now uh uh uh under the procedures outlined in Missouri revised statute chapters 61021 uh section one legal actions causes of action or litigation involving a public governmental body and or confidential privilege communication between public governmental body or its representatives and attorneys now make a motion to go into closed session. So moved. Second. Uh Ms. Davis, would you please call the roll? Mayor Spencer.
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