The Transportation and Commerce Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen met on February 10, 2026, to consider Board Bill 25, which addresses peer-to-peer ground transportation operators at Lambert International Airport. The committee reviewed a committee substitute, heard public testimony, and adopted amendments before voting to pass the bill with a due pass recommendation.
Alderman Nrian. Alderman Aldenberg, I'm sorry. Here and just FYI change microphone is not on, I don't believe. Mine. Oh, I can hear you now. Okay. Alderman Oldenberg. Present. Alderman Narayan. Alderwoman Schweitzer. Present. Alderwoman Cox and Twee. Chair Cohn. Present. Five I five votes. We have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The next item on our agenda is the approval of the meeting minutes. Tuesday, December 16th. I'll entertain a motion on meeting minutes. I move we approve the meeting minutes from uh the date you referenced. Can't hear you, Mr. Oldenberg. I don't think Mike is I move we approve the minutes from the last meeting. It's been moved by the alderman from the second, second by the alderwoman from the eighth that we approve our meeting minutes from Tuesday, December 15th, 2025. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Alderman Oldenberg. Alderman Narayan. Alderwoman Schweitzer. Alderwoman Cox and Twee. Aye. Chair Cone. Five I votes. Madam Clerk. Next item on the agenda. The only thing on our agenda for today is Board Bill 25, which previously passed out of committee unanimously. There is a committee substitute that was set out last week for the committee to review. There have been many conversations and a couple meetings regarding this. For those of you uh tuning in, uh this is related to peer-to-peer ground transportation operators at Lambert International Airport. Um the initial bill as it was originally introduced last year, um, was amending Title 18. Um, as some of you on the committee may recall. Um, there was uh two committee meetings that we had related to this that were very robust conversations. Um we heard from you know various ground transportation operators, we heard from the airport. Uh the airport folks had you know several concerns um predominantly related to at the time amending Title 18. Umce it passed out of committee, the uh staff at the airport provided a floor substitute that was never introduced. Um this committee substitute is largely based off of the floor substitute that was provided by the airport staff at that time. Um there were uh you know also considerations made for the existing contract with uh two row, which was the ground transportation operator that was operating illegally at the airport for six years. Um that contract was approved by the airport commission on August 7th of last year, uh was executed by the airport director on uh September 1st and started collecting revenue on October 1st related to that particular peer-to-peer ground transportation operator. Um, I am bringing this forward uh because you know, we do need to update the ground transportation uh uh ordinance, and uh to take this into consideration, um, particularly since it's been acknowledged by the airport authority and staff that there is a new industry existing at the airport that they execute the contract in relation to. Um, I have a couple amendments that I'll uh discuss later in the meeting that address some of the concerns, I believe, of uh the airport uh staff that were discussed in a meeting yesterday uh that included the mayor's office, the president's office, myself, and um other folks, but um I think that that's a general overview and summary of where things are today with Port Bill 25.