Legislation Rules Committee Meeting – July 2, 2026
Legislation Rules Committee Meeting – July 2, 2026
The Legislation Rules Committee met at 4:10 p.m. on July 2, 2026, chaired by Alderman Velasquez. The committee approved minutes from previous meetings, considered three mayoral appointments to the St. Louis Public Library Board, and engrossed two board bills. No public testimony was received.
Consent Calendar
- Minutes from Monday, June 22, 2026, and Friday, June 26, 2026, were approved unanimously via roll call vote (5 ayes: Narayan, Keys, Sonye, Devoty, Velasquez).
Discussion Items
- Mayoral Appointments to the St. Louis Public Library Board: Alderwoman from the 10th Ward introduced three nominees: Sharon Shaheed, Kathy Surratt States, and Gregory Glore. Each nominee briefly described their background and enthusiasm for library service. Committee members had no questions. A motion to approve all three nominations was made, seconded, and passed via previous roll call. The nominations will be forwarded to the full Board of Aldermen for final confirmation.
- Board Bill 33 (Speed humps on the 4300 block of West Pine Boulevard): Introduced by Alderman Michael Browning. The clerk confirmed that all dates, figures, cross-references, and amendments were correctly incorporated. No questions from the committee. A motion to engross was made, seconded, and passed.
- Board Bill 43 (Water infrastructure replacement and repair reappropriation of $2,520,436 with an emergency clause): Introduced by Alderwoman Swip. The clerk noted that the bill summary required correction to match the text and provided an updated version via Google Drive. After review, a motion to engross contingent upon the corrections was made, seconded, and passed.
Key Outcomes
- Minutes from June 22 and June 26, 2026, approved.
- Three mayoral library board nominees (Shaheed, Surratt States, Glore) approved to move to the full board.
- Board Bill 33 engrossed.
- Board Bill 43 engrossed after summary correction.
- Alderman Cone and Alderwoman Sonye were excused to attend HUD meetings.
- Meeting adjourned.
Meeting Transcript
We will now call to order the legislation rules committee for Wednesday, July 1st, 2026. It is 410 p.m. Madam Clerk, can you please call the roll? Alderman Cone. Alderman Narayan. Here. Alderwoman Keys. Here. Alder Woman Son Ye. Vice Chair Devoty. Here. Chair Velasquez. Present. Alderman Cone. Alder Woman Son Yay. For present. Neo Koh. Thank you, Madam Uh Clerk. Now we will we have two sets of minutes to approve today. We have minutes from Monday, June 22nd, 2026, and Friday, June 26th, 2026. I will now entertain a motion for the approval of both of these minutes. I move that we approve the minutes. Second. That was the Alder Lady from Alder Woman from the 11th. Move to approve both sets of minutes. And that was seconded by the Alderman from the fifth. Alderman Clone. Alderman Narayan. Aye. Alder Woman Keys. Aye. Alder Woman Sonye. Vice Chair Devoty. Aye. Chair Velasquez. Aye. Alderman Clone. Alder Woman Son, yeah. Four I votes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We've approved the minutes for both those days. We are going to go a little bit out of order on our agenda. We will not be hearing Board Bill 36 today. And we will actually be starting with discussion item number three. Then we will go to items number one and two. But discussion item number three is uh the mayoral appointments to the library board. Uh Sharon Shahid, Kathy Surratt states, and Greg Lee Glore or Glore, don't know how to pronounce that. Um to uh discuss these appointments is the Alder Lady from the 10th. So with that, if I will pass the uh virtual mic over to her. Thank you so much, madam chairwoman, members of the committee.
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