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Votes at a glance: County Council adopts four resolutions, several bills including HUD grant appropriation; one bill dropped
Summary
At its April 29 meeting the St. Louis County Council adopted four ceremonial resolutions and passed several ordinances on final reading, including substitute bill 1 for bill 70 (HUD grant acceptance) and bills 66–68 and 71. One bill was dropped from the order of business and one bill was not perfected.
The St. Louis County Council took multiple formal actions on April 29, 2025. The chamber adopted four resolutions honoring organizations and volunteers, and passed several ordinances on final reading, including a substitute HUD‑grant appropriation and other measures. Several bills were held for later consideration; one bill was dropped from the order of business and one bill failed to be perfected.
Quick list of outcomes - Resolution 1 (thank‑you for supporters of land bank legislation): adopted by roll call, 7 ayes. - Resolution 2 (honoring North County storm cleanup volunteers and agencies): adopted by roll call, 7 ayes. - Resolution 3 (account adjustment/correction; referenced as similar to a prior resolution): adopted by roll call, 7 ayes. - Resolution 4 (correction related to a prior resolution for Duo Dogs): adopted by roll call, 7 ayes. - Substitute bill 1 for bill 70 (acceptance of up to $9,603,903.17 in HUD grant funds; appropriation for Department of Human Services programs): finally passed by roll call, 7 ayes. The substitute replaced the original account information in the legislation and was adopted and then taken up for final passage under suspended rules. - Bill 66: finally passed by roll call, 7 ayes. - Bill 67: finally passed by roll call, 7 ayes. - Bill 68: finally passed by roll call, 7 ayes. - Bill 71: finally passed by roll call, 7 ayes. - Bill 69: dropped from the order of business (motion carried to drop the item). - Bill 79: a motion to perfect failed and the bill was not perfected.
What the measures do (as recorded in the meeting) - Substitute bill 1 for bill 70 (HUD grant): "An ordinance authorizing the County Executive to accept grant funds totaling an amount of up to $9,603,903.17 from The United States Department Of Housing And Urban Development, appropriating said grant funds for support of various Department of Human Services programs, and authorizing the County Executive and the Director of the Department of Human Services to execute necessary documents." The substitute was adopted because the department had incorrect account information in the original version; the Council then suspended rules to take the substitute up for final passage. - Resolutions 1 and 2 recognized community partners: Resolution 1 listed organizations that supported land bank legislation and Resolution 2 honored volunteers and agencies that worked on the March 14 tornado cleanup in North St. Louis County.
Votes and procedure notes - Most final passage votes were recorded on roll call and announced as "7 ayes"; the meeting transcript records individual roll‑call confirmations for council members present (see vote records below). Where roll‑call names were read, the clerk recorded each member as voting "Aye." - Several bills were placed on hold or perfected earlier in the meeting; the council made multiple committee and perfection motions before taking final passage votes for some items.
Votes at a glance (selected recorded tallies) - Resolution 1: 7 ayes (clerk announced "on resolution number 1, there are 7 ayes"). - Resolution 2: 7 ayes (clerk announced "on resolution number 2, there are 7 ayes"). - Substitute bill 1 for bill 70: 7 ayes (clerk announced "on substitute bill number 1 for bill number 70, there are 7 ayes"). - Bill 66 (final passage): 7 ayes (clerk announced "on Bridal Number 66, there are 7 ayes"). - Bill 67 (final passage): 7 ayes. - Bill 68 (final passage): 7 ayes. - Bill 71 (final passage): 7 ayes. - Bill 69: dropped from the order of business (motion carried). - Bill 79: not perfected (motion failed as recorded).
Why it matters: Several of the final‑passage measures allocate grant or operating funds and authorize contract execution by the county executive and department heads (for example, the HUD grant appropriation in substitute bill 1 for bill 70). The resolutions formally acknowledge community organizations and volunteers and will be transmitted to the organizations listed.
Attribution and clerk record: The meeting transcript shows recorded roll‑call confirmations for each final passage item; where the clerk announced vote totals, the announcement was transcribed as reported above.
