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County executive pushes RFP path for countywide food-insecurity initiative; council member objects to his veto of prior legislation
Summary
County Executive Sam Page said he will pursue a countywide RFP and seek $4.5 million in county funding for a Department of Human Services-led food insecurity project; Councilwoman Webb said the executive vetoed a council-approved food-insecurity bill and criticized his actions.
County Executive Sam Page told the St. Louis County Council on April 29 that he plans to pursue a countywide request-for-proposals process to advance a food-insecurity project and asked the council to authorize moving $4.5 million from the general operating fund into the Department of Human Services budget to support the work.
Page said three farmers who had been expected to participate in an urban farming plan withdrew because they wanted a countywide competitive bid process rather than a district-limited award. He said the project would be housed in the Department of Human Services and that he would like "the full…
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