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St. Louis County Council thanks land-bank supporters after ordinance passage
Summary
The St. Louis County Council on April 29 adopted a resolution formally thanking local organizations that supported recently passed land bank legislation and presented copies of the resolution to participating organizations and individuals.
The St. Louis County Council on April 29 unanimously adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to organizations that supported the county’s new land bank legislation.
The resolution recognizes groups and partners that aided passage of the land bank law the council adopted on April 15 and cites House Bill 2062, which the transcript says became effective Aug. 28, 2024. Councilmember Gretchen Webb introduced the resolution and moved for its adoption; the clerk recorded seven ayes and the resolution was adopted.
The resolution text names St. Louis Realtors, Missouri Realtors, the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis, Beyond Housing, The Housing Partnership, Spanish Lake Community Development Corporation, the Center for Community Progress, St. Louis County, and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. Councilmember Webb invited representatives of those organizations to the podium, presented framed copies of the resolution, and thanked staff and working-group participants for multi‑year efforts culminating in passage.
Why it matters: the county’s land bank legislation—identified in the resolution as House Bill 2062 and described in the resolution text as effective Aug. 28, 2024—authorizes counties with populations over 1,000,000 to establish a public land bank agency “for the management, sale, transfer and other disposition of interest in real estate” owned by the bank. The resolution notes the county passed its implementing ordinance on April 15, 2025 and directs the administrative director to send certified copies of the adopted resolution to the listed organizations.
Councilmember Webb framed the action as recognition rather than a new policy step; she thanked a long list of contributors, singled out a person named Rachel for five years of work, and asked the administrative director to distribute certified copies. The council did not take any additional action on land bank implementation in this meeting; the resolution is a formal acknowledgment tied to previously passed legislation.
Ending: The resolution records the council’s formal thanks; the administrative director is charged with sending certified copies to the organizations named in the adopted text.
