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Committee advances pay bill for St. Louis Board of Elections, renames Columbus Day on payroll schedule
Summary
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen Budget and Public Employees Committee on Oct. 12 advanced Board Bill 182, a pay bill for the St. Louis Board of Elections, adopting an amendment to replace “Columbus Day” with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on the payroll schedule and giving the bill a due-pass recommendation by a 5-0 vote.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen Budget and Public Employees Committee on Oct. 12 advanced Board Bill 182, a pay bill for the St. Louis Board of Elections, adopting an amendment to replace “Columbus Day” with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on the payroll schedule and giving the bill a due-pass recommendation by a 5-0 vote.
The bill adds a 3% across-the-board raise for Board of Elections employees in Section 4, Subsection A(3), and includes a fiscal note the committee determined overstated the first-year cost; committee members said the fiscal note reflects full-year FY2026 numbers and will be corrected on the floor.
Republican Director of Elections Gary Stoff and his Democratic…
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