St. Louis County Council introduces FY2026 budget ordinances for multiple funds, holds several bills for further review

St. Louis County Council convened Oct. 9, 2025, and introduced a series of ordinances to adopt fiscal‑year 2026 budgets for multiple county funds and programs, with no substantive debate or public comment recorded during the session.

Council Member Days introduced the package, which included appropriations for the general revenue fund ($465,997,691), the Transportation Trust Fund ($335,437,612), the Public Mass Transit Fund ($159,234,600), and the Health Fund ($91,388,339). Other introduced ordinances would fund the Park Maintenance Fund ($40,092,423), the Opioid Remediation Fund ($3,995,801), the Debt Service Fund ($6,815,450), and a range of neighborhood improvement district and program funds.

Why it matters: These ordinances, if enacted, set the county's spending plan for 2026 across core…