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 services and special funds. Several items also affect capital and programmatic budgets that feed into transportation, public safety and public-health operations across St. Louis County.

Key introduced items and amounts (as read into the record): Assessment Fund — $20,625,499; Children's Service Fund — $65,764,331; Convention and Recreation Trust Fund — $10,706,028; County Sheriff Revolving Fund — $243,275; Debt Service Fund — $6,815,450; Emergency Communications Fund — $16,939,063; General Revenue Fund — $465,997,691; Glen Collins Subdivision Neighborhood Improvement District Fund — $38,711; Health Fund — $91,388,339; Transportation Highway Fund — $33,043,174; Lambert East Perimeter TIF Fund — $5,387,724; Northpointe Forest Subdivision NID Fund — $38,520; Opioid Remediation Fund — $3,995,801; Park Maintenance Fund — $40,092,423; St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy Fund — $645,510; Police Air Support Program — $901,000; Public Mass Transit Fund — $159,234,600; Record Preservation Fund — $1,708,032; Sewer Lateral Fund — $4,311,431; Solid Waste Management Fund — $7,027,040; Special Road and Bridge Fund — $76,402,738; Spirit of St. Louis Airport Enterprise Fund — $43,166,409; an ordinance to establish property tax rates for FY2026 (amounts not specified in the introduction); Transportation Trust Fund — $335,437,612; Water Service Line Fund — $3,220,906; and an ordinance authorizing transfers from the NFL settlement fund of up to $30,000,000 to the general revenue fund, up to $25,000,000 to the health fund, and up to $4,000,000 to the park maintenance fund.

Procedural actions: The council moved to hold a set of bill numbers on the Perfection Order of Business and to hold several items on the Final Passage Order of Business; both motions were seconded and carried by voice vote. The council separately moved to hold unfinished business items 1 and 2; that motion also carried by voice vote. The record shows no roll‑call vote tallies for those procedural actions in the transcript.

No public testimony: The clerk reported there were no speakers for either the public forum for agenda items or the public forum for non‑agenda items.

What's next: Introduction is the first step in the council's legislative process; bills placed on perfection or final passage holds will return for further committee action or floor consideration per the council's rules and the council's published agenda schedule.