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Aldermen debate sending sales‑tax question to voters to allow Bus Rapid Transit or preserve North‑South MetroLink funding
Summary
The St. Louis City Budget & Public Employees Committee heard staff and Bi‑State Development discuss a committee substitute to Board Bill 106, which would ask voters whether economic development sales tax revenue earmarked for a North‑South MetroLink line may instead be used for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The committee adopted a substitute to clarify ballot language and held the bill for further outreach and consensus building.
President Tishaura O. Green opened the committee hearing by presenting Board Bill 106 and urging the Board of Aldermen to take the question to voters rather than seek a judicial declaration on the proper use of previously collected economic development sales tax revenue.
"Board Bill 106 is more than deciding if we're going to invest in bus rapid transit for St. Louis," Green said, framing the measure as a decision that should be made by voters. She described the substitute language circulated to the committee as designed to let voters decide whether the portion of the city's economic development sales tax currently allocated to a North‑South MetroLink be allocated instead for a North‑South MetroLink and/or Bus Rapid Transit, while preserving non‑transit allocations.
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