St. Louis City personnel committee approves minutes, moves into closed session on hiring and discipline

The Personnel and Administration Committee of the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen convened Dec. 11, 2025, approved minutes from its Dec. 4 meeting and voted to hold part of its session in closed session to discuss personnel matters.

Speaker 1 called the meeting to order at 11 a.m. and asked the clerk to call the roll. The clerk called names that included Dexter Conn, Alderman Aldridge and President Green; responses recorded in the roll call indicated three members present, constituting a quorum. Speaker 1 asked for a motion to approve the minutes from Dec. 4; Speaker 3 moved to approve and the clerk called the roll. The motion passed with three recorded "Aye" votes.

Later in the meeting, Speaker 1 said, "I would entertain a motion that portions of the meeting of the Board of Aldermen Personnel and Administration Committee be closed to the public in order to discuss matters related to the hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting of employees." The committee voted to close portions of the meeting; the clerk recorded three "Aye" votes and Speaker 1 asked SCLTV to place the meeting in closed session. The committee returned from closed session and Speaker 1 reported that there was no written testimony.

With no announcements from committee members, Speaker 1 asked for a motion to adjourn. A motion was seconded, the clerk recorded the affirmative voice vote, and Speaker 1 declared the motion carried and adjourned the meeting.

The meeting transcript contains minor garbled phrases (for example, a segment reading "We have a corn" that context shows to mean "quorum"); those have been corrected for clarity in this report.