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Board reads ordinance to change aldermen pay as resident urges defeat and ballot question
Summary
The Board of Aldermen approved a motion to read Bill 25‑59 by title, an ordinance to change alderman compensation; a public commenter urged the board to defeat the bill and place the question on the ballot.
At the start of new business, the Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen approved a motion to read Bill 25-59 by title only, an ordinance described by the city attorney as "changing the compensation for the board of aldermen of the city." The motion to read the bill was moved and seconded and carried during the meeting; the attorney read the ordinance summary aloud.
During public comment immediately preceding the reading, a resident (identified later in the transcript as Mr. Dino) criticized the proposed pay increase and asked the board to reject the measure. He compared aldermen pay in other municipalities and characterized the city's salary study as flawed. "Defeat proposed bill 25 59," he said, and urged that the question be placed on the April ballot for voters to decide.
The transcript includes no recorded vote adopting Bill 25-59; the motion recorded was to read the bill by title. The board's first-reading procedure occurred with no further discussion recorded on the ordinance in this transcript.
Earlier at the meeting the board approved the consent agenda by motion; the transcript does not list individual consent items or financial figures tied to the compensation proposal.
