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St. Louis Committee advances ordinance to repeal obsolete city boards
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The Legislation & Rules Committee voted to advance Board Bill 65, an ordinance that removes obsolete or inactive boards and commissions from the St. Louis municipal code; sponsors said the cleanup covers roughly 165 boards with at least 11 clearly defunct bodies.
The Legislation and Rules Committee on Sept. 30 advanced Board Bill 65, a city ordinance aimed at removing obsolete boards and commissions from the Revised Code of the City of Saint Louis.
Policy director Christina Garmendia told the committee the effort began in 2023 as a review to identify boards and commissions that are inactive or redundant and to correct inconsistencies in the municipal code. "It's been a actually a long journey, for these 2 bills," she said, and credited staff and archival searches for locating ancient ordinances.
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