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Council approves budget adjustment and easement; introduces a slate of bills including mutual aid for FIFA events
Summary
The council approved two ordinances on final passage (Bill 5487 moving a police training coordinator between bureaus, and Bill 5488 authorizing a temporary construction easement with the City of St. Peters) and introduced several bills including measures on short-term rentals, fireworks, mutual aid for building/code services, security guard licensing, FIFA mutual aid, and license-plate-reader agreements.
At its May 11 meeting the St. Charles County Council approved two ordinances on final passage and introduced seven bills for future consideration.
Final passage actions
- Bill 5487: The council approved an ordinance amending the 2026 budget (Ordinance 25-082 as adopted) to move a training coordinator position from Bureau 8100 to Bureau 8400 to reflect the St. Charles County Police Department’s current organizational structure. The measure passed on a roll-call vote with several council members recorded as voting yes; the chair announced the bill passes.
- Bill 5488: The council approved an ordinance authorizing the County Executive or designee to execute a temporary construction easement with the City of St. Peters for property located in Lone Wolf Park. The bill passed on final passage after roll call.
Bills introduced (no final action tonight)
The council introduced multiple bills to be considered at future meetings, including:
- Bill 5489: Recorder of Deeds budget line-item transfers (requested by Mary Dempsey, sponsored by Mikey Ehlmann). - Bill 5490: Short-term rental ordinance (requested by Patty York and Tim Baker); final passage scheduled for two weeks. - Bill 5491: Amendments to fireworks regulations in unincorporated St. Charles County (requested by Mike Elam and Matt Swanson). - Bill 5492: Intergovernmental mutual aid agreement for building and code services (requested by Mike Hurlbert). - Bill 5493: Revisions to private watchmen and security guard licensing (requested by Chief Kurt Frisz). - Bill 5494: Intergovernmental agreements for mutual aid related to the 2026 FIFA World Cup (requested by Chief Kurt Frisz). In follow-up questioning, the chief said the county’s likely commitment would be limited (no more than two days at a time, two officers per deployment) and that deployments would be reimbursable through state/federal channels. - Bill 5495: Intergovernmental agreements for the transmission and use of license-plate-reader data for approved law-enforcement purposes (requested by Chief Kurt Froese; sponsored by My Gilliam).
No amendments or defeats were recorded at tonight’s meeting; the council also approved the consent agenda and adjourned. For bills scheduled for future votes (for example Bill 5490), sponsors and staff may provide additional language and fiscal notes before final passage.
