Committee certifies engrossment for Bills 1, 10 and 28 contingent on clerical fixes after detailed ENA reconciliation

The St. Louis City Legislation & Rules Committee on June 22 completed a detailed engrossment review of Board Bills 1, 10 and 28 and moved to engross those bills contingent on minor clerical corrections, after verifying many line-item changes submitted through the mayor’s ENA process.

Clerk and finance staff presented the engrossment copies, certified legal and fiscal review, and walked members through amendments. For Board Bill 10 the clerk confirmed one floor amendment (sponsored by Alderwoman Clark Hubard) had been incorporated and that the fiscal note was attached; the committee voted to direct the clerk to correct page-numbering and to engross once that clerical change was made. The recorded roll call reported five 'I' votes when the clerk called the role for that motion.

Board Bill 28 had a floor amendment setting an effective date of November 1, 2026 and other edits; clerks certified review but the committee requested formatting consistency (section numbering spelled vs numeric) and correction of a misspelled bill number on page one before engrossment proceeds.

The most extensive work focused on Board Bill 1, where the committee cross-checked a 21‑page ENA summary of changes against exhibit pages in the bill. Paul Payne, director of budget/staff (joined the committee in person), explained how ENA's change columns reflect net moves (for example, personal services increases offset by reductions in contractual services) and pointed members to specific fund/cost-center movements (including a $246,956 net reallocation for the forestry general fund personal/contractual services split, and a $232,514 transfer to a special IT fund for building division IT work). Payne also described a net $1,044,721 increase in the fire department general fund total reflecting conversion of performance positions to full-time and pay adjustments.

Committee action: After the item-by-item review and verification with Director Payne, members moved to engross Board Bill 1 as amended in committee and to engross Board Bills 10 and 28 contingent on the clerks fixing the identified pagination, spelling and section-numbering issues. Board Bill 22 was held for further corrections (see separate article).

Representative quotes: Madame Clerk explained the certification: “it was reviewed by our legal counsel and our financial analyst,” and Paul Payne summarized ENA changes: “what it’s doing is basically saying these amounts are changing by a specific dollar amount,” explaining how specific line-item changes map into the bill and exhibits.

Next steps: Clerks will make the agreed clerical corrections (page numbering, spelling, consistent section numbering), incorporate outstanding ENA changes where they are missing from the engrossed drafts, and re-circulate corrected engrossed copies to the committee. The committee indicated those three bills may be engrossed once those clerical tasks are completed.