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Task force reviews proposed ordinance changes to expand poet laureate duties and add a work plan
Summary
Members reviewed draft language that would expand the poet laureate's stated duties — including school collaboration, civic engagement, and a required annual work plan — and discussed whether to include stipend or resource language.
The task force examined proposed changes to the St. Louis poet laureate ordinance intended to clarify expectations and expand the role. The draft would explicitly describe the laureate as the city's literary ambassador, add collaboration with schools, require an annual work plan and year-end report, and list expectations for task force support.
"The objectives just go a through e ... commemorating Saint Louis, and officiating special events," the chair said while comparing the original ordinance language with the proposed additions; she said the draft seeks to retain existing objectives while adding duties the task force has already expected informally, such as producing an annual work plan. Members agreed to add comments to the shared document and to return for a line-by-line discussion at a future working session.
