Ordinances by Rasheen Aldridge

A bill that directs the installation of speed humps in specified locations within the 14th Ward.

The bill will require officers of the City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to identify themselves as specified therein when requesting that a person consent to a search of their person, property, vehicle or home when the search is not pursuant to a warrant or exception to warrant requirements under applicable law, where the officer has reasonable suspicion or probable cause for the search, and the search is not incident to a lawful arrest. The bill will require that the officer inform such persons of the reasons for the request to consent to a search and that they may refuse to consent to the search or revoke their consent at any time during the search without consequences to them, and to create a record documenting the person’s consent, refusal to consent, or revocation of their consent to the search which shall be publicly available.

The proposed bill will prohibit persons from openly carrying or displaying any firearm readily capable of lethal use within the City unless the person possesses a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit as provided herein on their person or fails to present such endorsement or permit upon demand by a law enforcement officer.

Pursuant to Ordinance Number 68937 the proposed bill authorizes honorary street name “Louligan Street” which shall begin at the intersection of North 21st Street and Locust Street and run south on North 21st Street to the intersection of North 21st Street and Olive Street.

An ordinance revising and amending Ordinance Number 71504, which created North St. Louis small business and non-profit grant programs; clarifying eligibility for such grant programs, eligible uses for funds available through such grant programs, and how the St. Louis Development Corporation (“SLDC”) will assess applications for and make awards for such grant programs; ensuring such grant programs are administered consistent with relevant federal requirements; and removing barriers and addressing other issues impacting implementation of these grant programs.

This proposed ordinance would establish a program providing access to legal representation for tenants facing eviction or equivalent proceedings; provide an appropriation for initial costs to begin the program; create the position of program coordinator in the Department of Human Services to implement and oversee the program; require the ongoing assessment of and oversight over the needs and outcomes of the program; provide that organizations providing legal representation under the program should work to provide the best possible outcome for a case; require property owners to provide tenants information regarding the availability of the program when terminating tenancy, and require the program coordinator to produce and make available to property owners materials for this use; and require that the program coordinator will work to engage and educate tenants and others about the program, including a severability clause, and an emergency clause.

This Board Bill is to regulate employer and employee working relationships between the City of St. Louis, and all employees under the Circuit Attorney Office. This includes a compensation plan, terms and conditions of employment, benefits, leaves of absence, and authorization for a Deferred Compensation Plan. This Board Bill repeals Ordinance Number 71515, allocating certain other employees to a grade with rate, and including an emergency clause.

The Board Bill relates to the appointment of and salaries of certain Employees in the Sheriff’s office pursuant to Section 57.530, Revised Statutes of Missouri, by repealing Ordinance Number 71509; allocating certain other employees to a grade with rate; and including an emergency clause. The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective with the start of the first pay period following approval by the Mayor.

The Board Bill repeals Ordinance Number 71550 relating to the position classifications and salaries of the Treasurer’s Office employees and enacting in lieu thereof a new ordinance dealing with the same subject matter and containing an emergency clause. The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective June 18, 2023

The Board Bill repeals Ordinance Number 71551 relating to the position classifications and salaries of the Parking Division employees and enacting in lieu thereof a new ordinance dealing with the same subject matter and containing an emergency clause. The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective June 18, 2023

This Board Bill repeals Ordinance Number 71514 relating to the appointment and rates of compensation of certain employees of the License Collector of the City of St. Louis and enacting in lieu thereof a new ordinance dealing with the same subject matter and containing an emergency clause.

This Board Bill relates to the appointment of and salaries of certain Employees in the Recorders’ Office pursuant to Section 82.610 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, by repealing Ordinance Number 71511. It contains an emergency clause. The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective June 18, 2023.

The proposed bill, recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizes and directs the Mayor and Comptroller of the City of St. Louis, on behalf of the City, to enter into and execute an agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the receipt of Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Supplemental Grant funding; appropriating the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) which the City has been awarded as a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Supplemental Grant for the Near North Side. The bill authorizes and directs and the Director of the Community Development Administration to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Funding.

This Board Bill, recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, appropriates up to Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) of the OD2A grant award to the Department of Health. The Department of Health is hereby authorized to accept such funds. The Director of the Department of Health is hereby authorized to expend such funds, and to make, negotiate, and execute any and all contracts or other documents on behalf of the City, for the purposes set forth in the grant; and contains an emergency clause.

This Board Bill is recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the Fire Commissioner, on behalf of the City of St. Louis, to enter into the 2021 Assistance- to Firefighters Grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It authorizes the Fire Commissioner to accept the grant funds; appropriating said funds and a required City match for said funds; and authorizing the Fire Commissioner to expend the appropriated funds by entering into contracts or otherwise for grant purposes. It also contains an emergency clause.