Public Safety Committee advances liquor-district bill, approves mayoral reappointments

The St. Louis City Public Safety Committee on the record approved several mayoral reappointments and advanced Board Bill 241 with a due-pass recommendation.

The committee sustained a motion to approve mayoral reappointments of LaMarco Scales, Patrick Moynihan, Michael Young and Daryl Hunter to the Committee of Plumbing Review by a 5–0 voice vote. The committee also sustained the mayoral reappointments of Matthew Scott Russell and Patrick Moynihan to the Plumbers and Drain Layers Board of Examiners.

Board Bill 241, introduced by Alderman Laura Keyes, was read into the record. The bill repeals Ordinance 70573 and 71045 and establishes a new liquor control district within the boundaries of the 11th Ward that prohibits issuance of packaged-liquor/drink licenses at currently non-licensed premises and restricts transfers of existing licenses within the district for five years from the ordinance’s effective date, subject to exceptions noted in the bill. Committee members discussed previous boundary overlaps caused by ward-line changes and advanced the bill out of committee with a due-pass recommendation by previous roll/no objection.

Who voted and procedural notes: The clerk recorded the minutes-approval and the plumbing-review reappointments as sustained by voice vote; recorded 'aye' votes were given by Aldermen Clark Hubbard, Keys, Velasquez, Aldrich and Chair Narayan (5–0). The transcript records that Board Bill 241 was advanced by previous roll/no objection; no detailed roll call for that specific bill was transcribed in the provided excerpt.

What happens next: Advancing Board Bill 241 with a due-pass recommendation moves it to later council consideration; the reappointments will be processed consistent with council rules. The committee then proceeded to a public hearing on the Reenvisioning the Workhouse site and adjourned after completing the agenda.