St. Louis Board approves 3% pay raise for city employees, advances disaster-relief funding and several ordinances

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen on June 5 passed a series of legislative and budget measures including a 3% across-the-board pay increase for city employees, while advancing disaster-relief funding and several other ordinances to committee or perfection calendars.

Board Bill 12 was described on the floor as a 3% raise for city of St. Louis employees, alongside pay-grade adjustments based on an Evergreen Solutions study. An alderman moved for third reading and final passage; the clerk called the roll and recorded 13 aye votes, sustaining the motion and finally passing the ordinance. The clerk said the ordinance will be effective starting June 14, 2026.

Separately, the board moved under Rule 44 to suspend rules and place Board Bill 29, an ordinance authorizing the Office of Recovery to accept and appropriate disaster-relief funding from the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the Missouri Housing Development Authority, onto the regular perfection calendar. The motion to suspend the rules succeeded on a roll call (12 aye votes), and the clerk placed Bill 29 on the regular perfection calendar for further perfection.

The board also considered several consent and perfection items: Board Bill 21 (a lease amendment concerning land between the MacArthur Bridge and the Poplar Street Bridge with multi-year terms and a listed rate) and Board Bill 19 (an extension of the minority- and women-owned business enterprise program through Dec. 31, 2026) were adopted on a perfection consent calendar.

On resolutions, the board adopted Resolution No. 33 recommending that the St. Louis Port Authority provide a personal property tax abatement for a project at 611 Marceau Avenue (Winland Foods). An alderwoman explained the amendment recorded that the abatement would trigger prevailing-wage requirements; she said that clause was added in committee and that the abatement would support expansion of the companys pasta production line, preserving local jobs. The board adopted Resolution 33 as amended by roll call (12 aye votes).

Multiple speed-hump ordinances (Board Bills 3335) were introduced for first reading directing the director of streets to install traffic-calming features on specified blocks; those measures and other first readings were referred to appropriate committees for further consideration. The board also approved a perfection consent calendar that included contract and leasing items and affirmed a sunset extension for local MWBE programming.

The meeting closed with routine announcements, including upcoming committee meeting dates; the presiding officer introduced Philip Johnson as the boards new deputy clerk. The board adjourned to meet again on June 12, 2026.