Lisa Clancy

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page says the budget cuts will result in a reduction or elimination of some county services.

The Maplewood Democrat has represented the council's 5th District since 2019.

As the St. Louis Board of Aldermen considers a proposal to provide property tax relief for seniors, the St. Louis County Council will again debate the issue after rejecting an earlier bill. The discussions come as the Missouri House continues to examine personal property taxes and the earnings tax.

Proponents of the measure could still gather signatures to put the property tax freeze for seniors on the ballot next year.

The St. Louis County Council approved spending all but $600,000 of the American Rescue Plan Act funds.

The proposal supported by Democratic County Executive Sam Page mirrors one in St. Louis that could become law by the middle of July.

The St. Louis County Council spent its last meeting of the year passing the 2022 budget and an extension of an eviction moratorium.

Serious complications from COVID-19 vaccines are extremely rare, and county employees can get tested instead of having the shot.

Page's idea doesn't have widespread support among members of the St. Louis County Council.

The council also declined to approve a measure to open documents into an investigation of acting Health Director Faisal Khan.