St. Louis County Council

The St. Louis County Council has scheduled a hearing to learn more about the projects for Wednesday.

The result is a major win for St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, who argued that the proposal amounted to a power grab by the county council.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that Proposition B votes will be counted but that opponents of the measure are allowed to file a lawsuit challenging its implementation if voters approve it on Tuesday.

Urban farmers in Spanish Lake and parts of Florissant could receive over $3 million in funding from the St. Louis County Council to help scale their operations to grow more food that would feed thousands of north county residents.

Proposition B would allow the St. Louis County Council to fire department heads and the county counselor.

Page calls the proposal to give the county council the power to fire directors a power grab.

The proposal would allow the council to fire a department head with five out of seven votes.

The proposal would have let county voters decide whether to tax online purchases from out-of-state retailers.

St. Louis County Third Ward Councilman Dennis Hancock, R-Fenton, will cover his own legal costs from the effort to oust him for nepotism and has promised to never hire another relative.

The St. Louis County Council now has enough members who can regularly override County Executive Sam Page’s vetoes.