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St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Rita Heard Days announced Jan. 13 the County Council will meet virtually for at least three weeks, in response to COVID-19 case rates. Days, who represents the 1st District, said in a press release that she discussed the matter with the other council members and determined that the council would. ....
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Thomas Albus issued a ruling Tuesday in a county-funded lawsuit that divided County Council members over who was the rightfully elected council chair: 1st District Councilwoman Rita Days, D-Bel Nor, or 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, D-Maplewood. Albus sided with Days and the current bipartisan majority of the council and rejected the county’s legal arguments. Clancy, the council chair for 2020, appeared to be elected chair Jan. 5 on a 4-3 vote that included outgoing council member Rochelle Gray, after a Charter change said that new council members wouldn’t be sworn in until the second Tuesday of January instead of Jan. 1, as had been traditional. Those same members appeared to elect 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville, as vice chair. Trakas voted with the four to elect himself and Clancy. ....
A bipartisan coalition of four members of the St. Louis County Council are calling a special meeting of the council today to elect a new chair and vice chair for 2021 something the three other members say has already been done. The special videoconferenced council meeting is set for 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15. To join the meeting via computer, use this link: Members of the public can also listen to the live audio of the meeting by dialing 1-408-418-9388 United States Toll – Access Code: 132 724 9712. Under a change voters made to the county Charter in 2019, new council members and the county executive are no longer sworn in Jan. 1, as had been the custom for decades. Instead of holding the inauguration on a holiday, the council and the county executive are sworn in on the second Tuesday of the year. ....