Cara Spencer

And I call it the St. Louis County, much like the Ohio State University, because I want to make that a thing.

Both St. Louis Mayor Kara Spencer and Congressman Wesley Bell have broached the possibility of the city of St. Louis joining St. Louis County's emergency communication system with the caveat that the city would have to devote tax revenue to this.

And it would probably require a lot of logistical work.

What do you think of this idea, especially given what happened yesterday? a year and a half ago with the tornado where the sirens didn't work, and St.

Mm-hmm

... that with a major successful operation like this, you would think that the ma- mayor of St. Louis, Cara Spencer, would be, uh, would wanna be at that press conference as well telling-

Was she there?

[laughs] Obviously she was not.

You would think the chief would wanna try to glam- uh, grab some of the spotlight off of that and tell the good citizens of St. Louis, "Look at, uh, what we're doing to keep you safe." But I guess, uh, you know, politics gets involved.

Cara Spencer and the Democrats are not exactly pro-police these days.

There's...

She was nowhere to be found.

Instead, they would be appointed by department heads.

Mayor Cara Spencer.

We've heard over and over again from the directors when we're bringing in a director to run a department that they have no say over who, uh, is their deputy, um, and their commissioners.

The bills take many of the rules around hiring and personnel management off the charter and put them into ordinance, meaning they would need to be approved by 60% of voters in April.

The city of St. Louis received nearly half a billion dollars through the American Rescue Plan Act.

Now City Hall is approaching the final accounting deadline, and Mayor Cara Spencer is thanking the employees and community partners who helped put that money to work.

According to the city's October 8th announcement, roughly 462 million had been spent in process, with another 35.6 million left to process before the December 31st federal deadline.

That is a lot of taxpayer money, and before we take a victory lap, taxpayers deserve answers.

Oh my gosh.

Wendy Wiese, I wanna ask you, a, a brand new press secretary for Mayor Cara Spencer in the city of St. Louis.

We welcome to our town Kia Murray, who among other things was a reporter in Green Bay.

Yeah.

But even up until September 10th, the city still didn't know about the safety issues until the Federal Railroad Administration removed the quiet zone status from all one hundred eighty-seven crossings in St. Louis, and then residents started complaining.

Ben Johnson, Mayor Cara Spencer's COO, brought the aldermanic Public Utilities and Infrastructure Committee up to date.

Here's the short version.

The pavement work is finished.

The guest list could offer us a clue.

County Executive Sam Page, Mayor Cara Spencer, and County Port Authority Chair Kevin O'Malley will speak at 1:00 PM in Clayton.

That same group was there to announce British Airways' nonstop London flights last fall.

St. Louis has chased a Dublin route before, losing out to Nashville and Indianapolis, and has said that South America is a focus for new flights.

The city's development arm also plans to conduct a financial analysis of the developer's estimates, a move typically reserved for developments seeking city tax incentives.

Mayor Cara Spencer says she wants to keep a keen eye on the development.

I'm Keyvon Mansori, St. Louis Public Radio.

The city of Dellwood in North St. Louis County has chosen a new mayor.

St. Louis Public Radio's Kayvon Mansouri has more.

Mayor Kara Spencer announced the task force after hearing from residents of tornado-damaged neighborhoods about contractor fraud.

As homeowners try to get back on their feet, they say many contractors took their money and didn't repair their homes or did shoddy or incomplete work.

The task force will be led by area lawyers working pro bono to provide legal representation and advice.