Opioid Settlement Funds Appropriation (BB 94)

At a glance

• What: Board Bill 94, sponsored by Boyd (13th Ward), appropriates opioid settlement funds received by the city under national settlement agreements to the Department of Health ($953,899.06 per the agenda), authorizes the expenditure to the extent funds are received, authorizes contracts and documents to spend them, and carries an emergency clause. It was recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
• Where it stands: First reading October 16, 2026 and referral to the Health and Human Development Committee, which planned to take it up on Thursday, October 22 at 9:00 a.m. by video. The October 23 full board agenda lists it out of committee with a do-pass recommendation.
• Next: Perfection and final passage.

Sources

• Board of Aldermen minutes, October 16, 2026 (preliminary): https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/city-laws/upload/legislative/minutes/Minutes%20October%2016,%202026%20Updated.pdf
• 2026-10-16 - Board of Aldermen (first reading, auto-captions)
• https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/eventdetails.cfm?Event_ID=55678

Log

2026-10-16 - Board of Aldermen

Minutes: first reading and referral to Health and Human Development. Video: the committee chair announced it for Thursday.

2026-10-30 - Full Board of Aldermen Meeting

Perfected (preliminary minutes). Listed again on the November 6 third-reading consent calendar; the vote has not been verified, see 2026-11-06 - Full Board of Aldermen Meeting.