ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Little debate was had over how to spend the Rams settlement money before the St. Louis Board of Aldermen meeting was abruptly ended.
St. Louis Aldermanic President Megan Green sent the Board of Alderman into recess before any debate of substance could be had on the Rams settlement bill.
Green put the meeting into recess after losing a procedural vote. While storming out, Green could be heard saying "if you want to play games, we'll play games."
Green defends her decision, saying the meeting was falling into chaos.
"It was clear to me that order and decorum was not going to exist today," said Green.
The proposed compromise Rams settlement bill was revealed last week, sponsored by Alderwoman Pam Boyd and Alisha Sonnier, along with support from St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, would invest funds from the Rams settlement into disinvested neighborhoods and downtown St. Louis.
As part of the agreement, Downtown St. Louis would get $74 million, with $30 million being dedicated to use for things such as mobility infrastructure projects located downtown and $11 million dedicated towards the Railway Exchange Building.
However, Green's amendments in the Housing and Urban Development (HUDZ) committee that were placed in last week were blamed by one of the original bills sponsors for killing the compromise deal.
"The compromise became null and void because we had ten amendments," said Alderwoman Boyd during Friday's Board of Aldermen meeting.
Green defended her amendments.
"I do not think my amendment killed the compromise," said Green. "I think we have democratic processes at the Board of Aldermen."
Alderwoman Sonnier said she met with colleagues after the meeting ended.
"Today was about people's unhappiness about what took place in that HUDZ committee meeting," said Sonnier.
Sonnier was prepared to introduce a floor substitute to revert back to the original compromise bill before the meeting was sent into recess.
The Board of Aldermen will resume debate on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.