ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announced Monday she has lifted the hiring freeze she implemented back in March on all non-essential personnel.
The decision comes days after the Missouri General Assembly ended Friday.
"I’m happy to lift the hiring freeze on non-essential employees today," said Mayor Jones. "The City of St. Louis is safer and healthier without the harmful interference of members of our state legislature who do not represent our City or its best interests. Our essential services and workers remain funded by our earnings tax."
The decision to initially implement the freeze was in response to Missouri House passing a bill exempting St. Louis remote workers from paying the one percent earnings tax, along with the city's Board of Aldermen overriding a veto by Jones regarding the city's firefighter pension.
The hiring freeze did not affect city employees, with a few of them including police officers, 911 operators, sanitation and water division workers.
Jones said at the time of implementing the hiring freeze, the city's budget for the 2025 fiscal year "was going to be very conservative."