The St. Louis County Council heard the introduction of multiple bills on Tuesday night, a majority of which deal with public health and public safety.
One such bill, introduced to the County Council by County Executive Steve Stenger requests legislation that would allow Dr. Faisal Khan, the director of Public Health to accept and appropriate a grant as lead partner in the amount of $100,000 from the City of St. Louis Department of Health to implement evidence-based STI and HIV prevention services across the St. Louis metropolitan area.
In addition, Stenger also requested legislation for the the director of Public Health to authorize a contract with Abbott Ambulance, Inc. to provide medical and emergency transport services for the Buzz Westfall Justice Center and the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center.
The contract is for one year with the option to renew for two additional one-year terms as long as the contract doesn’t exceed $400,000 per year.
These bills are expected to be heard at next week’s meeting during the legislation’s introduction phase.