ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -As the City of St. Louis continues its recovery efforts following last month’s tornado, a new bill proposes using interest accrued from the Rams settlement to provide immediate relief.
The bill, introduced on Friday, proposes using $30 million toward helping storm victims with housing assistance, repairs and relocation efforts.
“We’re going to start there,” said Mayor Cara Spencer. “Recognizing, it’s going to take us a little bit of time to get that out, we feel that’s a good amount to get us started.”
Spencer said how the money will be dispersed to those impacted is still being discussed, although she said the money would go directly to residents in a “meaningful way.”
Next week, Spencer said there will be two committee meetings to further discuss the u