ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Alderman Rasheen Aldridge is chair of the city’s Budget and Public Employees Committee. On Wednesday, he and fellow committee members received an update on tornado recovery efforts involving funds from the Rams lawsuit settlement.

Aldridge said Wednesday’s meeting was the third in an effort to be transparent about how the settlement money is being spent.

He echoed the desire others have expressed for funds to be utilized sooner but said in many cases the city is faced with legal obligations that must be met before money can be distributed.

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“There have to be plans in place,” said Aldridge. “We just don’t want to put all this money out and then a year from now we don’t have data, or we don’t have a s

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