Transportation & Commerce Committee October 27, 2026

At the City of St. Louis Transportation & Commerce Committee meeting on October 27, 2026, members advanced several airport-related measures. Board Bill 67 received a do-pass recommendation, creating a dedicated pay grade and an airport director salary range of $399,984 to $650,000, funded by the airport enterprise fund. The administration cited the search for a new director and oversight of the anticipated approximately $3 billion terminal consolidation project. Board Bill 68, which would authorize an employment contract, was not taken up. The committee also passed Board Bill 65 as amended, authorizing an initial $78,393,294 appropriation from airport construction subaccounts for vehicle replacements, a generator replacement, and airfield design and construction projects; the authorization is conditioned on issuance of 2026 bonds, with additional anticipated funding from FAA airport improvement grants. Members adopted an updated fiscal note before advancing the bill.

The committee gave Board Bill 92 a do-pass recommendation, approving a two-year extension of Enterprise Leasing Company of STL’s lease for the Springdale automobile-storage lot, through June 30, 2029; airport revenue was stated as approximately $145,000. Board Bill 93 was deferred to the next meeting so the committee could review a revised attachment. No vendor selection or bid award was discussed.