Krewson urged lawmakers to pass a bill ending the residency requirement for police officers, saying it was needed to help fill nearly 140 vacancies in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. She said, as a matter of fairness and to help the city fill positions, that the residency requirement also should be eliminated for other city workers.

The bill, sponsored in the House by Rep. Ron Hicks, R-Dardenne Prairie, was amended earlier this week to remove residency requirements for police officers in all Missouri municipalities. It added language to eliminate residency requirements for all St. Louis city workers.

Krewson turned to the Legislature after the Board of Aldermen rejected a plan to put a repeal of the residency requirement in front of city voters via a city charter amendment.

In other action Friday, aldermen gave final approval to: