The bill says the St. Louis County police would get no less than the $107 million they currently get from non-Prop P revenue. That addresses the concern that the county would supplant existing funding, Fitch said.

And it clarifies that only four county departments — the police department, jail, prosecuting attorney’s office and county counselor’s office — can receive Prop P money.

Fitch has separately introduced a bill weeks ago that would put Prop P on the ballot again to ask voters to clarify how they intended to use the revenue, but he has held the bill back while working on the compromise with Trakas.

SPECIAL ELECTION

The council also asked the county counselor’s office to write legislation authorizing a special election to fill the 2nd District seat that had been occupied by Sam Page. The council voted 5-1 last week to appoint Page to the county executive’s office after the resignation of Steve Stenger.

The election would be Aug. 6. There would be no primary race; the Democratic and Republican central committees would select a candidate to run for the rest of Page’s term, which expires on Jan. 1, 2021.

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