CLAYTON • With tension continuing to ease in Ferguson, the St. Louis County Council on Tuesday turned its attention to the economic fallout from the nearly two weeks of unrest that rocked the North County suburb.

County Executive Charlie Dooley estimated a price tag of $90,000 to $100,000 for every night St. Louis County Police officers were stationed along West Florissant Avenue and other trouble spots.

Dooley said the projection does not include the additional cost for personnel from municipal departments and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The $2 million the council authorized Tuesday for county police overtime, Dooley noted, is an annual allocation unrelated to the events in Ferguson.

A direct result of the turmoil however was the council’s unanimous approval of an $1 million emergency aid package to lessen the hardship of residents prevented from reaching their jobs or supermarkets in a community roiled by the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9.

The Department of Human Services will disburse the funds through the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Red Cross, Urban League of Greater St. Louis and other relief agencies.