St. Louis has 97 days to spend $100 million in pandemic aid. City Hall says the real number is smaller. Nobody will say what it is.
St. Louis officials are disputing the exact amount of remaining pandemic aid funds that must be spent within 97 days. Conflicting reports from city departments have left the final figure unclear.
The city's ARPA portal is a June 30 snapshot. The comptroller, the mayor and the budget chairman all say it's stale. SLDC says $11 million.
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