Appointments rejectedThere was little public council discussion over the program for months afterward, until Sept. 28, when the council voted 4-3 not to recommend the reappointment of two out of three remaining members of the county’s PACE board, Olusegun Bobola and Matthew J. Gierse, after questioning the two board members about changes they had implemented since May. Harder and Council members Tim Fitch, R-3rd District; Ernie Trakas, R-6th District; and Shalonda Webb, D-4th District, voted against the confirmation, arguing the five-member board needed to be reformed from scratch. Dunaway and Councilwomen Rita Days, D-1st District, and Lisa Clancy, D-5th District, voted to approve the appointments. “I think there needs to be new blood on that board, nothing against the particular candidate,” Fitch said. Webb, whose district in north St. Louis County includes…
St. Louis County may pull plug on controversial residential clean energy loan program | Politics
