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COUNTY COUNCIL, from page 10
Brazil ended his remarks by saying, “I’ll
pray for you mask-wearers because you’re
just misinformed. You really are.” As he
continued, members in the crowd shouted
back that they would pray for him.
“The COVID thing is over,” Brazil said.
“We’re done with it, so I’ll pray for you. I
really will. ... All this nonsense is unconstitutional!”
After his remarks, he withheld his proposed
amendment in lieu of giving his
fellow council members a chance to speak.
Resolution co-sponsor Cronin spoke
next. Saying that the issue was not about
politics but about kids, he noted that he
was encouraged by Ehlmann’s actions and
Kauerauf’s response. He, then, motioned to
table the resolution vote until the Sept. 27
council meeting. His motion was seconded
by council member John White (District
7). However, before the council could vote,
Brazil asked to hear from Sen. Bob Onder,
who represents District 2, which includes
parts of St. Charles County.
During his remarks, Onder pointed to
House Bill 271, which was passed into law
in June. Calling the county’s current quarantine
policy “all pain with no gain,” he
shared his belief HB271 makes the policy
“null and void as of today.”
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According to the governor’s office,
“Under HB271, political subdivisions
may only issue public health orders that
directly or indirectly restrict access to
businesses, churches, schools, or other
places of assembly for 30 calendar days in
a 180-day period when the governor has
declared a state of emergency. Orders may
be extended more than once with a simple
majority vote by the local governing body.”
Onder said if it was up to him, he would
do “what Iowa has done, which is to say
sick kids should go home and quarantine;
schools should be carefully monitored
and if cases exceed 10% the public health
department should look into it.”
When the council returned to its discussion
of the resolution, Brazil motioned to
strike a paragraph that read: “WHEREAS,
the St. Charles County Council believes
that individual school boards and administrators
are better situated than the County
Health Department to make decisions
relating to quarantine orders and the health
of school age children, their families and
the wider community within their schools.”
His motion was unanimously passed.
Next the council voted on Cronin’s
motion to table the resolution until Sept.
27 to allow for more information and input
from Kauerhauf to be obtained. That measure
passed with only Brazil opposed.
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tional reports when “conditions occur
operationally, or related to Spire STL’s
court and FERC cases, that prompt Spire
Missouri to take action related to its operations
or its transportation and storage
capacity on pipelines.”
Merrill said Spire continues to cooperate
with the PSC, but the hope is that FERC
will re-certify the pipeline in time for
winter weather. If not, he said, Spire customers
could have a reason to worry.
“If the pipeline is not in service this winter,
Spire Missouri customers could see significant
service disruptions during extreme
cold weather periods,” Merrill said. “Spire
Missouri estimates that without the STL
Pipeline, between 175,000 and 400,000
customers may be without gas service to
heat homes, cook food and fuel industry,
based on previously modeled extreme cold
weather planning scenarios. We are currently
pursuing all legal and regulatory avenues
to make sure customers have access to
everything they need.”
Merrill said Spire Missouri projects
customers will begin to lose service at an
average daily temperature of 9 degrees Fahrenheit.
This temperature threshold increases
to 38 degrees Fahrenheit once Spire Missouri’s
natural gas storage resource is
depleted. This reserve, which holds 3.6
billion cubic feet of natural gas, is kept at
Spire’s Laclede/Lange Delivery Station in
North St. Louis County, Merrill said. He
added that the reserve will not be able to be
replenished without the use of STL Pipeline.
In addition, without STL Pipeline, Merrill
said Spire Missouri’s ability to secure
new pipeline contracts on other systems
serving the region would be “significantly
constrained, making it difficult to replace
that supply based on current market and
operating conditions.”
Merrill said the whole country witnessed
the devastating effects of losing natural
gas service earlier this year when winter
storms and extreme temperatures left millions
of Texans without heat and electricity.
“Some things that we saw in Texas in
February could happen here. If 400,000
customers were to lose service, it may take
up to 100 days to reestablish service for all
customers in the region,” he said. “It is not
the same as electricity. Every single customer
has to have their services reestablished
individually by a technician.”
Merrill said accessing gas from other
states via the pipeline earlier this year
helped St. Louis avoid the shortages seen
elsewhere, and “probably saved the region
up to $300 million in estimated costs of
what we would have paid versus what we
were able to get natural gas for elsewhere
because of the STL Pipeline in those nine
days in February. That’s a real-world
example.”