CLAYTON — The St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County Council is considering using $765,000 in NFL Rams settlement money to develop climate and environmental goals.
The county planning department is already working on a , and the climate goals will factor into the overall plan, according to planning director Jacob Trimble.
The St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· region is grappling with how to handle extreme weather, such as flooding, worsened by climate change. The county needs a plan to build resiliency, Trimble wrote to County Executive Sam Page in a letter earlier this summer.
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Last year, the county received $169.3 million from the $790 million settlement in 2021 of a lawsuit over the Rams’ departure for Los Angeles. The county placed the money into a high-yield account.
Since then, the County Council approved using $40 million for road improvements, $10 million for cybersecurity improvements and $340,000 to study challenges in the Spanish Lake area of unincorporated county.
Including about $12 million in accrued interest, the county has roughly $131 million left to spend, according to county budget director Paul Kreidler.