A disputed $140 million contract with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District received its first round of approval from the district’s board of trustees at a meeting Thursday. The contract passed 3-2, with Trustees Annette Mandel, James Faul and Michael Yates voting “yes” and Trustees Ruby Bonner and James I. Singer voting “no.” The contract, Michigan-based Jay Dee Contractors Inc., still needs to be voted on one more time for its final approval. MSD staff in September awarded Jay Dee the Deer…
Feb 10