News Summary

• St. Louis County is shopping for a new place to hold its County Council meetings.
• A deadline nears to bring the county’s current headquarters up to fire code or vacate the building.
• County officials say there is no time to build a new administrative headquarters or to clean up asbestos in it and install fire sprinklers.
• The headquarters at 41 South Central Avenue has offered customer service and office space for county staff since it was completed in 1971.
• A utility plant below the building provides power and heating and cooling for the nearby jail, courts and police buildings.