Ellisville Article 9 Amendment Proposal Withdrawn

, Ellisville City Council's to consider a proposal to amend Article 9's recall process lasted less than 25 minutes.

Council Member Troy Pieper moved to amend the agenda and withdraw the Article 9 proposal within the first few minutes of the meeting.

"I really feel this is not the right time for this," Pieper said. "We all have a lot going on."

The withdrawal passed unanimously by present council members including Mayor Adam Paul. Council Member Matt Pirrello was absent from the proceedings.

Residents and business owners continued to voice opinions during public comments following the withdrawal. While some admitted to changing their original comments based on the council's decision to withdraw, others voiced continued opposition to the potential of the amendment as well as the pending Walmart development.

Liz Schmidt, the interim chair of the , called the council "politically tone deaf," but said to the council, "Maybe you're starting to listen by dropping this amendment."

Former Ellisville mayor Edward O'Reilly asked during his comments who sponsored the amendment language. Wednesday's work session agenda noted Pirrello's name next to the charter amendment item, but the question was left directly unanswered.