CLAYTON — The St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë 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. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë 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.