The new St. Louis County Council on Tuesday overrode County Executive Sam Page's veto of a bill that seeks to have the government pay the legal fees of Councilman Dennis Hancock.

One of the ideas under consideration would allow the seven-member council to remove the county executive with five votes.

Councilwoman Rita Heard Days told the Post-Dispatch that the goal of the proposal is to hold the county's top elected official—the county executive—accountable. Days asserts that the council aims to ensure accountability in the interactions between Page's office and the council,

This new legislation would require a change of the St. Louis County charter, which means the people would end up deciding whether they want to give this removal power to the counc

The St. Louis County Council is set to consider a controversial proposal Tuesday night that could allow the council to remove County Executive Sam Page from his post. According to our partners at the St.