This is a transcript of the Clayton, MO Board of Aldermen meeting held September 12, 2023. Excerpts cover roll call and opening remarks, a public remark by the fire chief about his Hawaii deployment, discussion of residential refuse collection contract language, presentation and board consideration of a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Eastern Missouri Coalition of Police (term through September 30, 2026) including specific pay/stipend adjustments (detective stipend raised from $1,621 to $2,100, addition of Juneteenth as a paid holiday, creation of a corporal pay grade, and 2.5% pay scale increases in FY25 and FY26). The transcript also includes presentation and first reading of Ordinance/Bill No. 6992 rezoning properties at 7814 Forsyth Boulevard and 210-1418 South Central Avenue to a planned unit development for a proposed 20-story, 239-foot hotel project with 245 rooms and a 235-space parking garage, and a motion to enter closed session citing Missouri statutory sections for legal, real estate, personnel, proprietary, and public safety matters.