An attorney representing Bar:PM's co-owner said the man did not assault police and should not have been arrested after two officers ran their SUV into his south St. Louis bar.
The company says the funding will let it begin processing material needed for electric vehicle batteries by the end of next year. The cobalt is in a former Missouri lead mine.
Prior to voting on the multimillion-dollar budget, two members of the County Council took what County Executive Steve Ehlmann described as "unprecedented" action by trying to strip funding from the county's top election official.
Headquartered in High Ridge, Dobbs Tire is a family-owned tire retailer and automotive service provider. It was founded in 1976 and now has 43 stores in Missouri and Illinois.
"You're never going to be perfectly right about that stuff," county assessor Jake Zimmerman said. "So we do rely on people to give us data when we get it wrong."