CLAYTON — The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday approved spending $520,000 in Rams settlement money to put a proposal on the ballot for next month's election.

Proposition B would give the council the power to fire county department heads with approval from five of seven council members. But it costs money to put such measures on the ballot.

Expenses include paying poll workers, renting trucks to deliver equipment to polling places, postage and other costs, said Rick Stream, Republican director for the county Election Board.

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Only Democratic Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, of Maplewood, voted against using settlement money for the ballot measure.

In 2021, the county received $169.3 million from the $790 million settlement of a lawsuit over the NFL team's departure for Los Angeles.

The council also passed a measure requiring council approval before any county money can be spent on efforts to inform the public about ballot initiatives. The county has spent money on such initiatives in the past, such as when it spent $300,000 on an "educational" campaign regarding a marijuana sales tax question in 2023.

Only Clancy voted against the measure.