Posts Tagged ‘columbia city council’
Columbia begins comprehensive plan process
Monday night approved a recommendation to select Shockey Consulting for its upcoming comprehensive plan project and for GIS services. Columbia Director of Community Development Scott Dunakey, who will also be…
Read MoreColumbia looks to the future
Columbia City Council met Monday night and approved an annexation and preliminary subdivision plat, but most of the meeting was spent holding an administrative review and hearing public input about…
Read MoreColumbia talks development, video gambling
The Columbia City Council met Monday night and discussed residential development and the future of video gambling in the city. For the first item of unfinished business, the council voted…
Read MoreColumbia annexation aggravation
The Columbia City Council met for more than three hours in regular session on July 6. Nearly one third of that time was dedicated to discussion of a proposed annexation…
Read MoreColumbia’s TIF success
The area west of Route 3 in Columbia between Main Street and Valmeyer Road was once not much more than overgrown woods and a flood plain. Twenty five years later,…
Read MoreColumbia City Council honors Kish
The City of Columbia honored recently retired Immaculate Conception School Principal Mike Kish Monday night. In recognition of “the significant impact Mike Kish has had on the education of Columbia’s…
Read MoreColumbia may cut committees
The first full meeting of the newest Columbia City Council focused on adjusting to change. Two items of lengthy discussion Monday night involved the extension of outdoor dining in Columbia…
Read MoreOutgoing Columbia officials reflect
At the May 3 Columbia City Council meeting, Jim Agne, Gene Ebersohl and Wes Hoeffken were recognized for their contributions to the community – nearly a century of service combined…
Read MoreNew Columbia mayor takes office
The Columbia City Council will now have four new faces at its meetings after a new mayor, city clerk and two aldermen were sworn in Monday night. Monroe County Circuit…
Read MoreColumbia approves budget
The Columbia City Council hosted a public hearing prior to its special meeting Monday night to approve the city’s budget for the fiscal year ending in April 2022. There was no…
Read MoreColumbia set to OK budget
COVID-19 has affected nearly every aspect of life in Monroe County, and financial planning for the City of Columbia is no different. Columbia City Administrator Doug Brimm gave a report…
Read MoreColumbia defends biz support
Comments made in the lead-up to the April 6 municipal election have some Columbia city officials and employees on the defensive. Campaign remarks by candidates for Columbia offices suggested that…
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