City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Council  
City Hall  
Conference Room  
1A/1B  
Monday, August 18, 2025  
5:30 PM  
Pre-Council  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, MO  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
The City Council met on August 18, 2025 at approximately 5:33 p.m. in Conference  
Room 1A/1B of City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri.  
Council Member Nick Foster (participated by phone at approximately 5:52 p.m.)  
Council Member Betsy Peters (arrived at approximately 5:42 p.m.)  
6 - Buffaloe, Foster, Waterman, Peters, Sample, and Elwood  
1 - Carroll  
Present:  
Absent:  
This item is open to the public: Citizens Police Review Board Applicant  
Interviews  
Council interviewed CPRB applicants.  
This item is open to the public: Motion for the City Council to go into  
closed session in Conference Room 1A/1B to discuss:  
- Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees by a  
public governmental body when personal information about the employee  
is discussed or recorded pursuant to Section 610.021(3) RSMo.  
- Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or  
records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment pursuant to  
Section 610.021(13) RSMo.  
At approximately 5:50 p.m., Mayor Buffaloe made a motion for the City Council of  
the City of Columbia, Missouri, to immediately go into a closed meeting in  
Conference Room 1A/1B of City Hall to discuss the hiring, firing, disciplining or  
promoting of particular employees by a governmental body when personal  
information about the employee is discussed or recorded pursuant to Section  
610.021(3) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and individually identifiable  
personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees or  
applicants for employment pursuant to Section 610.021(13) of the Revised  
Statutes of Missouri. The motion was seconded by Council Member Waterman.  
5 - Buffaloe, Waterman, Peters, Sample, and Elwood  
2 - Foster, and Carroll  
Yes:  
Absent:  
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting in Conference Room  
1A/1B  
At approximately 5:51 p.m., the City Council went into closed session in Conference  
Room 1A/1B pursuant to RSMo Sections 610.021(3) and (13).  
II. OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL MAY WISH TO DISCUSS  
None.  
III. ADJOURNMENT  
The closed meeting adjourned at approximately 6:38 p.m.