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