City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Conference Room 1C  
Columbia City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
Tuesday, March 7, 2023  
4:30 PM  
Special  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
The City Council of the City of Columbia, Missouri met for  
a special meeting at  
approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Conference Room 1C of the City  
of Columbia, Missouri. Council Member BETSY PETERS, Mayor BARBARA  
BUFFALOE, Council Member PAT FOWLER, Council Member ANDREA WANER  
(participating virtually), Council Member ROY LOVELADY, Council Member NICK  
FOSTER, and Council Member MATT PITZER were present.  
TMP-23711  
This item is open to the public: Motion to immediately go into a Closed  
Meeting in Conference Room 1C to discuss the:  
- 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; and  
- individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records  
pertaining to employees or applicants for employment pursuant to Section  
610.021(13) RSMo.  
At approximately 4:35 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  
1C of City Hall to discuss the 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) 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 Foster.  
The vote was recorded as follows: VOTING YES: PETERS, BUFFALOE, FOWLER,  
WANER, LOVELADY, FOSTER, PITZER. VOTING NO: NO ONE.  
TMP-23712  
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting in Conference Room 1C  
At approximately 4:36 p.m., the City Council went into closed session in Conference  
Room 1C pursuant to RSMo Sections 610.021(3) and (13).  
The closed meeting minutes have further details regarding the closed meeting.  
II. ADJOURNMENT  
The closed meeting adjourned at approximately 6:14 p.m.