City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
City Hall  
Monday, September 29, 2025  
4:00 PM  
Special  
Conference Room 1C  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, MO  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
The City Council met on September 29, 2025 at approximately 4:00 p.m. in Conference  
Room 1C of City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri.  
Council Member Betsy Peters, Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Council Member Valerie Carroll,  
Council Member Vera Elwood, Council Member Jacque Sample, Council Member Nick  
Foster, and Council Member Don Waterman were present.  
This item is open to the public: Motion for the City Council to go into  
closed session in Conference Room 1C 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 4:00 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 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  
Waterman.  
The vote was recorded as follows: VOTING YES: PETERS, BUFFALOE, CARROLL,  
ELWOOD, SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN. VOTING NO: NO ONE.  
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting in Conference Room  
1C  
At approximately 4:01 p.m., the City Council went into closed session in Conference  
Room 1A/1B 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 6:09 p.m.