City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Agenda  
Water and Light Advisory Board  
Wednesday, January 14, 2026  
8:00 AM  
Conference Room 1A/1B  
701 E Broadway  
Regular  
Columbia, MO  
I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
II.  
INTRODUCTIONS  
III.  
IV.  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
a) Approval of Minutes  
V.  
DIRECTOR'S REPORTS  
a) FY 2027 Budget Discussion  
Attachments:  
b) Transmission Project Example Slides  
c) Purchase Power Proposal Metric Scoring  
Attachments:  
d) Annual Engineering Fiscal Reports  
Attachments:  
e) Monthly Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) Report  
f) Council Item Update  
Attachments:  
VI.  
CHAIRMAN'S REPORTS  
a) Public Comment Response Process  
b) Rolling Calendar  
Attachments:  
VII.  
PUBLIC EMAIL COMMENTS  
a) Public Email Comments  
GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
NEXT MEETING DATE  
VIII.  
IX.  
X.  
ADJOURNMENT  
To submit questions or comments to the Water & Light Advisory Board, please email  
All media inquiries should be submitted to Matt Nestor at Matthew.Nestor@como.gov  
or Jason West at Jason.West@como.gov  
Members of the public may attend any open meeting. For requests for  
accommodations related to disability, please call 573.874.CITY (2489) or email  
CITY@CoMo.gov. In order to assist staff in making the appropriate arrangements for  
your accommodation, please make your request as far in advance of the posted  
meeting date as possible.  
USB DRIVES PROHIBITED: A speaker who desires to display a presentation must  
upload the presentation, in advance, to the city network using an upload portal. To  
upload your files and learn more, visit CoMo.gov/upload.