City of Columbia, Missouri

Meeting Minutes

City Council

City Hall

Monday, May 5, 2025

7:00 PM

Regular

Council Chamber

701 E. Broadway

Columbia, MO

I. INTRODUCTORY ITEMS

The City Council of the City of Columbia, Missouri met for a regular meeting at 7:00 p.m.

on Monday, May 5, 2025, in the Council Chamber of the City of Columbia, Missouri. The

Pledge of Allegiance was recited, and the roll was taken with the following results:

Council Member JACQUE SAMPLE, Council Member NICK FOSTER, Council Member

DON WATERMAN, Council Member BETSY PETERS, Mayor BARBARA BUFFALOE,

and Council Member VALERIE CARROLL were present. Council Member LISA E.A.

MEYER was absent. City Manager De’Carlon Seewood, City Counselor Nancy

Thompson, City Clerk Sheela Amin, and various Department Heads and staff members

were also present.

The minutes of the regular meeting of April 21, 2025 were approved unanimously by voice

vote on a motion by Mayor Buffaloe and a second by Council Member Foster.

Mayor Buffaloe explained R64-25 would be added to the agenda under new business to

call a special election to fill the Ward 2 vacancy due to the resignation of Council Member

Meyer.

Mayor Buffaloe made a motion to add R64-25 to the agenda and to place it under new

business. The motion was seconded by Council Member Waterman and approved

unanimously by voice vote.

The agenda, including the consent agenda and R64-25 being added to the agenda under

new business, was approved unanimously by voice vote on a motion by Mayor Buffaloe

and a second by Council Member Foster.

II. SPECIAL ITEMS

SI6-25

Recognition of Civic Academy Spring 2025 MU Osher Lifelong Learning

Institute Participants.

Mayor Buffaloe and City Manager De’Carlon Seewood recognized the graduates of the

Civic Academy Spring 2025 MU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Participants. The

graduates recognized were Betty Ball, Greg Clarkston, Linda Held, Siblin Wylds, Wayne

Merrill, Scott Murtha, Jeani Murtha, Barbara Schneider, Lisa Cole, Pasty Dalton, Nancy

Griggs, Dave Griggs, Brent Sappington, and Mary Dodds.

III. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

None.

IV. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT

SPC20-25

Gwen Langland, Pedestrians for Ash Street - Ash Street project.

Gwen Langland, 803 W. Ash Street, explained she and others in her neighborhood

objected to the construction of an 8-foot wide sidewalk on the north side of Ash Street

because it would take one-third of their front yards, remove many mature trees, create

safety issues with the sharing of that space by pedestrians and bicyclers, and change

the look and feel of the existing neighborhood, and believed the updating of sidewalks and

bike lanes could be accomplished without forfeiting properties and trees and traffic

calming could be accomplished with simpler and less expensive methods, such as speed

bumps or the use of brightly colored paint at intersections.

SPC21-25

Steve Callis - International Compost Awareness Week.

Steve Callis, 6304 W. Normandy Lane, indicated he was the State Coordinator for

International Compost Awareness Week, which was a global celebration of compost and

its power to build stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities, pointed out food

waste in the landfill, which created methane, had increased from 17.9 percent to 19.5

percent between 2017 and 2023, and asked that the Council consider an ordinance that

would allow private entities to collect residential food waste along with collaborating with

the Boone County Commission to provide a countywide master composter course aimed

at training volunteers to teach the benefits and best practices of composting.

SPC19-25

Traci Wilson-Kleekamp, PhD, Race Matters, Friends (RMF) - Guns, police,

state violence and community violence; the case for mending; prevention +

reconciliation, interventions = trauma & repair.

Traci Wilson-Kleekamp, a representative of Race Matters, Friends, explained a violent

built environment along with passionate disputes would sometimes lead to life-altering or

fatal decisions, that those involved were not necessarily wholly bad people but people

who might have made one bad decision, and that the guardian mindset of protecting the

most vulnerable, which she felt the Columbia Police Department was moving toward, was

a component of repair and atonement, and important for when they spoke about how to

solve problems in the community.

V. PUBLIC HEARINGS

PH15-25

Proposed construction of interior and exterior renovations to the Waters

House located in the Waters-Moss Memorial Wildlife Area to expand

recreational programming and facility rental spaces.

Discussion shown with B72-25.

B72-25

Authorizing construction of interior and exterior renovations to the Waters

House located in the Waters-Moss Memorial Wildlife Area to expand

recreational programming and facility rental spaces; calling for bids for a

portion of the project through the Purchasing Division.

The public hearing was read by the City Clerk, and the bill was given second reading by

the City Clerk.

Parks and Recreation Director Gabe Huffington provided a staff report, and he and the

CEO of the Columbia Housing Authority, Randy Cole, responded to Council questions.

Mayor Buffaloe opened the public hearing.

Randy Cole, the CEO of the Columbia Housing Authority, thanked staff and city

leadership for their flexibility as this would allow the food pantry, which was important to

their residents, to continue since the Park Avenue project, which currently housed the

food pantry, was slated to begin in the next 60-90 days.

There being no further comment, Mayor Buffaloe closed the public hearing.

B72-25 was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote recorded as

follows: VOTING YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS, BUFFALOE,

CARROLL. VOTING NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Bill declared enacted,

reading as follows:

VI. OLD BUSINESS

B44-25

Authorizing a financial assistance agreement with the Missouri Department

of Natural Resources for the Benton-Stephens Neighborhood Historic

Survey - Phase I.

The bill was given second reading by the City Clerk.

Community Development Director Tim Teddy provided a staff report.

Mayor Buffaloe made a motion to amend B44-25 per the amendment sheet. The

motion was seconded by Council Member Foster and approved unanimously by

voice vote.

B44-25, as amended, was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote

recorded as follows: VOTING YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS,

BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Bill declared

enacted, reading as follows:

PR56-25

Rescinding Policy Resolution PR 116-21 and Policy Resolution PR

125-23A associated with the City of Columbia Strategic Plan; adopting

and reaffirming a vision statement, mission statement, core values and

strategic priorities for the City of Columbia, Missouri Strategic Plan.

The policy resolution was read by the City Clerk.

City Manager De’Carlon Seewood provided a staff report, and he, City Counselor Nancy

Thompson, Public Health and Human Services Director Rebecca Roesslet, and

Constituent Services and Legislative Affairs Administrator Stacey Wiedemann responded

to Council questions and comments.

Mary Ratliff, 211 Park de Ville Drive,

representative of the Columbia NAACP,

understood the presidential executive order had placed the City in a difficult position, but

did not believe they could sit back and allow their past hard work to bring everyone

together be destroyed, and suggested they consider filing

supporting equity, inclusion, and diversity.

a lawsuit and continue

Brian Page, 17 Aldeah Avenue, suggested being flexible by removing DEI without caving,

utilizing the terms of dignity, decency, and civility, and recommended people read Mya

Angelou’s Africa and America and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy before making

decision on how to proceed.

Traci Wilson-Kleekamp commented that equity was not about being fair but was about

providing tools to the vulnerable and an atonement for years of supremacy against people

of color, women, the disabled, etc., wondered if Columbia would sue, fight, come up with

alternative plans, or if they would succumb to the status quo, and pointed out the federal

government could still take the money away as there were not any guarantees.

Harry Castilow, 4010 Baurichter Drive, believed they were getting bullied with this

executive order, explained that equity did not equate to taking away a piece of the pie but

rather everyone receiving a piece of the pie, and suggested the Council not vote on the

policy resolution and instead sue like many others.

Marcus Richardson, 500 W. Ash Street,

a representative of the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference, believed a change in the mission statement would change the

mission, asked who was standing up for the minority community, African-Americans, and

the disenfranchised, felt this vote would make a lasting impact as it would leave out the

African-American community, suggested the City remain united by suing or doing

whatever was needed to maintain what they had, and noted support for D’Andre

Thompson and his position.

David O’Brien, Sunset Drive, appreciated the difficulty of this decision as it involved losing

a significant amount of funding, felt bullies were never satisfied, referred to Germany in

the 1930s as the bully there was able to get some people to make concessions with the

justification of not losing something they had, and wondered if they could do something

legally rather than just acquiescing.

Rebecca Shaw, 2615 Vail Drive, commented that acting now might put Columbia in a

place where it could not go back, felt they needed to account for things historically along

with what was happening now, did not believe it was a good idea to take the language

out, and thought they should stand up to what was right and moral.

Anthony with Columbia Supreme believed “fair” would be used as equality and not equity,

felt “fair” should not be included in the strategic plan and that the equity statement in the

proposed policy resolution was poorly worded, and suggested removing the equity

statements per the executive order since there was not a choice as well as any equality

statements, regardless of the intent, as those statements were harmful.

Dean Mobley, 3102 Alpine Drive, explained that when the injunction was lifted, the judge

had stated the executive order had an extremely limited scope and clauses that were in

violation of existing anti-discrimination laws within the federal government, and asked the

Council to think about whether this was violating any laws or if it was a result of the

executive order which was waiting to be shot down.

Ronecia Duke, 2 N. Cedar Lake, implored the Council to look at the laws, history, and

exhaust other options before bending to this fearmongering as she felt Columbia had the

courage, resources, and wherewithal to at least examine other options, suggested the

Council not vote on this issue as she believed the most vulnerable, people like her, would

be hurt regardless, and felt changing the language would result in abandoning the

mission.

Rachel Krall, 126 Redwood Road, commented that Columbia should be the model for the

federal government, was concerned about Columbia’s moral compass and backbone, and

suggested making a stand so they did not go back to the 1970s.

Kimberly stated she was a product of the area around Trinity Place, which had effective

programming from people that cared, and asked the Council to do what was needed to

maintain the necessary programs, including going to court.

Eugene Elkin, 3406 Range Line Street, commented that the Council might have to vote to

sue to send a message to President Trump.

Jeff Krall, a First Ward resident, believed it was a mistake to change the core values in

response to political pressure, especially when the consequences were uncertain, felt the

values of inclusion and equity reflected the community’s commitment to fairness, access,

and opportunity for all and removing or softening the language would send a message that

these commitments were negotiable when they were not, and asked the Council to

continue to lead with courage by not removing the DEI language from the strategic plan.

Roy Lovelady, a Third Ward resident, stated that removing the DEI language would be a

major setback, wondered if the removed language would be added back with urgency if

one of the existing lawsuits resulted in a ruling that was favorable, and noted people

mattered.

McKenzie Ortiz, 1619 Wilson Avenue, questioned why a clear summary of the language

being removed and replaced along with the documents placed at the back of the room

had not been provided ahead of the meeting, wondered if any grants had been accepted

since the executive order had been issued and why those were not held to the same

standard, asked what steps would be taken to replace the commitment of acknowledging

systemic oppression and when something would be presented to the public, wondered

how this process aligned with the City’s values of community engagements, and urged

the Council to table this issue until it had a clear public plan and all of her questions had

been addressed.

Debbie Finley, 3804 Berrywood Drive, commented that she did not understand why the

City could not submit the nine pending grant proposals to the federal government to

determine how they would react before changing the strategic plan, wondered what

portion of the $48 million was already cut or would soon be cut due to DOGE, and

suggested this item be tabled until the federal government responded to the nine grants

so that an informed decision could be made.

Charles Reese had grown up feeling Columbia was a beacon of hope for people like him,

felt this attack on DEI was a dog whistle situation, believed it was opportunistic and

disingenuous to deliver it in the manner it had been delivered as it seemed as though they

were weakly and lazily trying to sweep it under the rug, and felt Columbia would lose its

identity by succumbing to this executive order.

Robin of Columbia, believed the mission could be completed without specific wording, did

not want her tax dollars going toward a lawsuit with the federal government, felt the loss

of funding would do a lot of damage to those that needed it, and reiterated she thought

they could still accomplish the mission with wording changes.

James Bryant, Sunset Lane, felt the current statement was effective, concrete, allowed

for the pursuit of their goals, and spoke to who they were, pointed out DEI was important

to the heart and soul of Columbia, did not believe the federal government would stop with

this executive order, and suggested they resist replacing something that works with

something that does not work.

Alphia Hightower,

representative of Fun City Youth Academy d/b/a Community

Playground of Columbia, suggested the language be removed in its entirety versus

changing it because removing the language preserved the standard until it was

reimplemented or established as new, while changing the language would change or

weaken its meaning, and pointed out that compliance could also be viewed as

resistance.

Anthony Woods with the Missionary Baptist District Association agreed with the

comments of Alphia Hightower.

The Council asked questions and made comments.

Mayor Buffaloe made a motion to table PR56-25 to the June 16, 2025 Council Meeting.

Mayor Buffaloe explained the purpose of the delay was to allow additional time for

community members to review the proposed changes in light of the recent federal

executive order, for the City to seek legal clarity on implications of the strategic plan, and

to invite public input on how they could continue advancing inclusive access and

community centered service while ensuring compliance with the federal rules.

The motion to table PR56-25 to the June 16, 2025 Council Meeting was seconded

by Council Member Peters. After discussion, the motion was approved

unanimously by voice vote.

An approximate ten-minute recess was taken.

B61-25

Rezoning property located on the south side of Vandiver Drive and east of

US 63 from District A (Agriculture) to District PD (Planned Development);

approving the PD Plan and Preliminary Plat of “Centerstate East

Subdivision”; approving a statement of intent (Case No. 89-2025).

The bill was given second reading by the City Clerk.

Community Development Director Tim Teddy provided a staff report, and he and City

Counselor Nancy Thompson responded to Council questions and comments.

Matthew Kriete of Engineering Surveys and Services with offices at 1113 Fay Street

explained the requested rezoning, located near I-70 and Highway 63, would modernize

the zoning, making it more efficient to regulate and manage, would incorporate mixed-use

development, including hotel, conference center, office, and residential uses, which could

not be done with base zoning, allowed for shared parking and designing the development

around greenspace, and met the vision of Columbia Imagined in terms of a mix of

housing, infill development, the protection of sensitive areas, the connection to trails, and

economic development.

Jason Tegerdine of Simon Associates Architecture with offices at 210 Park Avenue

showed depictions of the two hotels and conference center, and explained the Hyatt

Hotel, which would be five stories, would be built first and would include a restaurant and

other typical hotel amenities, the 46,000 square foot convention center, which would

include two meeting room spaces, nine banquet rooms that could be combined into one

grand ballroom, and an outdoor patio space, would be built concurrently with the first

hotel, the Hyatt Hotel, and the second hotel, a Courtyard Marriott, would be built after the

convention center.

Raman Puri, the CEO of the Puri Group of Enterprises with offices at 3300 Vandiver Drive,

pointed out this 5-8 year project was in line with the CSL Convention Center Feasibility

Study as it had the exhibit space, flexible ballroom space, multi-functional meeting

space, hotel support with 300 rooms onsite when the project was completed, over 400

rooms within a half-mile radius, and was near the fairgrounds and Highway 63 for access

to the airport, explained there would not be a public cost because they were not asking

the City for any money even though the City would benefit from the revenue generated by

the event spaces, and responded to Council questions.

The Council made comments.

Mayor Buffaloe made a motion to amend B61-25 per the amendment sheet. The

motion was seconded by Council Member Peters and approved unanimously by

voice vote.

B61-25, as amended, was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote

recorded as follows: VOTING YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS,

BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Bill declared

enacted, reading as follows:

B62-25

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Kelso Holding LLC to

allow the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 206 Third

Avenue, Unit 100; providing a severability clause (Case No. 97-2025).

The bill was given second reading by the City Clerk.

Community Development Director Tim Teddy provided a staff report, and responded to

Council questions and comments.

B62-25 was given third reading by the City Clerk with the vote recorded as

follows: VOTING YES: WATERMAN. VOTING NO: SAMPLE, FOSTER, PETERS,

BUFFALOE, CARROLL. ABSENT: MEYER. Bill declared defeated.

VII. CONSENT AGENDA

Mayor Buffaloe understood the following bills needed to be tabled due to the tabling of

PR56-25.

B79-25

Authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the contract with the Missouri Department

of Health and Human Services for HIV case management program

services; amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds;

amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by adding positions in the Public

Health and Human Services Department; amending the FY 2025 Annual

Budget Appendix - Authorized Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position

identification summary.

B80-25

B81-25

Authorizing a contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior

Services for disease intervention specialist workforce program services.

Authorizing a contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior

Services for local public health agency accreditation assistance program

services.

B82-25

Authorizing a contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior

Services for sexual violence prevention and response program services;

amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B83-25

B84-25

Authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the contract with the Missouri Department

of Health and Senior Services for rural PrEP clinic program services.

Authorizing Amendment No. 2 to the contract with the Missouri Department

of Health and Senior Services for overdose data to action program

services.

B85-25

B86-25

Authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the contract with the Missouri Department

of Health and Senior Services for high impact HIV prevention and

surveillance program services.

Authorizing acceptance of a notice of award from the Department of Health

and Human Services - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration - Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Boone

County community paramedic program; amending the FY 2025 Annual

Budget by appropriating funds.

B87-25

Authorizing a contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior

Services for fetal and infant mortality review program services; amending

the FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds; amending the FY 2025

Annual Budget adding a position in the Public Health and Human Services

Department; amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget Appendix - Authorized

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position identification summary; amending the

FY 2025 Classification and Pay Plan by adding a classification.

Mayor Buffaloe made

a motion to table B79-25, B80-25, B81-25, B82-25, B83-25,

B84-25, B85-25, B86-25, and B87-25 to the May 19, 2025 Council Meeting. The

motion was seconded by Council Member Waterman and approved unanimously

by voice vote.

The following bills were given second reading and the resolutions were read by the City

Clerk.

B60-25

Voluntary annexation of property located on the northeast corner of Old

Plank Road and Bethel Church Road (201 E. Old Plank Road);

establishing permanent R-2 (Two-family Dwelling) zoning (Case No.

74-2025).

B63-25

B64-25

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Grant Ln, LLC to allow

the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 2107 Grant Lane;

providing a severability clause (Case No. 95-2025).

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to The J A M Group, LLC

to allow the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 2301

Primrose Drive, Unit 7D; providing a severability clause (Case No.

98-2025).

B65-25

B66-25

B67-25

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Spence Investments,

LLC to allow the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 504

Campusview Drive; providing a severability clause (Case No. 104-2025).

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to JLT Reeves LLC to

allow the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 801

Norman Drive; providing a severability clause (Case No. 105-2025).

Rezoning property located on the south side of Chapel Hill Road and west

of Forum Boulevard (1710 Chapel Hill Road) from District PD (Planned

Development) to District M-N (Mixed-use Neighborhood) (Case No.

100-2025).

B68-25

Approving a major amendment and the PD Planned Development of “Lot

1A of Providence South Plaza, Plat 3 and Lot 2 of Providence South Plaza,

Plat 1” located on the northeast corner of Green Meadows Road and

Carter Lane (3101 Carter Lane); approving a statement of intent (Case No.

102-2025).

B69-25

B70-25

Approving the Final Plat of “Fike Subdivision, Plat 1A” located on the north

side of Prathersville Road and east of Highway 763 North; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 58-2025).

Authorizing construction of a sidewalk along the south side of Vandiver

Drive between Oakland Gravel Road and Parker Street; calling for bids

through the Purchasing Division.

B71-25

B73-25

B74-25

B75-25

B76-25

B77-25

Authorizing the acquisition of easements associated with the construction

of a sidewalk along the south side of Vandiver Drive between Oakland

Gravel Road and Parker Street.

Authorizing an amendment to the pole attachment agreement with Socket

Telecom, LLC associated with the installation and maintenance of

telecommunications facilities.

Accepting conveyances for drainage, temporary construction, and

underground electric utility purposes; directing the City Clerk to have the

conveyances recorded.

Authorizing the City Manager to execute a right-of-way easement to Boone

Electric Cooperative for the installation of underground electric service to

approach lights at the Columbia Regional Airport.

Authorizing a second amendment to the software as a service (SaaS)

agreement with Locality Media, Inc. for the "First Due" records

management system for the Fire Department.

Authorizing agreements, promissory notes, and deeds of trusts with

Housing Authority of the City of Columbia, Missouri and Park Avenue

Housing Development Group, LP associated with the replacement of

downtown public housing units on Park Avenue; directing the City Clerk to

record certain documents.

B78-25

Amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by adding positions in the Fire

Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and City Utilities

Department; amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget Appendix - Authorized

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position identification summary; amending the

FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds; amending the FY 2025

Classification and Pay Plan by adding, reassigning, closing, and retitling

classifications; providing for a pay adjustment; amending Chapter 19 of the

City Code as it relates to unclassified service.

R57-25

R58-25

R59-25

R60-25

R61-25

Setting a public hearing: proposed construction of the Strawn Park Phase

III improvement project.

Authorizing a contract with Bartlett & West, Inc. for design services

associated with the replacement of the Old Plank Road culvert structure.

Authorizing a license agreement with IN2ACTION for the use of the City’s

Transload Facility to provide forklift certification training.

Authorizing a contract for the sale of real estate with Compass Health, Inc.

for the acquisition of property located at 200 N. Garth Avenue.

Approving the Preliminary Plat of “Walter Miller Subdivision” located on the

southwest corner of Wilson Avenue and William Street (Case No.

23-2025).

The bills were given third reading and the resolutions were read by the City

Clerk with the vote recorded as follows: VOTING YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER,

WATERMAN, PETERS, BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING NO: NO ONE. ABSENT:

MEYER. Bills declared enacted and resolutions declared adopted, reading as

follows:

VIII. NEW BUSINESS

R62-25

Authorizing the temporary closure of a sidewalk and vehicular lane shifting

along a portion of Hitt Street between University Avenue and Rollins Road

to facilitate utility work on the University of Missouri campus.

The resolution was read by the City Clerk.

Public Works Director Shane Creech provided a staff report.

R62-25 was read by the City Clerk, and the vote was recorded as follows: VOTING

YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS, BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING

NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Resolution declared adopted, reading as follows:

R63-25

Declaring support for the preservation of the federal tax exemption of

municipal bonds.

The resolution was read by the City Clerk.

Finance Director Matthew Lue provided a staff report, and responded to Council questions

and comments.

R63-25 was read by the City Clerk, and the vote was recorded as follows: VOTING

YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS, BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING

NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Resolution declared adopted, reading as follows:

R64-25

Calling a special election to be held in Ward 2 of the City of Columbia on

August 5, 2025, to elect a council member to fill the remainder of an

unexpired term; establishing a filing period.

The resolution was read by the City Clerk.

City Counselor Nancy Thompson provided

questions and comments.

a staff report, and responded to Council

R64-25 was read by the City Clerk, and the vote was recorded as follows: VOTING

YES: SAMPLE, FOSTER, WATERMAN, PETERS, BUFFALOE, CARROLL. VOTING

NO: NO ONE. ABSENT: MEYER. Resolution declared adopted, reading as follows:

IX. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

The following bills were introduced by the Mayor unless otherwise indicated, and all were

given first reading.

B89-25

B90-25

Rezoning property located on the west side of Merideth Drive and north of

Chapel Hill Road from District R-2 (Two-family Dwelling) to District R-MF

(Multi-family Dwelling) (Case No. 131-2025).

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Family First Rentals

and Investments, LLC to allow the operation of a short-term rental on

property located at 3411 Goldenwood Drive; providing a severability

clause (Case No. 84-2025).

B91-25

B92-25

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Nelson Property

Investments, LLC to allow the operation of a short-term rental on property

located at 608 N. West Boulevard; providing a severability clause (Case

No. 132-2025).

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Byron and Beth

Critchfield and Caroline and Timothy Fox to allow the operation of a

short-term rental on property located at 310 Sanford Avenue; providing a

severability clause (Case No. 133-2025).

B93-25

B94-25

B95-25

B96-25

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Francee Gordon to

allow the operation of a short-term rental on property located at 9 McBaine

Avenue; providing a severability clause (Case No. 135-2025).

Granting the issuance of a conditional use permit to Tia Brown to allow the

operation of a short-term rental on property located at 5 McBaine Avenue;

providing a severability clause (Case No. 136-2025).

Approving the Final Plat of “Legacy Woods, Plat No. 1” located on the north

side of Crabapple Lane and west of Sinclair Road; authorizing a

performance contract (Case No. 101-2025).

Authorizing Phase 1 and Phase 2 construction of the Municipal Services

Center - South facility and salt storage building located on the west side of

Sinclair Road and south of Nifong Boulevard; calling for bids through the

Purchasing Division.

B97-25

Authorizing a cost share agreement with the Missouri Highways and

Transportation Commission for additional pedestrian improvements

associated with the I-70 and US 63 interchange reconstruction project;

amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

B98-25

B99-25

B100-25

B101-25

Authorizing and ratifying a data link agreement with the Sikeston Board of

Municipal Utilities for the exchange of digital information regarding power

and energy transfers.

Authorizing a mutual termination, release and quit claim of easement for

electric transmission line purposes to Boone Stephens Solar I, LLC;

directing the City Clerk to have the conveyance recorded.

Authorizing construction of the Strawn Park Phase III improvement project;

calling for bids for a portion of the project through the Purchasing Division;

amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by appropriating funds.

Authorizing an airport aid agreement with the Missouri Highways and

Transportation Commission for air service promotion; amending the FY

2025 annual budget by appropriating funds.

B102-25

Authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc.

for the Columbia Financial Enterprise Resource System (COFERS) project

to remove software maintenance and support for the Content Manager,

Incident Management, and Citizen Self Service modules and add the

Enterprise Permitting & Licensing Credit Card Payment API (PayIt) and

ERP (Munis) API Toolkit Bundle modules.

B103-25

B104-25

Authorizing an agreement with the City of Jefferson, Missouri for utilization

of the Hyde Park Road fire training facility.

Authorizing a user agency agreement with the Missouri State Highway

Patrol for access to the Volunteer and Employee Criminal History Service

for background checks of Public Health and Human Services Department

employees who have direct interaction with clients and children associated

with home visiting program services.

B105-25

Amending the FY 2025 Annual Budget by eliminating a position in the

Economic Development Department; amending the FY 2025 Annual

Budget Appendix - Authorized Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position

identification summary; amending the FY 2025 Classification and Pay Plan

by closing, consolidating, adding, and reassigning classifications.

X. REPORTS

REP24-25

Basketball court improvements and public input process associated with

the Douglass Park improvement project.

Parks and Recreation Director Gabe Huffington provided a staff report, and responded to

Council questions and comments.

XI. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, COUNCIL AND STAFF

The Council and staff discussed various topics to include appreciation for the difficult

conversation many participated in tonight with regard to PR56-25 and the need to think

about a way to obtain additional input from the public in that regard, whether individual

meetings, a world cafe style event, BeHeard, or a combination of various engagement

efforts, congratulations to Traci Wilson-Kleekamp for becoming

a doctor by recently

defending her thesis, and the need for a report regarding rental inspections to determine if

additional code enforcement agents were needed and should be included in the budget.

Council Member Carroll made

motion for

staff report that included the

year, the number of repeat

number of code violations typically occurring in

offenders, and the timeframe for getting back into compliance. The motion was

seconded by Council Member Foster. After further discussion, the motion was

approved unanimously by voice vote.

The Council and staff continued to discuss various topics to include asking the Planning

and Zoning Commission to review building heights for hotels regardless of whether they

were located near a freeway due to two recent situations and requesting that staff review

whether to consider allowing for private residential composting collection.

XII. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned without objection at 11:23 p.m.