City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Council  
City Hall  
Conference Room  
1A/1B  
Monday, February 3, 2025  
5:00 PM  
Pre-Council  
701 E. Broadway  
Columbia, MO  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Mayor Buffaloe called the meeting to order at approximately 5:02 p.m.  
Council Member Betsy Peters (arrived at approximately 5:05 p.m.)  
Council Member Valerie Carroll (arrived at approximately 5:05 p.m.)  
This item is open to the public: State of the Court  
Cavanaugh Noce, Municipal Court Judge, provided an overview of the Municipal Court,  
including its functions, roles, and established processes and procedures. He also  
addressed any changes or updates from the past year, as well as personnel updates.  
The Council and Staff engaged in further discussion.  
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 6:17 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  
Foster.  
Council Member Peters stepped our during the vote on this item.  
6 - Buffaloe, Foster, Lovelady, Waterman, Meyer, and Carroll  
Yes:  
Absent:  
1 - Peters  
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting in Conference Room  
1A/1B  
At approximately 6:18 p.m., the City Council went into closed session in Conference  
Room 1A/1B pursuant to RSMo Sections 610.021(3) and (13).  
II. ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL MAY WISH DISCUSS  
None.  
III. ADJOURNMENT  
The closed meeting adjourned at approximately 6:59 p.m.