City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Council  
Conference Room  
1A/1B  
Monday, March 18, 2024  
5:30 PM  
Pre-Council  
Columbia City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
The City Council met on March 18, 2024 at approximately 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room  
1A/1B of City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri.  
10 -  
Present:  
Peters, Peters, Buffaloe, Foster, Lovelady, Waterman, Knoth, Proffitt, Peters, and  
Peters  
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 5:30 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.  
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting in Conference Room  
1A/1B  
At approximately 5:31 p.m., the City Council went into closed session in Conference  
Room 1A/1B pursuant to RSMo Sections 610.021 (3) and (13).  
The City Council adjourned the closed meeting and returned to the open portion of the  
meeting at approximately 6:30 p.m.  
This item is open to the public: Citizens Police Review Board Interviews  
During the open portion of the meeting, the City Council interviewed the three Citizens  
Police Review Applicants, Harry Castilow (in-person), Janet Bezler (by phone), and  
Victoria Stoer (in-person).  
II. ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCIL MAY WISH TO DISCUSS  
None.  
III. ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.