City of Columbia, Missouri
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Council Chamber
701 E. Broadway
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
6:00 PM
Work Session
Columbia, MO. 65202
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Buffaloe called the meeting to order at approximately 6:01 p.m.
Council Members Buffaloe, Fowler, Waner, Lovelady, Foster, Pitzer and Peters were in
attendance.
Council Member Peters arrived at 6:30 p.m.
Mayor Buffaloe then made a motion to adjust the agenda to move the curbside
collection discussion to the first item on the agenda and move the closed portion
to the end of the meeting. Seconded by Waner.
7 - Peters, Pitzer, Fowler, Waner, Buffaloe, Foster, and Lovelady
Present:
This item is open to the public: Motion for the City Council to go into
closed session 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.
Motion to go into closed session at approximately 6:49 p.m. made by Buffaloe,
seconded by Waner. All in favor.
This item is closed to the public: Closed Meeting
The closed portion of the meeting ended at approximately 8:39 p.m., and the City Council
returned to the Council Chamber to officially go back into the open portion of the meeting
and adjourn the meeting.
This item is open to the public: Residential Solid Waste Curbside
Collection Discussion
Utilities DIrector, David Sorrell presented Council with Solid Waste suggestions regarding
curbside collections.
Sorrel laid out the public engagement activity which includes the information below:
November 2022-Council asked the Solid Waste Utility group to seek the public’s opinions
on the future of automated trash collection.
January 2023-Public meetings held and BeHeard online survey and other information was
available.
February 2023- Results and analysis from public’s input conducted.
He explained the methodology and who took the survey with graphs to show percentages
of who took the survey, by what means they took the survey and other detailed