City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Conference Room  
1A/1B  
Monday, May 16, 2022  
5:00 PM  
Pre-Council  
Columbia City Hall  
701 E. Broadway  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Mayor Buffaloe called the meeting to order at approximately 5:00pm.  
7 - Peters, Skala, PItzer, Fowler, Waner, Buffaloe, and Foster  
Present:  
Integrated Electric Resource and Master Plan and Task Force Report  
City Manager De’Carlon Seewood welcomed Director David Sorrell to introduce the topic  
and the presenters.  
Director Sorrell introduced Power Production Superintendent Christian Johanningmeier  
(operations maintenance and operation transmission system) and Eric Worts,engineering  
supervisor in electric provision, mainly dealing with transmission systems, substations,  
distribution systems, etc.  
Director Sorrel then welcomed presenters to present the topic which had two sections:  
Completed electric resource planning and electric management planning.  
The Power Production Superintendent Christian Johanningmeier started by giving a  
background of where the city was, where it is now, and where it is heading regarding  
water and light programs. The Water and Light department has done an integrated plan  
on resources (IRP) once every 5 years. The last two were in 2008 and 2013. In 2018 we  
were due to have another one. At that time it was decided that maybe we ought to do a  
master infrastructure planning and at the same time the resource planning. It was a  
departure from what the city normally does. It was also decided by the City Council that  
more public process should be taken as part of the overall process. In 2018, the City  
Council passed a resolution to establish the Task Force for Integrated Electric Resource  
&Master Plan (IER & MP) which has eleven voting members (Five from W&L Advisory  
Board, and Six from Community), Four Ad-Hoc members (including members from the  
climate and environmental control commission, the housing and development  
commission, University of Missouri, and Boone Electric), and a Citizen led task force with  
open public meetings.  
Eric Worts presented on the Master Plan Initiative. Worts shed light on what the Master  
Plan meant in terms of Water and Light which are physical assets, transmission and  
distribution infrastructure that we own and operate. Part of the Master Plan is to  
determine what should be done, and what kind of capital is needed to develop it. Siemens  
looked at various plans on what it will take to develop the plan. (See the powerpoint  
presentation attached)  
Council member Betsy Peters asked if there was a plan in place, how this would be  
funded and is there a timeline. Eric indicated there is $8 million budgeted fiscal year  
2023.  
Director Dave Sorrell indicated they have added in the CIP for the next year to hire a  
consultant to assist them with steps they can take to achieve the AMI goal.  
II. ANY OTHER ITEM COUNCIL MAY WISH TO DISCUSS  
None.  
III. ADJOURNMENT  
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 6:05pm.  
May 26 - 27: Council Retreat