City of Columbia, Missouri
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Council Chambers
Columbia City Hall
701 E. Broadway
Thursday, June 16, 2022
4:00 PM
REVISED Budget Work Session
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Buffaloe called the meeting to order at approximately 4:00 p.m.
6 - Peters, Skala, Pitzer, Waner, Buffaloe, and Foster
Present:
Absent:
1 - Fowler
Presentation by OpenGov
Mayor Buffaloe introduced Finance Staff Matthew Lue and Andrea Greer. Greer began by
explaining that OpenGov is a budgeting, strategic plan, capital improvement,
transparency computer program that Finance would like Council input on before the
purchase.
Budget Officer, Andrea Greer introduced three representatives of OpenGov to give a
presentation to Council Members.
OpenGov is built ground-up, cloud based, and based on Government Accounting Best
Practices sourced from many OpenGov customers and GFOA. OpenGov offers
streamlined, priority budgeting, high quality and timely reporting and enables staff to
share information with the public. OpenGov is built for security and has 24/7 safeguards
and is continuously improving. OpenGov is built for Government only, is cloud based and
has 300+ years of government experience on staff.
Representatives met with several staff members prior to today’s Council meeting to
determine the City’s needs. OpenGov will work with City Staff with budgeting and
planning and has a reporting and transparency platform. Areas of focus for the City of
Columbia include streamlined, priority budgeting, high quality & timely reporting and
community engagement.
Mayor Buffaloe mentioned she likes that the Strategic Plan is tied into this program and
asked if this program works together with Tyler/Munis. Greer indicated yes, Munis and
OpenGov work together to transfer accurate information.
Council Members, staff and representatives from OpenGov discussed this program
further. Finance indicated this program will help be able to identify specific areas of
expenditures and easy access for reporting.
Budget Work Session Presentation
At approximately 5:05 p.m. Mayor Buffaloe turned the meeting over to Finance staff to
discuss the budget work session presentation.
Greer stressed the importance of having budgetary priorities. She mentioned the City
Manager’s FY23 priorities which include employee engagement and compensation,