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No City Council meeting this week

By Adam Beam | Published: November 9, 2009
Some council members, including Belinda Gergel, will be at the Congress of Cities and Exposition as part of the National League of Cities. You can read more about that here. Instead of a meeting on Wednesday, the city is holding its annual Veterans Day Parade, which it first started in 1978. It starts at 11 a.m. [...]
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City could fire lobbyists

By adam beam | Published: August 25, 2009
Columbia City Council members could fire the city’s lobbyists tomorrow as a way to save money. Council members meet at 9 a.m. for a work session (agenda here.) Last week, Councilwoman Belinda Gergel surprised everyone with a motion to fire the city’s three state lobbyists. Under Gergel’s plan, Teresa Florence, the city’s director of governmental affairs, would [...]
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Columbia's hybrid City Council

By adam beam | Published: July 20, 2009
Lots of people thing Columbia should have a strong-mayor form of government, where the city’s mayor would be full time and act as the city manager. Mayor Bob Coble has advocated for a hybrid strong mayor form, but so far has been unsuccessful. But at least now he has a hybrid City Council. Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine [...]
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A 6-1 vote that was really 4-3

By adam beam | Published: July 9, 2009
Columbia City Council members approved the controversial landlord registration ordinance last night by a 6-1 vote. Councilman Kirkman Finlay voted no. While the official vote was 6-1, the real vote was 4-3. Joining Finlay in opposition to the ordinance were council members Daniel Rickenmann and Tameika Isaac Devine. Those three did not support the ordinance because it [...]
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No picnic for Columbia employees

By adam beam | Published: June 8, 2009
A majority of City Council members this morning cut $10,000 from next year’s budget by eliminating city employee’s annual picnic. Four council members — Mayor Bob Coble, Tameika Isaac Devine, Daniel Rickenmann and Belinda Gergel — met this morning to figure out how to cut $2.3 million from next year’s budget, which begins July 1. As [...]
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