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Your guide to tonight’s City Council meeting

By Adam Beam | Published: July 28, 2010
The Columbia City Council meets tonight at 6 p.m. at the Eau Claire Print Building (3907 Ensor Avenue). Council normally meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall, but once a quarter they have an evening meeting out in the community in one of the four council districts. This meeting is in District 1, represented by [...]
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Your guide to tomorrow’s City Council meeting

By Adam Beam | Published: November 17, 2009
Columbia City Council meets at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Click here for the full agenda. Here’s my summary: 3. and 4. Resolution No.: R-2009-084 and Resolution No.: R-2009-088 The first resolution gives the city’s permission for the Jobs Economic Development Authority to sell a $5.5 million tax-exempt bond for the State Museum to build a planetarium, [...]
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The consent agenda is back

By adam beam | Published: April 21, 2009
After a brief absence, the consent agenda is back. Last week, council members approved seven items without discussion that totaled $2,495,289.65. They included: $10,557.58 to Watch Guard for two in-car camera systems for the police department. The money came from a U.S. Justice Department grant. $12,701.20 to Trussell Brothers Construction for sewer repairs at the [...]
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Columbia City Council members are spending less

By adam beam | Published: February 17, 2009
I’ve written before about Columbia’s consent agenda, and how in the past it has been as much as $3 million. But with the economy in trouble, and Interim City Manger Steve Gantt freezing all non essential purchases, City Council’s consent agenda has dwindled to practically nothing. In fact, tomorrow’s meeting doesn’t even have a consent agenda. [...]
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2.4.09 consent agenda watch

By adam beam | Published: February 10, 2009
City Council members spent $473,314.02 on last week’s consent agenda, a relatively light week. Items included: $17,704.22 to Dallas-based LeadsOnLine LLC for an online reporting system for the police department. Council members used money from the asset forfeiture account to pay for it. Up to $80,000 in contract negotiations with Wilbur Smith Associates to conduct [...]
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