From Mayor Pamela Hoots: The Columbia City Council met in their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening (December 1, 2025).
The Council approved the minutes of last month’s meeting.
The Council went into executive session per KRS 61.810 (1) (g). “Discussions between a public agency and a representative of a business entity and discussions concerning a specific proposal, if open discussions would jeopardize the siting, retention, expansion, or upgrading of the business.”
No action was taken in the executive session.
They voted to make application for a gas grant pertinent to economic development.
Assistant Chief Drew Conn gave a presentation on a possible qualification range for the Columbia Police Department that would be constructed on land that the city currently owns that is located just outside the city limits. Assistant Chief Conn noted a lot of the items that they would utilize would be donated; and, the city could do a lot of work in-house. The council voted to proceed with the project. They requested that Conn furnish them with the total estimated cost.
Phyllis Payne was reappointed to the Columbia Housing Authority.
The Council authorized an invitation to bid for a dump truck that will be assigned to the Columbia Gas Department.
The Mayor gave an extensive report on the grants and funding that the city currently had in process that totalled almost twenty million dollars.
Council members gave holiday greetings in their comments.
(Mayor Pamela Hoots – City of Columbia)