Columbia City Council

The Columbia City Council is the lawmaking body of the city of Columbia, Missouri.[1] It has seven elected members, including the Mayor of Columbia.[1] Each member represents one of the city's six wards, except the mayor who is elected by city-wide vote. Council members are elected for three-year terms.[1] Elections are held annually, as the terms are staggered.[1] In addition to lawmaking, the main duties of the council include hiring a city manager and appointing citizens to boards and commissions; of which there are 57 as of 2019.[2] The council members receive a stipend; however, there has been debate over making members full-time city employees.[3] The council meets in Columbia's City Hall, also known as the Daniel Boone Building.

Current Council

The most recent municipal election was April 2, 2019. Incumbent Mayor Brian Treece defeated former Missouri State Representative Chris Kelley.[4][5][6] Ian Thomas and Karl Skala ran unopposed.[7] The Mayor announced the hiring of Columbia's newest city manager John Glascock on July 15, 2019.[8] Also in 2019, the Associated Press reported that the council "is backing legislation that would ban gay conversion therapy for minors."[9]

Mayor

1st Ward
  • Clyde Ruffin[1]
  • Pat Fowler 2020-2023

2nd Ward
  • Andrea Waner [1]

3rd Ward
  • Karl Skala[1]
  • Roy Lovelady 2022-2025

4th Ward
  • Ian Thomas[1]
  • Nick Foster 2022-2025

5th Ward

6th Ward
  • Betsy Peters[1]

History

See also

References
  1. "City Council". City of Columbia. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. "Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces". City of Columbia. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  3. Bishop, Lauren (February 20, 2019). "Should City Council members be full-time employees? Thomas says yes". Columbia Missourian. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  4. Jeremy Turley; Tess Vrbin (April 3, 2019). "Treece buries Kelly in race for mayor". Columbia Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. Slavit, Mark (March 27, 2019). "Treece and Kelly battle in Columbia's mayoral race". KRCG. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  6. Brad (March 29, 2019). "(AUDIO) Columbia mayoral candidates Brian Treece and Chris Kelly". 93.9 The Eagle. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  7. "Columbia City Council candidate Q&A: Consolidating Police and Sheriff's departments". Columbia Missourian. March 24, 2019. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  8. Burke, Michael (July 15, 2019). "Palenick misses out on Columbia, Mo., city manager job". The Journal Times. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. "Columbia against conversion therapy for minors". Associated Press. February 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

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