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Columbia council approves first-reading of Amtrak station lease amendment after resident urges future daytime service
Summary
City council voted unanimously on first reading to authorize a third amendment to the lease for the Amtrak station on Pulaski Street; a resident urged the council and staff to pursue daytime passenger-rail service and noted the station handled about 27,000 riders last year.
The Columbia City Council on April 1, 2025, approved on first reading Ordinance No. 2025-018 authorizing execution of a third amendment to the lease for the Amtrak station on Pulaski Street.
The measure, carried as an ordinance on first reading, passed unanimously in a roll-call vote after one member of the public, resident Reagan Freeman, spoke during the public-input period to thank the council for renewing the lease and to urge attention to broader passenger-rail opportunities.
Freeman told council…
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