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Votes at a glance: Columbus City Council approves liquor-license recommendation, contracts and airport leases; adopts finance audit report
Summary
Columbus City Council on March 17 approved several resolutions, contracts and routine items by voice vote, including a liquor‑license recommendation for Van Berg Golf Course, adoption of the city’s fiscal-year audit, several procurement approvals and airport lease agreements.
Columbus City Council on March 17 approved multiple routine and substantive items in a single meeting, including a recommendation to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission on a liquor-license application, adoption of a financial audit report, contract approvals for transit software and storm sewer cleaning, airport lease agreements, a transit funding application and a $1.53 million sidewalk construction award.
Key votes and approvals at the meeting included:
• Van Berg Golf Course liquor-license recommendation: The council voted to recommend that the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission approve a retail class I liquor license for Van Berg Golf Course at 560 Van Berg Drive with Douglas Dunbar named as manager. The council closed the public hearing and approved the motion by voice vote; no roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.
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