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City staff report hires, infrastructure work, utilities issues and legislative developments
Summary
Columbia City department heads reported a range of routine operational items — from a Board of Works-approved contract for a school test kitchen to equipment and connectivity problems, hiring timelines, utility repairs, a planned Prairie State Energy Campus tour and emerging state legislative changes affecting property and business taxes.
Department heads and staff at the Feb. 11 Columbia City Common Council meeting summarized multiple operational items affecting city services, hiring and infrastructure — and provided a legislative update on bills under consideration at the statehouse.
City staff reported the Board of Works approved a contract with the Wilton County School Corporation to establish a test kitchen; staff said one remaining procedural item remains before the project proceeds. The city’s community engagement specialist submitted a three-week notice of resignation.
Public-works and parks staff described near-term construction and maintenance work: a trail pre-construction meeting is scheduled for March 13 at 11 a.m., and major work is under way at the skate park. Parks staff also said a leaf pile at Morris Park will be collected and the material given away to residents in the coming weeks; separate tree-removal work is ongoing.
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