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Votes at a glance: Columbia City Council (March 2026) — ordinance and resolution outcomes
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Summary
A concise list of actions taken by the Columbia City Council at its March 2026 meeting, including approvals of budget amendments, policies, zoning readings and grant acceptances.
Below are the formal actions recorded at the Columbia City Council meeting in March 2026. Motion text is summarized from the agenda and the transcript record. Where the transcript did not provide an explicit named vote for each individual, the outcome is reported as recorded by roll call.
• Appointment (6.2): Approved — Andrew Pearson appointed to the City of Columbia Arts Council for a three-year term beginning 03/12/2026 (transcript: SEG 178–207).
• Consent agenda (7.1–7.13): Approved — January disbursements $10,967,212.19; contracts and authorizations including pavement management consultant (not to exceed $145,680) and CityLogix software (not to exceed $18,900); purchase of three license-plate readers with subscription costs noted; Healthy Built Environment grant reallocation $50,000; crowd protection barriers purchase using violent crimes intervention funds ($261,520) (transcript: SEG 208–285).
• Resolution 26-12 (9.1): Approved — request Murray County Election Commission conduct city election on 11/03/2026 (transcript: SEG 288–307).
• Resolution 26-13 (9.2): Approved — tax corrections (transcript: SEG 308–324).
• Resolution 26-14 (9.3): Approved — accept ownership and maintenance of sewer improvements serving Woodward Estates (transcript: SEG 325–338).
• Resolution 26-15 (9.4): Approved — ratify $19,000 in sponsorship donations for the 2026 Mid State Classic (transcript: SEG 339–389).
• Resolution 26-16 (9.5): Approved — accept GM on Main Street grant ($60,000) and authorize execution of related documents (transcript: SEG 390–413).
• Resolution 26-17 (9.6): Approved — adopt cash management policy (transcript: SEG 414–430).
• Resolution 26-18 (9.7): Approved — adopt capital asset management policy (transcript: SEG 431–446).
• Resolution 26-19 (9.8): Approved — adopt budget monitoring policy (transcript: SEG 447–465).
• Resolution 26-22 (9.9): Approved — adopt Columbia 2026 as the annual strategic plan (transcript: SEG 466–496).
• Ordinance 4578 (10.1) — second consideration: Approved with mayoral recusal — add 810 Woodland St. to downtown historic overlay (transcript: SEG 498–526). Mayor Mulder recused and did not participate in the vote as noted on the record.
• Ordinance 4587 (10.2) — second consideration: Approved — amend FY25–26 budget for general capital projects and grants (transcript: SEG 527–549).
• Ordinance 4582 (10.3) — second consideration: Approved — Morning Point preliminary PUD master plan (transcript: SEG 550–572).
• Ordinance 4583 (10.4) — first consideration: Approved on first reading — Beechcroft Plaza PUD (transcript: SEG 573–598).
• Ordinance 4584 (10.5) — first consideration: Approved on first reading — terminate electric power easement at Honey Farm Way/US 31 (transcript: SEG 599–622).
The meeting closed with no further business and a motion to adjourn (transcript: SEG 623–648).
