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The Columbia City Council meeting scheduled for September 16, 2025, will include approval of the August 19, 2025 meeting minutes, presentation of three proclamations (Constitution Week, National Clean Energy Week, and Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month), and approval of Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Special Revenue Allocations. The agenda also includes approval for installation of speed humps on Medical Drive and Etiwan Avenue, and consent agenda items including professional services agreements for state lobbying services totaling up to $144,000 ($72,000 each to Jet Corp Consulting Group, LLC and Due South Advocacy, both Columbia-based firms).
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The Columbia City Council held a regular meeting on August 5, 2025, to address various agenda items including approval of minutes and consent agenda items. The council considered multiple fiscal year 2025/2026 contracts and professional services agreements, including a $70,000 contract with River Alliance for the Three Rivers Greenway Project Development, a $90,000 federal lobbying services agreement with CapitalEdge Strategies LLC, a $100,000 computer and job skills training agreement with Fast Forward, and a $130,900 auditing services contract with Scott and Company LLC. All funding sources were identified within existing budgets, with several contracts supporting community development and infrastructure projects in Columbia, South Carolina.
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The Columbia City Council held a Regular Meeting on April 1, 2025, with an agenda including approval of previous meeting minutes, several proclamations (A'One Day, National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, National Community Development Week, National Fair Housing Month, and National Financial Literacy Month), and consent agenda items. The consent items included approval for the purchase of two tow-behind debris collectors for Public Works ($152,360.38 from Carolina Industrial Equipment Company) and a construction contract for the Faison Drive Resurfacing Project with True Rock Construction, LLC (not to exceed $639,338.08).
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The Columbia Township Board of Trustees held a meeting on January 12, 2021, at 4:00 pm to conduct annual organizational business including elections of board leadership, appointments to district boards, and approval of the 2021 Annual Appropriation and emergency resolutions regarding tax advance payments and snow removal service charges. The agenda also included reports from township fiscal, road, police, and fire district officials, as well as consideration of a shared-use path project to connect the Little Miami Scenic Trail to Mariemont. The meeting was conducted with COVID-19 protocols in place, offering both in-person attendance and live streaming via Vimeo for public participation.
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The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) Health Care Policy Committee met on December 4, 2025, to review the 2025 open enrollment period. The presentation covered enrollment statistics showing 85,349 total transactions processed (compared to 59,030 in 2024), with significant activity across health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. Active employee enrollment reached 232,227 subscribers with health coverage at 92.07%, while retiree and survivor enrollment totaled 111,407 subscribers with health coverage at 87.75%.
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The Richland County Administration and Finance Committee is scheduled to meet on February 25, 2025, at 6:00 PM to consider several action items including economic development funding for Community Road Phase 2 Widening, implementation of Brightly Software for county facility master planning, acceptance of a DOJ COPS Office Grant for mobile command posts for the Sheriff's Department, and approval of a Data Flow System purchase order increase for Utilities. The committee will also consider directing the County Administrator to research options for enacting a Hate Crimes Ordinance. The meeting agenda includes five council members and will be held at the Council Chambers in Columbia, South Carolina.
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On December 12, 2023, the Columbia Township Board of Trustees held a public meeting that included approval of a $145,000 payment to the Little Miami Fire/EMS District for 2023 member subsidy toward firehouse debt and consideration of several resolutions, including the adoption of the Hamilton County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, renewal of an economic development services agreement with Alloy Development Company through January 2025, and authorization to accept a construction bid from Perkins/Carmack Construction LLC for the Madison Place Fire House Redevelopment project to serve as a community/senior/event center and township administrative office. The agenda also covered standard business items including approval of prior meeting minutes, fiscal and departmental reports, and communications updates, with the meeting streamed live for public viewing.
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