Columbia’s mayor, the other six council members, city manager De’Carlon Seewood, department directors and city staff will wrap up their two-day retreat Friday morning at Old Kinderhook in Camdenton.
The council is discussing several topics, including the future of Columbia and communicating and governing together. The council is expected to discuss the community summit report and the strategic plan today.
Fifth ward councilman Donald Waterman tells 939 the Eagle that he expects some additional discussion on President Trump’s executive order to end illegal immigration. Columbia’s council considered President Trump’s executive order at their May 5 meeting, before tabling it. The proposal they are considering would change language referring to diversity, equity and inclusion in the city’s strategic planning document.
$13-million dollars in federal funding is at stake.
