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Columbia city leaders consider 1% sales tax increase to pay for police and fire needs

Columbia city leaders considered a 1% sales tax increase after they faced a $156 million funding gap for police and fire ...
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Columbia considers 1% sales tax for police and fire funding

City Council discusses a possible ballot measure to raise $38.6 million, add officers and firefighters, build stations, and ...
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Columbia's fire and police pensions are severely underfunded, watchlist shows

COLUMBIA — Columbia has a pension problem; its police and fire retirement funds are severely underfunded. According to the 2024 Public Pension Watchlist, Columbia is last among all city-run public ...
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Columbia fire chief seeks more firefighters for better 911 responses

Columbia Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer is pushing to fill at least 13 vacancies in his department. Schaeffer, who took the helm of the Fire Department in 2024, said that if those positions could be ...
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City of Columbia unveils newly renovated fire station

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WSMV) - The city of Columbia cut the ribbon on a new fire station Friday morning. The Columbia Fire & Rescue team at Station 1 on Garden Street now has a completely renovated and ...