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The city is one step closer to hiring a grant writer.

Police Chief Joseph Daughtry is asking Columbus City Council to help the department gear up.

The Dispatch filed an open records complaint Friday against the city of Columbus for failing to provide records the newspaper requested related to the parks department.

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Columbus Vice Mayor said the issue doesn't lie in paying for Propst Park upgrades. He said the problem is in how the city goes about paying for it.

After telling The Dispatch last week that Watkins, Ward and Stafford believed finishing the Fiscal Year 2021 audit within 30 days was “realistic,” Mayor Keith Gaskin said Wednesday the timeline is no longer as certain.

A councilman accrued the city more than $1,000 in late charges to register for a conference next week in Point Clear, Alabama.

Citizens trying to force a referendum on the city borrowing $3 million to upgrade Propst Park have been emailing protests to City Hall over the past few days, Chief Financial Officer Jim Brigham said.

Mayor Keith Gaskin broke a tie during Tuesday’s Columbus City Council meeting to hire two part-time security guards for City Hall.

Columbus residents doing business at City Hall will soon see a couple of new faces. The City Council voted to hire two part-time security guards.