COLUMBIA -- Bird Scooters have officially returned to downtown Columbia this week after the City Council voted to bring them back in March. The agreement between Bird Rides, Inc and the City of Columbia says more than 500 scooters will be back for one year, unless the contract is terminated. According to previous KOMU 8 reporting, the operational agreement comes with two $10,000 fees that the company will pay to the city of Columbia and the University of Missouri, respectively. The university and city will split a daily $2 fee for each bird in operation. According to the Bird app, local rules for the scooters include: