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City of Columbia Columbia City Clerk Wesley Hoeffkin, left, is shown swearing in Ward 3 Alderman Gene Ebersohl as acting mayor on Wednesday night at a special meeting streamed live on Facebook. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio. It was a quiet and somber meeting that lasted only about four minutes. On Wednesday night, Columbia City Council members elected former Ward 3 Alderman Gene Ebersohl as acting mayor. Ebersohl replaces longtime Mayor Kevin Hutchinson, who resigned Monday after being indicted last week by a federal grand jury for allegedly lying to investigators about referral commissions he received on city insurance contracts. ....