Tax Proposal Chart - 7: Fire Department Expenditures 2014-08-21 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tax Committee. This chart shows the changes in Fire department expenditures over the past 20 years for the City of Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

What should be done with concrete pillars 2014-08-21 - Greensburg Street at the Public Square, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Some want these concrete pillars removed, calling them "outdated, unused," and want to know why the city and county don't work together to remove them from the Downtown Square. What do you think of should be done? Remove them, or is there a practical creative re-use for them? Or is the correct course to just leave them alone for now. Ideas welcome. Click on "Comments" below or use any Contact/submit button. Or, if you prefer, call 270-250-2730 during the 8am-5pmCT period. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tabitha Scott Crawford, sustainability leader at CU 2014-08-21 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo from Campbellsville University. Tabitha Scott Crawford: Campbellsville University's Kentucky Heartland Institute on Public Policy (KHIPP) will present Tabitha Scott Crawford, senior vice president of sustainability and innovation at Balfour Beatty Investments, speaking at a KHIPP symposium at 1pmCT/2pmET Wednesday, September 10, following a 9amCT/10amET chapel presentation. - Joan C. McKinney, Campbellsville University Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tax Proposal Chart - 6: Police Department 2014-08-20 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tax Committee. This chart shows the changes in police department expenditures over the past 20 years, 1993 (1), 1998 (2), 2003 (3), 2008 (4) and 2013 (5) for the City of Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tax Proposal Chart - 5: General Gov't 2014-08-20 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tax Committee. The Tax Committee presented this graph showing general government expenditures, with percentage increases in each 5 year increment over the past 20 years. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tax Proposal Chart - 4: Expenses by dept. comparison 2014-08-20 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Tax Committe Chart. Council Member and Lead presenter of the Tax Committee June Parson presented this chart, showing expenditures by department in 5 year increments. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tax Proposal Chart - 3: Expenditures by Totals 5 yr. increments 2014-08-20 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Tax Committee Chart. This chart shows the steady rise in expenditures in the past 20 years of City of Columbia Government, along with percentages in each time frame. The Tax Committee is composed of three Council Members, June Parson, who narrated the committee's finding, and Robert Flowers and Craig Dean. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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