Columbia Policy resolutions ordinance (§ 2-55)

Whenever the mayor and/or city manager, during the preparation of the agenda for a council meeting, or a majority of the council at a council meeting, determines that a resolution sets policy, the resolution shall be designated a "policy resolution" and may not be considered at the meeting at which it is introduced for the first time, but must be held over and placed on the agenda of the following meeting under old business, and public comment, if requested, shall be permitted.