Stephen Alexander, Caroll Highbarger and Ellon Locurto-Martinez each received four votes from council members, which means they can serve two years upon appointment.

John McClure, Susan Smith and Steve Weinberg got five votes each. Thefore, they can be appointed for three years.

James Martin and Betty Wilson each received six votes. They can serve for four years upon appointment.

There will also be one more person appointed to the board. That will be someone from Columbia's Human Rights Commission.

The council spent a majority of the night discussing many issues. A major one was passing a moratorum on establishing payday loan business offices for the next six months.

During the public hearing section of the meeting, they discussed water production operations in the McBaine bottoms.

Environment and Energy Commission members worry that treated sewage from the Eagle Bluffs Wetlands is mixing in with five of the 15 wells in the McBaine River bottoms. Those wells supply most of the city's water.

The commission advised citizens to keep a watchful eye on what is intruding into those wellfields. Any time of pharmaceutical or endocrine disrupter could be an issue.

City council passed a moratorium on establishing payday loan businesses for the following six months. Payday loans are small, short-term loans that cover a borrower's expenses until his or her next payday.

Columbia already had 21 payday lan businesses and councilman Jerry Wade has said that is more than enough.

In 2008, the average payday loan in Missouri was about $298 with an interest rate of 430 percent.

Also, there was a first read on an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 budget that would allocate money to add positions in the law department, city prosecutor division, and the municipal court.