City of Columbia Missouri

P.O. BOX 6015
COLUMBIA, MO 65205

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 23, 2020

CONTACT: Sara Humm
Community Relations Specialist
City Manager's Office
City of Columbia
[email protected]

City office hours, services over Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 26-27

(COLUMBIA, MO) - City of Columbia offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, in observance of Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving. Offices will reopen Monday, Nov. 30.

All Solid Waste services (landfill and all collections) will not operate on Thanksgiving Day. Solid Waste will resume normal operations on Friday, Nov. 27. Thursday and Friday curbside routes will be delayed by one day following the holiday. Thursday customers will be collected on Friday and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday. Residents can download the COMO Recycle and Trash app for collection day reminders and service notifications. Questions concerning the collection schedule should be directed to the Contact Center at 573.874.CITY (2489).

Go COMO, Columbia's public transit system, will not operate and parking meter regulations will not be enforced on the observed City holidays. Transit service and parking meter enforcement will resume Saturday, Nov. 28. 

Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) will not be updating COVID-19 numbers on Thanksgiving Day. The numbers will be updated Friday on the information hub but not posted on social media. The information hub can be found by visiting CoMo.gov/Coronavirus. PHHS will not update numbers on Saturday or Sunday, as they are no longer reporting on the weekends. Case investigators and contact tracers will not be working Thanksgiving Day to allow them to enjoy the holiday. They will be working Friday through Sunday in a more limited capacity, similar to their work on a normal weekend. 

Parks and Recreation's Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) will close at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. Recreation swim will be open that day from 12 to 5 p.m. The ARC will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day. The facility will reopen the day after Thanksgiving for normal operating hours of 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Recreation swim will be open that day from 12 to 9 p.m.

Although administrative offices for both the Police and Fire departments will be closed, all other emergency services will be available.

Please visit CoMo.gov/Utilities for phone numbers to contact staff regarding emergencies related to Water, Electric, Sewer and Stormwater.


City of Columbia Vision
Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.

City of Columbia Mission
To serve the public equitably through democratic, transparent and efficient government.

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