Columbus leaders present 2027 legislative requests to state lawmakers

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus city councilors, state lawmakers and community partners went over the city’s 2027 legislative agenda Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. The list asks the state for help on election costs, community paramedicine and probate judge pay.The meeting took place in the Sycamore Room at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center. Some of the requests are not new.“A lot of the things that we are bringing are repeat things that did not get all the way through and didn’t get legislative approval, and so we just keep on bringing them back,” said Charmaine Crabb, District 5 city councilor.Election costsOne request is about elections. If Georgia changes its voting system, possibly to paper ballots, Columbus wants the state to cover the added costs for counties and elections boards.“We’re going to have something coming up pretty soon where they are going to look at changing the way we do elections, maybe with the systems, paper ballots, whatever the case