Year: 2017

On 06/14/2017 at approximately 12:30 am. Columbia Borough Police were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Cherry Street for a domestic disturbance. When police arrived, they made contact with the a 21 year old female victim. The victim stated her ex-boyfriend Terrance Faus Jr. “beat” her and placed his hands around her neck and “choked” her. The victim sustained visible injuries to include scratches on her arm and redness around her neck. Terrance Faus Jr. fled the residence before police arrived.

A Joint Feasibility Study group, consisting of representatives from Columbia Borough and Columbia Borough School District, will meet in the Council meeting room, 308 Locust Street, on Wednesday, June 14 at 5 p.m. to consider whether there is sufficient interest to pursue a study on the possible consolidation of school district, borough administration offices and the borough police department at the District Administration Center, 200 North 5th St, Columbia.

That was Public Works Director Ron Miller’s response to a resident’s question about the borough’s street sweeper at Monday’s borough council meeting. Austin Hogentogler asked why it’s been nine weeks since the sweeper has run by his house. He said he has had to sweep by hand in front of his house despite various health concerns.

“The other one blew up. The motor blew up,” Miller said of the street sweeper. Hogentogler asked why a newer, recently purchased street sweeper was not running.

Mayor Leo Lutz replied, “The street sweeper is not running, because the company we’re buying the street sweeper from has not released it to the borough, because they will not release it until they train operators on how to use it.” Lutz said that it is incumbent on the company to train the borough’s operators.

At its April 10, 2017 meeting, council approved the purchase of a street sweeper at a cost of $221,877.