Author: SPY

Download the meeting packet HERE.

There’s still snow on the river from last week’s snowfalls and cold weather, but temperatures are forecast to reach the mid- to high 30s today.

                     Red Canna LLC and Laura E. Diamantoni conveyed 144 Locust St. to Aashish Ponniah and Rebecca Ponniah for $310,000.

James M Demish And Hilda F. Demish conveyed property on a public road to Paul J Crouse Investments for $180,000.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved an operating revenue increase of 13.4% this week, after rejecting a 13.8% increase proposed by Columbia Water in April.

Columbia Water has not yet released adjusted customer rates, but new rate increases will be smaller than the increases originally proposed, according to the PUC.

Columbia Water originally requested a $999,900 increase in operating revenue, and a proposed increase in customer costs of 6.3% in the Columbia district and 22.9% in the Marietta district, according to PUC. The approved operating revenue increase is $971,180.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/puc-approves-rate-increases-for-columbia-water-customers/article_4d852370-b6fc-11ee-a9dd-9766751b7bce.html

When: Columbia Council meeting, Jan. 9.

What happened: A recent hours-long standoff between a Columbia resident and police officers prompted Mayor Leo Lutz to urge council members to adopt a separate nuisance ordinance to make it easier to evict residential tenants.

Background: Police arrested Charles Harris Jan. 12 after he barricaded himself into a home to avoid receiving a warrant for a firearms violation. Harris shot at a police dog, who was not injured, before he was apprehended.

More: Police and code officers previously visited the address in the 300 block of Cherry Street, which is a rental home, Lutz said.

Quotable: “There has to be a way to stop this from happening,” Lutz said. “We go back to the same places time and time again.” The mayor estimated that 50% of borough residences are rental properties.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/columbia-mayor-urges-council-to-adopt-nuisance-ordinance/article_0b1754a2-b640-11ee-8097-e356d06c434e.html

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Burger King No. 2605, 531 N. Third St., Columbia, Jan. 11. Pass. Food employee preparing food not wearing a beard cover. Cheese was held at 47 F in the small cooling unit near the office rather than 41 F or below as required. The ambient temperature of this unit is 62 F; temperature-control-for-safety foods are not permitted to be stored in this unit until it maintains a cold-holding temperature of 41 F or colder. Ice in the hand-wash sink near the drive-thru indicates uses other than hand-washing. Food facility does not provide lockers or storage for food employee personal clothing and possessions. Employee personal belongings (jackets, coats, purses, backpacks) hanging from racks and placed on racks with food for the business rather than in a designated area.

Edible Classroom, $7,452

The Manor Township-based nonprofit will expand its work in Lancaster County schools, supporting two new community gardens at Hamilton Elementary in the School District of Lancaster and the Hill Campus in the Columbia Borough School District. Edible Classroom works with its partner schools to plant and maintain gardens and also helps facilitate outdoor lessons in which students learn about topics like organic pest management and taste their freshly grown produce.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/state-farm-bill-grants-benefit-agricultural-programs-for-local-students/article_99281f5c-b57c-11ee-b411-e743a9bf2e57.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

Attachments can be found HERE.

A Columbia Borough employee applies brine to borough streets Thursday in anticipation of Friday’s snowfall.

According to WGAL:

• Tonight, lows will fall to 26 degrees.
• On Friday, light snow will develop from west to east between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.
• The snow will immediately stick to the roads.
• Expect a slow Friday morning commute.
• Steady, light snow will continue through Friday afternoon, before tapering from west to east by evening.
• The Friday evening commute could be worse than the morning.
• Snow looks like it will wind down between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
• How much snow is expected Friday?
• The snow will be widespread across the Susquehanna Valley, with totals ranging from 2-4 inches of fluffy snow.