Maxwell Project coming Saturday, November 2
September 2019 Delinquent Tax Report is now available
That September 2019 Lancaster County Delinquent Tax Report is now available and can be downloaded HERE.
Legal notices for upcoming HARB and Zoning meetings
Legal Notice
Notice is hereby given that at 7:00 PM on September 18, 2019, the Historical Architectural Review Board of the Borough of Columbia (HARB) will hear the application of William Pflumm involving property located at 155 Bridge Street requesting approval of plans to complete exterior painting of building in council chambers of Borough Hall, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA.
If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 717-684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs.
Publish Date 9/17/19
Legal Notice
The Zoning Hearing Board of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM, in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and/or appeal(s):
Doolittle Investments LLC/Valued Inc d/b/a Floyd’s of Leadville is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to change the use to manufacture and/or bulk process hemp buds for extracting CBD oil at the property at 185 N Front Street in the Riverfront Commercial (RC) zoned district.
If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 717.684.2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs.
Publish Dates 9/10/19 and 9/17/19
About Town 9/15/19
This week’s photos of Columbia
Butterfly catcher trying to increase his net worth
And he had a bit of competition.
There are those towers again.
Mourning dove in the afternoon
On the rocks (almost)
Turkey vultures eat dead critters. Their poop is a sanitizer.
Raised barn –
The elevator must be inside the post.
The elevator must be inside the post.
Yep, weeds
Still there
Municipal signs for a private drive?
Old and young – wood, that is
Hang out the back, Jack.
Many elevator trucks on Bank Avenue
All the livelong day . . .
There are several things wrong here.
The lights are on, but the store is never open.
On the way to work
Bridge lights
Fulsome foliage
9/11 remembrance
Out on the river
Heron in a hurry
(Above and below)
Tired from the ride
Google tells us that this white-tailed dragonfly is an adult male “common whitetail” or “long-tailed skimmer.”
It appeared to be injured; its thorax looked to be almost separated from its abdomen.
Even so, it kept flying away from the camera.
He didn’t see the sign. Either that, or cats just can’t read.
The Albatwitch is coming October 12.
A door of Columbia
Another door of Columbia – two more, in fact
Campaign sign
Preparing for Friday night’s game
Sparrow messing on a gravestone –
No respect!
Speaking of no respect – someone left this trash on Locust Street, between 7th and 8th.
[Submitted photo]
There’s a rare sight: no traffic on 462 between Chestnut and Locust
And only one vehicle at the end of Chestnut, near the bridge –
Sunday mornings are like that, for about a minute.
What’s the point?
Hide and seek
All wired up
“The field”
You’ll never be the same.
More hide and seek
Morning jibber-jabber
Morning mist
“The field” Sunday morning
In a fog
Get your truck washed.
Columbia Borough Meetings – Week of September 16, 2019
Columbia Library Schedule – Week of September 16, 2019
Matt McCleary throws for 3 first-quarter touchdowns as Columbia stops Pequea Valley
Columbia wasted little time making waves at home on Friday night.
Five first-quarter touchdowns set the tone, and a handful of key special teams plays led to quick scores, as the Crimson Tide outpaced visiting Pequea Valley 43-6 in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three football contest.
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Columbia drafts budget with goal of avoiding another tax increase
When: Council meeting, Sept. 12.
What happened: After getting a first glimpse at its proposed 2020 budget, Borough Council is cautiously optimistic it can avoid a tax increase for the coming year. Council reviewed a first draft of the $7.1 million general fund spending plan during a special budget meeting.
Taxes: The draft budget calls for no property tax increase but does rely on a drawdown of a little more than $1 million from the borough’s reserves. Finance Manager Kyle Watts cautioned the numbers are still preliminary because the borough has not yet received its health insurance quotes for the coming year and police contract negotiations are ongoing. Other numbers could also change as more information is received, he said.
Why it matters: The goal is to avoid a tax increase after having raised taxes 21% last year, Council President Kelly Murphy said. To do that, the borough will need to either come up with further spending cuts or use a little more than half of its $2.1 million reserves. Without using any of its reserves, the borough would have to raise property taxes by more than 2.5 mills, which is 31%, to balance the draft expenditure levels.
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How You Can Comply with the Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Regulations
Lancaster County is one of 14 PA counties under quarantine due to spotted lanternflies
The bugs are so intensely dangerous to our state’s wildlife — which hasn’t had a chance to evolve natural defenses against them — that the counties where they’ve appeared are under an actual, real quarantine.
There are 14 counties under lockdown, enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. That means residents have to inspect all materials they move in and out of the counties.
Also, businesses are required to obtain special permits if they want to transport things in or out of the lanternfly zone during the course of their work.
Last month, five counties in western New Jersey were put under quarantine too.
MORE:
https://billypenn.com/2019/09/13/10-worst-things-about-the-spotted-lanternfly-invasion/
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