Columbia Spy

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1) Council voted 5-1 to purchase the McGinness property which contains eight tracts of ground constituting approximately 58 acres of land located within the Borough of Columbia and West Hempfield Township. The sale price is $1.625 million, and the appraisal is $1.71 million. Councillor John Novak was the only NO vote. Details to follow.

2) Council is considering an offer from Sam and Cindy Bigler to deed the property located at 208-210 Locust Street to Columbia Borough to satisfy borough liens currently associated with the property. Borough liens total $51,911.17. The Biglers will need to satisfy mortgage debt and other liens before the borough would acquire the property.

According to realtor.com the property is listed with SHEPH Real Estate for sale at $49,900. Details to follow.

3) Council accepted the resignation of Dr. Sherry Welsh, effective March 17, 2017, according to her resignation letter. Welsh was appointed by Council on May 11, 2015 to fill a seat vacated a few months earlier by Jody Gable. Dr. Welsh was to serve out the remainder of the term, which is 2-1/2 years. Welsh, who holds a doctorate in social work, is operations manager for York-Adams Transportation Authority and also works part time as a therapist.

4) Council approved purchasing 31 Dell Optiplex personal computers from Staples Business Advantage at a cost of $18,356, and two Dell Power Edge Servers from EZ solutions at a cost of $15,957.

5) Council approved the purchase of a brine machine at a cost not to exceed $45,000, a Kubota RTV with blade attachment at a cost of $20,508, and a snowblower attachment with chute for current skid steer unit at a cost of $7,836.

6) Council approved purchase of a street sweeper at a cost of $221,877, a snowblower at a cost of $124,547, and a compact trackloader with bucket attachment at a cost of $51,463.

Two people believed to be responsible for the recent rash of graffiti in Columbia have been arrested.

The two were arrested by police recently for an unrelated incident and confessed to spray painting the graffiti when questioned by Officer Bryan Keyser and another officer. Several buildings on North Second and North Front were vandalized during the last week of March. If the suspects are found guilty, they will be made to provide restitution, among other penalties.

Mayor Lutz announced the arrests at Monday’s Borough Council meeting.

More information will be posted when it becomes available.

          Mr. and Mrs. Puryear

 Two guys metal-detecting where storage units will soon be built along Front Street 

 Plaques are back. Memorial plaques on River Park benches have been replaced. Some had been taken by thieves last year.

 Straw was recently added to the landscaping at the bridge plaza.

 A train took a rest on the tracks along Shawnee Run.

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Stahl, a former Columbia resident and Myers (Craley) are pioneers of the water rescue instructing industry. Both instructors have been providing safety, training and education to our First Responders since 1997 throughout the Keystone State and surrounding states.