This week’s photos of Columbia 

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The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department, Lancaster County Probation and Parole, and the Columbia Borough Police Department conducted a Borough-wide warrant detail on July 9th. Approximately 30 Officers and Deputies checked residences of known offenders and persons having outstanding warrants. Some offenders turned themselves in at the Columbia Police Department. Twelve arrests were made for various offenses to include Simple Assault, Strangulation, Resisting Arrest, Parole Violations and various other offenses. Six of the individuals arrested were committed to Lancaster County Prison. The Columbia Borough Police Department is appreciative to our County Law Enforcement partners for the ongoing support.

[Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/law-enforcement-conducts-boroughwide-warrant-sweep?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HtdC_w_0HqbF1r3DQAPq-2nrIKIeiLVb7YoD1d7Ize9H5eJWWXgahCSg_aem_ENqQhrFoW7rg6ew2Hy5i6Q]

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A large digital billboard was installed near the site of the former visitors center at 445 Linden Street. Columbia Borough Council voted last December to amend its off-premise signs ordinance to allow the billboard to be installed. PennDOT also approved the installation.

Joseph from Rich Hardin Construction worked on the project.

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New parking space lines on the 400 block of Cherry

Seen at Laurel Hill

Sunset

Breezy evening

Growing together

Always bring your backhoe with you.

July 4th leftover

The mayfly – Columbia’s mascot?

Cicada killer

They generally avoid humans, and who can blame them?

Here’s what they eat.

Spielberg-esque clouds

(Are the aliens coming?)

New boat trailer parking space?

Here’s the plate.

Somebody missing a bike?

(River Park)

An anorexic devil standing proud at Columbia Curiosities

There he is again.

A couple of guys drilling a hole in South 4th Street

Hey, there’s the trolley!

Going to where they’re biting

A good boy cooling off in the river

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Digital billboard coming to Columbia

Artist’s rendition of the finished project

[Oaktree Outdoor Advertising, L.P.]

A large digital billboard is currently being installed near the site of the former visitors center at 445 Linden Street. Columbia Borough Council voted last December to amend its off-premise signs ordinance to allow the billboard to be installed.

Video: Howard Stevens

Photo: Howard Stevens

Photo: Liane Laskoske

Jake Graham named interim borough manager for Columbia Borough

Jake Graham

Jake Graham was appointed as interim borough manager for Columbia Borough in a unanimous vote by council at its Tuesday night meeting. Graham steps into a position left vacant by former borough manager Mark Stivers’ recent resignation. In addition to his new responsibilities, Graham will continue to serve as the public works manager until a permanent borough manager is selected. To aid in this search, council has hired headhunter Scott Fiore from TriStarr for $15,000 to find and recruit qualified candidates for the position.

[LNP | LancasterOnline] Former Columbia manager pleads guilty to Sunshine Act violation

Former Columbia Borough Manager Mark Stivers 

[Columbia Spy file photo]

Columbia Borough’s former manager violated Pennsylvania’s open meetings law this spring, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said, on the heels of a similar Sunshine Act complaint against the borough.

Mark Stivers paid a $100 fine after pleading guilty June 27 to violating the state Sunshine Act when he failed to post in advance an agenda for the borough’s May 7 council meeting.

The Sunshine Act, the state’s transparency and open meetings law, is meant to ensure people have full access to public meetings. The law requires meeting agendas to be posted at least 24 hours in advance to give residents time to prepare.

“In the end, the agenda for the workshop was not posted. It was my fault. I’m not going to fight it,” said Stivers, who resigned his manager post July 3 for unrelated reasons.

The DA’s office investigated the complaint after former borough council member Sharon Lintner raised concerns about an open meetings violation at the borough’s May 7 council meeting. At that meeting, Stivers apologized for not posting the meeting agenda ahead of time, attributing the mistake to a clerical error.

“The actor was notified the day of the borough council meeting that the agenda had not been posted but did not cancel the agency meeting. Rather, the actor proceeded with the meeting and later acknowledged that the required notice had not been properly posted,” district attorney spokesman Sean McBryan said.

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