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Columbia council previews 2027 budget with $474,000 deficit

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John Weidman of Browns Plus presented the draft budget at Wednesdays workshop. JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY  Columbia Borough Council on Wednesday got a first look at a 2027 general fund budget that projects spending about $474,000 more than the borough takes in. Budget: deficit, covered by cash on hand John Weidman, of the accounting firm Browns Plus, has been helping the borough with finance one day a week while it lacks a finance manager. Weidman presented the draft budget in which revenue is projected at $8.255 million against expenditures of $8.729 million. "The budget is in a deficit position, but luckily those reserves are on hand," he said. The general fund is expected to end 2026 with a little over $2 million in cash. Weidman cautioned that the projected 2027 year-end balance depends partly on a roughly $1.3 million grant the borough has pursued for a year or more. If the grant doesn't arrive, he said, the balance would be about $1.476 million. "I don't wa...
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Borough council names Ron Youtz acting borough manager

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Ron Youtz  [File photo] JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY   Veteran administrator to serve through end of year at $50 an hour Columbia Borough Council voted 7-0 to appoint Ron Youtz as acting borough manager, effective October 30, 2026, during Wednesday's budget workshop. Youtz was not present at the meeting.  Youtz will serve through the end of the year at a rate of $50 an hour. A former West Hempfield Township manager, Youtz previously worked in Columbia Borough's public works department. He returned to the borough last fall under a six-month term as assistant borough manager, a role created to mentor Borough Manager Jack Brommer as he transitioned from police chief to the manager's post. Brommer, who is leaving the position November 13, was absent from the workshop. It was the third consecutive meeting he has missed. Lutz was also absent.
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AGENDA — COLUMBIA BOROUGH COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP — OCTOBER 21, 2026

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The meeting packet is  HERE .
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Two Columbia girls take top honors in national competition for 2nd year in a row | TownLively

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When Drum Majorettes of America held its Nationals competition in Aiken, S.C., this summer, two Columbia girls took top honors for the second year in a row. Myrah Baker won Little Majorette Princess of America, and Gracelynn "Gracie" O'Dell won Wee Majorette Princess of America. Both girls are students at Paula's School of Baton in Mount Joy, and both have been twirling batons almost since they could walk. Now 9 years old and a fourth-grader at Our Lady of the Angels School, Myrah began twirling at age 2. That's the same age Gracie, now 8 years old and a second-grader at Park Elementary School, also took up the baton. https://townlively.com/twirling-toward-another-national-win/
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Angry, Young and Poor and Shupp's Barber Shop get grants from CEDC | TownLively

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The Columbia Economic Development Corporation recently awarded two Small Business Grants to local businesses. Each grant was for $1,000, and the recipients were Angry, Young, and Poor and Shupp's Barber Shop. MORE: https://townlively.com/businesses-receive-grants/  
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Halloween Happenings planned for October 25 at the market house | TownLively

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Halloween Happenings will take place on Sunday, October 25, in and around the Columbia Market House, 15 S. Third St., from 3 to 8 p.m. Coordinated by Create Columbia, a nonprofit that promotes Columbia as a creative and vital community, the festivities will provide an opportunity for spooky fun for people of all ages. MORE: https://townlively.com/a-spooky-day-in-columbia/  
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Stu Huggens to be speaker at 11-11-11 Club | TownLively

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Stu Huggens  [Columbia Spy photo] Huggens will be the speaker at the 11-11-11 Club's annual luncheon. The event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 11, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Red Rose Memorial VFW Post 2435, Fourth and Manor streets, Columbia. The 11-11-11 Club event is open to all veterans and the general public, and it will begin with the tolling of a bell 11 times to mark the signing of the armistice agreement that ended World War I. That agreement was signed at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. MORE: https://townlively.com/11-11-11-club-will-honor-veterans/  
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