Council to vote on hiring Chris Vera as Columbia Market House Manager

Chris Vera

[Columbia Spy file photo]

According to Columbia Borough meeting packet documents, Council will vote on hiring Chris Vera for the newly created Columbia Market House Manager position at its June 28, 2022 meeting. Annual salary for the position is $54,000 plus benefits. $27,000 will be allocated for the position for 2022.

The borough office received 7 applications for the opening. From those, 5 interviews were conducted by Borough Manager Mark Stivers, Finance Manager Tammy Bennett, and Councilman Eric Kauffman.

Vera has been the longtime president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society and is currently spearheading a project to rehabilitate Columbia's Zion Hill Cemetery.