Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Hempfield board president believes apology is sufficient for violating Sunshine Act

Hempfield school board President Bill Otto delivered a public apology at the March 10 meeting because he says the board inadvertently violated the state Sunshine Act during its process to replace a school board member.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

What I saw recently

 The addition to the Columbia Water Company is progressing.
Remember, it's costing you money just to look at this.
(The charges are on your water bill.)


 Tundra swans soaring

 Under new ownership at Fourth and Chestnut
(Formerly Doutrich's Automotive)

 Public service call on the 100 block of South Sixth

Let's hope it thickens a bit.

Lead may be lurking where you don't expect it

In Columbia Borough, officials considered a similar ordinance before deciding not to proceed, said borough code enforcement officer Jeff Helm.
"There was a fear that putting the legislation in place would be too 1984-ish," said Helm. Nonetheless, he said, the borough is aggressive when officials become aware of a problem. "We'll write it up as a violation, and (the property owner) has to have a lead abatement contractor take care of the work," said Helm.