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Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - August 25, 2020

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Agenda - Columbia Borough School Board Meeting - August 20, 2020

Agenda

Letter from former school board president

Personnel Report

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Agenda - HARB Meeting - August 19, 2020

Columbia Borough Deeds Recorded August 17, 2020

Marc Newmin and Luann Newmin conveyed 226 Lawrence St. to Brandon Micheal Hoffman for $142,000.

Dennis E. Gaus and Roxanne M. Gaus conveyed property on Locust Street to Kinsmen Holdings LLC for $220,000.

Citizens Bank NA and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania conveyed 519 Union St. to Renewed Concepts LLC for $58,000.

Kerri L. Landis and Joseph Grzybicki conveyed 113 S. Fifth St. to Kechemia Latoya Barnaby and Audrey F. Barnaby for $95,500.

Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau and Donna L. Short conveyed property on a public road to Lancaster County Land Bank Authority for $1,000.

Brian K. Fake conveyed 422 Union St. to Columbia Catholic Housing For The Elderly II Inc. for $105,000.

Anthony J. Spinelli and Andrew Spinelli conveyed property on North Fourth Street to Real Blocks Inc. for $90,000.

Timothy M. Hess conveyed 1020 Cloverton Drive to Timothy M. Hess and Lindsey M. Brenner for $1.

Ryan J. Dejesus conveyed property on Manor Street to Megan Walgren for $75,000.

Todd M. Kramer and Diana L. Kramer conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Jenetta D. Harris Tomoney and Jenetta D Harris Tomoney for $150,000.

Anthony J. Freiler and Carmen Y. Freiler conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Julian S. Lintner and Danye A. Cooper for $130,000.

Citizens address borough council on housing, police reform, and Black Lives Matter

Columbia School Board Director Robert Misciagna explained why affordable housing must be a focus for governments everywhere. With millions expected to be evicted from their homes by the end of the year, it has only become more urgent for municipalities to implement measures that will make rent and mortgage payments more affordable for their citizens. The increases in the cost of housing have far exceeded those of incomes. Every day Americans find it more and more difficult to balance increases in rent with their need to buy groceries, buy clothes, pay loan payments, and fulfill other necessary expenses. Affordable housing measures are just as important in Columbia as they are everywhere else.

Mark Temons is a member of the Lancaster NAACP and a cofounder of the Lancaster Peace Action Network, as well as a Columbia resident. Although Mark’s five minutes were up before he made his conclusions, he makes some amazing points about the need for 21st century police reform. I am certain that we will continue to see him fighting for these changes in Columbia in the foreseeable future.

Becky Young, a Columbia Borough School District School Director, spoke last week at a Borough Council Meeting in order to respond to false claims that Black Lives Matter is a hate group.