Agenda - Columbia Borough Civil Service Commission Meeting - July 9, 2024

 

[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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The estate of Teresa M. Bigler conveyed 149 S. Eighth St. to Daniel Kline for $150,000.

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About Town - July 7, 2024

 This week's photos of Columbia

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Wrightsville conducted a fireworks display at its Riverfront Park on July 4.

Columbia donated $8,000 toward the endeavor.

Before the show, overzealous boaters fired off several fireworks near the center of the Veterans Memorial Bridge. 

Here's a look at Columbia River Park from the bridge. 

Here's a closer shot.

Here's a photo of a bridge light just because. 

A couple of shots of a display on Manor Street...

And here's a sparrow possibly singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

A common sight in some of the alleys

Fire escape at the ready

This poodle was decked out for the holiday.

This tiny bee was about a quarter of an inch in length.

Funding for improvements to Columbia River Park 

American Legion Post 372

This horse casts a long shadow. 

He also has a neck beard. 

Meanwhile at Rotary Park 

Two PA State Police vehicles were monitoring the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

They were watching for vehicles that might be exceeding the 10-ton weight limit. 

The weight limit was imposed due to deterioration of the bridge. This steel support structure was put in place on the Wrightsville side last year as a precaution, according to a source.

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The Columbia Borough Public Works crew painted these crosswalk lines at 5th & Chestnut last week. The 500 block of Chestnut was paved recently. 

Clouds and trees

More clouds and more trees

This sign was installed at Rotary Park a few years ago. COVID is reportedly making a comeback in the form of variants.

Where's the baby?

Shark alert

Create a green community with trash

Some sort of "seaweed" below the river surface

Graffiti on the Columbia portion of "the trail"

[Submitted video]

About the graffiti:

On 6 December 2023, [Palestinian author and activist Refaat] Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, along with his brother, sister, and four of his nephews, during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. The Euro-Med Monitor released a statement saying that Alareer was apparently deliberately targeted, "surgically bombed out of the entire building", and came after weeks of "death threats that Refaat received online and by phone from Israeli accounts."[5] On 26 April 2024, his eldest daughter and his newborn grandchild were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home.[6]

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