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Votes at a glance: Columbia Borough Council actions, March 27, 2025
Summary
Columbia Borough Council approved routine minutes and payments, authorized hires and advertising for positions, ratified a market-manager termination, and approved several special-event and hiring actions at its March 27 meeting.
At its March 27 meeting Columbia Borough Council recorded and approved the following formal motions and outcomes.
Votes at a glance
- Approve agenda as published — Motion by Councilperson Kaufman, second by Councilperson Stahl; outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve borough council meeting minutes for March 11, 2025 (with correction adding a last name in item 6f) — Motion by Councilperson Kaufman, second by Councilperson Stahl; outcome: approved.
- Approve bill payments — Motion by Councilperson Murphy, second by Councilperson Giese; outcome: approved.
- Authorize staff to extend an offer of employment to Kathy Ritchie for the janitor position at $20.25 per hour for 20 hours per week — Motion by Councilperson Murphy, second by Councilperson Bergard (transcript: Vergard); outcome: approved.
- Ratify termination of the market manager (Chris Vera) — Motion by Councilperson Murphy, second by Councilperson Kaufman; outcome: approved. Borough Manager Steve Kauffold stated he made the termination decision.
- Authorize staff to advertise the position of Highway Worker 2 (to replace a resigned employee) — Motion by Councilperson Stahl, second by Councilperson Kaufman; outcome: approved.
- Approve Mount Bethel Cemetery’s request to hold a car show, crafts and food trucks in the 600 block of Locust Street on June 21, 2025, contingent on required food-truck documentation — Motion by Councilperson Kaufman, second by Councilperson Murphy; outcome: approved.
- Approve special-event request for a wedding ceremony for Grace Sauer and Nathan Boyer on the Columbia Crossing lawn on May 4, 2025 — Motion by Councilperson Kaufman, second by Councilperson Giese; outcome: approved.
- Authorize staff to extend an offer of employment to Bonnie Link for market house manager at an annual starting salary of $56,822, contingent on background check and drug screening, and approve back pay to March 5 — Motion by Councilperson Kaufman, second by Councilperson Giese; outcome: approved.
Procedural notes: For motions where the minutes record only “All in favor? Aye,” the transcript does not list individual roll-call tallies. Where a mover or seconder was named in the transcript, that person is recorded above. If a motion’s recorded mover, seconder or wording in the council packet differed from the live transcript, this summary follows the transcript’s spoken record.
Ending: Council scheduled an April 22 meeting that will include several follow-ups, including demolition bid awards and consideration of closing on a BIOS grant/loan for the McGuinness redevelopment project.
