Columbia police reports

RAMON MONTANEZ-QUINONES, AGE 35, OF COLUMBIA, WASCITED FOR DRIVING WHILD OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR
REVOKED AT 4TH. AND MILL STREETS, 01 JANUARY 2012.

POLICE CITED A 15 YEAR OLD MARIETTA MALE FOR DRIVERS
REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AT 4TH. & LOCUST STREETS, 04 JANUARY

TIMOTHY GRACE, AGE 23, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED
FOR STOP SIGNS & YIELD SIGNS AND FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE
WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, AT ROUTE 30 EAST
AND LINDEN STREET, 04 JANUARY 2012.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE CITED FOR DRIVING
WHILD OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED 04
JANUARY 2012: DONNA JOELSON, AGE 67, OF COLUMBIA, IN THE 1200
BLOCK OF MALLEABLE ROAD; SCOTT RICHARD GAENZLEK, AGE 33,
OF COLUMBIA, IN THE 300 BLOCK OF WALNUT STREET; ELI PEREZ-
MARTINEZ, AGE 26, OF COLUMBIA, AT 4TH. AND WALNUT STREETS.

ROBERT JAMES WEBB, JR., AGE 39, OF MARIETTA, WAS
CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN THE 100 BLOCK OF LANCASTER
AVENUE, 21 DECEMBER 2011.

ANDREA ELAINE LEE, AGE 28, OF MOUNT JOY, WAS CITED
FOR STOOP SIGNS & YIELD SIGNS AT ROUTE 30 & LINDEN STREET, 06
JANUARY 2012.

JACOB SETH SENTZ, AGE 20, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED
FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, AT 3RD. & CHESTNUT
STREETS, 07 JANUARY 2012.

MELVIN R. GREEN, AGE 30, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR
DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED IN
THE 300 BLOCK OF AVENUE J, 07 JANUARY 2012.

COTY STEPHEN RUTTER, AGE 25, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED
FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, WHEN HE STOPPED TWO INDIVIDUALS
ASKING STRANGE QUESTIONS, WHILE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CROSSWALK AT 4TH. & CHERRY STREETS, NOT MAKING ANY
SENSE, 07 JANUARY 2012. RUTTER WAS AGAIN CITED FOR PUBLIC
DRUNKENNESS, 08 JANUARY 2012, AFTER ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A
RESIDENCE IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH 3RD. STREET, 2112 HOURS.
JESSALYNNE POSEY BRENEMAN, AGE 21, OF COLUMBIA,
WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN THE FIRST BLOCK OF
NORTH 4TH. STREET, 08 JANUARY 2012.

JEREMY LUGO, AGE 20, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR
HARASSMENT, AFTER AN INCIDENT ON LANCASTER AVENUE
INVOLVING HIS GIRLFRIEND, 08 JANUARY 2012.

ASHLEY LYNN HALL, AGE 27,OF COLUMBIA, AND HER
UNCLE, BRIAN ROBERT SHULTZ, AGE 44, WERE BOTH CHARGED AND
ARRAIGNED, 26 DECEMBER 2011, FOR A BURGLARY AT COLUMBIA
TOBACCO, 26 NORTH 4TH. STREET, ON 25 DECEMBER 2012. HALL
WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY,
FELONY 2 AND A FELONY 3 CHARGE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO
COMMIT THEFT. SHULTZ WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, FELONY 2;
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BURGLARY, FELONY 2; AND WITH
THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING, A FELONY 3. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO
L.C.P., IN LIEU OF $50,000.00 STRAIGHT BAIL.

PATRICK MICHAEL MULLIKIN, AGE 27, OF MANHEIM, WAS
CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AT 3RD. AND LOCUST STREETS, 07
JANUARY 2012.

ZACHARIA D.J. WRIGHT, AGE 25, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED
FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR
REVOKED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF WALNUT STREET, 10 JANUARY 2012.

Miller will be missed

Last week, Ron Miller, Columbia's public works manager, accepted a position as township manager in Shrewsbury Township, Southern York County.
Monday night, Columbia Borough Council accepted Miller's resignation and spoke highly of his contributions to the borough.
"He has a significant impact on this borough and we were fortunate to get someone like him with his background and skills," said Mary Wickenheiser, council president.
"He was able to get us $8 million in grants and I am not going to stand in the way of anyone improving themselves," said Mike Buery, councilman.
"These are some large shoes to fill and he will certainly be missed," said Mary Barninger vice-president of council.

Light project moves forward

Perhaps sometime later this year, once all the T's are crossed and the I's are dotted, the lights that adorn the Veteran's Memorial Bridge will get restored.
At Monday's borough council meeting, Columbia approved an intergovernmental cooperation agreement between Wrightsville, West Hempfield Township and PennDOT, to allow the restoration of the bridge lights to move forward.
Columbia was the last to approve the agreement in which Rivertownes PA USA has plans to replace the current lights on the bridge with historic lights that were on the bridge when it first opened.
Mayor Leo Lutz said the project got a boost Monday afternoon when the Lancaster County Transportation
Technical Advisory Committee gave its approval for the $1.2 million project and another county group is expected to give its stamp of approval tomorrow.
"The project will be fully funded and it might bre able to begin this year," Lutz said.
Council thanked Rivertownes President Dr. Claire Storm for her effort in getting this project off the ground.

Other council business

At its meeting on Monday night, borough council approved:
* Its fee schedule covering permits and licenses.
* Approved the placement of two new signs at the exit and entrance to the parking lot at Holy Trinity for new parking between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
* Denied a request for reserved parking space at 116 North Third Street.
* Amended borough code to allow for authorized organizations to spay and neuter feral cars and release them.
* Reduced the financial security for the townhouse project at Fifth and Poplar streets for landscaping improvements by $511.
* Approved allowing PA Registered Architects or Engineers to perform property inspections.
* Heard from Norm Meiskey, borough manager, the street lighting project downtown could begin in the third quarter of this year or late second quarter.
* Resident Shirley McBride asked council for help enforcing bike and skateboard ordinaces in the 200 block of Perry Street.
* Business owner Jesse Sweigart requested the borough's help improved a couple of properties in the downtown.

Appointments, reaapointments

Columbia Borough Council made the following appointments and reappointments at their meeting tonight:
* Dr. Bret Daniels, a five-year term on the Columbia Board of Health.
* William Kloidt and Daniel Bell to the police pension board, through Dec. 21, 2012.
* Reappointed Glen Schaeffer to the the Historic Architecture Review Board through Dec. 31, 2015.
* Accepted the resignation of Leo Storm from the Municipal Authority and appointed Ray McCarty to fill Storm's term through Dec. 31, 2014.
*Appointed William Kloidt to fill Ann Grubb's expired term on the Municipal Authority through Dec. 31, 2015.
* Reappointed Donald Haines to the Planning Commission through Dec. 31, 2014.
* Appointed Carmen Swinehart to the Planning Commission to fill the term of the late Fred Abenschein through Dec. 31, 2014.
* Reappointed William Kloidt to the vacancy board through Dec. 31, 2011.
* Reappointed James Ciccocioppi to the civil service board through Feb. 2, 2016.
* Appointed the firm of Zimmerman, Pfannebecker, Nuffort and Albert as solicitor for 2011.
* Reappointed C.S. Davidson as engineer for 2011.
 Reappointed Norman Meiskey III as borough secretary/treasurer and Georgianna Schreck as assistant secretary/treasurer for 2011.
* Reappointed Norman Meiskey III as the borough's representative to the Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau Board of Directors and Georgianna Schreck as alternate.

Coming up....

Reports on tonight's Columbia Borough Council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

Bank robbery across river

Wrightsville bank is robbed: http://www.ydr.com/crime/ci_17055570