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Bradford Council approves consent agenda: fair housing policy, multiple appropriations and $1.2 million police station grant application
Summary
The council approved a package of consent items Aug. 23, including adoption of a fair housing policy, certificates of appropriateness, vendor payments, and authorization to apply for a $1.2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for a new police station.
The Bradford City Council on Aug. 23 approved a multi-item consent agenda that included adoption of a fair housing policy, routine certificates of appropriateness, vendor payments and authorization to apply for a $1.2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant for a proposed new Bradford Police Station.
Among the items approved were: a certificate of appropriateness for property at 3-to-5 Main Street; a certificate of appropriateness for 54 Mechanic Street; authorization to enter the NLC service line program agreement; approval of a land subdivision on Butternut Drive; consolidation of lands on North Side of Campus Drive owned by Guidance Center Incorporated; a certificate of appropriateness for telecommunications upgrades at 2 South Avenue for AT&T; and a certificate of appropriateness for the Friendship Table at 21 East Gordon Street. The council also approved vendor payments to Callahan Weber Streets and BTU Supply and prepayments to BTU Supply.
The council adopted a fair housing policy described in the meeting as being in accordance with Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and other applicable fair housing laws.
Significant among the approvals was authorization to file a RACP grant application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget seeking $1,200,000 for a new City of Bradford police station. The transcript shows the council authorized submission of the application; it does not record any details about matching funds, project timeline or site selection.
Other items noted in the consent stream: a $5,000 T-Mobile microgrant for historic downtown through the OECD’s T-Mobile program, approval of an HVAC payment to A W Pantuso HVAC LLC for the fire department, permission to apply for the 2025 Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant, and authorization to execute a lease agreement with Label Pack Automation Incorporated at the Robert P. Havgood Junior Business Development Center.
Why it matters: the consent approvals advance multiple city projects and funding applications and establish the city’s fair housing policy on record. The RACP application for $1.2 million represents the largest single-dollar item in the consent agenda and would support a proposed new police station if awarded.
What the council did not record: the transcript contains no recorded vote tallies with named yes/no votes for most items, no description of matching or funding sources for the $1.2 million RACP application, and no detailed timeline for the proposed police station. Those details would typically be available in staff reports or in subsequent agenda items if the grant application proceeds.
