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Erie County Council approves several budget and administrative ordinances; moves planning appropriation to second reading
Summary
Council approved multiple supplemental-appropriation ordinances for public-health and planning funds, approved a waiver of bidding to contract with Highway Safety Network Inc., and moved a curb-cut CDBG grant appropriation to second reading for final consideration.
Erie County Council took action on a package of budget and administrative items during the meeting, approving several supplemental appropriations and administrative waivers and advancing one planning appropriation to a second reading.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript include approval of Ordinance No. 38-2026 (public-health fund supplemental appropriation of $38,344 for Great Lakes restorative initiative funding), Ordinance No. 39-2026 (public-health fund supplemental appropriation of $105,692 for wastewater surveillance via Pennsylvania Department of Health funding), and Ordinance No. 40-2026 (approval of a waiver of bid requirements to contract with Highway Safety Network Inc.). The roll-call exchanges recorded in the transcript show members responding affirmatively when polled; the clerk recorded those responses.
The council also voted to move Ordinance No. 43-2026 (planning fund supplemental appropriation of $105,000 for a CDBG grant to Union City for curb cuts) to a second reading to expedite payment for completed work tied to prior-year budgets; members said the advance was to ensure contractors would be paid for completed work.
The council approved a possible sale of a parcel from the repository for unsold property (index number 33053225-001.7), announced upcoming finance/personnel committee meetings on Thursday, 05/14/2026 at 04:00, and scheduled the next regular council meeting for Tuesday, June 2 at 06:00.
The meeting adjourned after those items were concluded.
