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Union City council approves $400,000 grant application for Willow Street bridge, passes a package of funding measures
Summary
At its June 25 meeting the Union City Borough Council unanimously approved a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation grant application for a Willow Street bridge replacement and a set of related funding and administrative measures including Liquid Fuels disbursement for paving, county aid allocation, Renaissance grant awards and a PLGIT account transfer.
Union City Borough Council on June 25 voted unanimously to pursue a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant for a replacement of the Willow Street bridge and approved a series of related financial motions and administrative actions.
The resolution authorizing the borough to apply for the $400,000 grant passed on a motion by Councilor Osborn, seconded by Councilor Kerns. Councilors Cross, Joyce, Osborn, Steadman, Uber and Kerns voted in favor; Councilor Winkler was recorded absent. Borough officials said the grant would provide the additional funds needed for the bridge replacement project.
Council also approved two tax-exoneration resolutions for properties purchased by the Erie County Land Bank (11 Maple Street and 48 Atlantic Street). The motions carried unanimously. The Land Bank purchases were presented as routine exonerations following tax-sale acquisition.
On routine paving finance, council reviewed a Cross Paving invoice for $104,740.81 and approved applying $92,130 from the Liquid Fuels fund and $12,610.81 from the general fund toward the 2024 paving project. Separately, a county aid resolution was approved to apply $15,625 toward the Suit-Kote seal coat payment.
The council discussed reuse of paving millings and approved sending 2–3 loads to the American Legion ballfield to address driveway problems; borough staff said Union Township will grind millings at its site and track usage. Council approved a recommendation to award four ECGRA Renaissance grant applications totaling $17,675 for the 2023–2024 grant period, leaving a $750.49 balance; two additional applications totaling $9,452.65 were carried into the 2024–2025 grant period.
On administrative finance, council authorized opening a new PLGIT Checking & Prime account and transferring approximately $140,000 from the capital equipment account to secure a higher interest rate. Council also approved posting removed playground equipment from Southwest Park for sale on Municibid.
Motions on the items above were made and seconded as recorded in the meeting minutes and each motion carried unanimously. No votes against or abstentions were recorded during the formal actions described. The meeting concluded with adjournment at 7:21 p.m., followed by an executive session on personnel and contracts with no action announced.
