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Union City council approves $400,000 grant application for Willow Street bridge, disburses paving funds and awards local grants
Summary
Union City Borough Council unanimously approved a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation grant application for the Willow Street bridge, authorized liquid fuels and county aid disbursements for paving and seal-coat projects, approved Renaissance grant awards, and authorized transfers to a higher-yield PLGIT account and the sale of removed playground equipment.
Union City Borough Council voted unanimously June 25 to advance several finance and infrastructure actions, including a $400,000 grant application for a bridge replacement, payments to paving contractors, and local grant awards.
Councilor Osborn moved and Councilor Kerns seconded a resolution approving a Multimodal Transportation Fund grant application in the amount of $400,000 to fund the Willow Street bridge replacement; the motion carried unanimously. The council did not specify matching requirements or an expected grant decision date in the minutes.
The council approved payment of an invoice from Cross Paving totaling $104,740.81, authorizing $92,130.00 to be paid from the Liquid Fuels fund and $12,610.81 from the General Fund (motion by Councilor Steadman, seconded by Councilor Kerns; unanimous). Separately, the council passed a resolution applying $15,625 in County Aid to the payment due Suit-Kote for the 2024 seal-coat project (motion by Councilor Joyce, seconded by Councilor Osborn; unanimous).
Council also approved a plan for milled asphalt from this year’s paving work to be ground by Union Township and tracked for reuse; the borough will provide 2–3 loads to the American Legion ballfield to address a driveway problem (motion by Councilor Osborn, seconded by Councilor Joyce; unanimous).
On local grant funding, the borough received six Renaissance grant applications totaling $27,127.65. With a current Renaissance balance of $18,425.49, council recommended approving four applications totaling $17,675 (leaving $750.49) and carrying two applications totaling $9,452.65 into the 2024–2025 grant period (motion by Councilor Joyce, seconded by Councilor Osborn; unanimous).
For municipal cash management, council authorized opening a PLGIT Checking & Prime account and transferring roughly $140,000 from the Capital Equipment account at Northwest to benefit from higher interest rates (cited in the minutes as 5.40% on 6/21/24); the motion (Councilor Kerns, seconded by Councilor Steadman) carried unanimously.
Council also authorized posting removed playground equipment from borough parks for sale on Municibid (motion by Councilor Kerns, seconded by Councilor Steadman; unanimous).
The meeting minutes record that all the above motions passed unanimously and that two executive sessions (one earlier for personnel, one after adjournment for personnel and contracts) were held with no action taken. The minutes do not list grant-match details, project schedules, or anticipated timelines for the Willow Street bridge grant decision.
