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Union City council approves bridge grant application, funding disbursements and equipment sale
Summary
Union City Borough Council on June 25 approved multiple routine fiscal and project actions: a $400,000 multimodal grant application for a Willow Street bridge, payment allocations for 2024 paving, Renaissance grant awards, transfer of capital funds to a PLGIT account, and sale of removed playground equipment; UCVFD repaid an ambulance loan.
Union City Borough Council on June 25, 2024, approved a series of financial and project-related measures intended to fund local infrastructure and recover grant funding.
Councilors unanimously passed a resolution authorizing a $400,000 application to the Multimodal Transportation Fund to replace the Willow Street bridge. Councilor Osborn moved the resolution and Councilor Kerns seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
Borough officials approved payment to Cross Paving for $104,740.81 related to the 2024 paving project, authorizing $92,130.00 from Liquid Fuels funds and $12,610.81 from the General Fund. Council also agreed to apply $15,625 in county aid to a Suit-Kote invoice for the seal coat project.
Manager Cindy Wells reported that the Union City Volunteer Fire Department repaid its full ambulance loan of $59,250, and the borough received a $100,000 ECGRA Renaissance grant. Council reviewed six Renaissance grant applications totaling $27,127.65 and approved four awards totaling $17,675 for the 2023/2024 period; two applications totaling $9,452.65 will carry over into 2024/2025.
On asset disposition, council authorized posting removed playground equipment from Southwest Park for sale on Municibid. Council also approved providing 2–3 loads of paving millings to the American Legion ballfield and sending one load to Evergreen Cemetery; Union Township will grind and track millings usage.
For cash management, council approved opening a PLGIT Checking & Prime account and transferring approximately $140,000 of Capital Equipment funds from Northwest to capture higher interest rates. The manager noted the PLGIT Prime rate observed on June 21, 2024.
Other administrative items included notification that Erie County Land Bank will purchase two tax-sale properties (11 Maple Street and 48 Atlantic Street) and the solicitor will provide written findings on a separate property (the “UC Chair” matter) by mid-July.
The council voted on each motion unanimously; no roll-call dissent was recorded. The public meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m., and the council entered an executive session to discuss personnel and contracts with no action expected.
