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Union City adopts resolution to pursue Broadband Ready Community designation; Erie Area COG named municipal champion
Summary
Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing an application to the PBDA for Broadband Ready Community designation and appointed the Erie Area Council of Governments to be the borough’s municipal broadband champion; a public meeting on the topic drew no attendees.
Union City Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution July 23 authorizing application to the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA) for Broadband Ready Community designation and appointing the Erie Area Council of Governments as the borough’s Municipal Broadband Champion.
Council held a public meeting on broadband at 5:45 p.m. before the council session; the minutes record that no members of the public attended. Councilor James Kerns moved to adopt the resolution and Councilor Melissa Winkler seconded; the motion carried unanimously.
The resolution authorizes the borough to pursue the PBDA designation, which is intended to document local permitting, rights-of-way, and policies that can streamline broadband deployment. The minutes do not specify fiscal commitments or timelines; municipal staff were instructed to proceed with the application process and to work with the Erie Area COG as the designated champion.
The Broadband Ready Community designation is typically used to signal local readiness to broadband providers and to make a jurisdiction more competitive for state and federal broadband funding. The minutes record no dissenting comments and no public testimony at the pre-meeting.
