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Union City Borough Council approves $400,000 bridge grant application, awards Renaissance grants and signs off on paving payments
Summary
At its June 25 meeting, the Union City Borough Council approved a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation grant application for the Willow Street bridge, authorized Renaissance grant awards, approved Liquid Fuels and county-aid disbursements for 2024 paving work, and took several routine financial and asset-management actions.
The Union City Borough Council on June 25 approved a resolution to apply for a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant to replace the Willow Street bridge and carried a slate of routine financial and grant actions.
Councilor Osborn moved to approve the grant application and Councilor Kerns seconded; the motion carried unanimously. The bridge project is intended to secure additional funding to replace the Willow Street structure; council discussion did not include a construction schedule or contract award at the meeting.
The council also approved disbursing $92,130 from Liquid Fuels funds and $12,610.81 from the General Fund to satisfy a $104,740.81 invoice from Cross Paving for this year’s paving work. Councilor Steadman moved the Liquid Fuels disbursement, which Councilor Kerns seconded; the motion carried unanimously. Separately, the council passed a resolution applying $15,625 in county aid to a payment due Suit-Kote for the borough’s 2024 seal-coat project.
Manager Cindy Wells told the council that the borough received a $100,000 ECGRA Renaissance Grant and that the Union City Volunteer Fire Department repaid a $59,250 ambulance loan in full. Council reviewed six Renaissance grant applications totaling $27,127.65 and approved four awards totaling $17,675, with the remaining two applications (totaling $9,452.65) carried into the 2024–2025 grant period.
Councilors also approved transferring approximately $140,000 from the Capital Equipment account into a new PLGIT Checking & Prime account to capture a higher interest rate, and they authorized posting removed playground equipment from Southwest Park for sale on Municibid.
On infrastructure reuse, the council agreed that millings from the paving project will be ground by Union Township; a load will be sent to Evergreen Cemetery and 2–3 loads were approved for the American Legion ballfield after a motion by Councilor Osborn and second by Councilor Joyce.
In policy discussions, the council revisited proposed amendments to the parking ordinance affecting angled parking in Municipal Lot No. 2. Police Chief David Pernice briefed councilors on the capabilities of the department’s license-plate-reader system—describing video review and searchable plate queries—and council asked Streets Supervisor Bob Phillips to review angled-lot layouts for future consideration. Proposed zoning changes related to small games of chance and permitting pools in vacant adjoining lots were deferred until the solicitor can attend the next meeting.
Mayor Robert Wolf publicly thanked Chief Pernice and Officer Shelly for traffic enforcement that has generated positive feedback. Chief Pernice also reported outreach to neighboring departments about fundraising totals for community golf scrambles and said Erie County Detectives will fund overtime for additional festival coverage at the French Creek Festival.
The meeting opened at 6:02 p.m. and adjourned at 7:21 p.m.; an executive session on personnel occurred earlier (about 6:05–6:27 p.m.) and a second executive session on personnel and contracts followed (7:22–8:17 p.m.), with no actions taken in either session.
