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Union City council approves $400,000 bridge grant application and a slate of routine motions
Summary
At its June 25 meeting the Union City Borough Council unanimously approved a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant application for the Willow Street bridge replacement and passed multiple routine measures including tax exonerations, pavement payments, Renaissance grant awards, and a transfer of capital funds to a PLGIT account.
Union City Borough Council on June 25 voted unanimously to approve a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant application to support replacement of the Willow Street bridge.
The council passed the grant resolution on a motion by Councilor Osborn, seconded by Councilor Kerns; the motion carried without opposition. The grant application was the most substantial formal action on an agenda otherwise dominated by routine administrative and financial items.
Also during the meeting councilors approved two tax-exoneration resolutions for properties purchased by the Erie County Land Bank at 11 Maple Street and 48 Atlantic Street (motion by Councilor Joyce, seconded by Councilor Steadman), authorized payment of a Cross Paving invoice totaling $104,740.81 with $92,130 from Liquid Fuels and $12,610.81 from the General Fund (motion by Councilor Steadman, seconded by Councilor Kerns), and passed a resolution applying $15,625 in county aid to payment for the 2024 seal coat project (motion by Councilor Joyce, seconded by Councilor Osborn).
Council approved use of millings from the paving project, with Union Township to grind material and track usage; the council authorized providing two to three loads of millings to the American Legion ballfield to address driveway problems (motion by Councilor Osborn, seconded by Councilor Joyce). The council also approved recommended Renaissance grant awards: four applications totaling $17,675 for the 2023–2024 grant period, leaving $750.49 in the current fund and carrying two applications totaling $9,452.65 into the 2024–2025 period (motion by Councilor Joyce, seconded by Councilor Osborn).
On municipal finance, councilors approved opening a PLGIT Checking & Prime account and transferring approximately $140,000 of capital equipment funds from a Northwest account to seek a higher interest rate (motion by Councilor Kerns, seconded by Councilor Steadman). The body approved posting removed playground equipment for sale on Municibid (motion by Councilor Kerns, seconded by Councilor Steadman).
All recorded motions carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m.; council entered an executive session to discuss personnel and contracts with no action to be taken.
The council’s actions authorize staff to pursue the bridge grant application and to execute the routine financial and asset-disposition steps approved; further details, including grant award decisions and solicitor review on pending zoning or ordinance amendments, were not specified at the meeting.
