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Union City council approves multimodal bridge grant application, paving payments and several municipal finance moves
Summary
Union City Borough Council on June 25 unanimously approved a $400,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund grant application for a Willow Street bridge replacement and a package of routine financial and infrastructure actions, including paving payments, Renaissance grant awards and a bank transfer to a higher-yield PLGIT account.
Union City Borough Council voted unanimously on June 25 to approve a $400,000 grant application to the Multimodal Transportation Fund to support replacement of the Willow Street bridge and to pass several related spending and finance measures.
The grant resolution, moved by Councilor Osborn and seconded by Councilor Kerns, was approved without dissent. Borough Manager Cindy Wells told council the multimodal request would provide the additional funds needed for the bridge replacement. The council also passed two tax-exoneration resolutions for properties recently purchased by the Erie County Land Bank (11 Maple Street and 48 Atlantic Street).
Why it matters: the bridge project would be funded in part through external grant resources rather than local capital alone, and council paired the bridge application with a set of routine paving and fund-management decisions to manage the borough’s 2024 infrastructure program.
Votes at a glance
- Tax exonerations (11 Maple Street and 48 Atlantic Street): Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Joyce; seconded by Councilor Steadman). - Multimodal Transportation Fund grant application for Willow Street bridge ($400,000): Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Osborn; seconded by Councilor Kerns). - Cross Paving invoice payment for 2024 paving project (invoice $104,740.81): Council approved disbursing $92,130.00 from Liquid Fuels and $12,610.81 from the General Fund; motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Steadman; seconded by Councilor Kerns). - County Aid application ($15,625) applied to Suit-Kote seal coat payment: Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Joyce; seconded by Councilor Osborn). - Approval to provide 2–3 loads of millings to American Legion ballfield (and a previously approved load to Evergreen Cemetery): Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Osborn; seconded by Councilor Joyce). - Renaissance Grant recommendations: approved four applications totaling $17,675 for the 2023/2024 period and carryover approval of two applications totaling $9,452.65 to 2024/2025; motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Joyce; seconded by Councilor Osborn). - Authorization to open a new PLGIT Checking & Prime account and transfer approximately $140,000 of capital equipment funds to capture higher interest: Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Kerns; seconded by Councilor Steadman). - Authorization to post removed playground equipment from Southwest Park on Municibid for sale: Motion carried unanimously (moved by Councilor Kerns; seconded by Councilor Steadman).
Details and context: Borough Manager Cindy Wells reported the borough received a $100,000 ECGRA Renaissance Grant earlier in the period and that the Union City Volunteer Fire Department fully repaid its ambulance loan of $59,250. The council’s approval to allocate Liquid Fuels and County Aid funds toward paving and seal-coat bills follows contractor invoices and standard local funding practice. Streets Supervisor Bob Phillips reported Cross Paving and Suit-Kote work on the borough’s 2024 paving projects is complete.
Next steps: The Willow Street bridge grant application will proceed as approved. Other measures—banking changes and grant allocations—are administrative and will be implemented by borough staff.
