Union City Borough Council agenda for Sept. 16 lists tax exoneration, housing-plan resolution, ordinance amendments and CDBG application

Union City Borough Council posted its agenda for a Sept. 16, 2024 meeting set for 6:30 p.m. at First Global Methodist Church, 42 East High Street, listing routine business and several motions the council will consider. Key items on the agenda include a proposed tax exoneration for 121 East High Street, a resolution to authorize Erie County to complete a new countywide comprehensive housing plan, motions to approve parking and zoning ordinance amendments, a motion to set Halloween hours from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2024, and a motion to submit a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for Mun Lot #1.

The posted agenda groups ordinary procedural items at the start: approval of the agenda and minutes from the Aug. 27, 2024 meeting, the secretary’s report, and approval of paid and unpaid bills. It also lists routine departmental reports from code enforcement and zoning (August 2024), the mayor, the police chief, the street supervisor and the borough manager. The agenda text does not record discussion, votes, or the identities of any proponents or opponents for the listed motions.

The tax exoneration item names the affected property as 121 East High Street. The agenda calls for a resolution to be considered; it does not state the dollar amount of the exoneration or the reason for the request, and no vote tally is provided in the posted agenda.

A second resolution on the agenda would authorize Erie County to complete a new countywide comprehensive housing plan. The agenda lists the motion but does not include staff reports or explanatory materials in the posted text; the resolution’s scope, timeline and funding sources are not specified in the agenda.

The agenda also lists two ordinance actions described as motions to pass a parking ordinance amendment and a zoning ordinance amendment. The posted agenda does not include the text of those amendments or indicate whether the motions represent first or second readings; it simply lists them as motions to pass.

Separately, the borough will consider approving Halloween hours for Oct. 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., an item that concerns local event timing and public-safety planning. The agenda also includes a motion to submit a CDBG application for “Mun Lot #1”; the posted text does not identify the requested grant amount, the intended use of funds, or the CDBG program year.

The agenda concludes with department liaison reports, an adjournment item and an executive session noted for discussion of real estate, personnel and contracts “with no action to be taken.” The posted agenda includes a procedural placeholder, “TO BE TAKEN,” indicating the order or items may be adjusted at the meeting.

Because the document is a posted agenda rather than minutes or a transcript of a meeting, it lists motions for consideration but contains no recorded votes or debate. The council’s actions, any amendments, and any vote outcomes will need to be obtained from the meeting minutes or the recording of the session.