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Erie County finance meeting reviews multiple budget supplements, CDBG invoice for Union City curb cuts
Summary
Erie County officials reviewed several supplemental budget appropriations — including funding for Great Lakes Restoration, wastewater surveillance, court-ordered placements, mental-health revenue recognition and a $105,000 CDBG pass-through for curb cuts in Union City — and discussed a possible sale of county property; no final votes are recorded in the provided excerpt.
Erie County commissioners met April 30, 2026, to consider a slate of budget supplemental appropriations covering public-health grants, child-placement expenses, mental-health revenue and a $105,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) pass-through to pay contractors for curb-cut work in Union City. The excerpted record contains discussion and a procedural motion but no clear votes.
The agenda included Ordinance 38-2026, a $38,344 supplemental appropriation to the Public Health Fund to create line items for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, and Ordinance 39-2026, a $105,692 supplemental appropriation to accept Pennsylvania Department of Health funds for wastewater surveillance. Ordinance 40-2026 asks the county to waive bid requirements to contract with Highway Safety Network, Inc. A separate request would revise Children and Youth Services Fund expenditures by $345,000 to create expense line items for court-ordered placements; staff described that as a maintenance item needed because placement facilities were not budgeted in the original 2026 budget.
Officials also presented a supplemental appropriation to the Mental Health Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) Fund for $346,454, saying the allocation was not available when the county adopted its 2026 budget and the request recognizes revenue and corresponding expense lines now that funds have been identified.
Tony, the county CDBG program administrator, told commissioners the Union City curb-cut project is complete and the $105,000 request is a pass-through to ensure contractors are paid. “It doesn't cost the county anything. It is funded through the CDBG program,” Tony said, adding that cold weather last November delayed work and invoices are now being submitted.
The record also notes a possible sale of a parcel from the repository for unsold property and an analysis of land in a flood zone. The meeting record states that if the ordinances before the county are approved, the county would meet the two-month general fund expenditures and unrestricted fund balance requirement by $22,819,624.
A member moved to advance agenda item six (the Planning Fund/CDBG item) to a second reading; the excerpt does not record the mover's name, a confirmed second or any subsequent vote. The transcript closes with procedural reminders that the Board of Elections meeting will follow on a separate Zoom link.
No formal votes or final outcomes on the listed ordinances are captured in the provided transcript excerpt.
