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Blakely council authorizes $1.37 million transportation grant application, OKs local-share designation for church
Summary
The Blakely Borough Council on Sept. 16 authorized Borough Secretary Christopher R. Paone to apply for a $1,366,979.90 DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund grant and designated a $237,940 Local Share Account application for Sacred Heart Church, Peckville; both measures passed unanimously.
The Blakely Borough Council on Sept. 16 approved two resolutions to pursue and designate local and state transportation funding.
Atty. Abrahamsen read Resolution 22 of 2024, which authorizes Borough Secretary Christopher R. Paone to apply for a DCED (Department of Community and Economic Development) Multimodal Transportation Fund grant in the amount of $1,366,979.90. Council member Jeff Cruciani moved to approve the resolution; Council member Kevin Swift seconded the motion, and the measure carried with all ayes.
The council also approved Resolution 23 of 2024, designating Mr. Paone to execute a Local Share Account grant application on behalf of Sacred Heart Church, Peckville, seeking $237,940.00. The motion to approve was made by Council member Michael Henzes and seconded by Council member Edward J. Alco Jr.; the motion passed with all ayes.
Why it matters: if the DCED application is successful, the multimodal grant would fund transportation-related improvements in the borough (specific projects and matching-fund requirements were not specified at the meeting). The Local Share Account designation clears an administrative step so Sacred Heart Church can apply for $237,940 in project funds.
The meeting record includes routine financial items that frame the borough's fiscal activity: the finance committee approved bills for payment (General payable $152,404.00; Electric payable $30,293.51), and the council accepted the treasurer's report. Christopher R. Paone read correspondences announcing a $98,464.00 award from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for a new reporting system and a PA Auditor General notice that $37,154.99 in state aid for the Volunteer Fire Relief Association would be direct deposited Sept. 18, 2024.
Next steps: the borough will proceed with the DCED application and the Sacred Heart Local Share application; outcomes and any required local matches were not specified at the meeting.
