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Council adopts a series of grant appropriations and project contracts including ECAT upgrades and a public-safety facility design award
Summary
Erie City Council voted to appropriate three grant awards (insurance-fraud prevention $189,868; auto-theft prevention $405,899; RACP pass-through $500,000 for ECAT upgrades), approved the William and Mary Spencer House historic designation, adjusted a fire-station roof contract for Fire Engine 10, and authorized $720,000 for phase-2 design services for the public-safety facility (HHSDR).
At its July 17 meeting council approved multiple funding measures and contract actions. Key votes and outcomes:
- Ordinance (council file 16621 / official ordinance 42-20-26): appropriated $189,868 for the 2026 insurance fraud prevention authority grant. Final vote recorded as yays 5, nays 0 (one member noted a technical abstention due to audio). (Passed.)
- Ordinance (council file 16622 / official ordinance 43-20-26): appropriated $405,899 for the 2026-27 auto theft prevention authority grant. Vote recorded as yays 6, nays 0. (Passed.)
- Ordinance (council file 16623 / official ordinance 44-20-26): appropriated $500,000 in RACP pass-through funding for upgrades to the Erie Center for Arts and Technology (ECAT). Vote recorded as yays 6, nays 0. The resolution designates ECAT as a subgrantee to receive RACP pass-through funds.
- Resolution: Council approved designation of the former William and Mary Spencer House at 519 W. 6th St. as a historic building and directed the city solicitor to prepare a zoning-map ordinance to reflect the designation. Vote: yays 6, nays 0. (Resolution passed.)
- Resolution (old-business correction): Council corrected a previously passed authorization to move roof-replacement work from Fire Engine 11 to Fire Engine 10; initial contract amount for Engine 10 was $87,936 with a change order of $1,967 for additional deck sheathing work, increasing the total to $89,903. Vote: yays 6, nays 0. (Resolution passed.)
- Contracts separation (item 5 under contracts): Council approved entering into an agreement with HHSDR (Shenango Avenue, Sharon, PA) for design services for phase 2 of the public-safety facility at a total cost of $720,000 after a separated vote. Voting on the separation recorded yays 5, nays 1 (one councilor voted no on the separation). (Passed.)
Council recorded roll-call votes for each item and the clerk announced official ordinance numbers during the meeting.
