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Union City council backs Erie County housing plan, approves tax exoneration and routine business
Summary
Council approved a resolution supporting Erie County's development of a new comprehensive housing plan using MAP and Act 137 funds, approved tax exoneration at 121 East High for $5,563.49, set trick-or-treat hours, and handled routine minutes and bills; Bev Ballog thanked the borough and noted Lance Greer would not accept money from a civil case.
Union City Borough Council on Sept. 16 approved a resolution backing Erie County’s effort to develop a new countywide comprehensive housing plan and carried several routine items, including a tax-exoneration resolution and community-event approvals.
Councilor Osborn moved and Councilor Steadman seconded a resolution supporting Erie County’s new comprehensive housing plan; the minutes say the plan will use funding from a MAP grant and Act 137 (Affordable Housing Act) funds derived from housing deed transfers. Councilors approved the resolution unanimously.
Councilor Kerns moved and Councilor Steadman seconded a resolution to exonerate taxes totaling $5,563.49 for the property at 121 East High, which the minutes indicate was purchased by the Land Bank; the motion carried unanimously.
The council also set trick-or-treat hours for Thursday, Oct. 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., approved routine minutes and bills by unanimous votes, and adjourned at 6:50 p.m. An executive session on real estate, personnel and contracts ran from 6:58 p.m. to 7:42 p.m. with no action taken.
At the start of the meeting Council President Riley Cross said he had spoken with Lance Greer regarding a Hometown Heroes lawsuit and stated Greer would not be accepting money from the civil case. Bev Ballog, with Hometown Heroes, thanked the borough for its support and said she was "happy to hear that Lance is not accepting the money."
