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Votes at a glance: Union City Borough Council, Aug. 13, 2024
Summary
The council unanimously approved a set of routine municipal actions including agenda corrections, minutes, hiring a part-time police officer, sewer/pipe repairs, easements and a small property purchase; meeting days were changed to the first and third Monday, Sept.–Apr.
At its Aug. 13, 2024 meeting the Union City Borough Council unanimously approved a series of routine motions covering administrative items, personnel, infrastructure repairs, easements and property matters.
Key motions recorded in the minutes (mover — second): - Adopt corrected agenda (Councilor Joyce — Councilor Kerns): approved; correction changed a Municipal Lot update from Lot #3 to Lot #1 and added discussion of meeting-date changes (SEG 002). - Approve minutes from July 23, 2024 (Councilor Kerns — Councilor Steadman): approved (SEG 003). - Hire Kenneth Fye as a part-time officer from the certified civil service list (Councilor Joyce — Councilor Osborn): approved (SEG 006). - Contract with Mansfield for pipe/catch basin repair at Municipal Lot #1, $22,295 (Councilor Steadman — Councilor Osborn): approved (SEG 009). - Retroactive easement and catch-basin arrangement at 104 East High Street with property owner Anthony Hickey (Councilor Osborn — Councilor Kerns): approved; borough to install basins and ~60 feet of pipe, property owner to dig and maintain a ditch and install connecting pipe (SEG 012). - Approve Minimum Municipal Obligations for pensions (minutes record receipt of a "2025 MMO" and then a motion to approve the "2024 MMO") (Councilor Joyce — Councilor Kerns): approved; the minutes do not reconcile the differing year references in the text (SEG 013–014). - Approve subdivision combining portions of 92 West High Street with 88 and 90 West High Street (Councilor Osborn — Councilor Kerns): approved (SEG 016). - Retroactive purchase of a portion of property from 8 South Street for $500 to benefit Municipal Lot #3 gazebo project (Councilor Joyce — Councilor Kerns): approved; solicitor to complete paperwork after survey (SEG 017). - Approve easement with the American Legion for installation/maintenance of a kayak/canoe launch using funds from the PA Fish and Boat Commission and the PA Environmental Council (Councilor Osborn — Councilor Joyce): approved (SEG 018). - Adjourn meeting (Councilor Joyce — Councilor Kerns): approved at 7:06 p.m.; executive session followed (SEG 019).
The minutes record all listed motions as carried unanimously and provide movers and seconders for each. Where the minutes include inconsistent or incomplete details (for example the MMO year discrepancy and absence of vote tallies by name), the minutes do not reconcile them; council did not flag any recorded NO votes or abstentions.
