{"id":305448,"date":"2026-10-13T02:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305448\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:40:08","slug":"the-reader-beat-city-council-notes-from-october-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305448\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reader Beat: City Council Notes from October 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eriereader.com\/image\/scale\/auto\/auto\/articles\/828653_680531_image-from-ios.jpg\" class=\"lightbox_img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/828653_680531_image-from-ios.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two ordinances appropriating the combined amount of $4 million to cover expense from the severe weather event on Sept. 3 passed unanimously.<\/p>\n<p>I attended the City Council meeting on Oct. 7 at 9 a.m. There were no public comments, and the council went into executive session to discuss personnel until 9:43 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The council addressed the following ordinances and resolutions:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance appropriating $1 million from the Refuse Fund to cover unexpected expenses related to the severe weather event passed unanimously.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance appropriating $3 million from the General Fund to cover unexpected expenses related to the severe weather event passed unanimously.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance appropriating $50,000 from a William Penn Foundation contribution for the City of Erie&#8217;s 2030 U.S. The Census Planning and Engagement Project passed unanimously.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance amending and supplementing the Codified Ordinances of the City of Erie, namely Rooming House Licensing, to add, amend and\/or update the language regarding annual fees and\/or late fees had its first reading.&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance appropriating $176,397 for Immobilization and Towing Vehicles through a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania acting through the Department of Community and Economic Development had its first reading.&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance appropriating $52,080.35 to provide for purchases of LED lighting upgrades had its first reading.&#13;<br \/>\nAn ordinance amending and supplementing the Codified Ordinances of the City of Erie, namely, Child-Care Facilities Licensing, to add, amend and\/or update the language regarding annual fees and\/or late fees had its first reading.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\nSeven resolutions to approve repository sales to CJ Ferrari LLC 375 East Starr Ave., No. 372, Las Vegas, Nevada, all failed unanimously. &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two ordinances appropriating the combined amount of $4 million to cover expense from the severe weather event on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[990,136,138,137,989],"class_list":["post-305448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-city-council","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-the-reader-beat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}