The Erie City Council met on May 23, 2026, for a regular meeting that included public hearings, discussion of waterfront conditional use, appropriations for street paving and traffic signals, and consideration of city guarantees for water authority bonds. The meeting featured extensive public comment on budget concerns, policing, re-entry programs, and community benefits. Key votes included the failure of a resolution approving a waterfront conditional use for the Market House (2-4) and the passage of several ordinances and resolutions.
So I want to thank you everybody for attending tonight. We have we have a very full agenda this evening, so I want to give us plenty of time to go through as council. So I would like to start uh by asking if we have any questions on the ordinances that are up for final passage this evening so that we can talk about those first and then we'll go into some of the other things that we have on the agenda this evening. But any of these items that are on for final passage. One of the things I'll call note to council um with and also the public. So as we're looking at the layout of the agenda, one of the things that we're trying to do is make it easier for the public to be able to read and see where the money is coming from and where the money is going. And so it's a little confusing yet, so we're still ironing out the process, but we'll get it. But when you start to look at these ordinances, you'll see now instead of it being uh just in the memos, we're also now putting under each of these ordinances where what balance it like where the account is and where it's going to. So that it's just a little bit easier for everyone to follow. Um so each one of these has an alignment, and we'll start pulling from the memo and and making it a little bit more clear on which account it's coming from or which is going to. So if there's any questions on any of this, um please let me know. And if it's if it's still a little bit difficult for anyone to kind of understand a follow, so please let us know. Any questions on on this? If not, we can go ahead and move to the ordinances for first reading. Okay. Dr. Tyson. Yes. Um, I was wondering do we know like if there's a city street like a block long and it's in average condition and we need to have it repaired, the average cost to repair, like do we have that? Do we know that at all? Or what would it be? I mean, like if you know if you have a city block and it's average or whatever with potato uh do you know, do we uh know I I'm I can't see Mr. Sayers, but I'm I'm wondering if he knows like per like do you know the average how much it costs, Jason, like per mile or yard or some sort of measurement in terms of paving. What is the cost? Yes, I absolutely not for a space. Yeah, like if there was a city block, those in like an average condition. What would what would the what's the usual cost for repairing something like that? Okay. Could you can I still need to come up to the mic? Sorry. No, you're okay. What I'll do is I'll I'll just cost it out for you both ways. Um because there's definitely a difference whether we do it with it or an and how streets crew. Okay. Oh, it's a contract job. So it's not uh just a number, but I can I get that for you. It's uh just a couple quick numbers and I'll have them both to you. All right, thank you. Sure. Oh, she's not a money. No, you're good. What we do have, um, and I believe we we also have the the solicitor here, um, not just our solicitor, but the solicitor from the Erie City Water Authority. We have two um bonds that are being asked of us to be the guaranteers on. And so I think that as we're looking at, you know, we got the information from PFM. We're starting to kind of analyze just our own financial status. Want to make sure that the if we have questions that we fully understand um just the impact um and what's being asked asked of us as the city and ultimately as the residents um when when we have ordinances like this on place. So just want to call council's attention to here and would also uh love to hear from just this solicitor from the the water authority if there's questions there. So attorney Walker couldn't be here from the water authority tonight, but attorney Campbell is here. So if she's willing to come up to the mic here and just give us an overview. Thanks evening, everyone.