Bradford City Council passed a resolution at Tuesday’s meeting which would allow the opening of a Mexican restaurant on Main Street.
Council members voted in favor of allowing the city to enter into a lease agreement with Mauricio Feria-Espana to rent 109 Main St., the location of the former Tortugas West Texas Bar & Grill, and, before that, La Herradura Mexican Restaurant.
According to Sara Andrews, executive director of the city’s Office of Economic and Community Development, Feria-Espana already owns a Mexican restaurant on North Union Street in Olean, N.Y., which she visited and reported as being “bright, cheery and clean.”
According to Sara Andrews, executive director of the city’s Office of Economic and Community Development, Feria-Espana already owns a Mexican restaurant on North Union Street in Olean, N.Y., which she visited and reported as being “bright, cheery and clean.”
City officials said the lease for the restaurant is for one year. There was no immediate word on Tuesday night when the eatery could be open for business.
In other business, council appointed local attorney Stacy Sorokes Wallace to the Downtown Bradford Revitalization Corp. She will fill the term left vacant by Christopher Hauser. The term expires in January.
The city also learned on Sept. 18 the OECD would receive $50,000 in grant money under the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Keystone Communities Program.
Council authorized city officials to execute the grant contract. The funds will pay for facade improvements in the city’s Downtown Historic District.
One city resident also attended the meeting to bring up a concern to council.
Peter McCoy said he is concerned about electronics such as tube-type television sets and monitors and air conditioners that some residents put out on the sidewalk in the hopes they will be taken with the trash or other people will take them. He said it is his understanding the city only picks up such items one day a year.
McCoy indicated that he is concerned for two reasons: He feels it is a hazard and eyesore. He suggested the city pick up such items more frequently at the expense of the resident, then store the items until the yearly electronics collection.
Also at the meeting, council voted in favor of entering into a contract with Ram Software Systems Inc. to install HIPAA-compliant online billing software for the city’s ambulance service.
There will be a monthly fee of $500 for the software, which will include technical support and updates.
The fire and ambulance department will also receive new portable EMS radios and Automatic External Defibrillators, thanks to a $9,100 from the annual Emergency Medical Service Operations Fund Grant.
Council also approved a payment of $7,971.70 to IA Construction Corp. for paving the access road to the Callahan Park ice rink, as well as the side lot of the rink. The quote from IA was the lowest of three quotes the city received for the project.
