On Wednesday, Erie Mayor Joe Schember responded to a published opinion piece in the Erie Times-News by Representatives Bob Merski and Pat Harkins regarding their proposal for a new public safety building in the City of Erie:
Mayor Schember recognizes that the ARP funding represents a potential game-changer for the city to address many long-term infrastructure issues as well as the deleterious effects caused by the pandemic. In the coming weeks, the City will receive guidance from Treasury about the possible uses of ARP funds and the City will use that guidance to determine best possible uses for the funding.
We thank Representatives Merski and Harkins for their suggestion regarding the construction of a public safety building. That is a project that is only in the conceptual phases, and the City looks forward to future discussions about this potential project, including other sources of funding at the federal and state level that are already available for these types of projects.
