Notice of Special Meeting on February 12, 2021
Take notice that a Special Meeting of Uniontown City Council is scheduled for Friday, February 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM in Council Chambers in City Hall, 20 N. Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown. The agenda shall be limited to taking a vote to rescind Resolution No. 23 of 2021.
Due to CDC Social Distancing Guidelines, the meeting will not be open to the general public. A copy of the agenda will be posted to the City’s website, uniontowncity.com, where anyone interested can email questions or make comments prior to the meeting at 5:00 PM.
Click here to download the agenda.
Kimberly F. Marshall, City Clerk
City of Uniontown
City of Uniontown City Council Meeting for February 2021
Take notice that the second Meeting of City Council of the City of Uniontown will be held Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 4:30 PM in City Council Chambers, City Hall, 20 N. Gallatin Ave., Uniontown. The regular stated meeting of Council shall be held on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 PM except when such day is a legal holiday for the remainder of 2021.
Due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, the meeting will not be open to the general public until the state mandate for the size of gatherings has been lifted. However; the meeting will be live streamed by WMBS to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WMBS590. Anyone wishing to make any comments or have any questions concerning agenda items may email those questions to mayorgerke@uniontowncity.com or kmarshall@uniontowncity.com or phone City Hall at 724-430-2900 until 3:00 PM on Thursday, February 4th. The meeting agenda can be found on the City of Uniontown website at uniontowncity.com, and also posted on the front and back door of City Hall.
Click here to download the meeting agenda
Kimberly F. Marshall
City Clerk
City of Uniontown
Police Officer Application
Qualified persons are invited to apply to the City of Uniontown Civil Service Commission to take competitive examinations leading to eligibility for appointment as a Full-Time Patrolman for the Uniontown Police Department. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Candidates, at the time of application must: (1) Possess a diploma from an accredited high school or a graduate equivalency diploma (GED); (2) Be Act 120 Certified under the Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Act (Act 120), or shall have successfully completed Act 120 Training and successfully passed the final exam, or shall be enrolled in a Municipal Police Academy (Act 120) (NOTE: Upon completion of the testing and background process, the list of eligible candidates will be certified. At that time, applicants must be certified through Act 120 to be included in the final list of eligible candidates.); (3) Be a United States Citizen; (4) Be physically and mentally fit to perform the full duties of a police officer;(5) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and (6) Possess valid motor vehicle license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Currently there is no residency requirement to be a police officer in the City of Uniontown. Successful applicants must also meet all the requirements of the City’s Civil Service Rules and Regulations that will include a background investigation, and if selected, be required to successfully pass a physical and psychological examination. An application form and details of the selection process may be obtained at the Uniontown City Building, 20 North Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401.
A completed application, with a $50.00 non-refundable application fee, must be filed before 4 PM on February, 19, 2021. The physical agility test will be conducted at a date to be announced. Those that successfully pass the physical agility portion of the testing process will be eligible to take the written exam. An Equal Opportunity Employer
City of Uniontown City Council Meeting Agendas
November 16, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
November 5, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
October 1, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
September 3, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
August 6, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
July 2, 2020 Council Meeting Agenda
JUNE 4 2020 COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
JUNE 4 2020 COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE
Click here to download the agenda for May 11th
Click here to download the agenda for April 27th
Notice
- To all City of Uniontown residents, please be informed that the City of Uniontown has contracted with County Hauling for garbage and refuse and recycling for both residential and commercial accounts. Their service will begin October 1, 2020.
- Pickup dates will remain the same for residential, commercial and recycling.
- Residents will receive an introductory letter from County Hauling
- Commercial customers will receive same size dumpsters and frequency unless instructed otherwise.
- New Rates: $14.00 mos./$2.25 mo. Recycling
$11.20 mos. Senior Discount (65 and older)
$2.00 Additional per month for non-curb/rear alley collection
For any questions or concerns, you may call City Hall at 724-430-2900 or email kmarshall@uniontowncity.com.
Customer Service for County Hauling:
724-929-7694
M – F 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Uniontown City Real Estate Discount Payment Reminder
This notice is a reminder that the discount deadline is still August 31, 2020 and the penalty phase will begin on September 1, 2020. We are very appreciative to our City Residents/Businesses that have already paid your real estate tax payment.
We hope this has help the citizens of Uniontown cope with this epidemic. And we hope that everyone continues to stay Safe!
If you have any questions and /or concerns please contact my office at 724-430-2905.
Thank you,
Antoinette Hodge
Uniontown City Treasurer
Citizen Participation Plan (CPP)
Notice is given that the City has amended the Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) to reflect recent guidance indicating how to conduct proper citizen participation in the event of an emergency. Copies of the draft CPP will be on public display on the City Uniontown’s website uniontowncity.com for a period of five (5) days. It is anticipated that Council will adopt the Citizen Participation Plan at its scheduled meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
PA COVID-19 Small Business Grant Programs
For more information:NOW HIRING & BID OPPORTUNITIES
The City of Uniontown is seeking to fill a part-time, seasonal parking enforcement officer position for the City of Uniontown to enforce the parking codes for the City for up to 29 hours per week. Interested candidates may request an application or submit a resume to City of Uniontown, 20 N. Gallatin Avenue, Room 114, Uniontown, PA 15401 or emailed to kmarshall@uniontowncity.com and must be received no later than Friday, June 26, 2020.
Popularly known as "Beesontown", the "town of Union" was founded by Henry Beeson on July 4, 1776, coincidentally the same date the United States Declaration of Independence was ratified. The National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was routed through Uniontown in the early 19th century, and the town grew along with the road (now US 40). 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Uniontown is Fort Necessity, built by George Washington during the French and Indian War (part of the international Seven Years' War) as well as the site of theBattle of Jumonville Glen, where the North American branch of the war began.
Uniontown's role in the Underground Railroad in the antebellum years is commemorated by a marker on the corner of East Main Street and Baker Alley. Residents helped slaves escaping from the South to freedom.
In the late nineteenth century, the town grew based on the development of coal mines and the steel industry. Uniontown was the site of violent clashes between striking coal miners and guards at the local coke works during the bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894. Fifteen guards armed with carbines and machine guns held off an attack by 1,500 strikers, killing five and wounding eight.
The Columbia Rolling Mill, an iron and steel works, was located in Uniontown from 1887 to 1895. The mill was the town's top industry at that time. During the Coal Boom of the early part of the 20th century, Uniontown was home to at least 13 millionaires, the most (per capita) of any city in the United States. "Coal barons" and Carl Laemmle, the president of Universal Films, sponsored the famous Uniontown Speedway board track from 1916 to 1922. It was a mile and a quarter raceway.
As with most of Western Pennsylvania, Uniontown's economy waned during the region's deindustrialization of the late 20th century, when the steel industry restructured and many jobs went elsewhere, including offshore. This decline continued into the 21st century, and the population is about half its peak of 1940.
The USS Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was named for the city by the United States Navy on August 16, 1944, the only ship to be so named.
In 1967 Uniontown was the birthplace of the McDonald's Big Mac sandwich. In 2007 the Big Mac Museum was opened in North Huntingdon Township in Westmoreland County, to the disappointment of some Uniontown residents. According to a McDonald's spokesperson, the decision was based on logistics and access, but Uniontown residents complained in an article that was published in the Herald-Standard.
The Uniontown Downtown Historic District, Gallatin School, John S. Douglas House, John P. Conn House, and Adam Clarke Nutt Mansion are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
