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January 15, 2025 ·6:30 PM Final

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Agenda — 41 items

  1. 1 Invocation: ▶ jump to 0:21
  2. 2 Pledge to the Flag ▶ jump to 1:31
  3. 3 Roll Call ▶ jump to 1:51
  4. 4 Courtesy of the Floor Courtesy and Privilege of the Floor Rules ▶ jump to 3:47
  5. 5 Election of President and Vice President approved Pass ▶ jump to 22:30
  6. 6 Contract Approvals ▶ jump to 24:15
  7. 6 Election of President and Vice President approved Pass ▶ jump to 23:32
  8. 7 R1 Authorization of Cooperative Contract(s) in an amount greater than $40,000.00 to provide the City with various goods/services, for H.T. Lyons, Inc. 15-7441 ▶ jump to 24:23
  9. 8 R2 Authorization for a Contract with TCW Building Maintenance, LLC in the estimated budgeted sum of $85,000 per contract year for on-call, on-site Overhead Door replacement, repair, inspection and maintenance, at various City owned and/or operated facilities. One (1) bid was received, contract shall be for one (1) with four (4) additional one (1) year renewals beyond the contract expiration period. 15-7440 approved Pass ▶ jump to 25:59
  10. 9 Minutes of Previous Meeting ▶ jump to 26:16
  11. 10 December 4, 2024 City Council Meeting Minutes 15-7448 approved Pass ▶ jump to 26:22
  12. 11 Communications ▶ jump to 26:39
  13. 12 Old Business ▶ jump to 26:57
  14. 13 REPORTS ▶ jump to 27:04
  15. 14 Controller PCard Review 15-7449
  16. 15 ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On): ▶ jump to 34:42
  17. 16 Bill 118 Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seven Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Forty-Three Cents ($737,219.43) from LCA for the purpose of construction ADA handicap ramps and for the milling and paving of streets under the City’s Utility Paving Program. 15-7406 approved Pass ▶ jump to 35:26
  18. 17 Bill 119 Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from the Ferber Company for traffic signal improvements. 15-7407 approved Pass ▶ jump to 36:23
  19. 18 Bill 120 Amending Part I Administrative Legislation, Chapter 80 Personnel Policies, Section 13 Holidays and Leave Time, Subsection A Holidays by updating the list of paid holidays for full-time non-bargaining employees to include Juneteenth National Independence Day. 15-7412 approved Pass ▶ jump to 38:48
  20. 19 Bill 121 Amending the 2024 Fire Department budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Fifty-Seven Cents ($41,242.57) from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development grant. These funds will be utilized to support the Bomb Squad and ensure disposal of fireworks. 15-7421 approved Pass ▶ jump to 39:42
  21. 20 CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 40:01
  22. 21 RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On): ▶ jump to 40:01
  23. 22 R3 City Council hereby authorizes the additional expenditure of $50,000 and authorizes the transfer of $50,000 in City Council Budget for Payment for Legal Services for Brown Nimeroff LLC for expenses related to the 'investigation' from Account #000-01-0101-0001-46 to Account #000-01-0101-0001-44. 15-7429 approved Pass ▶ jump to 46:36
  24. 23 R4 Approves the following transfers: Fire - $207,269.86; EMS - $139,929.12; Public Works - $18,669.15; Mayor’s Office - $18,491.69 15-7450 approved Pass ▶ jump to 47:33
  25. 24 ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION (To be referred to Committee with public comment prior to referral) ▶ jump to 48:38
  26. 25 Bill 1 Amending the 2024 Liquid Fuels Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Five Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Thirty-One Cents ($567,951.31) from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund. The reason for this transfer is due to an audit that was conducted on the Liquid Fuels funding from 2016-2020. During that audit, a finding was presented that paving of more than one inch had to get prior approval from the Department of Transportation, and that was not done. This was not found in previous audits and corrected once we were made aware. 15-7437 ▶ jump to 48:42
  27. 26 Bill 2 Establishing a Latino Advisory Council to advise the Mayor and Council on issues relating to Latino affairs. 15-7438 ▶ jump to 49:21
  28. 27 Bill 3 Establishing a African-American Advisory Council is to advise the Mayor and Council on any relating to African-American issues. 15-7439 ▶ jump to 49:44
  29. 28 Bill 4 An ordinance of the Council of the City of Allentown Pennsylvania requiring the city to obtain and maintain a welcoming city rating and work towards a score of no less than three stars from welcoming America; codifying the city's practices related to the provision of city services without regard to refugee or immigration status and requiring city council to advocate for the adoption of similar practices and policies by other municipalities; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the ordinance shall take effect in accordance with Pennsylvania law. 15-7422 ▶ jump to 52:39
  30. 29 Bill 5 Amending the 2024 Trexler Fund by authorizing a supplemental appropriation from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund in the amount of Eighty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen Dollars and One Cent ($85,416.01) to the Jordan Skatepark capital budget of the Parks and Recreation Department. These funds will complete the construction of Phase 2 of the skatepark and is part of the 2024-25 Trexler Capital Project allocation. 15-7442 ▶ jump to 63:08
  31. 30 Bill 6 Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ninety Thousand ($90,000.00) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to support improvements to upgrade the final pavilion at Rose Garden #1. 15-7444 ▶ jump to 66:34
  32. 31 Bill 7 Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Twenty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Six Cents ($24,417.06) from Irving Pool Improvements capital project into Jordan Skatepark for construction of Phase 2. 15-7443 ▶ jump to 66:57
  33. 32 Bill 8 Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of Three Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000) to the newly created capital account for the design of the traffic signal upgrades at 17th and Linden Street, 17th and Turner Street, 17th and Chew Street, and 17th and Walnut Street intersections. This project is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant (MTF-DCED) that the City was awarded. This will fund the design for upgrades to the four intersections on 17th Street. The City was awarded $250,000 as part of the MTF-DCED grant that is reimbursable, and the $75,000 is considered the City’s match that is required per the grant agreement. 15-7445 ▶ jump to 67:24
  34. 33 Bill 9 Amending the 2025 General Fund budget by transferring $150,000.00 from the Health Bureau, Administration program to a new Health Bureau, Unsheltered Coordination Services program to fund the Unsheltered Services Coordinator position (11N), with a total annual salary of $68,987. 15-7446 ▶ jump to 67:52
  35. 34 Bill 10 Authorizing an investigation by an outside agency under Section 210, Investigations, of the Home Rule Charter: :Allentown City Council hereby approves the engagement of Duane Morris to conduct such investigation and make such recommendations set forth and that City Council’s Solicitor work with the solicitor’s office to take all necessary action to implement this ordinance. 15-7451 Suspend The Rules Pass ▶ jump to 71:34
  36. 35 RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION (Can be voted on or Referred to Committee):
  37. 36 NEW BUSINESS ▶ jump to 86:10
  38. 36 Bill 10 Authorizing an investigation by an outside agency under Section 210, Investigations, of the Home Rule Charter: :Allentown City Council hereby approves the engagement of Duane Morris to conduct such investigation and make such recommendations set forth and that City Council’s Solicitor work with the solicitor’s office to take all necessary action to implement this ordinance. 15-7451
  39. 37 GOOD AND WELFARE ▶ jump to 86:13
  40. 38 ADJOURNED: 7:58 PM ▶ jump to 88:12
  41. 39 Reference Materials: Council Rules Procurement Code Ethics Code 15-6577