Allentown - Meeting of City Council on 2/4/2026 at 6:30 PM

15-8202

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8202
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R4 Authorization for Contract with Bowman Consulting Group LTD. in the amount of $379,369.93 to provide design services to upgrade five outdated traffic signals along the 17th Street Corridor. Improvements will include new controllers, video detection, GPS emergency pre-emption, accessible pedestrian signals, ADA curb ramps, curb extensions where feasible, and high-visibility crosswalks. The system will connect to the Downtown Traffic Signal System via spread spectrum radio. Three (3) proposals were received. Contract shall cease three (3) years thereafter and may be extended for up to an additional two (2) one (1) year terms beyond the contract expiration period.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8203

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8203
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R5 Authorization for Contract with Michael Baker International, Inc. in the amount of $215,733.00 to provide professional design and consulting services for its Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Demonstration Projects. Services include designing the Jefferson Street Traffic Calming Project with temporary markings, lane changes, flexible delineators, high-visibility crosswalks, and “No Turn on Red” signs, as well as supporting data collection and evaluation for the School and Park Speed Cushion Project and High Injury Network Daylighting Project through traffic counts, crash analysis, performance metrics, and community feedback. Two (2) proposals were received. Contract shall cease two (2) years thereafter and may be extended for up to an additional three (3) one (1) year terms beyond the contract expiration period.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8204

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8204
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R6 Authorization for single source Contract with Microsoft Corporation in the amount of $110,500.00 for provides the ability for City staff to open tickets directly with Microsoft for system support and work directly with an account manager at Microsoft for escalation and resolution. This is considered a single source as the City is fully integrated with Microsoft Office 365.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8205

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8205
Ver.: 2
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R7 Authorization for Contract with Fisher & Son Company, Inc, Genesis Turfgrass, Inc, Grass Roots Turf Products, Inc, Harrell’s, LLC, Nutrien Solutions, and Siteone Landscape Supply, LLC at the unit prices identified on the bid tabulation, for a total estimated yearly sum in the amount of $231,900.00 for agricultural chemicals for the City. Seven (7) Bids were received, one (1) was rejected, contract shall commence upon full execution and cease December 31, 2026, with two (2) additional one (1) year renewals beyond the contract expiration period.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8206

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8206
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R8 Authorization of Cooperative Contract(s) in an amount greater than $40,000.00 to provide the City with various goods/services, for GT&E, Shafnisky Electric Inc., and Witmer Public Safety Group Inc.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8215

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:27 GMT

File #: 15-8215
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Minutes
Title: December 30, 2025 City Council Special Meeting Minutes
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8194

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8194
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Minutes
Title: January 13, 2026 Special Meeting on Bill 1 2026 Budget Adoption
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8212

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8212
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Discussion
Title: City Council received the attached report from Jennifer Gomez, the Director of Bureau of Planning & Zoning. The PA Municipal Planning Code requires the Planning Commission to maintain a full record of its activities and submit a written annual report to the governing body. Attached is the 2025 Allentown City Planning Commission (ACPC) Annual Report.
Action:
Result:

15-8225

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8225
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Discussion
Title: Controller's Report
Action:
Result:

15-8182

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8182
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 3 Human Resources, Administration and Appointments Amending the 2026 Grant Fund budget to accept Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in grant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies through Johns Hopkins University for the Love Your Block Grant.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8181

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:39:41 GMT

File #: 15-8181
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 4 Parks and Recreation Committee, Chair Santos Amending the 2026 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Twenty Cents ($3,124.20) from H&P Construction, Inc. for the city providing electrical hookup for the Bogert’s Bridge project.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8180

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:39:41 GMT

File #: 15-8180
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 5 Parks and Recreation, Chair Santos Amending the 2026 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars from DLNHC (Delaware Lehigh National Heritage Corridor) as part of their Lehigh Valley Greenways Implementation Block Grant for the Trail Water Fountain Upgrade at Jordan Meadows Park.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8191

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8191
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R9 Sewage Planning Module at 1324 S. Howard Street
Action:
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15-8208

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:26 GMT

File #: 15-8208
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R10 Kate E. Hartney, Planning Commission, Term Expiration: 2/5/2030
Action:
Result:

15-8207

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8207
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R11 Krista V. Brown - Ly, Human Relations Commission, Term Expiration: 2/5/2029
Action:
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15-8184

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:28:44 GMT

File #: 15-8184
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R12 Approves the Allentown Parks Plan 2025.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8216

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:27 GMT

File #: 15-8216
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: R13 Authorizes the submission of a Formal Application for funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant (MTF-PennDOT) Grant Services in the amount of approximately Six Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars ($682,282) for the trail connection between Cedar Creek Park and Trexler Park.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8210

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:27 GMT

File #: 15-8210
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 6 Amending the 2026 Trexler Fund by authorizing a supplemental appropriation in the amount of Twenty-Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Ten Cents ($22,133.10) to the Parks and Recreation Department to make the 5th and final payment towards the Groundskeeping Equipment Loan. This is part of the 2025-26 Trexler Operating allocation.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8217

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:19:27 GMT

File #: 15-8217
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 7 Amending the 2025 Risk Fund by transferring One Million Two Hundred Ten Thousand ($1,210,000) Dollars from the General Fund unappropriated balance to the Risk Fund for the payment of healthcare claims, drug prescription benefits, and other employee medical costs for the remainder of the year. The healthcare claim amounts are significantly higher this year. Specifically, this is to cover final invoices from SEIU and Capital Blue Cross that were not accounted for in the previous Risk Fund Transfer.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-8209

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:39:27 GMT

File #: 15-8209
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance
Title: Bill 8 Amending Part II General Legislation, Chapter 400 Noise, Section 400-1 Definitions, revising the definition of Zoning Classifications, and Section 400-6 Sound levels by receiving land use, revising Table 1 Receiving Land Use, to be consistent with the zoning classifications within Chapter 660 Zoning, adopted October 15, 2025, effective January 1, 2026.
Action: approved
Result: Pass

15-6577

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:48:54 GMT

File #: 15-6577
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Discussion
Title: Reference Materials: Council Rules Procurement Code Ethics Code
Action:
Result: