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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/6/2026 6:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-8422 1  MinutesApril 15, 2026 Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
15-8393 1  ResolutionR58 Certificate of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 334 N 9th Street    Not available Not available
15-8401 1  ResolutionR59 1935 S. 5th Street - Sewer Planning Module   Not available Not available
15-8402 1  ResolutionR60 S Hall Street Apartments - Sewage Planning Module   Not available Not available
15-8403 1  ResolutionR61 Bears Steps Management LLC at 728 Union Boulevard - Sewage Planning Module   Not available Not available
15-8413 1  ResolutionR62 A resolution of the City of Allentown to close out DCNR community grant project BRC-TAG-28-280 per DCNR grant requirements.    Not available Not available
15-8421 1  OrdinanceBill 32 Amending § 425-15. Alcoholic beverages, controlled dangerous substances, solicitation and gambling by prohibiting smoking or vaping any substance within 25 feet of playgrounds, recreational fields and courts (including but not limited to baseball, basketball, football, handball, softball, tennis, volleyball, etc.).    Not available Not available
15-8404 1  OrdinanceBill 33 Repealing Chapter 135, “Abandoned Real Property; Blight” in its entirety and adopting Chapter 611, “Vacant and At Risk Property”    Not available Not available
15-8405 1  OrdinanceBill 34 Amending the 2026 General Fund budget to amend the Fixed Cost Distribution (FCD) for two (2) employees within DCED to change the portions of their salary and benefits expensed to the Grant Fund Recompete Program budget to reflect work performed under the grant.   Not available Not available
15-8406 1  OrdinanceBill 35 Amending the 2026 General Fund budget to accommodate the upgrade of the part-time Clerk III in the Office of Compliance and the upgrade of the two (2) part-time MWI-Custodial positions in Building Maintenance within the Department of Public Works. The part-time Clerk III, currently M08, would be upgraded to an Administrative Assistant at a proposed pay grade of S07 to better align the job duties and responsibilities of this position. The two (2) part-time MWI-Custodial positions will remain in the same paygrade (M06) but be upgraded to full-time positions to better align job duties and allow for consistent staffing in Building Maintenance.   Not available Not available
15-8407 1  OrdinanceBill 36 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of One Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,650,000.00) to fund the reconstruction on Lehigh and Union Street as part of the Congressionally Directed Spending Grant the City was awarded. This grant is partially reimbursable and requires match funding.   Not available Not available
15-8408 1  OrdinanceBill 37 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund and General Fund Operating Budgets to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars from the Allentown Parknership to support improvements to Ithaca Park and Recreational Programming. This is a reimbursement from the Parknership.   Not available Not available
15-8409 1  OrdinanceBill 38 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($50,841.45) from accounts associated with the completed Dixon Street Pedestrian Bridge and Parks Master Plan projects to the Bogert’s Bridge Rehabilitation project.    Not available Not available
15-8410 1  OrdinanceBill 39 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Nine ($106,329.00) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to support construction of the Dixon Street sidewalks.   Not available Not available
15-8411 1  OrdinanceBill 40 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) LSA grant to support construction of the MLK Trail Extension Phase 1.   Not available Not available
15-8412 1  OrdinanceBill 41 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of One million Nine Hundred and Five thousand dollars ($1,905,000) to fund the approved Parks Capital Projects as part of the 2026 Capital borrowing.   Not available Not available
15-8414 1  OrdinanceBill 42 Amending the 2026 General Fund budget to provide for One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($136,319.00) from the General Fund unappropriated balance to the Fire Department operating budget for additional costs to support a second Fire Academy in 2026.    Not available Not available
15-8420 1  ResolutionR63 A Resolution Requiring An Audit And Review Of The Mayor’s Traveling Expenses And An Independent Review By An Auditor For Compliance With All Relevant Statutory Provisions   Not available Not available