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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/4/2016 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-835 1  MinutesApril 20, 2016 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-840 1  MinutesApril 20 Special Meeting - Contract Review and Approval Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-839 1  MinutesApril 27, 2016 City Council Special Meeting - Review of Consolidated Grants Programs Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-838 1  MinutesApril 27, 2016 Budget and Finance Committee Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-841 2  MinutesApril 27, 2016 Community and Economic Development Committee Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-759 1  OrdinanceBill 17 Parks and Recreation, this evening Amending the 2016 Trexler Fund, 2016 Golf Fund and the 2016 Capital Fund by transferring from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund to various accounts within the Trexler Fund, Golf Fund and Capital Fund to allow the Parks Department to maintain the parks system using unspent previously allocated funds. This bill will allow the Parks Department to complete the following: Park Maintenance Study, perform electrical repairs throughout the park system, purchase various operating materials, chemicals, mulch, trees and lawn equipment. It will also place $128,000 in the Golf Fund Capital Program for irrigation repairs. The Rose Garden pavilion number three will also be replaced at an estimated cost of $22,700 through Capital Project 1905 (Park and Playground Improvements).Also, a new dug-out will be built at Keck Park at the baseball diamond at an estimated cost of $20,800 through Capital Project 1652 (Keck and Roosevelt Park Improvements). approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-760 1  OrdinanceBill 18 Amending the 2016 General Fund budget by deleting the position of Equipment Operator II (09M) and adding the position of Equipment Operator III (10M) in the Bureau of Street Maintenance. The purpose of this bill is to take a currently vacant EO 2 position (primarily a tandem truck driving position) and upgrade it to an EO 3, a more versatile position whose primary functions include the following: Street sweepers, asphalt rollers, front end loaders, paving machines, dozers, all size dump trucks and trailers.The upgrade will allow for a more flexible range of use of the employee. This change will also take what is basically a single dimensional position and make it multi-dimensional. approvedFail Action details Video Video
15-771 1  OrdinanceBill 19 Council forwarded favorably, 7-0 An Ordinance amending the Consolidated Plan One Year Action Plan for the Fortieth and Forty-first years of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) which re-programs Thirty-nine Thousand One Hundred ($39,100) Dollars of unexpended funds. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-831 1  OrdinanceBill 20 Council forwarded favorably, 7-0 An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-773 1  OrdinanceBill 21 Council forwarded favorably, 7-0 An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from the repayment of loans made through the Rental Rehabilitation Program.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-775 1  OrdinanceBill 22 Public Works, this evening Amending the 2016 Capital Project Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and Fifty-Nine Cents ($77,829.59) from one Capital Project to another project for additional funding for bridge repairs.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-776 1  OrdinanceBill 23 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2016 General Fund budget by deleting the position of Clerk Typist 2 - Part-time (05M) and adding the position of Administrative Assistant (07N) in the Fire Administration Office. The purpose of this bill is to create a Full-time Administrative Assistant to provide sufficient office administrative support in the Fire Prevention office and as needed to support the Deputy Chief.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-777 1  OrdinanceBill 24 Public Works, this evening Amending the 2016 General Fund budget by adding the position of Part Time MW1 (06M) in Traffic Planning and Control.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-774 1  ResolutionR72 Council forwarded favorably, 7-0 Authorizes the City to submit the Year Action plan to HUD. The Action Plan outlines the use of the federal funds for the upcoming program year in accordance with the priorities outlined in the Five Year.Consolidated Plan approved by City Council last year. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-714 1  ResolutionR83 Public Works, this evening Strata II Encroachment: Authorizes the installation of a connector bridge from Southwest corner at intersection of N. 6th Street and W. Linden to Linden Parking Garage approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-792 1  OrdinanceBill 25 CEDC, this evening Amending the 2016 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of $400,000 reflecting receipt of monies from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund to provide for remediation of the Allentown Metal Works Site as part of the Allentown Re-Industrialization Strategy.    Action details Video Video
15-820 1  OrdinanceBill 26 Budget and Finance, this evening Amending the 2016 General Fund budget by deleting the position of Office Manager (09N) in the Bureau of Accounting & Financial Management and adding the position of Financial Analyst (14N) in the Bureau of Finance & Budget Administration. The annual salary is $59,000, funded as a result of transfers from Accounting and Financial Management to Finance and Budget Administration.    Action details Video Video
15-715 1  ResolutionR97 Authorizes encroachment of bollards on Front Street at 101 W. Tilghman Street    Action details Video Video
15-802 1  ResolutionR98 Encroachment Authorization for Canopy at 1674 W Chew Street    Action details Video Video
15-751 1  ResolutionR99 Authorizing the Administration to Accept the Deed for the Pocket Park on Hamilton Street from ACIDA   Action details Video Video
15-617 1  DiscussionHome Rule Charter   Action details Not available
15-382 1  CommunicationCouncil Rules and HR Charter   Action details Not available
15-523 1  CommunicationCommittee Members   Action details Not available