Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/20/2022 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-5181 1  ResolutionR99 Authorization for Contract with LWC Services, Inc for an annual estimated budgeted sum of $13,892.00 per contract year for Windows and Glass Cleaning services. This was competitively bid and only one (1) bid was received. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5184 1  ResolutionR100 Authorization for Engagement of Professional Services with McMahon Associates in the amount of $17,200.00 to provide supplementary traffic signal inspection staff of one (1) full time inspector for project management, inspection and documentation services on the Traffic Signal Modifications Management. This is in informal quote and is below purchasing requirements, two (2) quotes were received, and three (3) vendors declined to participate. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5182 1  ResolutionR101 Authorization for Contract with Penn Mount Stone, LLC in the amount of $84,725.00 to provide masonry repair and preservation of the WPA era retaining wall located along Park Drive for the City. This was Competitively bid and only one (1) bid was received. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5183 1  ResolutionR102 Authorization for Contract with P. Joseph Lehman, Inc. in the amount of $357,881.00 to Consultant shall provide professional consulting services relative to the Bogert’s Covered Bridge Rehabilitation Project. This was competitively bid, two proposals were received, one was rejected. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5185 1  ResolutionR103 Authorization for an Engagement of Professional Services Michael Baker International in the amount of $3,995.00 to provide bid assistance and construction oversight for the repairs at Cedar Creek Park Vehicular Bridge. This is an informal quote and is below purchasing requirements, one (1) quote was required and therefore received. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5143 1  MinutesJune 1, 2022 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-5208 1  MinutesJune 8, 2022 City Council Special Meeting on ARPA MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-5144 1  MinutesJune 15, 2022 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-5103 1  OrdinanceBill 39 Budget and Finance Committee (Siegel, Santos, Hendricks), October 4, forwarded favorably with a proposed amendment to reduce the allocation to $1m - an amendment that needs to be proposed and acted on at the council meeting this evening. Amending the 2022 ARPA Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Million Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000) Dollars to Da Vinci Science City, LLC.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5102 1  OrdinanceBill 40 Budget and Finance Committee (Siegel, Santos, Hendricks), October 4, forwarded favorably as proposed. Amending the 2022 ARPA Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Million Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000) Dollars to Coca Cola Park for COVID-19 Safety Improvements.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5210 1  DiscussionController Reports   Action details Video Video
15-5100 1  OrdinanceBill 41 Amending the 2022 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirty-Nine Thousand ($39,000) from the unappropriated balance of the 2022 Equipment Fund to the 2022 Rolling Stock expenses to complete vehicle purchases in 2022.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5083 1  OrdinanceBill 43 Providing for the vacation of North Peach Street from the centerline of Cedar Street to its North Terminus in the Eighth Ward of the City of Allentown:approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5134 1  OrdinanceBill 44 Amending the 2022 Capital Fund Budget to allocate Sixty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Fifty Cents ($62,626.50) from the unappropriated balance of the Golf Course Fund to the Golf Grounds Maintenance budget and Golf Capital Projects budget. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5135 1  OrdinanceBill 45 Amending the 2022 General Fund Budget to appropriate Twelve Thousand ($12,000) Dollars from the unappropriated General Fund balance to Parks Maintenance General Fund account. Funds are needed to cope with the rising costs of heating oil, fuel, and other petroleum-based lubricants.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5137 1  OrdinanceBill 46 Amending the 2022 Trexler Fund and Capital Fund Budgets to provide for a transfer of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars from the Trexler Fund to the Capital Fund to provide the additional funds needed to complete the Valania Park Capital Project. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5131 1  OrdinanceBill 47 Renaming of the alleyway, Frederick Street which is located at the rear of the Patriots Building “Moonie Trexler Way”. The request is from Allentown Patriots.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5180 1  ResolutionR104 Certificates of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: • 526 W. Liberty St.    Action details Not available
15-5148 1  ResolutionR105 Jessica Ortiz, Blighted Property Review Committee, 1/5/2025   Action details Not available
15-5149 1  ResolutionR106 Ricky W. Zongora, Building Code Board of Appeals, 11/4/2026 (Replacing Bryan Geist)   Action details Not available
15-5150 1  ResolutionR107 Barry Cohen, Building Code Board of Appeals, 11/2/2026 (Replacing Benjamin Walbert)   Action details Not available
15-5174 1  ResolutionR108 Leanna Pallero, Council of Youth, 08/20/2023   Action details Not available
15-5152 1  ResolutionR109 Julie Thomases, Environmental Advisory Council, 1/6/2025   Action details Not available
15-5172 1  ResolutionR110 Gabrielle Joseph, Council of Youth, 08/20/2023   Action details Not available
15-5173 1  ResolutionR111 Wajiha Saba, Council of Youth, 08/20/2023   Action details Not available
15-5140 1  ResolutionR98 CEDC, Chairperson Gerhach, forwarded favorably Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed style of windows at 617 N. 6th StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-5193 1  ResolutionR112 Authorizes Revisions to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Multimodal Fund Grant Reimbursement Agreement for Highway and Bridge Projects (No. 057444C)approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5142 1  ResolutionR113 Approves transfer: $13,217.28 in Finance Administration to Cover Costs of Pre-Printed City Envelopes to Ordered Due to Significant Pricing Increases; $7,072.54 in Mayor’s Office for Office Furniture in Mayor’s Office which was recently renovated.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5190 1  ResolutionR114 Acknowledging that the City of Allentown would like to file an application for the 2023 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Grant in the amount of $175,000.00; the maximum amount given to a medium size city.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5204 1  ResolutionR115 City of Council of Allentown expresses its opposition to the imposition of restrictions on reproductive choice by the governments of the Commonwealth or the United States and recommends the city cover travel expenses related to abortion access for City employees up to certain amount to be determined through an amendment to the personnel code and budget should the need arise. approved  Action details Video Video
15-5151 1  ResolutionR116 Authorizes and Approves the Engagement of Charles Smith, Esquire, to Provide Legal Services to Allentown City Council Pursuant to the Allentown Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code for one year of the two one – year renewals.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5189 1  OrdinanceBill 48 Amending the 2022 Trexler Fund, by transferring supplemental appropriation from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund in the amount of a total of Sixty-Five Thousand ($65,000) Dollars from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Capital Budget to the Cedar Creek Bridges capital project, to repair the vehicular bridge at Ott St in Cedar Creek Parkway.   Action details Video Video
15-5192 1  OrdinanceBill 49 Amending the 2022 General Fund, Solid Waste Fund, Stormwater Fund, and Rental Fund by transferring a total of Five Hundred Thousand ($ 500,000) Dollars to allow for the continued purchase of fuel for the remainder of 2022.   Action details Video Video
15-5194 1  OrdinanceBill 50 Budget and Finance, recommended favorably Amending the 2022 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a total transfer of Five Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($5,597.15) among Capital Projects with the final outcome being the closure of Capital Project 2028 – Police Academy Road and Parking Lot and Capital Project 2209 Mack Pool. These Capital Projects are complete and have been reconciled by the Finance Department.   Action details Video Video
15-5195 1  OrdinanceBill 51 Rules and Chambers, forwarded favorably Adhering to Part One Administrative Legislation, Chapter 80 Personnel Policies, Section 80-7, Part E (1) by forwarding the recommendations of the Reclassification Committee to City Council.   Action details Video Video
15-5188 1  OrdinanceBill 52 DIRECTING THE LEHIGH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PLACE A REFERENDUM QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN VOTERS ON THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022, BALLOT TO AMEND THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN HOME RULE CHARTER TO ESTABLISH THE SALARY OF THE CONTROLLER EQUAL TO 80% OF THE MAYOR’S SALARY WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT $95,000.Controller   Action details Video Video
15-5187 1  OrdinanceBill 53 Rules and Chambers, forwarded favorably Amends the Ethics code by adding provisions on nepotism, patronage, gifting and general procedures.    Action details Video Video
15-5197 1  OrdinanceBill 54 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending the Administrative Code, § 5-15 City Council action on budget, by changing the definitions of the Mayor’s Proposed Budget to comply with current and amended provisions of Home Rule Charter - that the budget shall be submitted on or before 75 days prior to the ensuing fiscal year pursuant to the Charter rather than 60 days (housecleaning measure).   Action details Video Video
15-5209 1  OrdinanceBill 55 Amending the Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance of the City of Allentown by (i) rezoning certain parcels to B-5 Urban Commercial District, (ii) adding an additional note (T) to section 1315.03 altering the area and yard requirements for certain parcels zoned B-5, and (iii) providing for a repealer clause, a severability clause, and an effective date.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4437 1  DiscussionCouncil Rules Home Rule Charter Contract Procedures   Action details Not available