Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/5/2025 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-7460 1  ResolutionR6 Authorization of Cooperative Contracts for various goods/services with Granturk Equipment Co, Inc, Levan Machine & Truck Equip, Whitmoyer Ford, Inc., Power Pro Equipment, Shi International Corp., Herman Goldner Co, Inc., Wireless Communications & Elec, & Advanced Electronic Design, Inc.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7452 1  MinutesDecember 18, 2025 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-7463 1  MinutesJanuary 15, 2025 City Council Meeting Minutes (APA Update)approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7458 1  MinutesJanuary 15, 2025 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-7487 1  DiscussionController Reports   Action details Not available
15-7437 1  OrdinanceBill 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. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7438 1  OrdinanceBill 2 Establishing a Latino Advisory Council to advise the Mayor and Council on issues relating to Latino affairs. amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7438 1  OrdinanceBill 2 Establishing a Latino Advisory Council to advise the Mayor and Council on issues relating to Latino affairs. approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7439 1  OrdinanceBill 3 Establishing a African-American Advisory Council is to advise the Mayor and Council on any relating to African-American issues. amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7439 1  OrdinanceBill 3 Establishing a African-American Advisory Council is to advise the Mayor and Council on any relating to African-American issues. approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7442 1  OrdinanceBill 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.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7444 1  OrdinanceBill 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.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7443 1  OrdinanceBill 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. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7445 1  OrdinanceBill 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.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7446 1  OrdinanceBill 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.amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7446 1  OrdinanceBill 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.approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-7453 1  ResolutionR7 Daryl Hendricks,Vacant Property Review Board/Blighted Property Review Committee Appointment, 12/31/2025 Member of Council (Replacing Candida Affa)    Action details Not available
15-7454 1  ResolutionR8 AJ Jordan, Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB), 05/05/2027   Action details Not available
15-7455 1  ResolutionR9 Alex Encelewski, Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB), 01/07/2028   Action details Not available
15-7465 1  ResolutionR10 Authorizes the disposition of certain records within the Allentown Health Bureau.   Action details Not available
15-7410 1  ResolutionR233 Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 523.5 N 6th Street withdrawnPass Action details Video Video
15-7464 1  ResolutionR11 Authorizes the submission of a Formal Application for funding from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative in the amount of approximately One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for safety improvements on Hanover Avenue and East Linden Street. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7466 1  ResolutionR12 Approves the submission of the formal application for the local share account grant on behalf of the Allentown Art Museum to support the construction of a new facility.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7467 1  ResolutionR13 Approves the submission of the formal application for the local share account grant on behalf of the National Scenic Museum to support its facility rehabilitation and operations.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7468 1  ResolutionR14 Authorizes the submission of the formal application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a grant of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to support Da Vinci Science Center. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7470 1  ResolutionR15 Approves the submission of the formal application for the local share account grant on behalf of Resurrected Life Community Development Corporation (RCDC) to support its rehabilitation and program expansion.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7469 1  ResolutionR16 Authorizes the submission of the formal application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to support the Baum School of Art. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7469 1  ResolutionR16 Authorizes the submission of the formal application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) to support the Baum School of Art. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-7471 1  OrdinanceBill 11 Amending the 2025 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand ($175,000.00) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to support design of MLK Trail Phase 2 (LP East to Cedar Park).   Action details Video Video
15-7472 1  OrdinanceBill 12 Amending the 2024 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Nine Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Dollars ($963,000.00) from the United States Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Grant to the City of Allentown Police Department. These funds will be utilized as reimbursement of expenses for new equipment purchased.    Action details Video Video
15-7473 1  OrdinanceBill 13 Amending the 2025 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for an increase of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) for the purchase of a heavy-duty lift truck for the Traffic Bureau as part of the Pennsylvania Local Share Account Grant the City was awarded. This grant is fully reimbursable and once the equipment has been purchased, the City will be reimbursed.   Action details Video Video
15-7475 1  OrdinanceBill 14 Amending the Administrative Code, Chapter 177, Bicycles, by bringing the code into compliance with the Pa. State vehicle code, updating the definition of bicycle to pedalcycle to be consistent with the Pa. Vehicle Code, repealing chapters 177-3 through 177-7 (advise the police department to direct bike owners to register their bikes in a national data base), repealing various sections of the code that are superseded by the PA Vehicle Code and amending Chapter 319, Hamilton Street Regulations, updating the term bicycles to pedalcycles.    Action details Video Video
15-7474 1  ResolutionR17 Resolution provided by City of Allentown Police and Fire Civil Service Board Requesting the Mayor stagger the terms of the City of Allentown Police and Fire Civil Service Board    Action details Video Video
15-6577 1  DiscussionReference Materials: Council Rules Procurement Code Ethics Code   Action details Not available