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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/4/2026 6:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-8202 1  ResolutionR4 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 in the amount of $379,369.93 to provide design services to upgrade five outdated traffic signals along the 17th Street Corridor.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.   Not available Not available
15-8203 1  ResolutionR5 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.   Not available Not available
15-8204 1  ResolutionR6 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.   Not available Not available
15-8205 2  ResolutionR7 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.   Not available Not available
15-8206 1  ResolutionR8 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.   Not available Not available
15-8215 1  MinutesDecember 30, 2025 City Council Special Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
15-8194 1  MinutesJanuary 13, 2026 Special Meeting on Bill 1 2026 Budget Adoption   Not available Not available
15-8212 1  DiscussionCity 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.    Not available Not available
15-8182 1  OrdinanceBill 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.    Not available Not available
15-8181 1  OrdinanceBill 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.    Not available Not available
15-8180 1  OrdinanceBill 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.   Not available Not available
15-8191 1  ResolutionR9 Sewage Planning Module at 1324 S. Howard Street   Not available Not available
15-8208 1  ResolutionR10 Kate E. Hartney, Planning Commission, Term Expiration: 2/5/2030   Not available Not available
15-8207 1  ResolutionR11 Krista V. Brown - Ly, Human Relations Commission, Term Expiration: 2/5/2029   Not available Not available
15-8184 1  ResolutionR12 Approves the Allentown Parks Plan 2025.    Not available Not available
15-8216 1  ResolutionR13 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.   Not available Not available
15-8210 1  OrdinanceBill 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.   Not available Not available
15-8217 1  OrdinanceBill 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.    Not available Not available
15-8209 1  OrdinanceBill 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.    Not available Not available
15-6577 1  DiscussionReference Materials: Council Rules Procurement Code Ethics Code   Not available Not available