Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/4/2023 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-6269 1  MinutesSeptember 6, 2023 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6268 1  MinutesSeptember 20, 2023 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6293 1  DiscussionCity Controller Reports   Action details Not available
15-6049 1  OrdinanceBill 70 Amending the Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance of the City of Allentown by rezoning certain parcels at 51 N. Front St. and 115 Riverside Dr to B-5 Urban Commercial District, and by adding adds a text Amendment that provides additional requirements for B-5 properties,provides for a repealer clause, a severability clause, and an effective date.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6243 1  OrdinanceBill 84 Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Dollars ($312,000.00) from the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant and Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars ($78,000.00) from the unappropriated balance as a grant match for an Action Plan. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6242 1  OrdinanceBill 85 Amending the 2023 Fire Department budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirty-Nine Thousand Seventy-Three Dollars and Sixty-Three Cents ($39,073.63) from the Department of Homeland Security grant for the purchase of Wellness and Fitness equipment. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6241 1  OrdinanceBill 86 Amending Part I Administrative Legislation, Chapter 12 Authorities, Boards and Commissions, Article I Board of Recreation by updating the language in Sections 1 – 3.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6262 1  ResolutionR162 Sewage Planning Module at 827 – 829 West Linden StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6231 1  ResolutionR161 Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 327 N. Nagle StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6267 1  ResolutionR163 “Judge Memorial Dog Park” at Dixon Street approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6248 1  ResolutionR164 Approves three transfers: (1) $35,270.00 in Traffic Planning by transferring funds from Account 46 to 68; the Wayfinding Sign installation, originally budgeted as a contract will be done in house, 68 is the proper account to purchase materials; (2) $14,525 in Parks and Recreation, Golf Course Capital Project, from the 54 to the 46 Account, for improvements to the agronomics of the soil; (3) $14,355.72 in Parks and Recreation, Jordan Skatepark Project, from the 72 to the 46 Account, the cost for lights was less than expected, the funds are transferred for Phase 2 of the construction. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6250 1  ResolutionR165 Approves the ransfer of $30,000.00 in Human Resources from Account 04 (temporary wages) to Account 46, Other Contract Services, to cover additional costs for the HR Consultant that were not budgeted.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6263 1  OrdinanceBill 88 Request to introduce and vote on this tonight at this council meeting. Providing for the vacation of Susquehanna Street from the centerline of South 7th Street to the centerline of South Virginia Street in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Allentown.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6239 1  OrdinanceBill 87 There is a request to pull this from committee and act on it. Authorizing an investigation by an outside agency under Section 210, Investigations, of the Home Rule Charter: approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6239 1  OrdinanceBill 87 There is a request to pull this from committee and act on it. Authorizing an investigation by an outside agency under Section 210, Investigations, of the Home Rule Charter: approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6264 1  OrdinanceBill 89 Providing for the vacation of North Maxwell Street from the centerline of East Turner Street to the centerline of East Linden Street in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.   Action details Video Video
15-6270 1  OrdinanceBill 90 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Six Hundred Fifty Thousand ($650,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to support design and construction of the D&L Trail – Allentown Segment.   Action details Video Video
15-6271 1  OrdinanceBill 91 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($275,000.00) from the City’s ARPA funds for the repair of the Dixon St. Pedestrian Bridge. These funds will provide for the design and construction of the Dixon St Bridge, which will allow citizens to use this bridge and connect the neighborhoods from the north of Dixon St to South Mountain Middle School and Dodd Elementary school area.    Action details Video Video
15-6272 1  OrdinanceBill 92 This ordinance corrects legislation previously passed placing the funds into appropriate accounts. The bill will reverse Ordinance 15886, and appropriate the ARPA money allocated for HDC-Mid Atlantic project to the correct expense account within the ARPA fund. The original Ordinance 15886 was passed and allocated One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to the 2023 General Fund DCED Director’s budget. This does not allow for proper tracking and oversight of ARPA funding. The original intention of the Ordinance 15886 was to appropriate One Million $1,000,000 Dollars for the 1528 West Hamilton St. Affordable Housing Project being developed by HDC-Mid Atlantic. These funds should be placed in the ARPA civic expenses account. 100% of the funds will be used to offset construction costs of the project.   Action details Video Video
15-6273 1  ResolutionR166 Refer to Parks and Recreation Committee Recommends Mayor Tuerk partner with the Allentown School District on the development and upgrades to Andre Reed Park by exploring all options related to park and school district interests.    Action details Video Video
15-6273 1  ResolutionR166 Refer to Parks and Recreation Committee Recommends Mayor Tuerk partner with the Allentown School District on the development and upgrades to Andre Reed Park by exploring all options related to park and school district interests.    Action details Video Video
15-5720 1  DiscussionCouncil Rules Procurement Procedures Code of Ethics   Action details Not available