Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/16/2023 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-6147 1  ResolutionR136 Authorization for Contract with Jack Rich, Inc., MacMillan Oil Co. of Allentown Inc., & PPC Lubricants, LLC in the estimated sum of $39,900 to provide motor oils, lubricants and chemicals for City vehicles and equipment; 4 bids were received, one bid was rejected; each was awarded various parts of the contract, the contract can be extended for four additional one year terms beyond the initial year; the estimated $39,900.00 per renewal term would be an estimated total of $199,500.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6148 1  ResolutionR137 Authorization for Contract with Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. (d/b/a Kost Tire and Auto Service, Inc. D/b/a Big E Tire, Inc.) & McCarthy Tire Service Company, Inc. in the estimated sum of $30,000 per contract year to provide tires for City vehicles and equipment; two bids were received, each was awarded various parts of the contract, upon written notification, the contract can be extended for up to four additional one year terms beyond the contract expiration period.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6149 1  ResolutionR138 Authorization for price increase to the contract with Buell Kratzer Powell, Ltd. in the amount of $12,800. The company provided engineering services related to design, construction documents, cost estimates, construction bidding assistance, construction administration services, and close out services at Irving Pool – the cost for the initial service was $103,815.50; the additional costs is to keep the design team on for construction administration. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6125 1  MinutesJuly 19, 2023 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6146 1  MinutesAugust 2, 2023 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-6170 1  DiscussionCity Controller Reports   Action details Not available
15-6109 1  OrdinanceBill 75 Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to allow for a position name change in the Department of Public Works, Recycling and Solid Waste, by changing the SWEEP Officer position to SWEEP Officer Bilingual.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6110 1  OrdinanceBill 76 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from People’s First Federal Credit Union to support the mini-pitch system at Jordan Meadows. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6111 1  OrdinanceBill 77 Amending the 2023 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two-Million-Dollars ($2,000,000.00) grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address housing related hazards including radon remediation, asbestos abatement, and electrical and plumbing repairs. The 2023 Federal Healthy Homes Production Grant is a reimbursable grant which will be spent over the course of 42 months to fund repairs up to $10,000 per home for 135 qualified Allentown homeowners and tenants/landlords. Additionally, it is requested to amend the 2023 General Fund budget to create two (2) new fully grant funded positions in the Department of Community & Economic Development’s (DCED) Community Housing program and provide supplemental grant funding to two (2) existing positions. The funds for these positions were awarded as a grant from the Federal Healthy Homes Production (HHP).approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6151 1  ResolutionR139 Authorizes the submission of the formal application for funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the Strategic Management Planning Program (STMP) in the amount of up to Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6127 1  ResolutionR140 Approves a transfer of $22,352.00 in Revenue & Audit Bureau for Unexpected Fees from Lehigh Tax Collection Committee Service to the City of Allentown in Regards to EIT Collection.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-6150 1  OrdinanceBill 79 Amending the 2023 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($25,725) from the United States Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Grant for the purpose of overtime pay of patrol presence in an effort to suppress violent crimes and drug investigations in the Keystone Opportunity Zone in Allentown.   Action details Video Video
15-6152 1  OrdinanceBill 80 Amending Chapter 406, Nuisance Abatement, to consistently refer to the Appeals Board as the Nuisance Abatement Board of Appeals. This legislation cleans up language relating to the Nuisance Abatement Board of Appeals.    Action details Video Video
15-6153 1  OrdinanceBill 81 Refer to the Community and Economic Development Committee, Allentown Planning Commission and Lehigh Valley Planning Commission AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN TO ADD A NEW SECTION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW “MIXED USE OVERLAY” ZONING DISTRICT, AND THAT WOULD APPLY THIS NEW DISTRICT TO LAND FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE ALLENTOWN STATE HOSPITAL THAT IS SOUTH OF HANOVER AV., SOUTH OF E. ALLEN ST., SOUTH OF WAHNETA ST. EXTENDED, GENERALLY EAST OF MAXWELL ST. EXTENDED, NORTH OF RIVER DR., AND WEST OF THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM BORDER, AS DEPICTED IN MORE DETAIL ON AN ATTACHED MAP LABELED EXHIBIT A, AND TO ADD CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.    Action details Video Video
15-5720 1  DiscussionCouncil Rules Procurement Procedures Code of Ethics   Action details Not available