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15-6663
| 1 | | | Resolution | R23
Authorization for Contract with Aspen Outdoors, Fisher & Son Company, Inc., Genesis Turfgrass, Inc., Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., and SiteOne Landscape Supply, LLC at the unit prices identified on the bid tabulation, for a total estimated sum of $220,800 for agricultural chemicals for the City, competitively bid. | approved | Pass |
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15-6662
| 1 | | | Resolution | R24
Authorization for Contract with Asphalt Maintenance Solutions, LLC, Chemung Supply Corp., Naceville Materials JV, Crafco, Inc., H & K Group, Inc., New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., And PMG SM PA LLC (d/b/a SealMaster PA) at the unit prices identified on the bid tabulation, for an estimated sum of $2,400,000.00 to furnish and/or deliver and/or apply road materials, including but not limited to geotextiles, competitively bid. | approved | Pass |
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15-6665
| 1 | | | Resolution | R25
Authorization for Contract with Allentown Rescue Mission Clean Team, LLC for an estimated sum of $349,127.38 to provide maintenance services for the City’s Central Business District for year one with a possible 3% CPI increase yearly. This estimated sum includes costs for Special Events Assistance, snow clean up, and special cleanup project on an as needed basis. The estimated sum for the 5-year base contract is $2,132,098.62. This was competitively bid through the RFP process. | tabled | Pass |
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15-6661
| 1 | | | Resolution | R26
Authorizes lease agreement with Ami Martin and family for residential property located at 200 Springhouse Road, Allentown, PA 18104. The agreement is for $19,103.52 for year one ($1,591.96 a month) with a CPI increase for the second year of the original term, with a five (5) one (1) renewal options. This will be a two (2) year lease with five (5) one (1) year renewal options. For year new year, the lease will be increased based on the CPI percentage indicated on the official US Bureau of Labor Statistics. | approved | Pass |
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15-6582
| 1 | | | Minutes | January 10, 2024 Special Council Meeting Minutes (Organizational Meeting) | approved | Pass |
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15-6676
| 1 | | | Minutes | February 7, 2024 City Council Meeting Minutes | approved | Pass |
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15-6693
| 1 | | | Minutes | February 15, 2024 Special Investigation Committee Meeting Minutes | approved | Pass |
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15-6696
| 1 | | | Discussion | Auditor General Reports | | |
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15-6695
| 1 | | | Discussion | Controller Reports | | |
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15-6602
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 2
Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($1,600) from the Hispanic American Organization, Inc. to support the mini-pitch system at Jordan Meadows. | approved | Pass |
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15-6601
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 3
Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to correct a previous ordinance number 15951. This will appropriate the funds of Six Hundred Fifty Thousand ($650,000) Dollars from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to support design and construction of the D&L Trail – Allentown Segment to the proper accounts. | approved | Pass |
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15-6603
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 4
Amending the 2024 Trexler Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars from the Trexler Trust to support the Romper Day Program. | approved | Pass |
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15-6605
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 6
Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($16,896.36). This was the result of payment in lieu of tree plantings from Tilghman Street Dental LLC, City Center Development Corporation, Housing Development Corporation, Devon Self Storage Holdings, Lehigh River Development Corp 3, 1134 Hanover Ave LLC, and Stratagem Allentown LLC. Funds will be used for the purchase of new street trees. | approved | Pass |
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15-6673
| 1 | | | Resolution | R 27
Carlos Rodriguez, Allentown Housing Authority, 2-22-2029 | | |
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15-6674
| 1 | | | Resolution | R28
Certificate of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 503 W. Allen St: 23 N. 12th St.; 433 N. 8th St.
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15-6571
| 1 | | | Resolution | R12
Authorizes the City of Allentown to adopt a Vision Zero Policy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe, traffic-related injuries. | approved | Pass |
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15-6619
| 1 | | | Resolution | R22
Authorizes the Administration to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Allentown Parknership, to utilize the organization’s fundraising and planning capabilities to raise money to finance and manage capital improvement projects, manage construction, provide enhanced maintenance, provide programs and special events, coordinate volunteer activity, and to pursue such other authorized opportunities and address recognized needs, for the betterment of the city’s parks. | approved | Pass |
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15-6619
| 1 | | | Resolution | R22
Authorizes the Administration to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Allentown Parknership, to utilize the organization’s fundraising and planning capabilities to raise money to finance and manage capital improvement projects, manage construction, provide enhanced maintenance, provide programs and special events, coordinate volunteer activity, and to pursue such other authorized opportunities and address recognized needs, for the betterment of the city’s parks. | approved as amended | Pass |
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15-6660
| 1 | | | Resolution | R29
City Council hereby determines and concludes that outside the Purchasing Agent neither the Director of Finance nor anyone from the Administration should participate in scoring or be present during the process to select a response to the RFP selecting investigatory services since it is an investigation of the Administration. | approved | Pass |
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15-6666
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 8
Amending the 2024 Trexler Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty-Four Dollars and Seventy-One Cents ($8,634.71) from the 2023 Springwood Trust, Trexler operating budget of the Parks Department to the 2024 Springwood Trust, Trexler operating budget for the purpose of purchasing benches and the installation of concrete pads at Trexler Memorial Park. | | |
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15-6667
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 9
Amending the 2024 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million, Three Hundred Thousand ($1,300,000.00) Dollars from the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) grant for the purpose of rehabilitating the historic Bogert’s Bridge, located in the Lehigh Parkway. | | |
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15-6668
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 10
Amending the 2024 Fire Department budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) from The Hartford grant for the purchase of a fire extinguisher simulator. | | |
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15-6669
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 11
Amending the 2024 Fire Department budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00) from Norfolk Southern Rail, Safety-First grant. This grant is to purchase hazardous materials related equipment for incidents that may occur as a result of a railway incident along the Norfolk Southern railway that runs through the City of Allentown. | | |
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15-6670
| 1 | | | Ordinance | Bill 12
Amending the 2024 Grant Fund budget to accept Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) from the FY 2023 Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program Phase 1 strategy development grant. | | |
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15-6613
| 1 | | | Resolution | R30
Amending Council Rules by prohibiting Council Members from engaging in discussion and voting at Council Meetings by remote participation to ensure compliance with the Sunshine Act and having an adverse impact on council business conducted during that meeting. | | |
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15-6671
| 1 | | | Resolution | R31
Council recommends ARPA funds not appropriated be directed to towards offsetting any potential tax increase and used for critical infrastructure projects.
Proposed Amendment: Amend the resolution to take the 1.2M from community reinvestment and place it into the general fund to be used for recommendations from the housing study. | | |
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15-6577
| 1 | | | Discussion | Reference Materials:
Council Rules
Procurement Code
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