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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/18/2026 6:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-8313 1  ResolutionR37 Authorization for Contract with Belfor USA Group, Inc. (d/b/a Belfor Property Restoration) in the estimated yearly sum of $25,000.00 to perform standard boarding up services for commercial and residential properties. One (1) bid was received, contract shall be for three (3) years with two (2) additional one (1) year renewals beyond the contract expiration period.   Not available Not available
15-8311 1  MinutesMarch 4, 2026 Public Hearing Intermunicipal Liquor License Transfer Request - Felix Restaurant, LLC   Not available Not available
15-8323 1  MinutesMarch 4, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
15-8240 1  OrdinanceBill 10 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of Three Hundred and Forty-Six Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars ($346,158.00) to partially fund the reconstruction on Lehigh and Union Street as part of the Pennsylvania Local Share Account Grant the City was awarded. This grant is fully reimbursable and once the project has been completed, the City will be reimbursed.   Not available Not available
15-8281 1  OrdinanceBill 13 Amending the 2026 Grant Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250,000.00) from the PA DCED Local Share Account Grant. These funds are a pass-through grant that will support the Resurrected Community Development Corporation.    Not available Not available
15-8282 1  OrdinanceBill 14 Amending the 2026 Grant Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) from the PA DCED Local Share Account Grant. These funds are a pass-through grant that will support the Jewish Community Center of the Lehigh Valley.    Not available Not available
15-8283 1  OrdinanceBill 15 Amending the 2026 Grant Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars ($296,878.00) from the PA DCED Local Share Account Grant. These funds are a pass-through grant that will support the Museum of Indian Culture.    Not available Not available
15-8284 1  OrdinanceBill 16 Amending the 2026 Grants Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the State Office of the Budget, Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RAC-P). These funds are a pass-through grant that will support The Baum School of Art.    Not available Not available
15-8285 1  OrdinanceBill 17 Amending the 2026 Grant Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($775,000.00) from the PA DCED Local Share Account Grant. These funds are a pass-through grant that will support the Allentown Art Museum.    Not available Not available
15-8286 1  OrdinanceBill 18 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) from a completed Capital account for the redesign of traffic signal upgrades at 17th and Linden St, 17th and Turner St, 17th and Chew St, and 17th and Walnut Street intersections. This project was mostly funded through the Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant (MTF-DCED). This will transfer the unused funds from a completed capital project to the correct account for these services.   Not available Not available
15-8287 1  OrdinanceBill 19 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents. ($45,295.39). This was the result of payment in lieu of tree plantings from Allentown School District, QR III LLC, 309 E Hamilton ST LLC, The Waterfront Development Corp, North Sixth St Properties OP LP, Executive Education Charter School, and East Penn Properties LP. Funds will be used for the purchase of new street trees.   Not available Not available
15-8289 1  OrdinanceBill 22 Amending the 2026 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The State Fire Commissioner (OSFC) Grant to the Allentown Fire and EMS Department for the purchase of equipment.   Not available Not available
15-8312 1  ResolutionR38 231 N 7th Street and 232 N Church Street Apartment Renovations - Sewage Planning Module   Not available Not available
15-8320 1  ResolutionR39 Tom Burke, Nuisance Abatement Board of Appeals, 3/19/2028   Not available Not available
15-8319 1  ResolutionR40 Ramon Nunez, Jr., Board of Parks and Recreation, 3/19/2031   Not available Not available
15-8318 1  ResolutionR41 Susan Gilbert Zencka, Environmental Advisory Council, 1/1/2029   Not available Not available
15-8326 1  ResolutionR42 Sewage Planning Module at 1 Center Square   Not available Not available
15-8322 1  ResolutionR43 Certificate of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 1515 Linden Street    Not available Not available
15-8321 1  ResolutionR44 Council President Napoli - Allentown Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)   Not available Not available
15-8325 1  ResolutionR45 Approves the submission of the formal application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for eight hundred seven thousand dollars ($807,000) from the Statewide Local Share Account (LSA) grant that will support the purchase of new equipment for the Allentown Police Department.   Not available Not available
15-8324 1  ResolutionR46 Approves the submission of the formal application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for two hundred ninety-five thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($295,350) from the Statewide Local Share Account (LSA) grant that will support the purchase of new equipment for the Allentown Police Department.   Not available Not available
15-8309 1  ResolutionR47 - Transfers Public Works – Traffic Bureau – $168,000.00 is required because the contract for the redesign of S Jefferson Street came back higher than anticipated. Parks & Recreation – $10,979.50 is required to pay for permit fees to LCCD for this project’s NPDES permit that is required.    Not available Not available
15-8314 1  OrdinanceBill 23 Refer to Parks and Recreation Committee Amending the 2026 Trexler Fund Springwood Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($13,468.81) from the Springwood Trust portion of the Trexler Fund’s unappropriated 2026 balance per General Trexler’s will.   Not available Not available
15-8315 1  OrdinanceBill 24 Refer to Public Works Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of One Million Eighty-Seven Thousand and Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($1,087,390.00) to fund the upgrade to the intersection of 19th Street and Roth Avenue as part of the Green Light Go (GLG) Grant the City was awarded. This grant is partially reimbursable and requires match funding.   Not available Not available
15-8316 1  OrdinanceBill 25 Refer to Public Works Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for an increase of Ninety-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($95,222.50) to the Traffic Signals Upgrade expenditure account to repair traffic equipment at two intersections due to weather related damage that knocked down two traffic signals. Capital Fund Cash will be used to fund this project.    Not available Not available