Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/17/2023 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-5895 1  ResolutionR88 Authorization for Contract with AW Trucking School, LLC as the primary and IEC US Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a) Sage Truck Driving Schools) as secondary in the estimated sum of $90,000.00 per contract year to provide CDL Training for Class A Commercial Driver’s License as required for some City of Allentown work activities. The contractor must be able to provide this training to selected employees and provide all needed assistance in obtaining a CDL; , multiple quotes, the contract is for three (3) years; and can be extended for up to an additional two (2) one (1) year terms beyond the contract expiration period at the City’s sole and absolute discretion.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5896 1  ResolutionR89 Authorization for Contract with PA Fire Recovery Service, LLC (PAFRS) to enhance recovery of all reasonable costs of responding to emergency incidents. Customers will pay PAFRS fifteen percent (15%) of all monies collected on their behalf through the billing efforts of PAFRS. This percentage is for incidents collected on from the Incident Report Date and for a period of 6 months after. If an incident is collected on that exceeds said condition, the Customer will pay PAFRS thirty percent (30%) of the monies collected on their behalf for incidents that fall under this period. The City shall receive the funds that are collected minus the fees for collection. The City of Allentown believes that the cost of providing emergency services should be borne partially by the individuals insurance companies; multiple bids, contract is for one (1) year and may be extended for up to an additional four (4), one (1) year renewals..approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5880 1  MinutesApril 12, 2023 Special Council MeetingapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-5900 1  MinutesApril 26, 2023 Special Council Meeting approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5915 1  DiscussionControllers Reports   Action details Not available
15-5829 1  OrdinanceBill 31 Community and Economic Development Committee, forwarded favorably Provides for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1976, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City. withdrawn  Action details Video Video
15-5837 1  OrdinanceBill 39 Community and Economic Development Committee, forwarded favorably Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to allow for a position title change in the Health Bureau, changing the Sanitarian position to Environmental Health Specialist, needing no additional funds.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5857 1  OrdinanceBill 41 Community and Economic Development Committee, forwarded favorably Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to allow for a position name change in the Department of Community and Economic Development, Building Standards and Safety changing the Building Inspector Supervisor to the Review Coordinator needing no additional funds.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5838 1  OrdinanceBill 44 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer in the amount of Four Hundred Twenty Thousand ($420,000) Dollars from the Trexler Fund to the Jordan Skatepark and WPA Structures capital projects accounts. These funds will be used for Phase 2 of the Skatepark in Jordan Park, project manuals for the repairs to Lehigh Parkway Phase 4 and repairs at Union Terrace Park.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5861 1  OrdinanceBill 45 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending § 5-16 Amendments after adoption. C. Rules and regulations on transfers, (3) Intrafund transfers by changing the threshold for Council approval of transfers at a public meeting from $5,000 to $10,000. amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-5861 1  OrdinanceBill 45 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending § 5-16 Amendments after adoption. C. Rules and regulations on transfers, (3) Intrafund transfers by changing the threshold for Council approval of transfers at a public meeting from $5,000 to $10,000. approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-5862 1  OrdinanceBill 46 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending § 5-21 Contracts. (1) For the award of contracts or the engagement of professional services by adding a 10,000 threshold for council approval of professional contracts. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5892 1  ResolutionR90 Certificate of Appropriateness: 346 N. 8th St.    Action details Not available
15-5876 1  ResolutionR91 Sewage Planning Module – 939 Hamilton Street    Action details Not available
15-5828 1  ResolutionR81 Approves the submission of the Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.withdrawn  Action details Video Video
15-5881 1  ResolutionR92 Approves one transfer: $75,000 in CED for Artwork is in Dire Need of Repair and Maintenance.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-5891 1  OrdinanceBill 48 Public Works, this evening Providing for the vacation of Cumberland Street from the centerline of South 6th Street to the centerline of South 5th Street, the vacation of South Virginia Street from the centerline of Cumberland Street to the centerline of Susquehanna Street, the vacation of South 6th Street from the centerline of Cumberland Street to the centerline of Susquehanna Street, and the vacation of South Fair Street from the centerline of Cumberland Street to the North Property line 1029 South 6th Street in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Allentown:   Action details Video Video
15-5893 1  ResolutionR93 Community and Economic Development Committee, Chair Mota The resolution was forwarded with the recommendation that the denial be changed to an approval (3-0). Someone would need to make the motion below at the council meeting. "I make a motion to amend the resolution from a denial of the application to an approval of the installation of the tile due to the unique circumstances associated with the application. In this particular situation reversing the tile would cause more damage to the historic resource and it would become an economic hardship." Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 616 N. 6th Street   Action details Video Video
15-5894 1  ResolutionR94 Community and Economic Development Committee, forwarded with the recommendation changing the denial to an approval, someone will need to make the motion below. Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 828-30 W. Turner Street "I make a motion to amend the resolution from a denial of the application to an approval and retain all the provisions listed in the resolution."    Action details Video Video
15-5720 1  DiscussionCouncil Rules Procurement Procedures Code of Ethics   Action details Not available