Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/5/2017 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-1413 1  MinutesJanuary 4, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1427 1  MinutesJanuary 11, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes - Bills 1, 2, and 3   Action details Not available
15-1435 1  MinutesJanuary 18, 2017 City Council Approval of Contracts Professional Services Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1431 1  MinutesJanuary 18, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1437 1  MinutesJanuary 25, 2017 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Bill 5   Action details Not available
15-1452 1  MinutesJanuary 30, 2017 Special Council Meeting - Managing Director Nomination Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1454 1  MinutesFebruary 1, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1455 1  MinutesFebruary 1, 2017 City Council Approval of Contracts Professional Services Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1468 1  MinutesFebruary 15, 2017 City Council Meeting MInutes   Action details Not available
15-1469 1  MinutesFebruary 15, 2017 City Council Approval of Contracts Professional Services Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1494 1  MinutesMarch 1, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1517 1  MinutesMarch 1, 2017 City Council Approval of Contracts Professional Services Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-1460 1  AppointmentMemo from Mayor Pawlowski regarding approving the reappointment for Damien C. Brown, Planning Commission Name Authority/Board/Commission Term to Expire Damien C. Brown Planning Commission 12/01/2019approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1461 1  AppointmentMemo from Mayor Pawlowski regarding approving the reappointment for R. Scott Unger, Zoning Hearing Board. Name Authority/Board/Commission Term to Expire R. Scott Unger Zoning Hearing Board 05/06/2020 approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1462 1  AppointmentMayor Pawlowski approving the reappointments for Council’s consideration to the following: Name Authority/Board/Commission Term to Expire Jason Laubach Sheet Metal Technician Board 5/6/2021 David DeWalt Plumbers Examining Board 6/4/2019approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1368 1  OrdinanceBill 10 Public Works, this evening Amendments to the Traffic Control MapamendedPass Action details Video Video
15-1368 1  OrdinanceBill 10 Public Works, this evening Amendments to the Traffic Control Mapapproved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-1392 1  OrdinanceBill 11 Public Safety Amending the 2017 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The State Fire Commissioner Grant, to the Allentown Fire Department to provide for new Thermal Imager Equipment. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1404 1  OrdinanceBill 12 HR, Administration and Appointments, this evening Amending the 2017 General Fund budget by deleting the position of Administrative Assistant (07N) and adding the position of Litigation Paralegal (08N) in the Law Office. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1405 1  OrdinanceBill 13 Budget and Finance, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 Grant Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The Budget, Redevelopment Capital Assistance Project to the City of Allentown as a pass through grant to Cedar Crest College for the Athletic Field Renovations project. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1448 1  OrdinanceBill 14 TO BE VOTED ON THIS EVENING Amending the Civil Service Board (CSB) Rules for Police Officers that were adopted pursuant to the provisions of Article 155 of the Codified Ordinances by revising the automatic disqualifiers for the hiring process, places the conditional offer of employment before the background investigation in the hiring process and reinstates the oral exam into the promotion testing process. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1442 1  ResolutionR63 Lease of Land along American Parkway for a billboard.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1443 1  ResolutionR64 Refer to Public Safety Lease of Land along Martin Luther King Jr., Drive for a billboard.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1444 1  ResolutionR65 Refer to Public Works Lease of land along North Front Street for a billboardapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-1447 1  ResolutionR66 Certificates of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 726 W Gordon, 1136 Chestnut Street and 31 N 17th Street. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1489 1  ResolutionR67 Authorizes Submission for a DCNR Grant for the Construction of a Greenway Trail at Jordan Park in the amount of $250,000approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1490 1  ResolutionR68 Authorizes Submission for a DCNR Grant for the Development of a Master Plan for Percy Ruhe Park in the amount of $25,000 approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1491 1  ResolutionR69 Authorizes Submission for a DCNR Grant for the Construction of a Skate Park at Jordan Park in the amount of $200,000 approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1502 1  ResolutionR70 Authorizes Submission for a DCNR Grant for the Redevelopment and Construction of a Spray Park at Irving Park in the amount of $500,000 approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-1432 1  OrdinanceBill 15 CEDC, this evening Amending the 2017 General Fund budget by adding a total of two positions in the Bureau of Building Standards and Safety: Housing Inspector (14M, Step D) and Rehabilitation Specialist (14M, Step D). Each position is budgeted at an annual salary of Forty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars ($49,327) and funded through the CDBG Program.   Action details Video Video
15-1445 1  OrdinanceBill 16 Budget and Finance, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 General Fund, the 2017 Trexler Fund, the 2017 Risk Fund, the 2017 Equipment Fund, the 2017 Solid Waste Fund and the 2017 Golf Fund by appropriating funds from the un-appropriated balances for the rollover of encumbrances for the prior year commitments.    Action details Video Video
15-1429 1  OrdinanceBill 17 Public Safety, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 Grant Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty ($34,780.00) Dollars from the United States Department of Justice to the City of Allentown as a pass through grant to the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.    Action details Video Video
15-1451 1  OrdinanceBill 18 Budget and Finance, Recommended Favorably with an amendment: Add in the three sections authorize a supplemental appropriation from the CASH RESERVE TO THE unappropriated balance ........ Amending the 2016 Risk Fund Budget by transferring $ 1,068,793 from the unappropriated balance of the 2016 General Fund to cover the remaining cost for Employee Health Benefits    Action details Video Video
15-1470 1  OrdinanceBill 19 Budet and Finance, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 Grant Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to the City of Allentown as a pass through grant to the Allentown Public Library to provide funding to renovate the Library’s HVAC system.    Action details Video Video
15-1471 1  OrdinanceBill 20 Public Works, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Seventy-Six ($259,076.00) Dollars from the monies received from the bond security for the Twins at Devonshire subdivision. This bill will provide funds to purchase materials, relocate a telephone pole and to obtain permits to complete the public improvements for the Twins at Devonshire subdivision.    Action details Video Video
15-1472 1  OrdinanceBill 21 Public Works, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four Thousand Three Hundred Twenty ($4,320.00) Dollars. This is the result of a grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) for the purchase of new street trees.   Action details Video Video
15-1476 1  OrdinanceBill 22 Public Works, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifty Thousand Seven Hundred Eight-One ($50,781) Dollars from numerous donations from the business community and Universities and the re-appropriation of Sixty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Nine ($62,459) Dollars from the Department of Justice Grant 201-H3953-PA-DJ received in 2016 and appropriated by Ordinance 15303 but not expended. The funds are to be used for the purchase of a simulator for training dealing with force scenarios.    Action details Video Video
15-1478 1  OrdinanceBill 23 Public Safety, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ninety-Four Thousand Sixty-One Dollars and Twelve Cents ($94,061.12) from the Municipal Police Officer’s Education and Training Commission for tuition and salary reimbursement from Act 120 training to be used to purchase a Driving Simulator.    Action details Video Video
15-1474 1  OrdinanceBill 24 Public Safety, Recommended Favorably Amending the 2017 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eleven Thousand ($11,000) Dollars from the Lehigh County Drug Task Force for reimbursement of overtime.    Action details Video Video
15-1488 1  OrdinanceBill 25 Public Works, Recommended Favorably - Job Descriptions and Organizational charts have been submitted Amending the 2017 General Fund budget to accommodate the reorganization of positions to allow the Department of Public Works to operate more efficiently. The proposal would facilitate a small reorganization of Public Works management; by realigning the Operation Manager to the Engineering Bureau, placing an Office Manager position in the Streets Bureau and combining the Building Maintenance and Compliance Office managers into one position.   Action details Video Video
15-1492 1  OrdinanceBill 26 CEDC, this evening Amending the 2017 Health Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred ($48,700) Dollars as a result of a grant from Highmark to provide for the continued training and support to help guide the Allentown Health Bureau in establishing a quality improvement and quality assurance plan to better serve the community and to meet the requirements necessary to reach public health accreditation.    Action details Video Video
15-1503 1  OrdinanceBill 27 Public Safety, Recommended Favorably Amending the General Offenses Code, creating Article 715 – Nuisance Abatement, by creating a progressive point system for recurring violations at properties used for business, commercial, or industrial purposes that create penalties, sanctions and the closure of operations after successive violations to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the City of Allentown.    Action details Video Video