Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/17/2018 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-2596 1  OrdinanceBill 74 Amending the 2018 General Fund Budget by transferring Eight Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand ($884,000) Dollars from various accounts within the General Fund and amending the 2018 Risk Fund by transferring Three Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand ($366,000) Dollars from the unappropriated balance for the emergency demolition of 418 North Franklin Street. Total amount for both transfers equals One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($1,250,000) Dollars. The bill was forward favorably contingent upon the following amendment that needs to be adopted this evening: I move to make the following motion: 1. That the transfer and payment for the demolition cost not exceed $200,000. 2. That the money be transferred from the following accounts: 000 02 06 02 0001 90 - Refunds - $150,000 000 02 06 02 0003 50 - Other Services and Charges - $50,000 3. That the title of the bill be changed and all other accounts be removed from the bill and are restored accordingly. 4. Amend SECTION SIX to read: SECTION SIX: That all Ordinances inconsistent with the above provisions   Action details Video Video
15-2595 1  ResolutionMMOs   Action details Not available
15-2587 1  AppointmentLyn L. Langkamer Civil Service Board 01/21/2019 approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-2569 1  OrdinanceBill 65 Amending the 2018 Capital Fund Budget by transferring Two Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($2,837.81) from completed Capital Projects including Keck Park Improvements, Jackson Street Community Park Development, WPA Structures and Jordan Park Playground to Capital Project 1905 City-wide Parks and Playgrounds for the repair to the wall in Trexler Park at the Springhouse Cabin.   Action details Video Video
15-2570 1  OrdinanceBill 66 Amending the Business Regulation and Taxation Code of the Codified Ordinances by adding Article 401.02, Processing Fees for Returned Checks; setting the fee at Forty ($40) Dollars and Eighty ($80) for each subsequent returned check during any eighteen (18) month period.   Action details Video Video
15-2574 1  OrdinanceBill 67 Amending the 2018 Solid Waste Fund Budget by transferring Seventy-Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six ($74,666) Dollars from the Unappropriated Balance for services provided by the Lehigh County Humane Society during 2017.   Action details Video Video
15-2575 1  OrdinanceBill 68 Amending the 2018 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four Thousand Twenty-Five ($4,025) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Attorney General to the City of Allentown to be used to purchase one set of antennae and ten individually programmed radio transmitters bracelets for Project LifeSaver Clients.   Action details Video Video
15-2571 1  OrdinanceBill 69 Amending the Civil Service Board Rules for Police Officers by allowing the application fee to be refunded to the applicant only if the applicant provides the Human Resources Department with written verification that he or she is a member of the military and due to the performance of a duty in the military is unable to participate in an examination or test provided the verification is received by the Human Resources Department prior to the administration of the examination or test; correcting the spelling of "Marshal;” changing the minimum requirement for Fire Marshal from 7 years to 5 years; and adding a new policy governing the experience required for the position of Captain - an applicant for the position of Captain shall have a minimum of five years of experience as a Sergeant in his or her respective grade in the Allentown Police Department and twelve (12) years of service with the Allentown Police Department.    Action details Video Video
15-2572 1  OrdinanceBill 70 Committee of Whole, Forwarded Favorably Amending Article 121.05 City Registered Vehicles, by changing the word sedan to the word vehicles in two places; granting the Mayor authority to designate exceptions to the marked vehicle requirement; changing the number of vehicles permitted to be taken home from 13 to 30; providing for the appropriate marking of fire vehicles; requiring appropriate compliance with IRS regulations; deleting section C. 4, that states vehicles can not be taken home if you are simply on call; requiring a report to be submitted at budget time detailing the cost of the city fleet rather than placing the costs in a fund; and making other clarifications.    Action details Video Video
15-2591 1  ResolutionR121 Certificates of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 102 N 10th Street, 1509 Linden Street, 1620 W Turner Street approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-2594 1  OrdinanceBill 72 Amending Article 507 (Traffic control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown. The request is from the Administration. The Administration is authorized to establish and evaluate traffic regulations for a temporary period not to exceed 90 days. This legislation makes the temporary changes permanent.    Action details Video Video
15-2593 1  OrdinanceBill 73 Amending the 2018 General Fund Budget and the 2018 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) as a result from a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (PA DCED) Initiative Program, to the Allentown Fire Department to provide for a Hazmat First Responder Truck and Hazmat Chemical ID Analyzer. The grant funds will then be transferred from the General Fund to the Equipment Fund for proper distribution.   Action details Video Video