Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/21/2021 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-4223 1  DiscussionPublic Comments   Action details Video Video
15-4220 1  MinutesMarch 3, 2021 City Council Contract Approval Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4224 1  DiscussionController Report    Action details Not available
15-4205 1  AppointmentBryan Geist, Building Code Board of Appeals, 11/4/21 (replacing DeWitt Farrington)approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4181 1  OrdinanceBill 20 Parks and Rec, this evening Amending the Environmental Advisory Council by adding to the Purpose of the Council, changing the appointment process to reflect authority under the Home Rule Charter giving the Mayor the appointment authority, allowing the Environmental Advisory Council to elect their Chair, establishing a city councilperson as a liaison to the Council, adding to the Powers and Duties, and requiring minutes to be posted on the City website. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4164 1  OrdinanceBill 21 Parks and Rec, this evening Amending the 2021 Capital Projects Fund and the 2021 Trexler Fund to provide for a transfer of Sixty Thousand ($60,000) Dollars to continue repairs on various WPA structures in the park system.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4177 1  OrdinanceBill 22 CEDC, Forwarded Favorably An ordinance of the City of Allentown authorizing the designation of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Allentown as land bank for the City of Allentown.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4175 1  OrdinanceBill 23 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Seven ($24,657.00) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The State Fire Commissioner Grant, to the Allentown Fire Department for COVID-19 related expenses/purchases.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4174 1  OrdinanceBill 24 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Three ($45,753.00) Dollars from the United States Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Grant to the City of Allentown for updating technology in seven police interview rooms.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4165 1  OrdinanceBill 26 CEDC, Forwarded favorably Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars from GBU Financial Life to provide uniforms to support emergency preparedness and deployment initiatives for the Allentown Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4166 1  OrdinanceBill 27 Public Works, this evening Amending the 2021 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Two ($195,542) Dollars from Lehigh County Authority (LCA) to make road improvements throughout the LCA restoration work area.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4188 1  OrdinanceBill 28 CEDC, forwarded favorably Amending the 2021 Federal Grants Fund budget by creating the position of Homeless Services Coordinator within the Department of Community Development to provide coordination and support for the initiatives of the Allentown Commission on Homelessness. This position is funded through COVID ESG funds.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4189 1  OrdinanceBill 29 Parks and Rec, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seven Thousand ($7,000) Dollars from City Center Allentown to provide background checks and American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification Course fees for City of Allentown resident hires in the Department of Parks and Recreation.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4190 1  OrdinanceBill 30 Rules, Chambers, Intergovernmental Relations and Strategy, forwarded favorably Amending the Ethics Code by adding language on conflict of interests clarifying a prohibition of using your ‘position’ in any way to result in a personal or financial benefit to yourself or associated person or entity as defined. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4192 1  OrdinanceBill 32 Public Safety, this evening Amending Part Seven, General Offenses Code, of the Codified Ordinances of Allentown, Pennsylvania creating Article 717 – B.Y.O.B. Establishment, by creating a new Article entitled “B.Y.O.B. Establishment”. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4170 1  OrdinanceBill 33 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty Thousand Seven Hundred One Dollar and Forty-Five Cents ($40,701.45) from FEMA US Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant, to the Allentown Fire Department for COVID-19 related expenses to purchase PPE and related supplies.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4197 1  OrdinanceBill 35 CEDC, forwarded favorably Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500) Dollars from Patient First to provide supplies for those volunteering to work the COVID vaccination clinic.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4214 1  ResolutionR50 A RESOLUTION OF CITY OF ALLENTOWN, COUNTY OF LEHIGH, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPROVING THE INTERMUNICIPAL TRANSFER OF LIQUOR LICENSE NUMBER R-4501 FROM 1328 CHESTNUT STREET, UNIT #3-B-107B (EMMAUS) TO 813 SAINT JOHN STREET LICENSE NO. R-4501 INTO CITY OF ALLENTOWN FROM EMMAUS.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4203 1  ResolutionR51 Authorizes Submission of a Formal Application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a Grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to support the Lehigh County Humane Society Expansion Project.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4211 1  ResolutionR52 Approves Transfers: $60,000 transfer in Recycling & Solid Waste for Upgrades to the Recycling Drop Off Center That Are Being Taken from the Construction Contract Account to Account 54; $28,200 transfer in Streets Department for Purchasing a new John Deere Excavator that was originally going to be financed, but the equipment cost came in lower than anticipated.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4202 1  ResolutionR53 Authorizes Submission of a Formal Application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a Grant of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) to support the Bogert’s Bridge Restoration Project.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4216 1  ResolutionR54 Certificates of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 1012 W. Turner St. and 728 W. Gordon St. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4215 1  ResolutionR55 Landlord accountability resolutionapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4219 1  ResolutionR56 Sewage Planning Module for 932 Hamilton ApartmentsapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4206 1  OrdinanceBill 36 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending the Part Three Business Regulation and Taxation Code, Title III, Taxes, by repealing Article 339 mechanical amusement devices tax in its entirety.   Action details Video Video
15-4207 1  OrdinanceBill 37 Budget and Finance, forwarded favorably Amending the Part Three Business Regulation and Taxation Code, Title IX, Fee, by repealing Section 395.24 Cigarette Vending Machine Fees as well as Article 1160 Licensing and Regulation of Cigarette Vending Machines in its entirety.   Action details Video Video
15-4221 1  OrdinanceBill 38 Rules, this evening DIRECTING THE LEHIGH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PLACE A REFERENDUM QUESTION BEFORE THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN VOTERS ON THE NOVEMBER 2, 2021 MUNICIPAL ELECTION BALLOT TO AMEND THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN HOME RULE CHARTER TO DELETE A PROVISION IN THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN HOME RULE CHARTER THAT IDENTIFIES ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN   Action details Video Video