Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/8/2021 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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15-4528 1  MinutesJuly 21, 2021 City Council Special Meeting - AHA Presentation MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4524 1  MinutesJuly 28, 2021 City Council Special Meeting - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4543 1  MinutesAugust 18, 2021 City Council Meeting MinutesapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4561 1  DiscussionController's Report   Action details Not available
15-4462 1  OrdinanceBill 74 Budget and Finance, Forwarded Favorably Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget and the 2021 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Five Thousand Nine Hundred ($5,900) Dollars for the purchase of a replacement check printer. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4497 1  OrdinanceBill 77 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($14,728.69) from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The State Fire Commissioner Grant, to the Allentown Fire Department for the purchase of high-quality particulate hoods.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4496 1  OrdinanceBill 78 Public Safety, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Seven ($22,267.00) Dollars from Highmark to be used to further prepare for medical emergencies and rebuild supplies from COVID-19.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4495 1  OrdinanceBill 79 Public Works, this evening Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget and the 2021 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Thirty Thousand ($30,000) Dollars for roof repairs on several City buildings. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4503 1  OrdinanceBill 80 Public Safety Committee, this evening Amending the 2021 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars as the result of a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (PA DCED) Initiative Program to the Allentown Fire Department to provide funds to be utilized for costs associated with the construction of the Fire Academy Public Safety Training and EOC building, including appliances and furnishings. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4504 1  OrdinanceBill 81 Public Safety, this evening Amending the Civil Service Board (CSB) Rules for Firefighters that were adopted pursuant to the provisions of Article 155 of the Codified Ordinances by revising the Part V: Rules Governing Appointment of Fire Fighters, the revisions were made to align with the current Rules Governing the Appointment of Police Officers. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4527 1  AppointmentR136 Ronald Kromer Sr, Electricians Examining Board, 04-04-2024   Action details Not available
15-4530 1  AppointmentR137 Deborah L. Held, Disruptive Conduct Board of Appeals, 06/01/2024 (reappointment)   Action details Not available
15-4531 1  AppointmentR138 Aijalynn Lyfe Washington, Council of Youth, 08/20/2022 (Dieruff High School)   Action details Not available
15-4534 1  AppointmentR139 Briana Ortegas Pena, Council of Youth, 08-23-2022   Action details Not available
15-4522 1  ResolutionR140 Certificate of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 431 Howard Street    Action details Not available
15-4537 1  ResolutionR141 Authorized the Hiring of Police Officer MolinaroapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-4538 1  ResolutionR142 Authorizes Application to the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development for a One Million Two Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,232,800.00) Grant to support traffic signal improvements along Hanover Street in Allentown.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4521 1  ResolutionR143 Approval of Three Requested Transfers: Transfer of $46,572 in the Police Department to place COVID-19 grant spending into proper accounts pursuant to a previous ordinance passed by City Council; Transfer of $17,000 into proper accounts in Building Maintenance to purchase a scissor life and complete the boiler installation at the golf course; Transfer of $13,695 in the Police Department as a result of negative balances in the Police Academy FICA account - transfer restores sufficient funds for the remainder of the year. approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4546 1  ResolutionR144 Recommends Policies Requiring Vaccinations and Masking to Maintain and Add Social and Economic Value to our Community approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-4533 1  OrdinanceBill 82 Referred with the following amendment: Steps will be adopted as part of the budget, establishment of a reclassification committee, reclassifications shall only go up one step, performance evaluations shall be required the last quarter of every year. Amending the Article 140, Personnel Code of the Codified Ordinances (Also referred to as the Personnel Policy); Part One Administrative Code - General and Administrative Provision by adding Sections H and I under 140.05 Hours of Work and Compensation to adopt the pay grade and step system for Non-Bargaining and Appointed employees. Also amends Article 140.07 – Promotions and Transfers.   Action details Video Video
15-4535 1  OrdinanceBill 83 Amending the 2021 General Fund, Liquid Fuels, Trexler, Risk Management, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Golf Course, Rental Unit Licensing and HUD Grants Fund Budgets by transferring funds from existing expenditures to various Permanent Wage (02) accounts to provide for the implementation of the Non-Bargaining and Appointed pay scales as introduced in Bill 82.   Action details Video Video
15-4536 1  OrdinanceBill 84 Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($50,128.13) from the Municipal Police Officer’s Education and Training Commission (MPOETC) for tuition and salary reimbursement from Act 120 Training to be used to purchase duty weapons and holsters for new hire Patrolmen.   Action details Video Video
15-4539 1  OrdinanceBill 85 Amending the 2021 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eight Thousand Ninety-Four Dollars and Twenty Cents ($8,094.20) from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of The State Fire Commissioner Grant, to the Allentown EMS Department to purchase video larngyoscope devices.   Action details Video Video
15-4540 1  OrdinanceBill 86 CEDC, Forwarded favorably, missed on last agenda, this sets up accounts for the spending An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars in Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG)- COVID CARES funds for the period of April 21, 2021 to April 20, 2022 and the establishment of appropriate accounts. The monies are 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.   Action details Video Video
15-4542 1  OrdinanceBill 87 Providing for the vacation of Mason Street from the centerline of South Fourth Street to the centerline of South Jute Street in the Nineteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.   Action details Video Video
15-4437 1  DiscussionCouncil Rules Home Rule Charter Contract Procedures   Action details Not available