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ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-5830 Bill 32 Amending the General Fund - Department of Public Works Budget to change the title of one (1) Chief Maintenance Supervisor (13N) to Traffic Control Specialist (13N). The step/pay grade will not be affected by this change.

Legislation Text Bill 32 - Traffic Control Specialist Title Change

15-5831 Bill 33 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-One ($182,471.00) Dollars from the unappropriated balance to the School/Pedestrian Safety Improvements capital account. These funds were awarded as a TASA grant to install a new school zone flasher and a rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) at 4th Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.

Legislation Text Bill 33 TASA Grant Funds Transfer

15-5832 Bill 34 Amending the 2023 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars from WIP Allentown Redevelopment LLC. The funds will be deposited into an escrow account for payment of invoices from Norfolk Southern for their fees and costs relative to their review of the proposed design and construction of the pedestrian crossing.

Legislation Text Bill 34 Pedestrian Railroad Crossing Appropriation

15-5833 Bill 35 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Eight Hundred Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty ($830,750.00) Dollars from the unappropriated balance to the Traffic Signal Modernization capital account. These funds were awarded as a MTF-PennDOT grant to install a traffic adaptive system on 15th Street from Tilghman Street to Highland Street and to install a new school flasher at Trexler Middle School.

Legislation Text Bill 35 - MTF-PennDOT Grant Funds Transfer

15-5834 Bill 36 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Million One Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($1,150,000.00) Dollars from the unappropriated balance to the Hanover Ave Traffic Signal Improvements capital account. These funds were awarded as a MTF-DCED grant to install a traffic adaptive system on Hanover Avenue from Albert Street to Wahneta Street. This grant also includes installing a new Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) at Hanover Avenue and Linden Street.

Legislation Text Bill 36 - MTF-DCED Grant Funds Transfer

15-5835 Bill 37 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Fifty-Four Thousand ($54,000.00) Dollars from the Street Lighting Upgrade (2008) capital accounts to a newly created capital account to cover the match funds needed for a grant. The match funds will cover the purchase of upgraded lighting for this project.

Legislation Text Bill 37 - MLK Lighting Grant Match Transfer

15-5836 Bill 38 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Million Three Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty ($1,378,560.00) Dollars from the unappropriated balance to the American Parkway Traffic Signal Improve capital account. These funds were awarded as a Green-Light-Go (GLG) grant to install a traffic adaptive system on American Parkway/Basin Street from Susquehanna Street to Airport Road.

Legislation Text Bill 38 - GLG Grant Funds Transfer

15-5801 Bill 30 Forwarded with the recommendation to remove the provision that allows parking in alleys. Amending the Chapter 615, Vehicles and Code, of the City of Allentown Code by increasing the distance a car can be parked from a curb from 6 to 9 inches, allow council by resolution to provide an exemption to parking In front of a private driveway or alongside any street or highway excavation or obstruction, or opposite the same under certain conditions, allowing parking in alleys that are less than 20 feet wide provided there is a 12 foot passage and the car is not parked on the sidewalk, allowing impounded vehicles to be released if the owner is in compliance with a payment plan and re-moving all imprisonment penalties.

Legislation Text Bill 30 Parking Bill Council Proposals APA APA Response to Council Sidewalk-Alley Issues Allentown Parking Authority Legislative and Policy Recommendations Councilor Suggestions/Questions Letter to Honorable City Counsel of Allentown - 3.22.23 Allentown Parking Authority Code An Ordinance

CONSENT AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-5839 R82 Public Works, forwarded favorbaly Authorizes encroachment for a pedestrian bridge for residents of 101 N. 6th Street Apartments to safely cross from the roof level of 128 N. 6th Street parking garage to the third floor of the apartment building.

Legislation Text R82 - Permanent Encroachment 101 N 6th Street Encroachment Application 101 N 6th St

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION (To be referred to Committee with public comment prior to referral)

15-5856 Bill 40 Refer to Human Resources, Administration and Appointments: Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to add revenue accounts to the Risk Management Bureau's budget and transfer funds from the unappropriated balance to fund this payment process change. The adjustment is needed to account for the change to paying all active employee elective health benefit plans upfront instead of relying on manually produced payroll deduction paper checks for payment.

Legislation Text Bill 40 Risk Management Employee Benefits