Council President Hendricks
This evening is a Special Council meeting to review the initiative that has been introduced and must be acted on in the form submitted by City Council by June 19th. I would like to thank everyone for working with our office to set up this evening's agenda. They have 45 minutes of prepared testimony. At 6:15 PM, the Public Works Committee meeting will start and that is followed by a City Council meeting at 6:30 PM. We will reconvene the Special Council Meeting on June 15th at 6:30 PM to further review and act on the initiative. At that time, we will take additional testimony and then public comment, prior to Council vote. Let us proceed with the first speaker on the agenda.
1. WELCOME: Imogen Wirth, Lehigh County resident, canvasser for Petition for Bill 47
2. INTRODUCTION: Susan Jordhamo, member of Petitioners' Committee for Bill 47, Allentown resident
3. REVIEW OF 3 YEARS OF COMMUNITY & CITY ACTION LEADING TO THIS PETITION: Imogen Wirth
4. REVIEW OF ORDINANCE & RATIONALE: Imogen Wirth
5. EXPERT TESTIMONY: Chad Bruckner, retired Lansdale Police Department Detective, cadet instructor at Montgomery County Municipal Police Academy, former Army Infantry sergeant, certified Mental Health Peer Advocate, Lehigh County resident.
6. EXPERT TESTIMONY: Alex Domingos, Senior Organizer, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania's Campaign for Smart Justice