Agenda Items

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ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-7883 Bill 71 Amending the 2025 Solid Waste Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Dollars ($153,000.00) from the unappropriated cash balance to purchase a new cardboard baler for the Recycling Drop Off Center. The City was awarded $200,000 through the 902 Municipal Recycling Program Development and Implementation Grant for this purchase and will be fully reimbursed once the cardboard baler is purchased and installed.

Legislation Text Bill 71 Solid Waste Fund Transfer

15-7892 Bill 72 Special Committee Meeting, forwarded favorably Authorizing and securing the issuance of one or more series of general obligation bonds, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $134,040,000, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Local Government Unit Debt Act, to finance various capital projects of the city and to pay the costs of issuing the bonds; accepting a bond purchase agreement; setting forth the parameters, substantial form of and conditions for issuing the bonds; pledging the full faith, credit and taxing power of this city to secure the bonds; creating a sinking fund and appointing a paying agent and sinking fund depository; and authorizing related action.

Legislation Text Bill 72 ALLENTOWN CITY 2025 GO BONDS PARAMETERS NEW MONEY(122703575).docx COA Plan of Finance Presentation 8.7.25.pdf COA Capital Project Detail.2025.pdf

CONSENT AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-7917 R111 Approves the submission of an application to obtain a HUD 108 Loan for This Life Forever, Inc. in the amount of $1,015,000.00

Legislation Text R111 Mishka HUD 108 Loan

15-7914 R112 Authorizes the submission of a Formal Application for funding for the PennDOT Transportation Alternative Set Aside Program (TASA) Grant Opportunity in the amount of approximately One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to update up to 10 outdated pedestrian signals within the City of Allentown.

Legislation Text R112 - TASA Grant Application

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION (To be referred to Committee with public comment prior to referral) : The request is to vote on these this evening.

There is a request to vote on both these bills this evening. Both bills contain this provision that is from the Charter and your rules as a Section: Pursuant to Section 218 of the Home Rule Charter and by the affirmative vote of six of its seven members the fourteen-day period between introduction and passage this ordinance is hereby eliminated.

15-7915 Bill 73 Amending the 2025 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for an increase of Three Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($382,548.00) for the purchase of 7 electric passenger vehicles and purchase and installation of 7 EV chargers to conduct an EV fleet pilot. The City was awarded $120,070 from the US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and $120,000 funded through two $60,000 awards from the Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program. A total of $240,070 of these grants are fully reimbursable and once the equipment has been purchased and/or installed, the City will be reimbursed.

Legislation Text Bill 73 EV Pilot Equipment Transfer

15-7920 Bill 74 An Ordinance amending the HRC code by stating the Mayor shall have 30 days after the effective date of this ordinance to submit members of the initial board to Allentown City Council for approval. The terms of the appointments shall be staggered terms based on the initial appointments.

Legislation Text Bill 74 HR Amendment.docx

RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION (Can be voted on or Referred to Committee):

15-7913 R113 Refer to Public Works Committee Resolution Adopting the Updates to the Regional Act 537 Plan, Lehigh County, which includes the City of Allentown, and its Submission to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Legislation Text R113 - Act 537 Plan Update 1- KISS Regional Act 537 Plan 04-16-25 PC Submission_TextOnly.pdf 2-537_Submission_Process.pdf 3-CHECKLIST-Page-Numbers-04-16-25.pdf Appendix 01_KISS_Planning_Area.pdf Appendix 02_Redacted.pdf Appendix 03_TopographicMap.pdf Appendix 04_HydricSoils.pdf Appendix 05_FloodPlainMap.pdf Appendix 06_FAA_memo.pdf Appendix 07_Source Reduction Plans_Redacted.pdf Appendix 09_SRP_Baseline_Flow_Study.pdf Appendix 10_Redacted.pdf Appendix 11 - Not Used.pdf Appendix 12_SBM-memo.pdf Appendix 13_Sewer_IMA_TermSheet.pdf Appendix 14_Arcadis FCS.pdf Appendix 15_Kleinfelder_132MGD_WetWeatherTreatment_Memo.pdf Appendix 16 - Not Used.pdf Appendix 17_Raftelis_Financial_Model_Cost_Alloc_Model.pdf Appendix 18_FlowProjections.pdf Appendix 19_PPSFM_InspectionReport_Redacted.pdf Appendix 20 - Not used.pdf Appendix 21-Planning-Commission-Comments.pdf Appendix 22_Proof-of-Publication.pdf Appendix 23_Public-Comments.pdf Appendix 24_Arcadis_100MGD.pdf KISS Act 537 Plan Contents.pdf

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