Council approves traffic-signal, concert contracts and budget supplements; several measures sent to committee

Allentown City Council on an evening agenda approved several contracts and budget measures, including a contract to add 11 intersections to the city—s traffic-signal system and a contract for concert programming at the Union Terrace Amphitheater.

The council authorized a contract labeled R-28 with Telco, Inc., to expand the traffic-signal system and provide pedestrian improvements. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote and recorded seven yes votes and no nays; the motion carried. The contract amount listed in the meeting packet was provided verbally during the meeting in unclear form and is recorded in the transcript as "1,000,672 hundred thousand $344.05" (transcript language unclear). The administration identified the work as the American Parkway traffic-signal improvement project and said the procurement followed a public bid…