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Allentown City Council approves series of budget adjustments, grant applications and appointments
Summary
The Allentown City Council approved multiple budget transfers, grant applications and board appointments, adopting a package of bills and resolutions including funding for parks, traffic improvements, community programs and several local grant submissions.
The Allentown City Council voted to adopt multiple budget amendments, grant applications and appointments during its regular meeting.
The actions included transfers and supplemental appropriations in the city’s capital and special funds, creation of two advisory councils, and authorization to submit several applications for state and private grant funds. Council members recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous votes on the measures listed below.
Votes at a glance
- Bill 1 (liquid fuels audit transfer): approved (7–0). - Bill 2 (establish Latino Advisory Council, amended to mirror African American council appointment language): amendment and bill approved (7–0). - Bill 3 (establish African American Advisory Council, membership amended to 15): amendment and bill approved (7–0). - Bill 5 (Traxler Fund supplemental appropriation $85,416.01 for Jordan Skatepark): approved (7–0). - Bill 6 (Capital Fund, $90,000 from PA DCED for Rosewood Park pavilion improvements): approved (7–0). - Bill 7 (transfer from Irving Pool improvements to Wood and skate park construction, $24,424.06): approved (7–0). - Bill 8 (increase $325,000 for design of traffic upgrades at multiple Seventeenth Street intersections): approved (7–0). - Bill 9 (create Health Bureau unsheltered coordinated services program, transfer $150,000): approved after two amendments (7–0). - Consent agenda appointments (Vacant Property Review Board; HARP appointments) and a records disposition resolution: approved (7–0). - Resolutions R11–R16 (various grant application authorizations including Bloomberg Philanthropies safety improvements, local share account requests, and $2 million DCED request for the da Vinci Center): approved (7–0) unless noted otherwise on the record.
Most measures were presented as committee referrals or as items forwarded favorably by committee chairs. Purchasing staff confirmed cooperative contracts in one consent item; Sarah Bean of purchasing told council that the contracts had been reviewed and were procured through cooperative agreements.
Council members recorded their votes by voice roll call on each item; the meeting transcript records repeated vote tallies of seven yeas and no nays for the listed measures. Where amendments were offered (notably for the Latino advisory council and Bill 9), councilmembers voted to adopt the amendments before approving the underlying bills.
Background and next steps
Several of the adopted appropriations rely on external grant awards or program requirements (for example, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development funds mentioned for pavilion and other design work). Resolutions authorizing application submissions do not guarantee funding; awarded grants will require subsequent acceptance and any related budget adjustments. Appointments made on the consent agenda will be reflected in municipal records and bylaw rosters.
Council provided committee scheduling for further review of several items; committees named in the meeting will take up implementation and any follow‑up allocations.
