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Residents press council on shelter hours, firefighter pension vacancy and alleged property sale irregularities
Summary
During citizen participation, residents urged the council to adjust shelter policies during extreme cold, demanded the mayor fill a retired-firefighter seat on the pension board, and raised allegations about a property sale and tree removal tied to a local developer.
Members of the public used the council—s citizen participation period to press the City Council on homelessness services and other civic concerns, telling elected officials they fear life-threatening outcomes during the current arctic weather and asking the council to act on pension-board vacancies and alleged property irregularities.
Joan Hoduanas, a Scranton resident, said homeless people who shelter overnight are being required to leave at 7 a.m. or 8 a.m. and asked whether the council has reconsidered that practice for extreme cold mornings. "I don't want to read in the paper or see on the evening news that we found a…
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