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Votes at a glance: council introduces two RAC grants, adopts paving repeal and a stormwater contract
Summary
At its Oct. 2 meeting the Scranton City Council introduced redevelopment grant applications for the Lackawanna Avenue streetscape and NAOG Waterway Phase 2, and adopted two items: repeal of outdated paving provisions and a contract for the North Main Avenue stormwater project.
Scranton City Council took several procedural and final actions during its Oct. 2 meeting, including introducing two grant applications and adopting two resolutions by roll call.
Introductions (council vote to place items in committee) - Lackawanna Avenue Streetscape: Council introduced a resolution authorizing the mayor and city officials to apply for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant in the amount of $632,329 to support the Lackawanna Avenue Streetscape project. Council clarified the motion authorizes the city to apply for funding; separate project approvals will come later.
- NAOG Waterway Phase 2: Council introduced resolution authorizing application for a RACP grant of $2,007,938 for NAOG Waterway Phase 2. Council members asked for estimates of remaining project costs and timeline should the grant be awarded.
Final adoptions (roll call recorded) - Repeal of outdated paving provisions (filed to council no. 96-2025): The Committee on Rules recommended final passage and the council voted yes by roll call. The chair declared item 7a legally and lawfully adopted.
- North Scranton — North Main Avenue stormwater project contract: Council adopted resolution 268-2025 authorizing the mayor and appropriate officials to execute a contract with RLE Enterprises to perform services for the North Main Avenue stormwater project. Roll call showed unanimous “yes” votes among members present; the chair declared the item adopted.
Council comments during introductions asked administration for more detail on project funding and whether multiple grant submissions overlap. Councilman Schuster asked whether the streetscape RACP submission duplicates an earlier multimodal grant application for the same corridor; staff indicated the RACP request is a match component for the multimodal effort and that administration would provide clarifying information in caucus and the forthcoming presentation.
All introduced items were placed into their proper committees for follow-up; adopted items will proceed to implementation by the listed city departments.
