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Residents press council on paving rules, blight, parks maintenance and unsheltered response
Summary
During citizens’ participation, multiple residents urged council action on street-paving standards, blight enforcement, park maintenance, the planned buyout program in flood-prone neighborhoods and the city’s unsheltered/homelessness response.
Several residents used the citizen-participation portion of the meeting to press Scranton City Council for greater transparency and action on paving standards, blight enforcement, park maintenance and the city’s response to unsheltered people.
Joan Hodowan, a Scranton resident, praised visible litter cleanup efforts but raised legal and procedural concerns about a proposed ordinance that would allow entry-level hires in the police department without competition (item 7 b). Hodowan cited the state civil service statute and said the police union should be consulted before changes proceed. She urged the council to table the police ordinance until the union, the police…
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