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Council approves consent agenda including PennDOT bus-lane agreement; vote 6-0
Summary
Altoona City Council approved consent agenda items including minutes, staffing changes, polling-place agreements and a highway use agreement with PennDOT for a new bus lane at 2200 Broad Avenue; council vote was 6-0 with the mayor absent.
Altoona City Council approved its consent agenda by roll call vote, 6-0, with Mayor Pacifico absent. The consent agenda included five items read into the record and approved together.
Items approved on the consent agenda were: approval of minutes for council meetings on Feb. 10 and Feb. 24; acceptance of the completion of Nate Kissel's term as interim city manager and his return to the public works department as director with restoration of his base pay and benefits effective March 3, 2025; approval of election polling-place agreements for the 2025 primary and general elections (training facility, council chambers, Fire Stations 1, 2 and 3 as listed); and authorization of a highway use agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the installation and maintenance of a new bus lane in front of 2200 Broad Avenue, with authorization for the city manager to execute documents and the city clerk to attest.
Earlier in the meeting council voted to add the PennDOT highway-use resolution to the consent agenda after a motion and second; the addition passed on a voice vote. The formal consent roll call recorded the following votes: Councilman Beatty ' Yes; Councilman Butterbaugh ' Yes; Councilwoman Klinich ' Yes; Vice Mayor Ellis ' Yes; Councilman Ickis ' Yes; Councilman Kelly ' Yes. Mayor Pacifico was absent.
