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Allentown council advances $100,000 transfer to cover unexpected fleet repairs
Summary
Councilors moved Bill 51 forward to transfer $100,000 from the equipment fund into fleet maintenance to pay for unforeseen repairs to heavy equipment, including fire trucks and the city tub grinder.
Allentown City Council moved Bill 51 forward on a voice vote to amend the 2025 general fund budget by transferring $100,000 from the equipment fund into the fleet maintenance account.
The transfer is intended to cover larger-than-anticipated repairs to city fleet equipment. City staff said the funding will be used for high-cost repairs to items such as fire trucks, paving equipment and the tub grinder at the yard waste site. “These are high high high priced pieces of equipment, and they were just unforeseen repairs that we just didn't realize that we needed as we were preparing our 2025 budget,” a staff member said.
Council discussion was limited. Council member Hendricks asked for clarification about the tub grinder’s function; a staff member responded, “The tub grinder is the large piece of equipment that we have at the yard waste site that grinds all of our yard waste, larger tree branches, tree limbs, bushes, and shrubs ... and makes mulch.”
A motion to send Bill 51 forward was made and seconded. The presiding councilor called for a voice vote and members responded in the affirmative. The council did not record individual roll-call votes or a tally in the transcript.
The item was presented during the meeting’s agenda discussion; no additional public comment or amendment to the transfer amount was recorded.
