Scranton council tables 2026 operating budget hearing, adopts multiple capital and grant measures
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Summary
Council tabled the 2026 operating-budget ordinance to a public hearing on Nov. 18 and approved a slate of capital, grant and contract items (including amendments to the capital budget, contracts for stormwater work, and several CFA grant applications).
At the meeting the Scranton City Council took a mixture of procedural and final actions on budget and committee items.
The council voted to table Ordinance 6a — the 2026 operating budget appropriating city funds for Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2026 — so that a public hearing can be held on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 at 5:45 p.m. The motion to table carried by voice vote.
Council members introduced multiple items into committee for review, including a contract name change and automatic 12-month extension for the Pavecut Inspection program (5c), a PennDOT Transportation Alternatives set-aside grant application for the Providence Road corridor (5d), acceptance of a $5,000 Walmart Spark Good Grant for the police department coat drive (5e), a resolution to seek funding for a pathways navigator to coordinate food outreach (5f), a third-party administrator contract for workers' compensation and heart-and-lung claims (5g), and a CFA local share application for All Saints Academy elevator and ADA renovations (5h).
In a final-series of roll-call votes the council approved several committee recommendations and resolutions (7a–7k), including amendments to the 2025 capital budget (7a), expanded vacant-property registration and enforcement (7b), a contract with Rutledge Excavating for stormwater fast-track work (7c), CFA grant applications for The Arc ($76,500, 7d) and Linen/Medallion parking garage improvements ($246,391, 7e), a roofing grant for Providence Pregnancy Center ($82,413, 7f), contract amendment for the Scranton Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Project (7g), an electronics-recycling contract with Ecor World LLC (7h), the Manuka stormwater improvements contract with Leeward Construction Inc. (7i), a resolution committing to end hunger and promote food security (7j), and funding toward a new animal-control vehicle (7k).
Several of these items were adopted by recorded roll call with unanimous 'yes' votes as read in the transcript; where a roll call was recorded the clerk confirmed each member's vote and the clerk declared the items legally and lawfully adopted.
Provenance: Motions starting at the fifth order (motions/introductions) and the committee adoption roll calls appear between SEG 813 and SEG 1831.