Mister Warren introduced a resolution proposing that Northampton County establish a public, countywide blighted-property database managed by the Department of Community and Economic Development. The resolution would have collected municipal property-maintenance code violation reports to help municipalities identify and remediate blight.

Supporters said the database would provide a tool for local governments to clean up neighborhoods, encourage property improvements, and help coordinate remediation and redevelopment. Mister Warren said municipalities expressed interest and that state-level legislation (House Bill 1062) had been introduced to create similar tools statewide.

Opponents on council raised concerns about cost, staff time, the county's role versus municipal authority, the potential for overreach into zoning and enforcement, and whether existing regional entities (for example, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission) might better host the service. One council member argued the initiative could amount to "empire building" and said municipalities should handle their own code enforcement.

Council debated the potential to partner with LVPC and whether a county-run registry would carry enforcement authority; proponents repeatedly said the proposal did not include enforcement powers and was intended only to provide a data tool. After debate the council took a recorded vote and the resolution failed by a vote of 2 in favor and 6 opposed, ending the initiative on Nov. 20.