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Council approves several personnel reclassifications, tables background analyst hires

Allentown City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Council approved multiple administrative corrections and HR reclassifications recommended in the budget memo (including a deputy director and an operations specialist) but tabled two proposed temporary background verification analyst positions pending job descriptions and further review; mayor's proposed chief-of-staff reclassification failed.

Allentown City Council approved a set of administrative corrections and personnel reclassifications in the mayor's budget memo but pushed back on some staffing proposals that members said lacked sufficient information.

After brief presentations from the administration and HR director Marty Velasquez, council approved a deputy director position and reclassification of a senior HR generalist to an operations specialist; administration said the…

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