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Mayor withdraws $50,000 budget memo to fund weekend homeless services

Allentown City Council · December 17, 2025
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The mayor withdrew a proposed $50,000 budget memo to expand weekend services for unsheltered residents after explaining the request came from a community roundtable and the conference director estimated the cost; the administration withdrew the memo citing fiscal constraints.

The mayor of Allentown withdrew a budget memo proposing a $50,000 increase to the mayor's operating budget intended to fund additional weekend services for unsheltered residents provided by the Conference of Churches.

The mayor said the request originated after a resident-hosted roundtable on homelessness and that Abby Goldfarb, director of the Conference of Churches,…

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