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Allentown council approves multiple budget and grant measures; planning‑commission reappointments cleared
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Summary
The council approved several supplemental appropriations and transfers, reappointed two planningcommission members and passed grant‑related resolutions; roll-call votes were recorded for each item and are summarized here.
Allentown City Council approved a string of ordinances and resolutions that amended the 2026 budgets, authorized grant pass‑throughs and reappointed planning‑commission members.
On final passage the council approved Bill 9, a $16,136.55 supplement from the Commonwealth for fire hose and nozzles; the clerk recorded seven yes votes and no nays. The council also approved Bill 11, a transfer of $480,000 into the Trexler Monument capital project account, and Bill 12, which adds a sliding schedule of water and sewer rebates to the city code.
The council approved consent items R30 and R31, reappointing Jeff Glazer and Christian Brown to the Planning Commission through March 5, 2030; Mayor Turk noted Christian Brown serves as chair of the Planning Commission. The council cleared several HUD and HOME‑program actions — R34 (submission of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report to HUD) and R35 (allocating CHDO HOME funds from 2021 to Community Action of Lehigh Valley for work at 136 S. 8th St.) — and R36, which authorizes DCED transfers to create senior planner and planner positions.
Other introduced ordinances included multiple PA DCED local‑share appropriations (Bills 13–17), a $55,000 transfer for traffic signal redesign at 17th & Linden (Bill 18), a $45,295.39 capital appropriation tied to tree‑planting PILO funds (Bill 19) and a zoning amendment (Bill 20) to add data‑center and renewable‑energy uses to the manufacturing‑industry use table; those measures were referred to the appropriate committees for review. R33, an intermunicipal transfer of liquor license No. 21060 to Felix Restaurant LLC at 395 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., was approved following a public hearing earlier in the evening.
Clerk roll calls recorded approval for the items presented; where the transcript provided a tally the clerk announced seven ayes and no nays. For any item where the clerk’s readback or the appointee name was not spoken on the record, the official minutes and the posted resolution text should be used for the certified vote totals and full descriptions.
