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Council introduces five ordinances including MLK Trail funding and parking-authority membership change

Allentown City Council · April 1, 2026
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Summary

Council introduced Bills 26–30 for committee referral: Bill 26 loosens the parking-authority membership requirement, Bill 27 adds $800,000 from DCED for MLK Trail Phase 2, Bill 28 funds a $16,000 citizen-science pilot, Bill 29 increases the capital fund by $5,050,000 for public works projects, and Bill 30 changes salary funding for a parks coordinator.

During the April 1 meeting the clerk introduced five ordinances for referral and committee review:

• Bill 26 would amend the Allentown Parking Authority ordinance to remove the requirement that a parking-authority member be a representative of the Allentown Economic Development Corporation, allowing the mayor to nominate and council to approve any city resident for the…

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