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Council introduces five ordinances including MLK Trail funding and parking-authority membership change
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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 position; the measure was referred to the Rules, Chambers, Intergovernmental Relations committee.
• Bill 27 would amend the 2026 capital fund to add a supplemental appropriation of $800,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to support construction of MLK Trail Phase 2; the measure was referred to Parks & Recreation.
• Bill 28 would add $16,000 from the Urban Sustainability Directors Network to conduct a pilot citizen-science project in partnership with Easton, Community Bike Works and Penn State University; referred to Parks & Recreation.
• Bill 29 would amend the 2026 capital fund to add $5,050,000 to fund approved public works capital projects as part of the 2026 capital borrowing; referred to Public Works.
• Bill 30 would amend Trexler general funds to change grade/title and funding percentage for a project coordinator position in parks and recreation, increasing the portion paid by Trexler funds; referred to Parks & Recreation.
These introductions generated brief committee questions but no final votes; each bill will be considered in the committee named during future meetings.
