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Council adopts budget transfers, grants and traffic change; several items introduced
Summary
Council approved a budget transfer funding employee raises, accepted grant applications for pedestrian safety and fire capital needs, and adopted a one-way ordinance for the 3100 block of Cedar Avenue; several resolutions were introduced for committee review.
At its regular meeting, the Scranton City Council took several formal actions, including budget transfers, grant approvals and an ordinance designating a downtown block as one-way.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Ordinance (6A) designating the 3100 block of Cedar Avenue one-way southbound (Davis to Crane) was adopted after reading by title and a voice vote.
- File to Council 18206 (7A): Council adopted a transfer from contingency to fund raises for employees represented by Lodge 2305 (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO) not to exceed $2,337,6627; the finance vice chair recommended final passage and a roll call recorded the ordinance as lawfully adopted.
- File to Council 55206 (7B): Council ratified and approved applying for up to $672,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation ‘Safe Streets and Roads for All’ discretionary grant to improve pedestrian crossings and safety on Malbury Street and/or Musik Street; the item passed by roll call.
- Resolution 57-2026 (7C): Council approved an investment management agreement between the Other Postemployment Benefits trustee and U.S. Bancorp Asset Management Inc. to manage the city’s OPEB trust.
- Introductions (referred to committee): 5B (emergency action plan manuals for non-federal flood protection), 5C (reappointment to Environmental Advisory Council), 5D (alternate reappointment), 5E (fire department capital grant application up to $100,000), 5F (emergency service training center grant up to $100,000), 5G (up to $300,000 for Leg Creek project), and 5H (ARPA project-manager responsibilities to staff) were each introduced and referred to their proper committees for further review.
Several zoning and public-health ordinances (items 8A/8B on data centers, and 8C/8D on kratom regulation) were tabled until public hearings and additional input are completed.
