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Council approves $11,340 contract to prepare National Register nomination for Lackawanna Public Library
Summary
The Lackawanna City Council approved an $11,340 ordinance to fund KTA preservation specialists to prepare a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Carnegie-era Lackawanna Public Library.
The Lackawanna City Council on Dec. 15 approved an ordinance allocating $11,340 from the general fund to hire KTA preservation specialists to prepare a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Lackawanna Public Library.
"The contract with KTA is for the purpose of preparing a national register of historic places, nomination for the Lackawanna Public Library," a council speaker read during the meeting. Council members praised the building as a Carnegie-era landmark bringing "prestige and historical value" to the neighborhood and city and described the effort as long overdue. The motion to act on and adopt the ordinance carried 5-0.
The council treated the item as a formal ordinance: a motion to receive and file and then to adopt the ordinance passed unanimously. The ordinance text submitted with the agenda lists the payment amount to KTA as $11,340. The nomination work is intended to document the library's historic significance; the timeline for the nomination work was not specified in the meeting record.
