2010 Ordinances
14816 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for the supplemental appropriation of Thirty-Eight Thousand ($38,000) Dollars from Penn State University through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in support of the City of Allentown's Weed and Seed initiative.
14815 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eight Hundred Dollars and Twenty-six Cents ($800.26) to provide for the receipt of a donation from the Lehigh Valley Musicians' Association. This funding will be used for the "Dancing Under the Stars" band concert series.
14814 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED grant to provide for an Enhanced Crime Watch program that will provide Cell Phone service, equipment, training and mileage reimbursement to Crime Watch groups.
14813 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-four Dollars and Eighty-three Cents ($11,624.83) from the Allentown School District to the Police Department to help offset the costs of after school special patrols.
14812 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Hundred Eighty-two Dollars and Twenty-one Cents ($382.21) from the Eastern Pennsylvania EMS Council to the Communicaitons program of the Police Department to provide for dispather training and certification in Emergency Medical Dispatch procedures.
14811 - Providing for the vacation of E. Carey Street from N. Ellsmworth Street to the re-aligned E. Carey Street in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.
14810 - Providing for the vacation of N. 21st Street from Hamilton Street to Linden Street in the Seventh Ward of the City of Allentown.
14809 - Providing for the vacation of S. East Street from Rye Street to Cumberland Street in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Allentown:
14808 - Providing for the vacation of S. Aubrey Street from E. Walnut Street to E. Hickory Street in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.
14807 - Amending the 2010 Trexler Fund Budget to release Fifty-One Thousand Twenty-Five ($51,025) Dollars from the unappropriated balance and place the funds into the Capital Fund Contribution Account 84 as stipulated by Lehigh County Court Order dated February 11, 2010.
14806 - Amending the 2010 Capital Fund Budget to appropriate Fifty-One Thousand Twenty-Five ($51,025) Dollars from the unappropriated balance and to provide for a Comprehensive City-Wide Park Signage Project and provide for unanticipated expenses in teh Cedar parkway Improvements Phase I project.
14805 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine ($2,999.00) dollars as a result of a reimbursement from the Eastern Pennsylvania EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Council to the City of Allentown Paramedics for mass casualty incident training exercises.
14804 - Amending the 2010 Generla Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eight Thousand One Hundred Ninety Dollars and Fifty Cents ($8,190.50) as a result of a grant from the Eastern Pennsylvania EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Council tof the City of Allentown Paramedics to supplement the ongoing yearly cost of the EMS Records Management System.
14803 - Amending the 2010 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eighty-one Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-five ($81,875.00) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant fro the Lehigh County Green Futures Fund. This grant will provide funding which will be used to assist with the construction of a new restroom in the Little Lehigh Parkway near Kline's bridge. The project will also include installation of an additional concrete pad, information kiosk, site amenities and security lighting.
14802 - Amending Article 177, Environmental Advisory Council, by providing for the election of the Chair of the Environmental Advisory Council by the Environmental Council rather than by the Mayor with the approval of Council.
14801 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million Two Hundred Thousand ($1,200,000) Dollars as a result of a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the City of Allentown in the form of a RACP pass-through grant to Muhlenberg College.
14800 - Amending the Administrative Code, the Articles relating to the Recreation Board, Arts Commission, Parking Authority, Ethics Board, Human Relations Commission, and Environmental Advisory Board by requiring annual reports and long term strategies to be completed and reported to City Council, the Mayor and in some cases the Allentown School District.
14799 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars from donations collected by Lincoln Elementary School Students and a One Hundred ($100.00) Dollar donation from the Allentown Dog Training Club to the Police Department K-9 program.
14798 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED grant from State Representative Jennifer Mann to the Communications Bureau of the Police Department to provide for building security related equipment at the Communications Center.
14797 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for the supplemental appropriation of Twenty-nine Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-three ($29,963) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in support of the City of Allentown's Weed and Seed initiative.
14796 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for the supplemental appropriation of Thrity-nine Thousand Seven Hundred Six ($39,706) Dollars from the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency in support of the City of Allentown's Weed and Seed initiative.
14795 - Amending article 507 (Traffic Control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown.
14794 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation from a Department of Justice grant, 2008-DJ-BX-0251 to the Police Department to provide for installation of audio and video recording systems for five interview rooms.
14793 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.
14792 - Amending the 2010 Water Fund budget by deleting the position of Arborist II (11M) and adding the position of Arborist I (09M).
14791 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from the repayment of loans made through the Rental Rehabilitation Program.
14790 - Amending the Consolidated Plan One year Action Plan for the Twenty-eight, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth years of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), which re-programs Three Hundred Twenty Thousand Seventy-three ($320,073) Dollars of Unexpended Funds.
14789 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a donation from W. Michael Donovan. This funding will be used to purchase recreation supplies and equipment for the Summer Playground Program.
14788 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixty Five Thousand ($65,000) Dollars in Main Street funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to provide funding necessary to continue the implementation of the Main Street Program in Main Street Program Area.
14787 - Amending Title V Traffic by increasing the penalty for double parking and parking large vehicles on streets; and deleting the second and subsequent increases in fines for street cleaning:
14786 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars from a donation from the Arcadia Founditon to the Police Department for purchase of a trained K-9 for Patrol.
14785- Amending the 2010 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to the City of Allentown for the completion of a Lehigh River Waterfront Master Plan.
14784 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars from St. Luke's Hospital to the Communications pprogram of the Police Department to provide for public education for our 911 program.
14783 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for the supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Forty Thousand ($140,000) Dollars from the PA Department of Health to the Allentown Health Bureau's immunization budget, Police overtime budget and Emergency Medical Services overtime budget for costs related to H1N1 vaccination programs.
14782 - Amending Article Five, Title Three, Traffic Regulations, by adding a new section prohibiting the use of a hand-held mobile telephone by a person operating a motor vehicle or other vehicle on a City street, under certain terms and conditions.
14781 - Amending Ordinance No. 306, establishing the Special Fire Police, now to be referred to as Article 175 in part I, Administrative Code, of the Codified Ordinance, by adding residency and training requirements, reorganizing and modifying the by-laws, revising the command staff positions and providing for more oversight by the Police Department.
14780 - Amending the 2010 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Thousand ($3,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. This grant will provide funding to renovate the predatory bird netting system at the Trout Nursery.
14779 - Amending article 507 (Traffic Control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown and article 534 (Residential Permit Parking) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown to establish a Residential Parking Permit Zone on the west side of the 400 Block of North Jordan Street.
14778 - Amending Title Nine, Fees, by amending the Police Fees section to establish fees for municipalities and officers for attending training held at the Police Academy as well as for the use of the range and classrooms. Also, increasing existing fees within the Police Department.
14777 - Amending the 2010 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of $400,000 from a Department of Justice grant to the Police Technology Capital Program of the Police Department to provide for cameras, related equipment and maintenance.
14776 - Amending the 2010 General Fund budget by deleting the position of chief of Investigations (19N) and adding the position of Captain of Detectives (18N).
14775 - Amending the Zoning Code, Article 1301-1331, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown by allowing BYOB establishments whose sole use is as an restaurant in Limited Business Residential District (B-1/R).
14774 - Amending the 2010 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Nine Hundred and Six Thousand Ninety-eight ($906,098) dollars to provide for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, EECBG, from the United States Department of Energy.
2009 Ordinances
14679 - assure compliance with the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law
14680 - Amending Article 143, Police Pension Fund
14681 - Providing for the vacation of North Mohr Street from Gordon Street to Wayne Street and a portion of Wayne Street from North Mohr Street west to the west property line extension of 412 Gordon Street in the Ninth Ward of the City of Allentown
14682 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy Nine ($157,479) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Lehigh County Green Futures Fund. This grant will provide funding to build the Arts Walk.
14683 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One
Hundred and Eighty-Four Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Four Dollars and Three Cents $184,664.03), from the Parks and Recreation, Capital Fund, Arts Park Development, to Community and Economic Development Capital Fund, Art District Enhancements, for improvements, renovations and feasibility studies pertaining to the Arts District.
14684 - Amending the Administrative Code, Article 130.16, Contracts, by standardizing bidding policies and controls to ensure the most cost effective securing of goods and services for the City of Allentown.
14685 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty ($12,750) Dollars; to provide for the grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to the City of Allentown for Weed and Seed Quality of Life.
14686 - Administration Sponsored: Amending Article 941, the Sewage and Industrial Wastes Ordinance to comply with EPA required changes as mandated by the National Pretreatment, Program(40 CFR 403). Pretreatment Streamlining Rule Required Changes
14687- Amending Part Seventeen, Building and Housing, Title One of Codified Ordinances of Allentown, Pennsylvania, entitled Standards and Administration, by adding a new Article entitled "Sheet Metal Technician," requiring certain licensing of persons performing duct work used in HVAC systems, under certain terms and conditions.
14688 - Amending Article 1131.04, Storage, Placement and Collection of Municipal Waste, by changing the provision that states containers shall be placed at the curbline not before 5:00 PM and prior to 10:00 PM, to not before dusk.
14689 - Amending the 2009 Liquid Fuels Fund by appropriating funds from the unappropriated balance for the purchase of rock salt.
14690 - Amending the 2099 Capital Project Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation on One Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Three ($184,283.70) Dollars and Seventy Cents from the Arts Park Development Capital Project to the newly created Arts Walk Development Project.
14691 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars to provide for a grant from the County of Lehigh to demolish a blighted property at 826 Turner Street, the former Hess's employee parking lot.
14692 - An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Authorizing the issuance of a General Obligation Note (The "Note") in the Principal Agregate amount not to exceed $5,400,000; setting forth the purpose of the issuance of the note, to fund certain capital projects of the city of Allentown pursuant to the local government unit debt act; determining that the note shall be sold at private sale; determining the projects and establishing their useful life; determining that the debt evidenced by the note shall be nonelectoral debt; setting forth the interest rates, interest and principal payment dates and final maturity of the note and the prepayment privileges; accepting a proposal for the purchase of the note; deisgnating a paying agent for the note; setting forth the method and place of payment of the note; approving the form of the note; authorizing the executive of the note; entering into a covenant with respect to the note and pledging the city's full faith, credit and taxing power therefore, and establishing a sinking fund for the note; designating a skinking fund depository; setting forth certain additional terms with respect to the note; authorizing appropriate officers to file under Section 8110 of the local government unit debt act with the department of community and economic development, including proceedings under Section 8024 or 8026 of the Act making certain federal tax covenants and declaring the Note to be qualified tax-exempt obligations; declaring the debt evidenced by the note to be within the limitations of the local government unit debt act making certain federal tax covenants and declaring the note to be qualified tax-exempt obligations; authorizing delivery of the note; authorizing investment of the proceeds of the note; providing for invalid provisions; providing for inconsistent ordinances; providing when the Ordinances shall become effective.
14693 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Two ($4,882) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the PA Council of the Arts to support the City's summer concert series.
14694 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Thousand ($3,000) Dollars from the Wal-Mart Foundation in support of the Weed and Seed Chestnut Street Community Garden.
14695 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Thousand Eight Hundred ($1,800) Dollars from multiple sponsors in support of replacing the American flags along Hamilton Street.
14696 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seventy Thousand ($70,000) Dollars from County of Lehigh to the Fire Department for Mack South Fire Training Academy improvements (new classroom equipped with furniture, computers, projectors and other audio-visual equipment).
14697 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain Neighborhood Atabilization Program (NSP) Grant monies received by the City of Allentown under Title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. These funds are provided as an adjunct to the Community Development Block Grant Program Funds.
14698 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars as a result of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the acquisition of 617 North 19th Street.
14699 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty Two Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety ($22,490) Dollars for the purpose of development a Master Plan for the West End Theatre District. These funds will be reimbursed through grants received from Lehigh County ($7,500) and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development ($14,990).
14700 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Eighty-Six Thousand ($86,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the Early Intervention Program Project Phase II.
14701 - Amending the 2009 General Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED grant to provide for a Citizens on Patrol Program that will provide cell phones, training and mileage reimbursement to Crime Watch Groups.
14702 - Amending article 531, Stopping, Standing and Parking, by prohibiting a person from re-parking a vehicle on the same side of a street within the same block to avoid a parking time limit, regulating the storage of vehicles on the street, and clarifying the direciton in which vehicles can park on streets; and Article 534, Residential Permit Parking, by establishing new procedures for the residential parking designation process and amending the residential parking zones to include the 400 block of North 9th Street, the unit block of South Jefferson Street, and the 200 block of North Poplar Street.
14703 - An Ordinance Of The City Of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Granting To Verizon Pennsylvania Inc. A Non-Exclusive Franchise To Erect, Install, Maintain And Operate Cable Service In, Under, Over, Along, Across And Upon The Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys, Bridges, Roads, Highways And Other Public Places In The City Of Allentown And Subsequent Annexations Thereto Including In Connection Therewith The Right And Permission To Erect, Install, And Maintain Poles And To Install, Attach And Maintain Wires, Cables, Appliances And Other Facilities To Such Poles And To Existing Utility Poles For The Purpose Of Transmission And Distribution Of Cable Service; To Provide Reception Service For The Same To The Members Of The Public Desiring Such Service In The City Of Allentown, And For Other Purposes For A Period Of Years, Setting Forth Conditions Accompanying The Grant Of The Said Franchise; Providing For City Regulation And Use Of The System And Providing Penalties For Violations.14704 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of a One Hundred Forty Three Thousand Forty-Six ($143,046) Dollars to provide for a Federal Grant from the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Fire Fighter’s Grant for the purchase of Fire portable radios.
14704 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of a One Hundred Forty Three Thousand Forty-Six ($143,046) Dollars to provide for a Federal Grant from the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Fire Fighter's Grant for the purchase of Fire portable radios.
14705 - Amends the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Million Two Hundred Fifty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-six ($5,252,846) Dollars reflecting the funds received from the General Obligation Note.
14706 - Amending Article 391, City Billing for Emergency Medical Services, to maintain compliance with insurance provider rules, update fees which have not been changed since 2005, add new definitions, and clarify the billing process.
14707 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Nine Thousand ($9,000) Dollars reflecting a receipt from a Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development grant to remove the existing side mounted flashing school warning devices and install overhead flashing school warning devices on Tilghman Street for Muhlenberg Elementary School. The Bureau of Traffic Planning and Control is supervising and monitoring the grant.
14708 - Amending Article 507 (Traffic Control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown:
14709 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from the repayment of loans made through the Rental Rehabilitation Program.
14710 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars to provide for the grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to the City of Allentown for Weed and Seed Micro Enterprise Grant.
14711 - Amending Business Regulation and Taxation Code, Title Nine, Fees, to include Article 395.12, Sheet Metal Technician Fees.
14712 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty Thousand ($20,000) Dollars; to provide for the grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to the City of Allentown for Weed and Seed Quality of Life.
14713 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1974, as amended; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the city.
14714 - Amending Article 395, Community and Economic Development Fees, by estatblishing an application fee of Twenty-five ($25) Dollars for the Disruptive Conduct Board of Appeals.
14715 - Amending the Consolidated Plan One Year Action Plan for the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, and Thirty-fourth years of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), which re-programs Seven Hundred Thrity-four Thousand Sixty-five ($734,065) Dollars of Unexpended Funds.
14716 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($13,546.16) from the PA Department of Health (PADOH) and the National Association of City and County Health Officers (NACCHO) to various accounts in the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program of the Health Bureau, Department of Community and Economic Development to increase the capacity of the Health Bureau to respond to a public health emergency and to catalyze community-wide preparedness efforts through the coordination and effective training of the volunteer medical reserve corps.
14717 - Amending the 2009 Capital Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Nine ($149,929) Dollars from the Department of Justice grant, numbers 2006-DJ-BX0528 and 2007-DJ-BX-0197, to the Public Safety/Comm-Center Building Access Control and Surveillance capital program of the Police Department to provide for access control for the Police Station and 911 Center along with server based security cameras for cellblocks and all access points. Computers and related equipment are also included in funding.
14718 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED, grant number C000023563, to provide for the reimbursement of costs to run a Citizen Police Academy, geared toward citizen awareness of potential criminal behavior. The program will be hosted at the Allentown Police Academy and will include such topics as community policing, gang awareness, burglary/robbery prevention
14719 - Amending Article 140, the Personnel System by adopting a new personnel code.
14720 - Amending the 2009 General Budget to provide fora supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars as a result of a grant from the Eastern Pennsylvania EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Council to the City of Allentown Paramedics for equipment to enhance the readiness of our bureau's participation in the Regional Diaster Emergency Medical Services 'Strike Team'.
14721 - Amending Article 130.09, Administration of the Budget and Capital Plan, by requiring a monthly financial report.
14722 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollar increase to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Convervation and Natural Resources. This grant will provide funding to renovate Keck Park.
14723 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplement appropriation of Sixty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($67,849.58) from the United States Department of Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund for the demolition work at 716-718 Linden Street as well as the Calo Building at 5 North Front Street.
14724 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Hudnred Thousand ($500,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Lehigh County Green Futures Fund. This grant will provide funding to renovate the Cedar Creek Parkway.
14725 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Water Resources Education Network. This grant will provide funding to educate City staff, important stakeholders and the public to reduce impacts of polluted storm water runoff in streamside public park lands, including the Cedar and Little Lehigh Creeks, which servces as the source of drinking water for the City.
14726 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This grant will provide funding to purchase and install shade trees in the City at various locations.
14727 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED, grant number C000030228, to provide for a portable thermal imaging camera for the Emergency Response Team.
14728 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Forty Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty ($46,720) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board. This grant will provide funding to hire forty-six (46) economically discadvantaged young adults (18-24 years of age) for the Summer Playground Program under the Innovative Summer Youth Program under the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
14729 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to the Health Bureau's Injury Prevention Program budget to enable the purchase of child passenger safety seats and carbon monoxide detectors for distribution to City residents.
14730 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) Dollars from the Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund. These funds will be passed on to the Allentown Economic Development Corporation for the demolition of the Calo Building, 27 North Front Street.
14731 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twelve Thousand Seventy Five ($12,075) Dollars as a result of payment from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Baseball team to the City of Allentown Paramedics for provisioning of on-site Emergency Medical Services during baseball games at Coca-Cola park for the months of April and May 2009.
14732 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Nine Hundred Thirty ($930) Dollars from Susquehanna Bank Samuel Geltman & Company, on behalf of Allen Gardens, Valley View and Tremont Apartments, Walter and Altertina Helinsky and St. Margaret's Nursery School, to the Fire Department, for fire safety equipment for the Allentown Fire Department.
14733 - Amending the City of Allentown Zoning Ordinance, by adding a definition, Veterans Treatment Center, adding such centers as a special exception under permitted uses in the I-G Zone, establishing parking requirements for such a use, and adding additional requirements for such a use, rezoning an area depicted on Exhibit "A" from Central Business (B-2) to Institutional and Government Zoning district, providing for an effective date, and repealing Ordinances inconsistent herewith.
14734 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty ($71,25) Dollars as a result of three grants received by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crim and Delinquency for Weed and Seed.
14735 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars to provide for a grant from the Harry C. Trexler Trust to the City of Allentown for the Old Allentown Homeownership Iniatiave Program.
14736 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand ($418,000) Dollars reflecting receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) to install new street lights, underground wiring, curb and sidwalk repairs along North Seventh Street from Turner Street to Gordan Street. The Bureau of Traffic Planning and Control is supervising and monitoring the grant.
14737 - Amending Article 1741, Property Rehabilitation and Maintenance Code, Amends the Property Rehabilitation and Maintenance Code in various sections to bring it into compliance with other codes (Zoning and Fire) and other statutes, providing for violation tickets and an appeal process, identification of property, regulations on security devices for storefronts, and increases certain fees for the rental inspection program.
14738 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars in Elm Street funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to provide funding necessary to continue the implementation of the Elm Street Program in Old Allentown Program Area.
14739 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental of Eleven Thousand and Sixty-Seven ($11,067) Dollars from Pennsylvania Department of Health Division of Immunizations to the Health Bureau's Immunization Program budget, and Six Thousand ($6,000) Dollars from Maternal Family Health Services, and Twenty Five Thousand ($25,000) Dollars from The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars from Lehigh County Children and Youth to the Health Bureau's Nutrition & Physical Activity Program budget. The total supplemental appropriation for these three programs would be Fifty Two Thousand Sixty Seven ($52,067) Dollars.
14740 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for the supplemental appropriation of Thrity-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Three ($37,863) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the Weed and Seed Strengthening Family Programs.
14741 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($3,349.58) from the Environmental Protection Agency for Brownfield Redelopment Projects.
14742 - Amending Article 532, Limitations on the Parking of Trucks and Trailers by providing for the loading and unloading of Recreational Vehicles and Truck Campers.
14743 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($150,947.77) from the Department of Justice, Joint Justice Assistance Grant, Award Number 2009-SB-B9-2087 to the equipment and software and Crime Analysis Consulting Services. This ordinance also reflects pass through grants to South Whitehall Township, $30,565.30, the Borough fo Emmaus, $11,951.95 and the Borough of Fountain Hill, $11,560.55
14744 - Amending Article 143, Police Pension Fund, by repealing the residency requirement for those selected from among the policement of the City to the Police Pension Board.
14745 - Providing for the vacation of South Ann Street from East Hamilton Street to East Maple Street in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.
14746 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from the Homelessness Prevention Fund created under Title XII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This Program, the Homelessness Prevention and Urban Development (HUD).
14747 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million ($1,000.00) Dollars to provide for the grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Budget. This is a pass through grant to the Allentown Housing Authority for work done on the Hanover Acres Project.
14748 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from funds authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This Program, the Community Development Block Grant-R (CDBG-R) Program, falls under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
14749 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seventy Thousand ($70,000) Dollars in Main Street funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to provide funding necessary to continue the implentation of the Main Street Program in Main Street Program Area.
14750 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for an additional Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars be appropriated to the Emergency Medical Services Premium Pay account to pay overtime costs to paramedics who will be giving vaccinations at the Health Bureau's seasonal and H1N1 flu clinics scheduled over the remainder of this year (2009). The Pennsylvania Department of Health will reimburse the 100% for this cost.
14751 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropration of Eighteen Thousand and Seven dollars and fifty cents ($18,007.50) as a result of payment from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Baseball Team to the City of Allentown Paramedics for providing on-site Emergency Medical Services during baseball games at Coca-Cola Park for the months of June, July and August 2009.
14752 - Amending article 507 (traffic control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown by the removal of all parking meters along the north and south sides of Chew Street beginning on the west side of 8th Street continuing west on Chew Street to the east side of 10th Street and establishing a two (2) hour time zone along the north and south sides of Chew Street beginning on the west side of 8th Street continuing west on Chew Street to the east side of 10th Street.
14753 - Amending Article 1741, Property Rehabilitation and Maintenance Code, by eliminating the exempt status of certain properties that are currently exempted, increasing the fee to $75 a unit in order to have the program pay for itself, and restoing two paragraphs in the Licensure Section which were mistakenly removed during the updates in September.
14754 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Water Fund Budget for 2010.
14755 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown adopting the 2010 Water Rates.
14756 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, Coutny of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Sewer Fund Budget for 2010.
14757 - Amending Article 945 of the Codified Ordinances by adopting the 2010 Sewer Rates.
14758 - Amending Title Nine, Fees, by establishing a fee section for Parks and Recreation, removing it from the Community and Economic Development section, and increasing certain fees.
14759 - To adjust the taxes for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010.
14760 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, establishing and adopting the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund Budget for 2010.
14761 - Amending Article 1131, Refuse of Solid Waste Collection and Disposal, by establishing the Solid Waste Fee at Three Hundred and Forty ($340) Dollars.
14762 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Liquid Fuels Fund Budget for 2010.
14763 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Trexler Fund Budget for 2010.
14764 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Golf Course Fund Budget for 2010.
14765 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, Council of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Equipment Fund Budget for 2010.
14766 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Risk Management Fund Budget for 2010.
14767 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Capital Projects Fund Budget for 2010.
14768 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the Debt Obligation for 2010.
14769 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopting the E 9-1-1 Fund Budget for 2010.
14770 - Amending Article 140, the Personnel System by requiring active non-bargaining unit employees to pay an employee contribution of seven and one-half (7.5%) percent toward the cost of whichever tier said employee elects under the Traditional Blue Cross or HMO plan or equivalent as provided by the City of Allentown, establishes a prescription drug co-pay program for all covered employees and their dependants at a $5/25/40 co-pay, and provides for a $1,500 opt out incentive of health and prescriptions plans for non-bargaining employees.
14771 - An Ordinance of the City of Allentown, County of Lehigh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the General Fund Budget for 2010.
14772 - Amends the 2009 Debt Service Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Twenty Thousand ($120,000) Dollars reflecting a transfer from the debt service payment on the Five Million Two Hundred Fifty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-six ($5,252,846) Dollar General Obligation Note.
14773 - Providing for the vacation of Clyde Street from E. Brookdale Street to Wabash Street in the Nineteenth Ward of the City of Allentown.
2008 Ordinances
14565 - Amending Article 507 (Traffic Control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown
14566 - Creating an Environmental Advisory Council by providing operating procedures and stating the powers of the Council.
14567 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of $59,698
from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to various accounts in the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program of the Health Bureau, Department of Community and Economic Development to increase the capacity of the Allentown Health Bureau and partners to respond to an influenza pandemic and to initiate and catalyze community wide preparedness efforts through the development, coordination and testing of regional and local public health pandemic plans.
14568 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand Five Hundred ($5,000) Dollars as a result of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of
Economic Development (DCED), Local Government Municipal Resources and Development Grant Program, to the Fire Department, for Fire and Hazmat rescue equipment.
14569 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,500) Dollars as a result of a $5000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Economic
Development (DCED), Local Government Municipal Resources and Development Grant Program,
to the Fire Department; and $500 from UGI, for gas meters.
14570 - Amending the 2007 General Fund Budget authorizing a supplemental appropriation as a
result of a donation from the Allentown Patriots for One Hundred and Fifty ($150) Dollars, Traffic Control Services, LLC. for One Hundred and Fifty ($150) Dollars, and from Robert Kudlak and David Xander, each for Ten ($10) Dollars.
14571 - Amending the Police, Fire and O&E Pension Funds by requiring an annual actuarial study for each fund.
14572 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five
Thousand ($5,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Community Revitalization Assistance Program. This grant is for the support of the revitalization of Cedar Creek Parkway.
14573 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Four
Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight ($4,888) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. This grant is for the support of the City’s Summer Concert Series and Art in the Park.
14574 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Keystone Active Zone. This grant is for the support of the City’s playground program.
14575 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five
Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from St. Lukes Hospital to the Communications Program of the Police Department to provide for public education for our 911 program
14576 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Ten
Thousand ($10,000) Dollars to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Community Revitalization Assistance Program. This grant is for the support of the renovation of Cedar Creek Parkway.
14577 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of
Twenty-two Thousand ($22,000) Dollars as a result from a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development (PA DCED), Community Revitalization Assistance Program to the Fire Department, for Thermal Imagers.
14578 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of
Seventy-fiveThousand ($75,000) Dollars in Main Street funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to provide funding to implement the Main Street Program along Seventh Street.
14579 - Amending the 2008 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) Dollars to provide for a grant from Harry C. Trexler Trust to the City of
Allentown for the Old Allentown Homeownership Initiative Program.
14580 - Amending the Consolidated Plan One Year Action Plan for the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second years of the Community Development Block Grant Program
(CDBG), which re-programs Four Hundred Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Six
($417,326) Dollars of Unexpended Funds.
14581 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown
under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.
14582 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown from the repayment of loans made through the Rental Rehabilitation Program.
14583 - Providing for the naming of a certain street in the 16th Ward in the City of Allentown.
14584 - Amending the 2008 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of
Four Hundred Ninety Thousand ($490,000) Dollars reflecting receipt from a Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Agency grant for signalized intersection upgrades. The Bureau of Traffic Planning and Control is supervising and monitoring the grant.
14585 - Amending the 2008 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five
Hundred Seventeen Thousand Forty-five ($517,045) Dollars reflecting receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to install a solar photovoltaic power plant. The Bureau of Engineering is supervising and monitoring the grant.
14586 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighteen ($25,518) Dollars from Pennsylvania Department of Health Division of Immunizations to the Health Bureau’s Immunization Program budget, Thirty Thousand Five Hundred ($30,500) Dollars from The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to the Health Bureau’s Nutrition & Physical Activity Program budget, and Fourteen Thousand ($14,000) Dollars from the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to the Health Bureau’s Cancer Prevention Program. The total supplemental appropriation for these three programs would be Seventy Thousand Eighteen ($70,018) Dollars.
14587 - Amending the 2008 Sewer Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-four Dollars and Fifty-two Cents ($5,324.52) to reflect contributions from the Borough of Catasauqua, City of Bethlehem, and the Easton Area Joint Sewer Authority,
toward the City of Allentown’s costs in the development of letters and technical comments to the
Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) proposed rulemaking to establish certain criteria for water quality for the Delaware River Basin.
14588 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide Thirty-Six Thousand ($36,000) Dollars for a
supplemental appropriation of reimbursement revenue to be received from fuel purchased by Lehigh County from the City of Allentown, Public Works Department.
14589 - Amending the 2008 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars in Elm Street funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for implementation of the Elm Street Program in Old Allentown.
14711 - Amending Business Regulation and Taxation Code, Title Nine, Fees, to include Article 395.12, Sheet Metal Technician Fees.
14713 - An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, as amended; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.
14714 - Amending Article 395, Community and Economic Development Fees, by establishing an application fee of Twenty-five ($25) Dollars for the Disruptive Conduct Board of Appeals.
14715 - Amending the Consolidated Plan One Year Action Plan for the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth years of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), which re-programs Seven Hundred Thirty-four Thousand Sixty-five ($734,065) Dollars of Unexpended Funds.
14716 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($13, 546.16) from the PA Department of Health (PADOH) and the National Association of City and County Health Officers (NACCHO) to various accounts in the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program of the Health Bureau, Department of Community and Economic Development to increase the capacity of the Health Bureau to respond to a public health emergency and to catalyze community-wide preparedness efforts through the coordination and effective training of the volunteer medical reserve corps.
14717 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Nine ($149,929) Dollars from the Department of Justice grant, numbers 2006-DJ-BX-0528 and 2007-DJ-BX-0197, to the Public Safety/Comm-Center Building Access Control and Surveillance capital program of the Police Department to provide for access control for the Police Station and 911 Center along with server based security cameras for cellblocks and all access points. Computers and related equipment are also included in funding.
14718 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DCED, grant number C000023563, to provide for the reimbursement of costs to run a Citizen Police Academy, geared toward citizen awareness of potential criminal behavior. The program will be hosted at the Allentown Police Academy and will include such topics as community policing, gang awareness, burglary/robbery prevention, communications with police, and issues pertaining to suspected drug dealing.
14719 - Amending Article 140, the Personnel System by adopting a new personnel code.
14720 - Amending the 2009 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars as a result of a grant from the Eastern Pennsylvania EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Council to the City of Allentown Paramedics for equipment to enhance the readiness of our bureau’s participation in the Regional Disaster Emergency Medical Services ‘Strike Team’.
14721 - Amending Article 130.09, Administration of the Budget and Capital Plan, by requiring a monthly financial report.
14722 - Amending the 2009 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand ($250,000) Dollar increase to provide for the receipt of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This grant will provide funding to renovate Keck Park.
14723 - Amending the 2009 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($67,849.58) from the United States Department of Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund for the demolition work at 716-718 Linden Street as well as the Calo Building at 5 North Front Street