COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2025-10-06

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 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON

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 1 C O U N C I L M E M B E R S:

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 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT
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 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT
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 JESSICA ROTHCHILD
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 THOMAS SCHUSTER
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 WILLIAM KING
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 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK
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 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR
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 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.)

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 3 Mr. SMURL: Please remain standing

 4 for a moment of silent reflection for our

 5 service men and women throughout the world and

 6 for those who have passed away in our

 7 community, especially Mike Illuzzi, Jr., Bill

 8 Ferrario, Edwin Chase. Thank you. Roll call,

 9 please.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

11 MR. KING: Present.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.

14 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

17 MR. MCANDREW: Present.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

19 MR. SMURL: Here. The following

20 five motions are being made to correct

21 typographical errors in the first whereas

22 clause of resolutions that were passed in

23 Seventh Order at last week's Council meeting.

24 MR. MCANDREW: I make a motion to

25 correct Resolution No. 255 of 2025. In the
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 1 first whereas clause, change the wording from

 2 Scranton Cultural Center to Scranton Fire

 3 Department.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 5 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

 6 floor and a second to correct Resolution 255,

 7 2025. On the question? All those in favor

 8 signify by saying aye.

 9 MR. KING: Aye.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

12 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

13 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

14 have it and so moved.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: I make a motion to

16 correct Resolution No. 256, 2025. In the first

17 whereas clause, change the wording from

18 University of Scranton to Steamtown Church.

19 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

20 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

21 floor and a second to correct Resolution 256,

22 2025. On the question? All those in favor

23 signify by saying aye.

24 MR. KING: Aye.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
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 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 2 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 3 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 4 have it and so moved.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: I make a motion to

 6 correct Resolution No. 257, 2025. In the first

 7 whereas clause, change the wording from

 8 University of Scranton to Weston Park Baseball.

 9 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

10 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

11 floor and a second to correct Resolution No.

12 257, 2025. On the question? All those in

13 favor signify by saying aye.

14 MR. KING: Aye.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

17 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

18 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

19 have it and so moved.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: I make a motion to

21 correct Resolution No. 258, 2025. In the first

22 whereas clause, change the wording from

23 University of Scranton to Scranton Cultural

24 Center.

25 MR. KING: Second.
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 1 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

 2 floor and second to correct Resolution No. 258

 3 of 2025. On the question?

 4 MR. MCANDREW: On the question,

 5 just so everybody knows what we're doing, these

 6 are typing -- these are typo errors from the

 7 legal department that we have to correct on the

 8 floor, just throwing it out there so everybody

 9 knows why we're doing this.

10 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All those in

11 favor signify by saying aye.

12 MR. KING: Aye.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

14 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

16 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

17 have it and so moved.

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: I make a motion to

19 correct Resolution No. 259, 2025. In the first

20 whereas clause, change the wording from

21 University of Scranton to Providence Pregnancy

22 Center.

23 MR. KING: Second.

24 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

25 floor and second to correct Resolution 259 of
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 1 2025. On the question? All those in favor

 2 signify by saying aye.

 3 MR. KING: Aye.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 6 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 7 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 8 have it and so moved.

 9 MR. KING: I make a motion to take

10 from the table File of the Council No. 91 of

11 2025.

12 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

14 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

15 floor and a second to take from the table File

16 of Council No. 91 of 2025 and place it in

17 Seventh Order for final vote.

18 This ordinance is the 2026 Capital

19 Budget for which a public hearing was held last

20 week. All those in favor signify by saying

21 aye.

22 MR. KING: Aye.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

25 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 2 have it and so moved.

 3 MR. KING: I make a motion to take

 4 from the table File of Council No. 95, 2025.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 6 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

 7 floor and a second to take from the table File

 8 of Council 95 of 2025 and place it in Seventh

 9 Order for a final vote. This ordinance

10 authorizes entry level employment in the police

11 department. On the question? All those in

12 favor signify by saying aye.

13 MR. KING: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

17 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

18 have it and so moved. If anyone would like to

19 speak on either of these pieces of legislation,

20 you may do so in Fourth Order Citizens

21 Participation. Dispense with the reading of

22 the minutes.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

24 3.A. CORRESPONDENCE DATED SEPTEMBER

25 25, 2025, FROM THOMAS J. ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES,
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 1 INC., REGARDING FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT AND

 2 MINIMUM MUNICIPAL OBLIGATION (MMO) FOR THE CITY

 3 OF SCRANTON'S PENSION PLAN FOR 2026.

 4 3.B. OVERTIME REPORT FOR ALL

 5 DEPARTMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025, AS PROVIDED BY

 6 CITY CONTROLLER, RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 24, 2025.

 7 3.C. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

 8 SEPTEMBER 25, 2025, FROM CITY BUSINESS

 9 ADMINISTRATION, REGARDING OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT

10 BENEFITS TRUST 2024 ANNUAL AUDIT OF FINANCIAL

11 STATEMENTS.

12 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments

13 on any of the Third Order items? If not,

14 received and filed. Do any Council members

15 have any announcements at this time?

16 MR. MCANDREW: I just have a quick

17 one. I mean, it's not something that is

18 upcoming. I just want to say that I was with

19 my grandchildren able to attend the Touch a

20 Truck event that was at Nay Aug that the Junior

21 League of Scranton put on and well represented

22 from the city was, you know, law enforcement

23 vehicles, our police department, our fire

24 department, DPW, EMTs.

25 It was a great event. And they did
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 1 a fantastic job. It gets bigger and better

 2 every year. And it was just a perfect day for

 3 it. So I applaud everyone who was involved

 4 with this.

 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.

 6 Anyone else?

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: I have a few.

 8 There's quite a few things going on this

 9 weekend. My family had also gone to the Touch

10 a Truck event. And that's a great one that

11 they have every year for the kids.

12 But this upcoming weekend, a lot of

13 things going on, a lot of fall festivals,

14 Zummo's is having their annual autumn festival

15 that's going to be Sunday at 1 p.m.

16 And then there's going to be the

17 Green Ridge Fall Festival this Saturday

18 starting at 10 a.m. on East Market Street. And

19 over at Nay Aug Park, the greenhouse does their

20 Honeybee and Harvest Festival every year.

21 That's going to be Sunday from 12 to 4.

22 So and then in addition to that, the

23 Fringe Festival is still going on. So I'd

24 encourage people to go to the shows or events

25 for the Fringe Festival. There is plenty --
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 1 plenty of things to do in the city this

 2 weekend. That's all I have. Thank you.

 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.

 4 Rothchild. Anyone else? Well, First Friday is

 5 this weekend. And City Hall is having an open

 6 house from 6 to 8 p.m. This is a piece of the

 7 slate from this roof from the building from

 8 1988.

 9 We're going to have about 100 pieces

10 of these or so out the front on the

11 table -- 1888. So if anybody would like one,

12 they will be out the front on the table and

13 you're welcome to them.

14 We'll also be open -- the building

15 will be open. You can go through the entire

16 building. There'll be staff here to show you

17 any part of the building you'd like to go

18 through and all of the work that's been

19 completed. Frank.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

21 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION.

22 MR. SMURL: First, Joan Hodowanitz.

23 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

24 Scranton, once again I'd like to compliment the

25 gentlemen I see every morning in their blue
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 1 Scranton Tomorrow T-shirts pushing those

 2 humongous garbage cans around and cleaning up

 3 the sidewalks.

 4 I don't know if you ever walk around

 5 the downtown in the daytime, but it has made a

 6 definite difference in the look of the

 7 downtown. So I compliment them. They do an

 8 excellent job. And where do we stand on the

 9 2024 audit?

10 MR. SMURL: It's complete and there

11 it is.

12 MS. HODOWANITZ: Where is it?

13 MR. SMURL: It just -- did you hear

14 my phone beep? It just got here.

15 MS. HODOWANITZ: You just got it?

16 MR. SMURL: Yes, I did.

17 MS. HODOWANITZ: So it will be on

18 Third Order next week?

19 MR. SMURL: Oh, I believe so, yes.

20 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. That's good.

21 Do you know when they signed it, when they

22 dated it?

23 MR. SMURL: I believe --

24 MS. HODOWANITZ: Because the OPEB

25 audit in Third Order was signed on August 25th
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 1 and it just appears now.

 2 MR. SMURL: Yes, I believe this was

 3 actually completed yesterday. And so they had

 4 to take all of those pieces that were all over

 5 the place and combine them into one to finally

 6 get us one single document and that took most

 7 of today.

 8 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Well,

 9 that -- at least it's done and that's real

10 progress. Speaking of progress or the lack

11 thereof, do we have a DPW Director?

12 MR. SMURL: I don't know of any

13 being hired, no.

14 MS. HODOWANITZ: Going, going, gone.

15 I mean, can't be having an unemployment problem

16 in Scranton if that position is still open.

17 How about the negotiations for a new DPW

18 Collective Bargaining Agreement, still working

19 on it?

20 MR. SMURL: I believe so. Neither

21 side will tell me any details, of course.

22 MS. HODOWANITZ: Oh, I understand

23 that. But hopefully they'll get it done. It's

24 been nine months since the old one expired.

25 That's long enough to have a baby.
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 1 With regard to Item 8-B, authorizing

 2 the entry level employment of the police

 3 department, I'm very glad to see that you did

 4 look into the opinions of the Civil Service

 5 Commission and the police union.

 6 It was surprising that when the

 7 legislation was first introduced, there was no

 8 such information included in the backup. And

 9 this seems to be a recurring problem that

10 legislation comes forward and a lot of

11 questions are, you know, have to be asked and

12 answered down the road.

13 I'm not quite sure who prepares the

14 backup for the legislation. But I compliment

15 you for taking the time to table the

16 legislation and do your due diligence before

17 putting it up for a final vote. That is what

18 you owe the police department, the police

19 union, and the people of Scranton. So good

20 job.

21 Overtime, I see we're still plugging

22 along. Parks and Rec is 110 percent and the

23 fire department is 112 percent. The overall

24 total through apparently September is 87.8

25 percent. So hopefully that won't go too much
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 1 higher. And the MMO is in for 9.7 million

 2 dollars.

 3 So I don't know how many people ever

 4 come to or pay attention to the minutes of the

 5 consolidated pension board every month, but the

 6 fund's been doing well because the stock

 7 market's been doing well. So hopefully we'll

 8 have a good year so that we go into next year

 9 with no issues.

10 And one last thing, the potential

11 for government shutdown, I mean, I've been out

12 from the television for two hours. We're

13 still heading towards a potential shutdown

14 tonight? Anybody hear differently?

15 MR. SMURL: No, I --

16 MS. HODOWANITZ: I'm just curious as

17 to, you know, what the local impacts are. I

18 know that the trolley museum and the Steamtown,

19 the railroad stuff will all be shut down

20 effective, what, tomorrow?

21 MR. SMURL: Yes.

22 MS. HODOWANITZ: Because it's a

23 national historic site. Any other impacts on

24 either the economy or the city itself?

25 MR. SMURL: Well, the weekend is
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 1 usually the trolley, they're pretty busy on the

 2 weekend. So, yeah, you're going to lose a lot

 3 of that.

 4 MS. HODOWANITZ: Well, you know, I

 5 mean, it's just -- it's just like the perfect

 6 storm. You got a potential federal government

 7 shutdown. You've got a county with two

 8 commissioners who are determined to, you know,

 9 duke it out on the floor in front of the

10 cameras.

11 I mean, it's just going on and on

12 and on and I, you know, I mean, I hope we get

13 through this year and into next year with all

14 the I's dotted and the T's crossed. Thank you.

15 MR. SMURL: Joan, just one question.

16 How -- what would you think of 6 and quarter

17 percent interest?

18 MS. HODOWANITZ: I'm sorry?

19 MR. SMURL: The 6 and a quarter

20 percent interest rate for the MMOs.

21 MS. HODOWANITZ: I think that -- you

22 mean the 6.4 percentage?

23 MR. SMURL: Yeah, 6 point -- 6 and a

24 quarter, yeah.

25 MS. HODOWANITZ: Well, that's good.
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 1 MR. SMURL: That's what we closed it

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 3 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah.

 4 MR. SMURL: That's phenomenal, yeah.

 5 MS. HODOWANITZ: You know, see, that

 6 means that, you know, we're hedging our best

 7 and we aren't overestimating how the stock

 8 market is going to perform. So we'll be

 9 healthy. And we'll be able to pay the retirees

10 what we promised them. That's a good thing.

11 MR. SMURL: Yes. It is a good

12 thing. It's great.

13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Very good.

14 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Norma

15 Jeffries.

16 MS. JEFFRIES: Good evening, Norma

17 Jeffries, Scranton resident. And today it's

18 all about me. The things that I've run into

19 this past week I figured if I ran into these

20 issues, then others have run into them as well.

21 So I'm sure I'm not just speaking

22 just for myself and I'm speaking for other

23 residents of Scranton as well. One of the

24 things that I guess is, Dr. Rothchild, when you

25 spoke about the handicap parking in the city
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 1 and I know that you are following up on that,

 2 and since I've been having issues these past

 3 two years, you know, you don't really pay any

 4 attention to it until you need it.

 5 So as I'm downtown a lot and I run

 6 into problems, you know, trying to find a place

 7 to park and just because it doesn't have a

 8 license plate that has a handicap or the

 9 placard because I know sometimes I forget to

10 put my placard on it, but, you know, I was

11 looking for an update on that because I know

12 that you were working on that with the police

13 department.

14 So I was wondering if we could get

15 an update on that as well. And the other thing

16 that I ran into this week was household

17 hazardous waste. I had a couple things I

18 needed to get rid of. And so I got on our

19 website and I Googled the hazardous waste, what

20 do I do with it.

21 I'm very conscious about recycling.

22 So there is no way I was going to put it in the

23 trash. So the website told me to go to the

24 Recycling Center on Delaware Avenue. So off I

25 go with my two little containers and the first
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 1 place I came to was metal, I guess, like steel

 2 and stuff. All the trucks were lined up there.

 3 I said, well, that's not it.

 4 So I kept going. And then I ran

 5 into the spot where they do the cardboard and

 6 the cans recycling. So I thought, okay, let me

 7 go in here. So I went in there and drove

 8 around, didn't see anybody to ask a question

 9 like what do I do with the hazardous waste.

10 And it wasn't a lot. It was Draino,

11 but I didn't want to put it in the trash. So I

12 didn't see anyone to ask about it. So I went

13 back to my cell phone to look and see, maybe

14 there was a telephone number I could call to

15 see what do we, the residents of Scranton do

16 with hazardous waste because I'm sure I am not

17 the only one.

18 I was hoping that somebody could

19 tell me what to do with it. I still have it in

20 my car. And the other thing that I got caught

21 up in was the flooding on Olive Street and

22 Capouse Avenue. I was coming from the farmers'

23 market. And it wasn't this last one, it was

24 the cycle -- the rain before.

25 And the sky just opened up and that
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 1 intersection became flooded within minutes.

 2 You know, fortunately I wasn't in it. I was

 3 about two cars behind it. So we went up and

 4 took the left up one of those streets, which

 5 you had

 6 to -- you couldn't get through.

 7 So we had to make a U-turn and come

 8 back down and go back out but making our way

 9 through the streets so I could get home. But

10 then again, I guess it was last week that same

11 intersection was flooded again. I don't know

12 who owns that. Is it PennDOT or why, you know,

13 does it -- is it continuously flooded.

14 So as I was looking as well as I was

15 turning around, the sidewalk there for the

16 students coming from Scranton High has to be a

17 hazard for those kids. And thank God that

18 we've never heard of anyone getting hurt at

19 that intersection there, you know, with the

20 sidewalks are so thin and narrow there.

21 I know that the brush has been taken

22 care of there, but I don't know who's in charge

23 of the streets there and the sidewalks because

24 it is very, very narrow. And another thing, my

25 final thing that I was thinking about was
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 1 coming up Lackawanna Avenue is still just such

 2 a hazard. I've had trouble with my tires, but

 3 it's nothing to do with Lackawanna Avenue. But

 4 as I come across Adams Avenue and I come up by

 5 the Radison and that wall is still there

 6 crumbling.

 7 And I thought there was a grant and

 8 money had been allocated for that wall to be

 9 fixed. I don't see any kind of advancement

10 going on there. So maybe someone could give me

11 a little update on what's going on with that

12 wall at the Radison as we go forward. And

13 that's all I have for tonight.

14 MR. SMURL: Norma. In 7-C tonight,

15 you'll see that Lackawanna Avenue, the

16 Streetscape Project, that's part of the

17 project. That should be approved tonight. And

18 then it goes -- the contractor has already been

19 chosen and everything. So this just has to

20 pass Council and then it begins.

21 MS. JEFFRIES: I will be keeping my

22 eye on it to see what it is. Thank you.

23 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Les

24 Spindler.

25 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,
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 1 Council, Les Spindler, city resident,

 2 homeowner. Last week I drove by Scranton High

 3 School at 3:00, spoke about this many times and

 4 people are still parking illegally there.

 5 There's signs, no parking and they park and

 6 they're halfway out into the lane where traffic

 7 is and nothing's being done.

 8 I mentioned it a bunch of times here

 9 and it's still the same. I don't know why

10 nothing is done with that. Yet I get a ticket

11 outside of my house if I'm parked facing the

12 wrong direction when nothing is done with these

13 people parked illegally on 7th Avenue.

14 Next month will be three years since

15 the DPW day shift supervisor was on my corner

16 spraying each corner saying they're going to

17 fix it. Well, to my surprise last Monday I get

18 a knock on my front door. It was that same

19 supervisor. He said, Mr. Spindler, we're here

20 to fix your corner.

21 He said somebody called 311 and said

22 they're getting water on their property. I

23 said, it wasn't me. I didn't call 311. But I

24 said, I've been going to Council for the last

25 three years since you said they're going to fix
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 1 our corner.

 2 He said we're going -- I said, I

 3 already took care of it. I said, I went up

 4 Lowe's and bought blacktop but I fixed the

 5 corner. He said, well, if you don't want us to

 6 do it, we won't do it then. I said, well, if

 7 you want to do it, go do it.

 8 He said, well, you're going to have

 9 to have that car moved. So I had to call my

10 daughter to move her car. Not only did they do

11 the corner, they did all -- all the way to the

12 end of my property. So I'm very thankful for

13 that. And it took three years, but at least

14 they got it done.

15 They did the corner and, like I

16 said, all the way to the end of my -- around

17 the corner and down the front of my property.

18 So now I have a nice curb there now. So I hope

19 it lasts. But thank you to DPW. They did a

20 good job.

21 On September 17th, there was a story

22 on Channel 16 news about ATVs, these e-bikes,

23 scooters. The Mayor from Hughesville was on.

24 He said -- I didn't even know. It's a state

25 law. It's not a borough law. It's a state
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 1 law. These vehicles are not allowed on the

 2 streets, no scooters, no e-bikes, no bicycles,

 3 especially not ATVs.

 4 And if they're caught -- and Clarks

 5 Summit also -- if they're caught, they

 6 confiscate the vehicles. That's what we should

 7 be doing here. We have to do something because

 8 it's just out of control. These vehicles are

 9 all over the place. It's a safety hazard.

10 I know it's the policy of our police

11 department they won't chase them. But some

12 police departments do. Back in July I was

13 coming home from the Casino at 10:00 at night.

14 It was a Thursday night because I go to Party

15 on the Patio. I just turned onto 315 to go

16 onto 81 and I see two police cars coming down

17 south on 315, and they are chasing two ATVs.

18 Now, I don't know what happened if

19 they caught them or what, but they were chasing

20 some ATVs. So I guess some police departments

21 their policy is to chase them. I think that

22 maybe our police department should change their

23 policy. I know they don't want to because of

24 lawsuits, but something's got to be done.

25 I know that -- I think there's an
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 1 ordinance or something in the city. But if

 2 it's not being enforced, like, what good is it?

 3 We have to enforce these ordinances. I don't

 4 know what the ordinance says. But I've been

 5 told we have an ordinance to dealing with this

 6 stuff.

 7 If we're not upholding ordinances,

 8 what good is having them? I mean, this is a

 9 safety issue. I'm not the only one that's been

10 involved in -- I told the story about the ATV

11 going down Main Avenue a while back. And if I

12 didn't move, it would have crashed right into

13 me. It's just out of control.

14 One went by the house the other day

15 loud as hell he's -- they're going on two

16 wheels. It's unbelievable. It's a safety

17 issue and something's got to be done, whether

18 we confiscate the vehicles or whatever. It's

19 got to be enforced, whether we need more

20 patrols.

21 It's bad enough on the side streets,

22 but they're going on main streets. They are

23 going on the highways. 315 is a highway.

24 That's two ATVs on the highway and the police

25 were chasing them. I don't know what police
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 1 department it was, you know, it might have been

 2 Pittston or some -- I don't know.

 3 But something's got to be done

 4 because somebody's going to get killed one of

 5 these days. That's all I have. Thank you.

 6 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Ron Ellman.

 7 MR. ELLMAN: Council, my Democratic

 8 friend speaks with his heart. I know he means

 9 what he says even if I disagree sometimes.

10 Rosie had an appointment Friday at the mall.

11 So I walked around a little bit. I walked past

12 a bunch of empty stores on Wyoming to Spruce.

13 Then I came back down Penn Avenue.

14 It looks so bad. All this money, 7 million

15 dollars just going to a handful of people on

16 Lackawanna. The Mayor has completely misled

17 the people saying it's grants for Scranton.

18 It's grants for a handful that have these old

19 buildings with historic value, they're paying

20 little or no taxes and they're being enriched

21 by rentals. This is the Scranton I live in

22 now.

23 Nobody wants to admit it, but the

24 parking increases year after year have

25 destroyed downtown as it was maybe five, six
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 1 years ago. Jimmy Klee once told me they need

 2 to get rid of the meters, the office, the truck

 3 they had, everything to do with it and have

 4 free parking for the businesses. He was right

 5 100 percent.

 6 We're not getting nothing out of the

 7 parking and gave 2 million dollars to save a

 8 bunch of greedy investors that should have been

 9 bankrupt. And I ask you to give word to see if

10 we could get free parking permits for handicap

11 people. Nobody gave a damn up there about it.

12 You people don't have no feeling

13 whatsoever for the people in this city. It's a

14 shame what's going on right under your noses.

15 Any streets you go down been completely

16 destroyed by utilities. Nobody cares.

17 Unacceptable repairs everywhere.

18 I don't -- you need to take an

19 interest in the people that are paying for

20 everything even -- it's -- it's probably too

21 late. Well, to change the subject, I'm trying

22 to be -- I can't stand Kelly. Again, his

23 poison pen unnecessarily for no real reason

24 repeatedly in his article about Cordaro being

25 incarcerated.
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 1 This senseless dribble of his wasn't

 2 the least bit necessary. But to me, it infers

 3 this attitude which is completely and

 4 unchristian, unforgiving attitude is against

 5 anyone that been incarcerated for whatever

 6 reason over the years. I guess, we're all just

 7 jailbirds in his eyes. He needs to go back

 8 under that rock he came from.

 9 People, Cognetti is a failure.

10 Don't vote for a failure again out there. Her

11 policies have failed us. You people have

12 failed us that she relies on. The whole

13 administration has been anti-resident. I don't

14 know, but I sure hope there's a big change come

15 election time for the better. Thank you.

16 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Lee Morgan.

17 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council.

18 The first thing I'd like to say here from this

19 podium is that if there is government shutdown,

20 I think you have to lay that at the feet of

21 Democrats in Congress and the Senate because

22 they want to increase spending by 1.4 trillion

23 dollars and want to waste a lot more money.

24 And the country is just starting to

25 turn itself around. But what I have today is
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 1 that I'm hoping that the residents in the City

 2 of Scranton would have appealed their

 3 assessments. I'd also would hope that there

 4 were a group of citizens in Scranton that

 5 started a class action on this.

 6 I don't really pay too much

 7 attention to what other people do because I

 8 usually do things for myself. But I would just

 9 like to share some things with residents in the

10 city. I own three houses in the city. And I

11 just find the assessment to be the most

12 ridiculous thing I've ever seen or heard of in

13 my life.

14 And how they hired this group when

15 you do a little research on it, I have no idea.

16 But they're involved in a lot of litigation at

17 this point and they're not competent. But that

18 doesn't surprise me because I'm not sure the

19 city is competent or the county or the people

20 we elect because they're not qualified to hold

21 the positions they have.

22 And they get elected and they can't

23 make changes to the government because they get

24 elected to a position they don't know how to

25 do. And then it's like on-the-job training and
 30

 1 the damage that comes to the residents is just

 2 horrendous. But I'd just like to say that, you

 3 know, they raised one of my property values by

 4 $141,000, okay. And they increased another one

 5 by 171,000, and the last one they increased by

 6 $226,000.

 7 Now, there's absolutely no basis for

 8 anything they've done because they worked for a

 9 reassessment in Jackson County, Missouri. They

10 hired them to come in and do all of this stuff.

11 The taxpayers there received assessments that

12 were so unbelievably unexpected, it's funny --

13 that the county didn't know what to do.

14 They're in a class action and the

15 county now is claiming that the process was not

16 properly managed leading to significant

17 property tax increases. And, you know, I

18 really think that the residents in this city --

19 I've only started this thing so, I mean, I

20 don't have a lot of time to do research because

21 I work a lot.

22 But I really think they need to sue

23 the county and the elected officials. And they

24 need to do a class action and sue this company

25 because they don't have people that go out and
 31

 1 do these assessments. They use software. They

 2 have nobody in their office that knows a damn

 3 thing about assessments. You can't make this

 4 stuff up, okay.

 5 They use computer assisted mass

 6 appraisals. They use a software system to do

 7 all of this stuff. So they have no idea what

 8 your house looks like, no idea what the

 9 condition of your house is because I think all

10 what happens is, the county calls them and

11 says, well, look it, you know, we really need

12 50 million dollars. Can you come here and help

13 us?

14 And we'll pay you let's say, 10

15 million dollars to help us do that. So they

16 hire a couple people. Say, okay, we got you

17 covered. Then, of course, you know, they go

18 out and do all of these make-believe

19 assessments.

20 And then the stupid and ignorant

21 people that have been voting in this city all

22 of my life, okay, they sit home and they don't

23 do anything for themselves. So look it, I

24 can't tell you what's going to happen here

25 because we're still doing ECTV. I don't think
 32

 1 they know -- their attorney knows what he's

 2 going to do next either or the Third Circuit.

 3 But it's all a mess. And you're all

 4 responsible for it. And people are being

 5 crushed because we have incompetent government

 6 and people who won't do a damn thing to help

 7 themselves. They think somebody else is going

 8 to help them. It's not going to happen.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. That's all

10 for the sign-in sheet. Would anybody else like

11 to speak?

12 MR. ARGENTA: Good evening, Virgil

13 Argenta, Scranton resident. First, I would

14 like to commend Bob Gattens and the SMRA Board

15 volunteers. And that's the Scranton Municipal

16 Rec Authority and Mr. Smurl and his volunteers.

17 Nay Aug Park looks great and it's a pleasure to

18 visit.

19 8-B, good luck with the lateral

20 program. I think the lateral program will be

21 very beneficial to the department. 7-B, board

22 members have recently voted again downtown

23 developers who are working to revitalize the

24 area investing significant personal resources

25 into these efforts.
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 1 Most notably, 7-B declined approval

 2 for a digital billboard for both -- for the

 3 sidewall of Rocky's Lounge. My main concern

 4 with this board is the consistently low

 5 attendance of its members, which results in

 6 decisions being made by only a partial board

 7 without rescheduling meetings to ensure full

 8 participation.

 9 The project in question represented

10 an investment close to $100,000. And it

11 included a comprehensive 20 page application,

12 including work with local businesses who

13 experience lost opportunities due to the

14 rejection.

15 Although the board comprises of nine

16 members, the decision to reject the project was

17 reached with only a 3-0 vote. Those numbers

18 seem to be the norm lately. The board was also

19 involved in a situation that created challenges

20 for another project being renovated by

21 Mr. Basalyga, which included two vacant

22 buildings on the 100 block of Wyoming Avenue.

23 After the project commenced, a board

24 member requested samples of both steel, brick

25 and exterior material to be used for this
 34

 1 building in construction. Mr. Smurl, I mean,

 2 you could understand it. It is a standard

 3 practice to complete exterior work during

 4 favorable weather conditions.

 5 But due to these additional

 6 requests, the project's timeline was delayed.

 7 If this board is not full capacity, it may be

 8 beneficial to consider sending some

 9 professional courtesy to the developer who are

10 developing in city using their money.

11 Until all members are present to

12 make decisions, this approach can help ensure

13 fairness to the professionals involved. As a

14 resident and Council candidate supportive of

15 city development, the hope is that any delays

16 and rejections from the board are based solely

17 on relevant qualifications, considerations,

18 lack of board members expertise or knowledge,

19 hopefully not a spite work.

20 The city's website states HARB shall

21 consist of nine residents of the City of

22 Scranton as follows:

23 This is who should be on the board

24 for HARB, one registered architect, one

25 registered engineer, one licensed contractor,
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 1 one licensed real estate broker, one member of

 2 the Architectural Heritage Association, one

 3 property owner whose property is located within

 4 the historic district or who owns a landmark

 5 property, one member who by professional

 6 training or occupation is an urban planner,

 7 architectural historian, archeologist, historic

 8 preservationist or has professional expertise

 9 in a field closely related to historic

10 preservation or discipline which has American

11 societies, American simulation, cultural

12 geographic or cultural anthropology --

13 seriously?

14 One property owner at large and one

15 other person who by training, experience or

16 interest is qualified to carry out the duties

17 as a member of this commission. The registered

18 engineer is vacant. The architect seat is

19 vacant. The licensed contractor seat is

20 vacant. And the historic property owner is

21 vacant.

22 The seats that are filled are the

23 Architectural Heritage Association,

24 professional training, real estate broker, and

25 a property owner at large and historian. And
 36

 1 very rarely do you get the four of them to be

 2 at that same meeting.

 3 Will there be ADA accommodations for

 4 Friday's open house with the parking spot in

 5 the rear of the building? ADA requires a

 6 parking space with adequate lighting and that

 7 is from the ADA handicap accessible manual.

 8 Thank you.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

10 MS. KOLOSKI: Doris Koloski,

11 resident. Okay, first, I want to make this

12 announcement that on Sunday, October 19th,

13 there's going to be a new group called the

14 Friends of Nay Aug Park. Something going on at

15 Nay Aug is Step Up For Nay Aug Park.

16 It's going to be a walk in the park.

17 It starts at the amphitheater at 11. And if

18 you come later, then you could just, like, hang

19 out with the park. Okay, now I have to get to

20 my stuff, okay.

21 First of all, they never cut the

22 curb on Olive and Colfax which became a thing

23 which dawned on me again when I walked my two

24 dogs with my rollator and couldn't get down off

25 the curb and had to walk around, okay.
 37

 1 I want to make sure I get everything

 2 in that I want. Okay, the parking meters for

 3 7:00, recently I went to a meeting at the

 4 library that I had to be there for 6:00. I

 5 parked in front of Lackawanna College at the

 6 handicap meter. I went to the kiosk. It was a

 7 black screen like it wasn't plugged in or

 8 something. It wouldn't work.

 9 Then I went to the next kiosk and I

10 couldn't get two different credit cards to

11 work. Then we were coming out of Lackawanna

12 College and two of the students tried my credit

13 cards in case I was doing something wrong which

14 I knew I wasn't. And they wouldn't work.

15 They only went as far as after you

16 put the license number in, you couldn't pick

17 anything more. And the coach came out and he

18 said let me do by pandango for you. And I

19 said, now it's 6:30. It's only a half hour to

20 go. I'm not going to worry about it. I don't

21 want you to give me money, you know?

22 So I want to know what do you do if

23 you've hit three kiosks in the block and they

24 are not working that you have to keep going to

25 another kiosk. I mean, it was ridiculous. It
 38

 1 was 25 after 6 by the time I got into the

 2 meeting. And when I went to explain why I was

 3 late, half the people in the meeting that lived

 4 in Scranton, did not know about the extended

 5 time because they said, oh, my God, we didn't

 6 put anything in either. Okay, so that was

 7 that.

 8 So I want to know what you do if

 9 that's what happens. The code blue since we're

10 getting pretty close to that cold weather, I

11 think it needs to be raised. I'm not sure what

12 the temperature was. But I think it was almost

13 freezing or below freezing.

14 MR. SMURL: 20 degrees.

15 MS. KOLOSKI: What is it?

16 MR. SMURL: 20 degrees.

17 MS. KOLOSKI: That's ridiculous. I

18 mean, would you want to be out? I mean, even

19 45 is kind of cold. And we have kids --

20 school-age kids that are homeless now just

21 because of the high rentals and lost their

22 things. They have to raise that. It's

23 crazy -- I mean, at least to 45.

24 I would raise it to 50 at least or

25 55 even higher. But I understand there's a
 39

 1 problem getting volunteers for some of these

 2 places. So maybe the city needs to hire

 3 somebody or offer overtime to certain people

 4 that already work for the city to take care of

 5 them.

 6 I want to thank you guys for having

 7 the sewers cleaned out by my house and

 8 everything. When we just had this downpour,

 9 the only water that pooled was the water from

10 the Geisinger parking lot across the street

11 because all the grass is gone and it couldn't

12 catch it, you know, it pools there.

13 But the sewers didn't overflow on my

14 block. They smelled for a while but that

15 seems to have gone away. So I want to thank

16 you guys for having that done. Oh, since

17 you're all campaigners and since I used to put

18 up campaign signs, they're not so bad when

19 they're cardboard, but those plastic ones, you

20 can't get rid of the plastic.

21 And nobody ever picks them back up.

22 So I have like a whole bunch of the things that

23 you put over -- the signs over that you have to

24 stick in your yard. And I put them in for

25 recycling and we found out they're not
 40

 1 recyclable. So they're sitting along side my

 2 house with -- I have no idea what to do with

 3 them.

 4 Let me see here, there was another

 5 thing. Okay, the other -- I have two things.

 6 The other thing that I have is when I heard on

 7 the TV when I watch this about the

 8 overgrowth -- I'm like, you know, what I'm not

 9 going to say that because I'm running out of

10 time and this is more important.

11 My neighbor sent me pictures that

12 she wanted me to bring in. I thank them for

13 cleaning up 421 Colfax in the front there it's

14 beautiful. But she sent me a bunch of pictures

15 for the back of it and she wanted me to bring

16 them in. So I'm just going to try to approach

17 you if you don't mind.

18 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Voldenberg.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: Yes, sir.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Can we reach out to

22 Car Park and ask how many total kiosks we have

23 and right now what is the -- what percentage of

24 those kiosks are operational or 100 percent

25 operational?
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 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask them

 2 tomorrow.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I do have

 4 an e-mail out to them to speak with them as

 5 well. And if you could check on that -- if you

 6 get an answer before I do.

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Can we also ask what

10 they've done to educate the public on the

11 extended hours aside from the news and media

12 stories?

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr.

14 Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you.

16 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka.

17 First, I heard about this meeting supposed HARB

18 meeting. And if it was a three -- if they have

19 a seven or a nine person board and they're

20 voting three to zero, that doesn't sound to me

21 like you have a quorum.

22 If there's not a quorum, no business

23 should be done at that. I'd be very interested

24 to find out if this three to zero vote is

25 correct and if it was moved forward on a three
 42

 1 to zero vote if the action before you was

 2 actually a product of something moved forward

 3 when they didn't have authority as a quorum to

 4 actually operate and push anything forward.

 5 Stepping aside from that, the

 6 flooding, McDonough between Cedar and Birney

 7 Avenue, the street along the side of it near

 8 the curb section has rolled up -- pulled up

 9 like an onion ring because of instead of

10 actually digging down properly to repave

11 streets, and skim coat and throw another layer

12 on top.

13 So the entire section -- part of the

14 section of the -- near the curb has just ripped

15 up and rolled -- and washed down the roadway

16 into an intersection.

17 Obviously when roadways get

18 undercut, ripped up and moved down, there is

19 something seriously wrong about the paving in

20 that section. Moving on from that, if you move

21 down the street to McDonough and Colliery at

22 the park where we just put in pickleball

23 courts, at the top of the hill there is a storm

24 drain that has no curb around it.

25 And right up from it there also is
 43

 1 no curb on that street. So the water washes

 2 over the top, goes over where the storm drain

 3 is and goes down a steep hill into the wooded

 4 wood chip area washing out a lot of the wood

 5 chips from in the children's play area.

 6 And nothing says being fantastic

 7 than water soaked wood chips for a long period

 8 of time because they like to make mold and they

 9 like to dissolve. And they to go back and

10 actually get rakes and pull them back into the

11 area because they get washed out because there

12 is no curb on top to properly take the water.

13 There are drains, but the curbs

14 which are blacktop in that section are gone.

15 Moving down to the bottom of it, you have a

16 Porta Potty. And that Porta Potty was actually

17 a nice little fecal swamp because in that

18 section, they never bothered to grade it.

19 At the back of the section, there's

20 a new drain. There's waterways coming down.

21 But on a section that goes against the city

22 sign slope hill of it, the water isn't sloped

23 away from there. So there's gigantic puddle

24 directly below the Porta Potty sinking it under

25 a good 2 feet of water.
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 1 Nothing says caring about your

 2 children than saying go over and play in raw

 3 sewage from a Porta Potty. The rain, Powell

 4 Court has been up here a number of times. At

 5 the end of Powell Court which is between

 6 Birney -- actually between Birney and Pittston

 7 Avenue back in Minooka, the one garage had 5

 8 foot of water in it about four weeks ago.

 9 They got it -- they got it pumped

10 out. And it's back up again. If you go into

11 the alleyway, the far storm drain, the

12 equivalent of it is up here (indicating) while

13 the road surface is down here. I'm sorry, but

14 as far as I know, water does not go uphill to

15 go into drains.

16 When a drain is a good foot and a

17 half to 2 feet above the water surface, it

18 doesn't get in there. There's one at the other

19 end of the block which is all well and good.

20 But since the old Azek building was put up up

21 there and they clear cut near 81 for parking up

22 at Montage, that area, all that area is

23 blacktopped.

24 The water comes down, shoots down,

25 has nowhere to go. Both Pittston Avenue and
 45

 1 Birney Avenue are high points. So it goes to

 2 that -- it goes into that section and floods

 3 that entire back area. I don't understand why

 4 that can't be fixed.

 5 Though we had Pittston Avenue back

 6 there get paved which is fantastic the state

 7 paved it because the city is about to do a

 8 project to rip it up and put water control back

 9 there where the city paved it. Good working of

10 money there by not coordinating.

11 I have a lot more, including other

12 questions. But I don't have time to do them.

13 So on that, I guess I'll talk to you next week

14 and hopefully we could stop -- rather than

15 building lights and sidewalks in Center City,

16 we could turn to important things like people's

17 houses not getting flooded. Thank you.

18 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

19 MS. SCHUMACHER: Good evening, Marie

20 Schumacher, citizen of Scranton. I started off

21 my day today with something I'd like to invite

22 all of you to do which is to come up to the

23 East Mountain and walk around the -- walk the

24 path around the lake.

25 It is -- it's a very nice way to
 46

 1 start the day or maybe even to close out the

 2 day. So that's how I started. But I went from

 3 there down to my favorite scenic place on the

 4 East Mountain which is the Lookout. However,

 5 the Lookout has problems.

 6 People are taking -- taking stones

 7 out and I guess we've got a quarry that must

 8 have a lot more because they continue -- the

 9 DPW seems to be able to get them to replace

10 them. But that's going to come to an end

11 sometime.

12 But there was supposed to be a light

13 there. I don't know if you could find it. I

14 couldn't. I looked on both sides or both ends,

15 couldn't find a light. So I think we really

16 need to do something there. And I think that

17 is all, but the Lookout needs help.

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Can I just clarify

19 about something about the Lookout? You

20 mentioned that the stones were being taken

21 again. Are you noticing that more are being

22 moved than before, like, has it changed? Is it

23 worse or is it still the same amount as before?

24 MS. SCHUMACHER: Depends on --

25 depends on the week, what people did on the
 47

 1 weekend.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay, so they (cross

 3 talking.)

 4 MS. SCHUMACHER: Yeah, the DPW

 5 replaces them and they come and take them.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you.

 7 MR. KING: Frank, can we request the

 8 administration to see if we could get the City

 9 Engineer to go up there and look at the Lookout

10 and make some recommendations as to what

11 repairs need to be done up there and also

12 inquire about lighting and possible cameras up

13 there, if you could?

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: It was my

16 understanding that the engineer was going to go

17 there. But I don't know if we ever received

18 any response or further --

19 MR. KING: Well, if they did go

20 there, can we get -- excuse me, get a report of

21 what the plan is to ameliorate those issues

22 there? Thank you.

23 MR. MCANDREW: We had a brief update

24 that the City Engineer is still looking at it.

25 I've been bringing this up for three years.
 48

 1 And we had a solution but it wasn't

 2 entertained. It would have been fixed already

 3 by the students at the CTC. So I don't know

 4 what the problem is or the holdup. It's not

 5 making any sense. It's going to be another

 6 winter and with this not being fixed. It's

 7 absurd.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, thanks everybody

 9 for raising this concern. I did -- some

10 members of DPW that were stone masons did reach

11 out. They said they believe the department

12 could do the work. And we did get an answer a

13 week or so ago from the city administration

14 that said that those workers were busy on

15 basins and they couldn't do that stone work.

16 But can we get that -- the city's

17 recommendations for what we're going to do with

18 that -- the Lookout?

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll find out, sir.

20 MR. MANCINI: Good evening, Scranton

21 City Council, Mike Mancini, Scranton. Tonight

22 as we finish the month of September and Council

23 returning after a five-week break, apparently

24 nothing has changed, mediocre and crickets,

25 unacceptable and disrespectful.
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 1 With the current climate that the

 2 Mayor has created, we need an effective City

 3 Council who will listen to those before them

 4 and answer questions or get answers. Instead,

 5 we elected five prepared statements.

 6 Last week's meeting lasted 1 hour

 7 and 12 minutes. Just prior to my five minutes

 8 last week, Mr. Schuster was given my question

 9 in advance as Chair for Public Works. Here

10 were the questions on the minds of many

11 Scranton residents and voters. Let's recap,

12 shall we?

13 Crosswalks are finally being painted

14 with wrong paint. Do you think DPW should keep

15 that responsibility? Do you think that PA

16 Water should become more responsible for their

17 pave cuts and the city enforcing ordinances?

18 Do you think city residents deserve their own

19 pave inspectors?

20 Do you believe DPW should be

21 knocking down condemned and unsafe properties?

22 Do you believe that blighted neighborhoods also

23 cause crime? Do you think that an engineer

24 should inspect the over 100-year-old railroad

25 bridges? Do you think the city will be better
 50

 1 served with an inhouse engineer? Do you think

 2 that tree cutting should be done as a DPW

 3 function?

 4 You answered none of them in an

 5 election year, wow, mediocre. Mr. Schuster,

 6 good luck with your project. Do each of you

 7 get the concept that's required to be a good

 8 community leader, you represent your city with

 9 pride.

10 Week after week many good and caring

11 people do their part, speak their minds just to

12 be ignored. If no one showed, would that be a

13 win for each of you? How would each you

14 justify being reelected? How can this type of

15 representation -- you could get questions

16 answered with caucuses.

17 The good people of Scranton would

18 like to see a caucus with the pave cut

19 inspectors, PA Water about the poor work ethic

20 and quality and the Police Chief about the

21 nature of our calls. I would also like to hear

22 from the Lackawanna County District Attorney.

23 Mr. Brian Gallagher lives in Scranton.

24 If possible, our city would like to

25 hear how they interact with our Police Chief.
 51

 1 We had so many opioid-related deaths in

 2 Scranton, no one held responsible for their

 3 actions. We'd like to know if the changes to

 4 our police department are for the better. Our

 5 citizens deserve answers because the Mayor --

 6 our amazing police department that works

 7 nonstop to protect us should have those answers

 8 as well.

 9 We cannot place -- we cannot place

10 our police department in unwanted danger.

11 Thank you to our Scranton Police who are short

12 staffed because of the changes in the police

13 testing. As the President of the West Scranton

14 Crime Watch, Mr. Schuster shut down the crime

15 watch program right after slandering me.

16 I will proceed on a day and time of

17 my so choosing. Mr. Schuster could care less

18 about our safety, our amazing police department

19 infrastructure, our roads, or our great DPW

20 employees. On November 4th, proceed to the

21 polls and vote for character. Those who pay

22 attention are willing to answer questions

23 deserve your votes.

24 Someone like Schuster and the Mayor,

25 do not. Our city has become a stepping stone
 52

 1 for someone who does not deserve it. This

 2 Friday, this very same building, Scranton City

 3 Hall will have the extra set of doors unlocked

 4 from 6 until 8 p.m.

 5 It will be the first time in years.

 6 Come meet Stepping Stone Paige and her

 7 expansion team and watch the crowd go wild. I

 8 care about our city. I care about our

 9 citizens. I show up here weekly to ask the

10 important questions.

11 For those who cannot attend these

12 meetings, I operate on a different level. What

13 draws me here weekly is crickets and

14 mediocracy. Since it's all about Paige, next

15 week Paige and mediocre machine. Stay tuned.

16 Thank you for paying attention unlike those who

17 represent us. Good evening, Council.

18 MR. SMURL: Anyone else?

19 MR. LITTLE: Hi. I'm Rik Little,

20 candidate on the ballot in the upcoming local

21 election. I think the local election is

22 probably the most important thing to

23 concentrate on for all the problems that

24 everybody's having.

25 As I've said for a long time, this
 53

 1 county and this city have an unconstitutional

 2 governance. I think the evidence of that is a

 3 case I believe it was from 1856. It's called

 4 Dillon -- or called the Dillon Act, which was a

 5 case between the Clinton railroad and --

 6 somebody Clinton and railroad.

 7 Anyway, that was the case that set

 8 up the legality of Home Rule Charters. Now

 9 1856, that's only four-years after the

10 Republican party was ever heard of -- started

11 and just a few decades after Andrew Jackson

12 started the Democrat party.

13 And the problem is in the judiciary

14 because these people run for the judiciary as

15 Democrats and Republicans. And the newspaper

16 never defines how it works. But this is

17 definitely the biggest problem that America

18 has.

19 I really realized it going through

20 the state family court system because like

21 marriage and like all Domestic Relations

22 things, they are not for the federal

23 government, you know, they are for the state.

24 But the state and the county and the city have

25 to adhere to Constitutional standards, which is
 54

 1 due process and the whole thing, Bill of

 2 Rights.

 3 And it's all been mishmashed and

 4 always all of this talk about democracy. And

 5 it's not democracy. Democracy is the vote.

 6 And the elections are integral to every part of

 7 government, especially where I was just evicted

 8 from Scranton Housing Authority. It's a voting

 9 farm. All of the judges and the inspectors are

10 in there.

11 And these are good jobs. I mean,

12 you could make $8,000 if you are elected Board

13 of Elections. You only have to collect like 10

14 elector signals. But they've been going for

15 years like that. And the same people and

16 there's a certain pride in Scranton, Democrat

17 pride.

18 I mean, the first John F. Kennedy

19 school was named here in 1963. And it's great,

20 you know. I mean, I was a Democrat. And I was

21 a Republican. Now I'm an Independent running

22 on the AAA mission from God party locally here

23 in Scranton because the powers that be have

24 figured out the whole system of how it works

25 and the newspapers are part of it.
 55

 1 Part of that whole due process, the

 2 newspapers are a big part of the due process

 3 and the notice requirements in the law. We

 4 have to get local people in the judiciary

 5 talking here because too many things are left

 6 to right to know and FOIA requests to find out

 7 what's going on.

 8 I hear tonight they're having all of

 9 these meetings. They don't have a quorum.

10 Three people and there is supposed to be nine

11 people. That's not a quorum. They were doing

12 that at Scranton Housing Authority over and

13 over.

14 And it's happening in all the other

15 boards. I could promise you that. They are

16 talking about a government shutdown at midnight

17 October 1st. And this problem goes right up to

18 the top, you know, Josh Shapiro, you know,

19 closing down the government.

20 There has to be a big change. And

21 it's going to be an arduous task. It's going

22 to be a couple years tackling all the liberal

23 globalist influence, not only in America but

24 all over the world. Every major European city,

25 they're gone.
 56

 1 And I don't want to see Scranton

 2 gone. And that's why I'm running for Mayor

 3 because I've seen -- I've been to every agency.

 4 I see how it works. And I just like to

 5 emphasize that the judicial part of it, we

 6 cannot reelect the three big judges for

 7 retention. And we have to look at the judges

 8 in our local area.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A.

11 MOTIONS.

12 MR. SMURL: Mr. King, do you have

13 any motions or comments?

14 MR. KING: Just a few comments.

15 That curb that Doris has been asking about for

16 the three and a half years I've been here,

17 Colfax -- it's Colfax and Vine, right?

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Colfax and Olive.

19 MR. KING: Olive, excuse me, Colfax

20 and Olive. Can we contact DPW and find out

21 what the status is of that? She's been asking

22 for three and a half years.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr. King.

24 That's with both the City Engineer and DPW.

25 MR. KING: Thank you. I'd
 57

 1 appreciate that. Also, if you could put a

 2 request into the Parking Authority or the group

 3 that runs the parking about situation where

 4 there's three broken kiosks, like, what are

 5 they supposed to do?

 6 How do they document, like, if they

 7 get a did ticket, maybe they tried three

 8 different kiosks. They shouldn't get a ticket.

 9 And, you know, it's one thing for maybe a

10 younger person that can bounce around to three

11 or four different ones.

12 But, I mean, elderly people trying

13 to get around, three's a lot. And they are not

14 that close together so if we could inquire

15 about that.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

17 MR. KING: We talked about the

18 Lookout repairs. Pittston Avenue and Birney,

19 correct, or is it McDonough?

20 MR. SCHUSTER: McDonough.

21 MR. KING: McDonough between Birney

22 and Cedar, can we ask our City Engineer or DPW

23 to go out and see what the issue is there that

24 is causing that flooding?

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: That was not
 58

 1 repaired because it's on the paving list and it

 2 should be paved within the next two weeks.

 3 MR. KING: Okay. All right.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: Birney to Cedar.

 5 MR. KING: All right. I guess this

 6 one would be for our attorney -- our solicitor.

 7 If we could look into the legality of a 3-0

 8 vote on a nine member board, I do see that HARB

 9 board is seeking a contractor, an engineer, and

10 a historic property owner. So they're shy --

11 presently shy three members which means they

12 have six right now.

13 But I would think if only two of us

14 showed up here, we couldn't conduct business,

15 no quorum, can't even start the meeting. So I

16 don't know how they start a meeting with three

17 members of a nine member board. So if we could

18 check into that, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.

19 That's all I have.

20 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.

21 Mr. Schuster, do you have any motions or

22 comments?

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I have few

24 comments tonight. The first thing on my list

25 was going to be the audit. I did speak with
 59

 1 Matt Domines over the weekend who said that we

 2 should be receiving it. So it appears that our

 3 President has received a copy?

 4 MR. SMURL: Yes, I'll text it or

 5 e-mail it to you.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. We'll get that

 7 tonight or tomorrow?

 8 MR. SMURL: Yeah, they had just

 9 finished it when they sent it to me. It was,

10 like, when we started the meeting.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. All right.

12 Thank you. We have Item 6-B on the agenda last

13 week is now moved to Seventh Order. It was the

14 police department hiring process. We did table

15 it. So I would like to thank everyone who

16 tabled this to get a response.

17 We did get a response from the Civil

18 Service Commission. I'm just going to start

19 off by saying this should have been in our

20 backups all along. I think it would have eased

21 our minds. But they do have a -- they do have

22 their next week meeting October 7th.

23 When we -- when they have that

24 meeting, Mr. Gilbride, if they end up -- we're

25 going to pass this tonight. And if they turn
 60

 1 this down, has the city administration said

 2 that they are going to rescind the -- rescind

 3 the legislation?

 4 ATTY. GILBRIDE: They haven't said

 5 that to me.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.

 7 ATTY. GILBRIDE: I haven't had that

 8 conversation.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. Next, we did

10 ask about -- Mr. McAndrew brought it up last

11 week and I chimed in on it as well about our

12 human relations committee -- commission. And

13 we did get a letter from -- was that something

14 you were going to cover? No. We talked

15 about -- yeah, it was information that we

16 already had.

17 That member of the commission was

18 inactive as of August. And it appears that

19 maybe the commission was recommending the

20 removal at that time. But Mr. McAndrew brought

21 it up last week and there was several times

22 over the last few years that Council has vetted

23 board appointees, things that came to light for

24 us that we brought up.

25 And I would say at the time that
 61

 1 that happened, we were treated foolishly that

 2 if we were to vote this down we were in the

 3 wrong. But with this appointment for some

 4 reason, the newspaper and some of the media

 5 outlets have taken it and seen something --

 6 have some sort of an issue with it.

 7 But I would like to point out in the

 8 past when Council brought the vetting process,

 9 we were treated as fools at that time. I did

10 ask some questions about Keyser Valley and the

11 residents that were affected by the flooding in

12 Keyser Valley have been contacted.

13 Some of those neighbors have told me

14 that they weren't. But the city administration

15 answered my question stating that letters were

16 sent and calls were made to all impacted

17 homeowners. In regard to the BRIC grant, all

18 Keyser Valley homeowners participated in the

19 buyout -- participating in the buyout attended

20 a May 15th meeting and signed refused

21 exoneration form. So I will be checking up on

22 that.

23 And then I asked the question last

24 week about the Serrenti Center about what is

25 that building used for and where are we at with
 62

 1 some of the work that was being done there.

 2 The answer that I received back was that the

 3 classroom and evidence room, electrical and

 4 general construction work are complete in those

 5 areas. And the city continues to use that

 6 center for training for both police and fire.

 7 That is all I have for tonight.

 8 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster.

 9 Dr. Rothchild, do you have any motions or

10 comments?

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I do. First, I

12 just want to touch on the curb cut issue at

13 Olive and Colfax which I brought up many times

14 especially over the past year. And I looked

15 back in my e-mail and the last thing that I had

16 from Mr. Voldenberg was back on July 1st.

17 And he had informed me that Reilly

18 and Associates had completed the design and the

19 project would be scheduled. So there's a

20 design, but I'm not sure why the holdup -- why

21 it hadn't gotten scheduled or completed. So we

22 will press them again to find out when that

23 could be scheduled.

24 And fingers crossed, it could be

25 done before the wintertime because I don't
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 1 think a curb cut should be a large project by

 2 any means. So that's all that I have on that.

 3 And then a couple of responses I received from

 4 last week, I know it came up tonight too as a

 5 question regarding the Code Blue Shelter.

 6 So last week I had asked what our

 7 plans were for Code Blue Shelter since Keystone

 8 Mission had closed and they were the ones who

 9 were helping us to operate that during the

10 wintertime. And the administration's response

11 was that the city is actively engaging with our

12 partners to enter into an agreement with an

13 organization that will fulfill the role

14 Keystone Mission used to occupy regarding code

15 blue.

16 We are holding meetings both

17 internally and with other community

18 stakeholders to make sure our unsheltered

19 population is taking care of during periods

20 when code blue is declared.

21 So I know one of the speakers asked

22 if the temperature could be increased for when

23 code blue even opens. But I'm worried about us

24 getting someone to cover that. And I know that

25 Parks and Rec workers do work overtime to open
 64

 1 up the shelter on those nights that it's open.

 2 So there's -- so you'll see like the

 3 overtime increase in budget during that period

 4 of time as a result. So people already do work

 5 overtime. But they wanted, you know, qualified

 6 persons to run the code blue, to stay overnight

 7 with the people.

 8 And in the past, I've had many

 9 people ask about if they could volunteer to do

10 so just as a member of the public and there

11 seemed to be some more requirements that they

12 wanted of people aside from just volunteers,

13 which I think it's appreciative -- appreciated

14 that people would want to volunteer to do that.

15 So I'll continue to update the

16 public on any further responses I receive on

17 that. But I'm certainly concerned about it too

18 and want to make sure that -- that we have that

19 set up. So there's one other thing I had

20 received a response.

21 I had some questions last week about

22 Connell Park and just about, like, our trash

23 pickup in the parks in the city in general.

24 And as I was told that the city's park staff

25 maintains Connell Park three days during the
 65

 1 week including Fridays and Mondays for weekend

 2 cleanup.

 3 They have installed additional trash

 4 receptacles in the park to encourage residents

 5 to clean up after themselves. So I had gotten

 6 a -- a couple of people contacting me about

 7 this saying that they do, in fact, help to

 8 clean up the parks and the neighborhoods.

 9 And I don't want anyone to think

10 that -- that I don't appreciate that from our

11 residents and that there are residents who

12 generally care about our city and making sure

13 that we have a clean appearance.

14 And I know we have wonderful

15 volunteers and in a lot of our parks throughout

16 the cities -- throughout the city. So I don't

17 want anyone to think that I wasn't recognizing

18 the people that do that. And I've helped at a

19 lot of cleanups in the past too.

20 And I have no problem picking up --

21 picking up trash or litter and my daughter

22 follows in my footsteps because she always gets

23 concerned when sees litter around and will let

24 me know and we'll pick it up together. So it

25 is certainly a, you know, a community effort.
 66

 1 And I don't expect Parks and Rec to

 2 do all of that, but I do think it's under their

 3 job description to do that in our parks instead

 4 of not just emptying out the trash receptacles,

 5 but then also picking up any other trash around

 6 it.

 7 And I think my biggest concern and

 8 even over the past few weeks with what I've

 9 been mentioning about the parks that we've been

10 to is making sure that we're maintaining them

11 because we have put a lot of money into our

12 city's parks over the past few years and with

13 ARPA dollars.

14 And I -- I don't want -- I'm already

15 seeing a few years later things deteriorating

16 in our parks with equipment. So that's

17 concerning to me. And I want to make sure all

18 that money that we put in was a good investment

19 and that kids and families and people are going

20 to get a lot of use out of our parks for years

21 to come without us having to put all of that

22 money in again so -- so soon.

23 So that's -- that's where that's

24 coming from me. So that's all that I have.

25 Thank you.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.

 2 Rothchild. Mr. McAndrew, do you have any

 3 motions or comments?

 4 MR. MCANDREW: A couple.

 5 (Inaudible) okay, so stormwater, storm drains,

 6 hot topic we're talking about it all the time.

 7 And it's an issue. We all realize it's an

 8 issue. So I got -- someone reached out to me

 9 in Minooka.

10 And his concern is the 3200 block of

11 Cedar Avenue does not have stormwater catch

12 basins, period, okay. So rain water collected

13 by the streets spills onto a property on the

14 west side of the street. Subsequently the

15 runoff floods the Oak Avenue properties.

16 Generally the following exists, the

17 contributing factors include street elevation

18 above property, no catch basins, lack of

19 curbing and sidewalks and driveways. Currently

20 the residents of Oak Avenue are the stormwater

21 managers of Cedar Avenue.

22 But unfortunately it appears to me

23 that they are losing this battle. You know,

24 they've kind of take it upon themselves, which

25 they probably -- you know, it's admirable. But
 68

 1 they shouldn't have to.

 2 When I was younger, it was a

 3 challenge but now it's a burden. I get that.

 4 I was watching Council meetings and I'd like

 5 for you to bring this up.

 6 So please have -- and I have -- no,

 7 I don't have a picture for this. But could you

 8 please, Mr. Voldenberg, you know, reach out to

 9 administration and make them aware or alert

10 them to the fact that, you know, there's an

11 issue there.

12 I don't know if it's part of the

13 overall plan. I don't know. But if it isn't,

14 it probably should be. Since we're going to do

15 this once, some of these areas we might have to

16 rethink are in worse shape than others or the

17 contribute to others.

18 So we have to take a look at it,

19 okay? And then Mr. King I know addressed

20 McDonough and Colliery Mr. Coyne brought up.

21 When I heard about the Porta Potty, you know,

22 with -- with regards to, you know, submerged

23 in water and containing fecal matter, that --

24 near a park, that scares me or in the park even

25 scares me more because fecal matter contain or
 69

 1 potentially contain E. Coli which for the most

 2 part is hemorrhagic colitis.

 3 Just those two words together knows

 4 what happens when you come in contact with this

 5 and especially kids with developing immune

 6 systems, might not fair well with this. Some

 7 die because of E. coli. So this is -- this is

 8 just basic sanitation, basic safety. Let's

 9 keep our eye on that. Let's definitely make

10 everyone in the administration aware of that.

11 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

12 MR. MCANDREW: All right. Also,

13 this was also brought to my attention. So

14 everybody knows about the crosswalks all over

15 the city, right? And, you know, they're here

16 and some people are -- they are thrilled with

17 them.

18 So but here's an example. I don't

19 know during that whole process or when that

20 project was put together if there was any what

21 ifs taken into consideration. And one what if

22 being the intersection of East Gibson and North

23 Webster Avenue.

24 This gentleman states my

25 neighborhood -- and we've had influx of small
 70

 1 children and it's a safety concern for me.

 2 It's bad enough people blow through that stop

 3 sign like it's not even there. But I think the

 4 crosswalks that were painted there make a big

 5 difference.

 6 And he was thrilled. But guess what

 7 happened? Utility company came and dug it up

 8 right at that intersection. I have pictures

 9 for it. So I don't know. And, you know, I

10 looked on PennDOT's website who is responsible,

11 whether, you know, if it's a state road or a

12 city road or even if the utility companies do

13 municipal work, whose responsibility and how

14 much of a responsibility when they resurface or

15 repair or do a pave cut, what's their

16 responsibility?

17 And it was unclear to me and I saw

18 some articles where, you know, it was some

19 pieces where they're not responsible to --

20 unless there's an agreement with engineers.

21 And, you know, there's criteria. There's this

22 and Department of Transportations

23 recommendations.

24 So what I would like to know is, you

25 know, since these -- and I know this company,
 71

 1 very expensive company came in and did them all

 2 and they're probably gone, which whatever,

 3 almost half a million dollars. But what --

 4 and I don't want to back and forth with

 5 inquiries, you know, what are we going to do.

 6 So what I do want is this one

 7 repaired as soon as possible. I know what we

 8 have very capable and talented people in the

 9 DPW that used to do this and still do it. But

10 I also want to know from the City Engineer what

11 is -- what is exactly the process or what is

12 his understanding since he's a pave cut expert

13 now per se because like I -- like I said, I

14 reached out to the state.

15 I looked on my own. Nothing is very

16 clear. But I hope during this whole project

17 this was the thought process what happens when

18 we dig them up. It's already too late. We

19 know there's horrible communication between

20 the, you know, utility companies and this

21 happens all the time where, you know, we start

22 paving streets, digging them up.

23 But for right now for the most part,

24 I'm concerned about the crosswalks because this

25 resident is and brought it to my attention.
 72

 1 And I'm concerned about it too. So, you know,

 2 instead of going any longer, I just want to

 3 know what the plan is when this happens because

 4 I'm hearing since I got this inquiry that it's

 5 happened more than once throughout the city

 6 where, you know, there's a freshly painted

 7 crosswalk and it's being dug up and it's not --

 8 it's no longer a crosswalk if the majority of

 9 it is gone.

10 So I'd like to know, like I said, I

11 don't want to be back and forth, you know, with

12 dialogue. I'd like to see this fixed if they'd

13 please go out and fix it and remedy this and

14 any other ones that they're aware of. And then

15 just an explanation or what the plan is for

16 this.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of

18 it.

19 MR. MCANDREW: Because we did do, we

20 amended the pave cut legislation, the

21 ordinance, right? Maybe when these utility

22 companies have to pull a permit or fill out

23 that permit that this is somewhere stated in

24 there, you know, they encounter or dig up any

25 crosswalks because they're everywhere or any
 73

 1 lines that, you know, will affect the safety of

 2 traffic.

 3 But that's part of their

 4 responsibility. I don't think it's a big deal.

 5 I don't think it will cost much. And I know

 6 because if it's not language there, they're not

 7 going to do it. And I get that. So please, I

 8 know I said a lot and threw a lot at you, but

 9 if you, please, you know --

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: I made note. I'll

11 take care of it.

12 MR. MCANDREW: Thank you very much.

13 And that's all I have.

14 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.

15 I have a few things from our finance meeting

16 that was held September 24th, the year-to-date

17 interest earned on taxpayer dollars as of this

18 morning just broke $700,00.

19 And another thing that stood out

20 down there was our health insurance for all of

21 the departments, it looks like it's going to be

22 above average. And it looks like it's going to

23 go over budget for all departments.

24 And it's because of the prescription

25 costs and the dramatic increase in our
 74

 1 prescriptions. So that is a big concern.

 2 We're already looking for options for next year

 3 to see what we could do about that.

 4 Next is, our audit. It's done. And

 5 there was zero findings. So thanks to Eileen

 6 Cipriani, Matt Domines, Andy Marichak, Adam

 7 Joyce, Jimmy Greenfield, Sherri Frable,

 8 Melissa Saddlemire, Tom Rainey, and Attorney

 9 Jessica Eskra.

10 This is the first time that I know a

11 minimum of 20 years that our audit is in on

12 time. So I believe that is a huge thing to see

13 finally get done. And these people did a great

14 job and I want to thank them for it. And the

15 other thing I have is, our statement of

16 financial interest for anybody on boards or

17 anything on the City of Scranton, this is taken

18 care of by the City Council Office.

19 And we keep track of them. We were

20 contacted by the Chairman on the Ethics Board.

21 He will be in to review these. Now, we are 62

22 short. If you're on a board or a commission,

23 you are not allowed to participate if you do

24 not have this in.

25 So, Mr. Voldenberg, will you send
 75

 1 this to the Law Department tomorrow -- these

 2 names and request that either they put them in

 3 or move along.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All right.

 6 I believe that's -- oh, the data center. I

 7 got mail but no return address. So I'll

 8 answer your question. Nondisclosure forms, no,

 9 I have not signed any to hide anything from the

10 public that I know of plans of something to be

11 built in the City of Scranton.

12 I know none of that. I've never

13 signed a nondisclosure form, nor would I ever

14 sign it. So and I don't believe anyone else on

15 Council has. I hope you are watching or that's

16 your answer because I don't have an address for

17 you. All right. Thank you.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

19 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

20 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

21 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH RLE

22 ENTERPRISES TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE NORTH

23 SCRANTON (NORTH MAIN AVENUE) STORMWATER

24 PROJECT.

25 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
 76

 1 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

 2 into its proper committee.

 3 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 4 MR. SMURL: Do I have a second?

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 6 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 7 those in favor of introduction, signify by

 8 saying aye.

 9 MR. KING: Aye.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

12 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

13 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

14 have it and so moved.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER.

16 6-A. READING BY TITLE - FILE OF THE

17 COUNCIL NO. 96, 2025 - AN ORDINANCE - REPEALING

18 OUTDATED PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CITY'S PAVING

19 OF STREETS.

20 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

21 title of Item 6-A. What is your pleasure?

22 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I move

23 that Item 6-A pass reading by title.

24 MR. KING: Second.

25 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
 77

 1 those in favor signify by saying aye.

 2 MR. KING: Aye.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 5 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 6 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 7 have it and so moved.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: SEVENTH ORDER.

 9 7-A. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE

10 COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION

11 NO. 263, 2025 - DONATING A HISTORICAL CHAIR TO

12 THE LACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

13 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for the

14 Committee on Rules, I recommend final passage

15 ever Item 7-A.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

17 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

18 call, please.

19 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

20 MR. KING: Yes.

21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

23 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.
 78

 1 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

 3 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

 4 Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

 6 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY

 7 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO.

 8 264, 2025 - ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE

 9 HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD (HARB) AND

10 DENYING THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR

11 THE INSTALLATION OF A DIGITAL BILLBOARD,

12 LOCATED AT 141 JEFFERSON AVE.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: I make a motion to

14 table Item 7-B since the hearing was postponed.

15 MR. KING: Second.

16 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

17 floor and a second to table Item 7-B. On the

18 question?

19 MR. KING: On the question, once

20 again, I realize we're tabling this. That is

21 probably a good thing. I just would like to

22 know the legality of three people voting to

23 make this recommendation when it's a nine

24 member board before I vote on this going

25 forward.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.

 2 Anyone else? All those in favor signify by

 3 saying aye.

 4 MR. KING: Aye.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 7 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 8 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 9 have it and so moved.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR

11 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR

12 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 265, 2025 -

13 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE

14 CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A

15 CONTRACT WITH MULTISCAPE, INC. TO PERFORM

16 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE LACKAWANNA AVENUE

17 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

18 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for

19 Committee on Rules, I recommend final passage

20 of Item 7-C.

21 MR. KING: Second.

22 MR. SMURL: On the question?

23 MR. KING: On the question, I hope

24 this is the final piece that's going to get

25 this project moving forward to get that wall on
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 1 Lackawanna Avenue -- that project started.

 2 That is needed badly. So I'm thrilled that

 3 this is -- thrilled to vote on this tonight.

 4 MR. SMURL: Anyone else? Roll call,

 5 please.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

 7 MR. KING: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

13 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

15 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

16 Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. PREVIOUSLY

18 TABLED - FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON

19 FINANCE - FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF COUNCIL NO.

20 91, 2025 - APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE CITY OF

21 SCRANTON CAPITAL BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES A

22 CAPITAL RESERVE FUND SPENDING PLAN FOR THE

23 FISCAL YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO SECTION 904 OF THE

24 CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER AND FILE OF COUNCIL

25 NO. 11, 2024.
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 1 MR. SMURL: What is the

 2 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 3 Committee on Finance?

 4 MR. KING: As Chairperson for the

 5 Committee on Finance, I recommend final passage

 6 of Item 7-D.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 8 MR. SMURL: On the question?

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, I

10 would like to make a friendly amendment on page

11 12 paragraph two under Engine 10 building, the

12 last sentence ends with projects, period. If

13 we could just add the sentence Engine 10 shall

14 remain in its current location on East

15 Mountain.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

17 MR. SMURL: Okay. So we have an

18 amendment and a second. On the question? All

19 right. We will vote on it. Roll call, please.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

21 MR. KING: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
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 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

 2 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

 4 MR. SMURL: Yes. Now we will vote

 5 on 7-D. Roll call, please.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

 7 MR. KING: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

13 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

15 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

16 Item 7-D legally and lawfully adopted as

17 amended.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-E. PREVIOUSLY

19 TABLED - FOR THE CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE

20 ON PUBLIC SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF THE

21 COUNCIL NO. 95, 2025 - AUTHORIZING ENTRY LEVEL

22 EMPLOYMENT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT

23 COMPETITION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AFFECTING

24 PUBLIC SAFETY.

25 MR. SMURL: What is the
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 1 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 2 Committee on Public Safety?

 3 MR. MCANDREW: As chairperson for

 4 the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

 5 final passage of Item 7-E.

 6 MR. KING: Second.

 7 MR. SMURL: On the question?

 8 MR. KING: On the question, I'm

 9 thrilled to support this. It's going to allow

10 our police department to get up to full

11 capacity so that we have a full complement of

12 police officers on the street taking some

13 stress off some of our existing officers who

14 are, you know, putting in overtime and what

15 have you to try to make sure that our city is

16 safe.

17 This -- we fund I believe 152

18 positions and we're shy right now of probably

19 about seven or eight. So this will help

20 eliminate having to wait that 18 month process.

21 And all of these officers that are going to be

22 appointed will have the proper certification,

23 Act 120 certification. So I'm happy to support

24 this.

25 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.
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 1 Anyone else on the question?

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Also on the question,

 3 I would like to thank, Council, for, you know,

 4 voting to table this so we could get an answer

 5 from the Civil Service Commission. I'd like to

 6 thank Solicitor Gilbride for reaching out and

 7 getting us that answer from the Civil Service

 8 Commission.

 9 It helps us to make a decision. As

10 I said earlier in the meeting it would have

11 been nice if that was sent to Council

12 originally. I think maybe it would have

13 eliminated some of those questions.

14 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster.

15 Anyone else?

16 MR. MCANDREW: Yes, so I'm happy

17 with this process -- this literal move process.

18 And it's needed, you know, for manning numbers

19 and staffing because we struggle with it and

20 the public needs as many police as we could

21 put on the street. So I'm happy with this.

22 And I'm also happy that we paused,

23 right, and because we weren't sure and it was a

24 point of contention that was, hey, was -- was

25 the members of the Civil Service Commission,
 85

 1 you know, were they involved in the process?

 2 Do they embrace this process?

 3 So I want to also thank my

 4 colleagues here for, you know, taking the

 5 pause. I also want to thank Solicitor Gilbride

 6 for reaching out and we got somewhat of a legal

 7 opinion, all right? My understanding they

 8 still have to meet to really give us a formal

 9 one.

10 And they have to meet after we

11 approve this. So my understanding, you know,

12 this piece of paper may not be an official

13 legal opinion but it's a blessing from them.

14 So we'll take it at that. And for any reason

15 this goes sideways, we have the power to change

16 it and fix it. And we will. So I'm very happy

17 to vote for this. Thanks.

18 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.

19 Anyone else? Roll call, please.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

21 MR. KING: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
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 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

 2 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

 4 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

 5 Item 7-E legally and lawfully adopted.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER.

 7 8-A. File of the Council No. 91,

 8 2025.

 9 MR. SMURL: This ordinance was taken

10 from the table this evening and placed in

11 Seventh Order for a final vote.

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. File of

13 Council No. 95, 2025.

14 MR. SMURL: This ordinance was taken

15 from the table this evening and placed in

16 Seventh Order for a final vote.

17 If there's no further business, I'll

18 entertain a motion to adjourn.

19 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn.

20 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting

21 is adjourned.

22

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 4 evidence are contained fully and accurately in the

 5 notes taken by me of the above-cause and that this copy

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 81:4, 83:1 34:21, 45:15, 47:8, 20:16, 21:1, 24:13, 65:23, 71:24, 72:1 conversation [1] -
chairperson [1] - 83:3 47:24, 48:21, 49:2, 24:16, 37:11, 43:20, concerning [1] - 66:17 60:8
challenge [1] - 68:3 52:2, 56:24, 57:22, 66:24 condemned [1] - coordinating [1] -
challenges [1] - 33:19 71:10, 74:17, 74:18, commenced [1] - 49:21 45:10
CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12 75:11 33:23 condition [1] - 31:9 copy [2] - 59:3, 87:5
change [10] - 4:1, CITY [9] - 1:1, 2:8, 2:9, commend [1] - 32:14 conditions [1] - 34:4 Cordaro [1] - 27:24
 4:17, 5:7, 5:22, 6:20, 9:2, 9:6, 9:8, 75:20, comments [7] - 9:12, CONDITIONS [1] - corner [8] - 22:15,
 24:22, 27:21, 28:14, 79:14, 80:20 56:13, 56:14, 58:22, 82:23 22:16, 22:20, 23:1,
 55:20, 85:15 city's [4] - 34:20, 58:24, 62:10, 67:3 conduct [1] - 58:14 23:5, 23:11, 23:15,
changed [2] - 46:22, 48:16, 64:24, 66:12 Commission [5] - confiscate [2] - 24:6, 23:17
 48:24 CITY'S [2] - 76:18, 14:5, 59:18, 84:5, 25:18 correct [15] - 3:20,
changes [3] - 29:23, 80:24 84:8, 84:25 Congress [1] - 28:21 3:25, 4:6, 4:16, 4:21,
 51:3, 51:12 Civil [5] - 14:4, 59:17, commission [5] - Connell [2] - 64:22, 5:6, 5:11, 5:21, 6:2,
Channel [1] - 23:22 84:5, 84:7, 84:25 35:17, 60:12, 60:17, 64:25 6:7, 6:19, 6:25,
character [1] - 51:21 claiming [1] - 30:15 60:19, 74:22 conscious [1] - 18:21 41:25, 57:19, 87:6
charge [1] - 20:22 clarify [1] - 46:18 commissioners [1] - consider [1] - 34:8 CORRESPONDENC
CHARTER [1] - 80:24 Clarks [1] - 24:4 16:8 consideration [1] - E [2] - 8:24, 9:7
Charters [1] - 53:8 class [3] - 29:5, 30:14, COMMITTEE [5] - 69:21 cost [1] - 73:5
Chase [1] - 3:8 30:24 77:10, 78:6, 79:11, CONSIDERATION [5] costs [1] - 73:25
chase [2] - 24:11, classroom [1] - 62:3 80:18, 82:19 - 77:9, 78:6, 79:11, COUNCIL [7] - 1:1,
 24:21 clause [6] - 3:22, 4:1, committee [2] - 60:12, 80:18, 82:19 1:12, 2:10, 76:17,
chasing [3] - 24:17, 4:17, 5:7, 5:22, 6:20 76:2 considerations [1] - 80:19, 80:24, 82:21
 24:19, 25:25 clean [3] - 65:5, 65:8, Committee [6] - 34:17 Council [24] - 3:23,
check [2] - 41:5, 58:18 65:13 77:14, 79:19, 81:3, consist [1] - 34:21 7:10, 7:16, 8:4, 8:8,
checking [1] - 61:21 cleaned [1] - 39:7 81:5, 83:2, 83:4 consistently [1] - 33:4 9:14, 21:20, 22:1,
Chief [2] - 50:20, cleaning [2] - 12:2, communication [1] - consolidated [1] - 22:24, 28:17, 34:14,
 50:25 40:13 71:19 15:5 48:21, 48:22, 49:3,
children [2] - 44:2, cleanup [1] - 65:2 COMMUNITY [1] - Constitutional [1] - 52:17, 60:22, 61:8,
 70:1 cleanups [1] - 65:19 78:6 53:25 68:4, 74:18, 75:15,
children's [1] - 43:5 clear [2] - 44:21, 71:16 community [4] - 3:7, CONSTRUCTION [1] - 84:3, 84:11, 86:7,
chimed [1] - 60:11 CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 50:8, 63:17, 65:25 79:16 86:13
chip [1] - 43:4 climate [1] - 49:1 companies [3] - construction [2] - council [1] - 26:7
chips [2] - 43:5, 43:7 Clinton [2] - 53:5, 53:6 70:12, 71:20, 72:22 34:1, 62:4 country [1] - 28:24
choosing [1] - 51:17 close [4] - 33:10, company [4] - 30:24, contact [2] - 56:20, County [2] - 30:9,
chosen [1] - 21:19 38:10, 46:1, 57:14 70:7, 70:25, 71:1 69:4 50:22
Church [1] - 4:18 closed [2] - 17:1, 63:8 competent [2] - 29:17, contacted [2] - 61:12, county [8] - 16:7,
Cipriani [1] - 74:6 closely [1] - 35:9 29:19 74:20 29:19, 30:13, 30:15,
 closing [1] - 55:19 COMPETITION [1] - contacting [1] - 65:6 30:23, 31:10, 53:1,
Circuit [1] - 32:2
 coach [1] - 37:17 82:23 contain [2] - 68:25, 53:24
cities [1] - 65:16
 coat [1] - 42:11 complement [1] - 69:1 couple [6] - 18:17,
citizen [1] - 45:20
 Code [2] - 63:5, 63:7 83:11 contained [1] - 87:4 31:16, 55:22, 63:3,
citizens [3] - 29:4,
 code [5] - 38:9, 63:14, complete [3] - 12:10, containers [1] - 18:25 65:6, 67:4
 51:5, 52:9
 63:20, 63:23, 64:6 34:3, 62:4 containing [1] - 68:23 course [2] - 13:21,
Citizens [1] - 8:20
 Cognetti [1] - 28:9 completed [4] - 11:19, contention [1] - 84:24 31:17
CITIZENS [1] - 11:21
 cold [2] - 38:10, 38:19 13:3, 62:18, 62:21 continue [2] - 46:8, court [1] - 53:20
city [41] - 9:22, 11:1,
 Colfax [7] - 36:22, completely [3] - 64:15 Court [4] - 1:24, 44:4,
 15:24, 17:25, 22:1,
 40:13, 56:17, 56:18, 26:16, 27:15, 28:3 continues [1] - 62:5 44:5, 87:11
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courtesy [1] - 34:9 dated [1] - 12:22 deteriorating [1] - down [26] - 14:12, earned [1] - 73:17
courts [1] - 42:23 DATED [1] - 8:24 66:15 15:19, 20:8, 23:17, eased [1] - 59:20
cover [2] - 60:14, daughter [2] - 23:10, determined [1] - 16:8 24:16, 25:11, 26:13, East [5] - 10:18,
 63:24 65:21 developer [1] - 34:9 27:15, 36:24, 42:10, 45:23, 46:4, 69:22,
covered [1] - 31:17 dawned [1] - 36:23 developers [1] - 32:23 42:15, 42:18, 42:21, 81:14
COYNE [1] - 41:16 days [2] - 26:5, 64:25 developing [2] - 43:3, 43:15, 43:20, economy [1] - 15:24
Coyne [2] - 41:16, daytime [1] - 12:5 34:10, 69:5 44:13, 44:24, 46:3, ECTV [1] - 31:25
 68:20 deal [1] - 73:4 DEVELOPMENT [1] - 49:21, 51:14, 55:19, educate [1] - 41:10
crashed [1] - 25:12 dealing [1] - 25:5 78:7 60:1, 61:2, 73:20 Edwin [1] - 3:8
crazy [1] - 38:23 deaths [1] - 51:1 development [1] - downpour [1] - 39:8 effective [2] - 15:20,
created [2] - 33:19, decades [1] - 53:11 34:15 downtown [5] - 12:5, 49:2
 49:2 decision [2] - 33:16, dialogue [1] - 72:12 12:7, 18:5, 26:25, effort [1] - 65:25
credit [2] - 37:10, 84:9 die [1] - 69:7 32:22 efforts [1] - 32:25
 37:12 decisions [2] - 33:6, difference [2] - 12:6, DPW [16] - 9:24, eight [1] - 83:19
crickets [2] - 48:24, 34:12 70:5 13:11, 13:17, 22:15, EIGHTH [1] - 86:6
 52:13 declare [4] - 78:3, different [4] - 37:10, 23:19, 46:9, 47:4, Eileen [1] - 74:5
Crime [1] - 51:14 80:15, 82:15, 86:4 52:12, 57:8, 57:11 48:10, 49:14, 49:20, either [5] - 8:19,
crime [2] - 49:23, declared [1] - 63:20 differently [1] - 15:14 50:2, 51:19, 56:20, 15:24, 32:2, 38:6,
 51:14 declined [1] - 33:1 dig [2] - 71:18, 72:24 56:24, 57:22, 71:9 75:2
criteria [1] - 70:21 defines [1] - 53:16 digging [2] - 42:10, Dr [11] - 3:14, 11:3, elderly [1] - 57:12
cross [1] - 47:2 definite [1] - 12:6 71:22 17:24, 41:13, 62:9, elect [1] - 29:20
crossed [2] - 16:14, definitely [2] - 53:17, digital [1] - 33:2 67:1, 77:23, 80:10, elected [5] - 29:22,
 62:24 69:9 DIGITAL [1] - 78:11 81:24, 82:10, 85:24 29:24, 30:23, 49:5,
crosswalk [2] - 72:7, degrees [2] - 38:14, diligence [1] - 14:16 DR [32] - 3:15, 4:4, 54:12
 72:8 38:16 Dillon [2] - 53:4 4:11, 4:15, 5:1, 5:5, election [4] - 28:15,
crosswalks [5] - direct [1] - 87:23 5:16, 5:20, 6:14, 50:5, 52:21
 Delaware [1] - 18:24
 49:13, 69:14, 70:4, 6:18, 7:5, 7:24, 8:5, elections [1] - 54:6
 delayed [1] - 34:6 direction [1] - 22:12
 71:24, 72:25 8:15, 10:7, 41:9,
 delays [1] - 34:15 directly [1] - 43:24 Elections [1] - 54:13
crowd [1] - 52:7 41:15, 46:18, 47:2,
 democracy [3] - 54:4, Director [1] - 13:11 elector [1] - 54:14
 47:6, 47:15, 56:18,
crumbling [1] - 21:6 54:5 disagree [1] - 26:9 electrical [1] - 62:3
 62:11, 76:11, 77:4,
crushed [1] - 32:5 Democrat [3] - 53:12, discipline [1] - 35:10 elevation [1] - 67:17
 77:24, 78:13, 79:6,
CTC [1] - 48:3 54:16, 54:20 Dispense [1] - 8:21 eliminate [1] - 83:20
 80:11, 81:25, 82:11,
Cultural [2] - 4:2, 5:23 Democratic [1] - 26:7 disrespectful [1] - eliminated [1] - 84:13
 85:25
cultural [2] - 35:11, Democrats [2] - 28:21, 48:25 Ellman [1] - 26:6
 drain [5] - 42:24, 43:2,
 35:12 53:15 dissolve [1] - 43:9 ELLMAN [1] - 26:7
 43:20, 44:11, 44:16
curb [11] - 23:18, DENYING [1] - 78:10 District [1] - 50:22 embrace [1] - 85:2
 Draino [1] - 19:10
 36:22, 36:25, 42:8, DEPARTMENT [1] - district [1] - 35:4 emphasize [1] - 56:5
 drains [3] - 43:13,
 42:14, 42:24, 43:1, 82:22 document [2] - 13:6, employees [1] - 51:20
 44:15, 67:5
 43:12, 56:15, 62:12, Department [3] - 4:3, 57:6 EMPLOYMENT [2] -
 dramatic [1] - 73:25
 63:1 70:22, 75:1 dogs [1] - 36:24 9:9, 82:22
 draws [1] - 52:13
curbing [1] - 67:19 department [19] - 6:7, dollars [9] - 15:2, employment [2] -
 dribble [1] - 28:1
curbs [1] - 43:13 8:11, 9:23, 9:24, 26:15, 27:7, 28:23, 8:10, 14:2
 driveways [1] - 67:19
curious [1] - 15:16 14:3, 14:18, 14:23, 31:12, 31:15, 66:13, empty [1] - 26:12
 drove [2] - 19:7, 22:2
current [2] - 49:1, 18:13, 24:11, 24:22, 71:3, 73:17 emptying [1] - 66:4
 due [6] - 14:16, 33:13,
 81:14 26:1, 32:21, 48:11, Domestic [1] - 53:21 EMTs [1] - 9:24
 34:5, 54:1, 55:1,
cut [8] - 36:21, 44:21, 51:4, 51:6, 51:10, Domines [2] - 59:1, encounter [1] - 72:24
 55:2
 50:18, 62:12, 63:1, 51:18, 59:14, 83:10 74:6 encourage [2] - 10:24,
 dug [2] - 70:7, 72:7
 70:15, 71:12, 72:20 departments [4] - DONATING [1] - 77:11 65:4
 duke [1] - 16:9
cuts [1] - 49:17 24:12, 24:20, 73:21, done [19] - 13:9, end [6] - 23:12, 23:16,
 during [7] - 34:3, 63:9,
cutting [1] - 50:2 73:23 13:23, 22:7, 22:10, 44:5, 44:19, 46:10,
 63:19, 64:3, 64:25,
cycle [1] - 19:24 DEPARTMENTS [1] - 22:12, 23:14, 24:24, 59:24
 69:19, 71:16
 9:5 25:17, 26:3, 30:8, ends [2] - 46:14, 81:12
 duties [1] - 35:16
 D description [1] - 66:3 39:16, 41:10, 41:23, enforce [1] - 25:3
 deserve [4] - 49:18, 47:11, 50:2, 62:1, enforced [2] - 25:2,
damage [1] - 30:1 51:5, 51:23, 52:1 62:25, 74:4, 74:13 E 25:19
damn [3] - 27:11, design [2] - 62:18, door [1] - 22:18 enforcement [1] - 9:22
 e-bikes [2] - 23:22,
 31:2, 32:6 62:20 doors [1] - 52:3 enforcing [1] - 49:17
 24:2
danger [1] - 51:10 destroyed [2] - 26:25, Doris [2] - 36:10, engaging [1] - 63:11
 e-mail [3] - 41:4, 59:5,
data [1] - 75:6 27:16 56:15 Engine [2] - 81:11,
 62:15
date [1] - 73:16 details [1] - 13:21 dotted [1] - 16:14
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 81:13 expensive [1] - 71:1 field [1] - 35:9 18:1, 67:16
 G
engineer [6] - 34:25, experience [2] - FIFTH [1] - 56:10 follows [2] - 34:22,
 35:18, 47:16, 49:23, 33:13, 35:15 figured [2] - 17:19, 65:22 Gallagher [1] - 50:23
 50:1, 58:9 expert [1] - 71:12 54:24 foolishly [1] - 61:1 garage [1] - 44:7
Engineer [5] - 47:9, expertise [2] - 34:18, FILE [4] - 76:16, fools [1] - 61:9 garbage [1] - 12:2
 47:24, 56:24, 57:22, 35:8 80:19, 80:24, 82:20 foot [2] - 44:8, 44:16 Gattens [1] - 32:14
 71:10 expired [1] - 13:24 File [6] - 7:10, 7:15, footsteps [1] - 65:22 Geisinger [1] - 39:10
engineers [1] - 70:20 explain [1] - 38:2 8:4, 8:7, 86:7, 86:12 FOR [20] - 1:1, 9:2, general [2] - 62:4,
enriched [1] - 26:20 explanation [1] - filed [1] - 9:14 9:3, 9:4, 9:5, 75:18, 64:23
ensure [2] - 33:7, 72:15 fill [1] - 72:22 75:22, 77:9, 77:10, generally [2] - 65:12,
 34:12 extended [2] - 38:4, filled [1] - 35:22 78:5, 78:7, 78:10, 67:16
ENTER [2] - 75:21, 41:11 final [11] - 7:17, 8:9, 79:10, 79:11, 79:16, gentleman [1] - 69:24
 79:14 exterior [2] - 33:25, 14:17, 20:25, 77:14, 80:18, 80:19, 80:22, gentlemen [1] - 11:25
enter [1] - 63:12 34:3 79:19, 79:24, 81:5, 82:19, 82:20 geographic [1] - 35:12
ENTERPRISES [1] - extra [1] - 52:3 83:5, 86:11, 86:16 foregoing [1] - 87:21 GERALD [1] - 2:2
 75:22 eye [2] - 21:22, 69:9 finally [3] - 13:5, forget [1] - 18:9 Gibson [1] - 69:22
entertain [2] - 76:1, eyes [1] - 28:7 49:13, 74:13 form [2] - 61:21, 75:13 gigantic [1] - 43:23
 86:18 FINANCE [1] - 80:19 formal [1] - 85:8 Gilbride [3] - 59:24,
entertained [1] - 48:2 F finance [1] - 73:15 forms [1] - 75:8 84:6, 85:5
entire [3] - 11:15, Finance [2] - 81:3, forth [2] - 71:4, 72:11 GILBRIDE [3] - 2:10,
 42:13, 45:3 facing [1] - 22:11 81:5 fortunately [1] - 20:2 60:4, 60:7
ENTRY [1] - 82:21 fact [2] - 65:7, 68:10 FINANCIAL [2] - 9:1, forward [7] - 14:10, given [1] - 49:8
entry [2] - 8:10, 14:2 factors [1] - 67:17 9:10 21:12, 41:25, 42:2, glad [1] - 14:3
equipment [1] - 66:16 failed [2] - 28:11, financial [1] - 74:16 42:4, 78:25, 79:25 globalist [1] - 55:23
equivalent [1] - 44:12 28:12 findings [1] - 74:5 four [4] - 36:1, 44:8, God [3] - 20:17, 38:5,
errors [2] - 3:21, 6:6 failure [2] - 28:9, fingers [1] - 62:24 53:9, 57:11 54:22
Eskra [1] - 74:9 28:10 finish [1] - 48:22 four-years [1] - 53:9 Googled [1] - 18:19
especially [5] - 3:7, fair [1] - 69:6 finished [1] - 59:9 FOURTH [1] - 11:20 governance [1] - 53:2
 24:3, 54:7, 62:14, fairness [1] - 34:13 Fire [1] - 4:2 Fourth [1] - 8:20 government [9] -
 69:5 fall [2] - 10:13, 10:17 fire [3] - 9:23, 14:23, Frable [1] - 74:7 15:11, 16:6, 28:19,
ESQ [1] - 2:10 families [1] - 66:19 62:6 FRANK [1] - 2:8 29:23, 32:5, 53:23,
estate [2] - 35:1, 35:24 family [2] - 10:9, 53:20 First [1] - 11:4 Frank [1] - 47:7 54:7, 55:16, 55:19
ethic [1] - 50:19 fantastic [3] - 10:1, first [19] - 3:21, 4:1, frank [1] - 11:19 grade [1] - 43:18
Ethics [1] - 74:20 43:6, 45:6 4:16, 5:6, 5:21, 6:19, free [2] - 27:4, 27:10 grandchildren [1] -
European [1] - 55:24 far [3] - 37:15, 44:11, 11:22, 14:7, 18:25, freezing [2] - 38:13 9:19
evening [9] - 17:16, 44:14 28:18, 32:13, 36:11, freshly [1] - 72:6 grant [2] - 21:7, 61:17
 21:25, 28:17, 32:12, farm [1] - 54:9 36:21, 41:17, 52:5, Friday [3] - 11:4, grants [2] - 26:17,
 45:19, 48:20, 52:17, farmers' [1] - 19:22 54:18, 58:24, 62:11, 26:10, 52:2 26:18
 86:10, 86:15 favor [10] - 4:7, 4:22, 74:10 Friday's [1] - 36:4 grass [1] - 39:11
event [3] - 9:20, 9:25, 5:13, 6:11, 7:1, 7:20, FISCAL [1] - 80:23 Fridays [1] - 65:1 great [7] - 9:25, 10:10,
 10:10 8:12, 76:7, 77:1, five [5] - 3:20, 26:25, friend [1] - 26:8 17:12, 32:17, 51:19,
events [1] - 10:24 79:2 48:23, 49:5, 49:7 friendly [1] - 81:10 54:19, 74:13
everywhere [2] - favorable [1] - 34:4 five-week [1] - 48:23 Friends [1] - 36:14 greedy [1] - 27:8
 27:17, 72:25 favorite [1] - 46:3 fix [5] - 22:17, 22:20, Fringe [2] - 10:23, Green [1] - 10:17
evicted [1] - 54:7 fecal [3] - 43:17, 22:25, 72:13, 85:16 10:25 Greenfield [1] - 74:7
evidence [3] - 53:2, 68:23, 68:25 fixed [6] - 21:9, 23:4, FROM [2] - 8:25, 9:8 greenhouse [1] -
 62:3, 87:4 federal [2] - 16:6, 45:4, 48:2, 48:6, front [7] - 11:10, 10:19
exactly [1] - 71:11 53:22 72:12 11:12, 16:9, 22:18, group [4] - 29:4,
example [1] - 69:18 feet [3] - 28:20, 43:25, flooded [4] - 20:1, 23:17, 37:5, 40:13 29:14, 36:13, 57:2
excellent [1] - 12:8 44:17 20:11, 20:13, 45:17 fulfill [1] - 63:13 guess [9] - 17:24,
excuse [2] - 47:20, Ferrario [1] - 3:8 flooding [4] - 19:21, full [4] - 33:7, 34:7, 19:1, 20:10, 24:20,
 56:19 festival [2] - 10:14, 42:6, 57:24, 61:11 83:10, 83:11 28:6, 45:13, 46:7,
EXECUTE [2] - 75:21, 10:17 floods [2] - 45:2, fully [1] - 87:4 58:5, 70:6
 79:14 Festival [3] - 10:20, 67:15 function [1] - 50:3 guys [2] - 39:6, 39:16
existing [1] - 83:13 10:23, 10:25 floor [10] - 4:6, 4:21, FUND [1] - 80:22
exists [1] - 67:16 festivals [1] - 10:13 5:11, 6:2, 6:8, 6:25, fund [1] - 83:17 H
exoneration [1] - few [10] - 10:7, 10:8, 7:15, 8:7, 16:9, fund's [1] - 15:6
 61:21 53:11, 56:14, 58:23, 78:17 funny [1] - 30:12 half [6] - 37:19, 38:3,
expansion [1] - 52:7 60:22, 66:8, 66:12, FOIA [1] - 55:6 44:17, 56:16, 56:22,
expect [1] - 66:1 66:15, 73:15 following [3] - 3:19, 71:3
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halfway [1] - 22:6 hire [2] - 31:16, 39:2 Hughesville [1] - 50:19, 54:9 Joan [2] - 11:22, 11:23
Hall [2] - 11:5, 52:3 hired [3] - 13:13, 23:23 INSTALLATION [1] - joan [1] - 16:15
handful [2] - 26:15, 29:14, 30:10 human [1] - 60:12 78:11 job [7] - 10:1, 12:8,
 26:18 hiring [1] - 59:14 humongous [1] - 12:2 installed [1] - 65:3 14:20, 23:20, 29:25,
handicap [5] - 17:25, historian [2] - 35:7, hurt [1] - 20:18 instead [4] - 42:9, 66:3, 74:14
 18:8, 27:10, 36:7, 35:25 49:4, 66:3, 72:2 jobs [1] - 54:11
 37:6 historic [7] - 15:23, I insurance [1] - 73:20 John [1] - 54:18
hang [1] - 36:18 26:19, 35:4, 35:7, integral [1] - 54:6 Josh [1] - 55:18
happy [5] - 83:23, 35:9, 35:20, 58:10 I's [1] - 16:14 interact [1] - 50:25 Joyce [1] - 74:7
 84:16, 84:21, 84:22, HISTORIC [1] - 78:9 idea [4] - 29:15, 31:7, interest [6] - 16:17, Jr [1] - 3:7
 85:16 HISTORICAL [2] - 31:8, 40:2 16:20, 27:19, 35:16, judges [3] - 54:9,
HARB [5] - 34:20, 77:11, 77:12 ifs [1] - 69:21 73:17, 74:16 56:6, 56:7
 34:24, 41:17, 58:8, hit [1] - 37:23 ignorant [1] - 31:20 interested [1] - 41:23 judicial [1] - 56:5
 78:9 Hodowanitz [2] - ignored [1] - 50:12 internally [1] - 63:17 judiciary [3] - 53:13,
Harvest [1] - 10:20 11:22, 11:23 illegally [2] - 22:4, intersection [6] - 20:1, 53:14, 55:4
hazard [3] - 20:17, HODOWANITZ [18] - 22:13 20:11, 20:19, 42:16, July [2] - 24:12, 62:16
 21:2, 24:9 11:23, 12:12, 12:15, Illuzzi [1] - 3:7 69:22, 70:8 Junior [1] - 9:20
hazardous [4] - 18:17, 12:17, 12:20, 12:24, immune [1] - 69:5 INTO [2] - 75:21, justify [1] - 50:14
 18:19, 19:9, 19:16 13:8, 13:14, 13:22, impacted [1] - 61:16 79:14
heading [1] - 15:13 15:16, 15:22, 16:4, impacts [2] - 15:17, introduced [2] - 14:7, K
health [1] - 73:20 16:18, 16:21, 16:25, 15:23 76:1
healthy [1] - 17:9 17:3, 17:5, 17:13 important [4] - 40:10, INTRODUCTION [1] - KATHY [1] - 2:9
hear [5] - 12:13, hold [1] - 29:20 45:16, 52:10, 52:22 75:19 keep [4] - 37:24,
 15:14, 50:21, 50:25, holding [1] - 63:16 IN [1] - 82:22 introduction [1] - 76:7 49:14, 69:9, 74:19
 55:8 holdup [2] - 48:4, inactive [1] - 60:18 investing [1] - 32:24 keeping [1] - 21:21
heard [7] - 20:18, 62:20 inaudible [1] - 67:5 investment [2] - Kelly [1] - 27:22
 29:12, 40:6, 41:17, HOME [1] - 80:24 INC [2] - 9:1, 79:15 33:10, 66:18 Kennedy [1] - 54:18
 53:10, 68:21, 76:20 home [3] - 20:9, incarcerated [2] - investors [1] - 27:8 kept [1] - 19:4
hearing [3] - 7:19, 24:13, 31:22 27:25, 28:5 invite [1] - 45:21 Keyser [3] - 61:10,
 72:4, 78:14 Home [1] - 53:8 include [1] - 67:17 involved [6] - 10:3, 61:12, 61:18
heart [1] - 26:8 homeless [1] - 38:20 included [3] - 14:8, 25:10, 29:16, 33:19, Keystone [2] - 63:7,
hedging [1] - 17:6 homeowner [1] - 22:2 33:11, 33:21 34:13, 85:1 63:14
HELD [1] - 1:4 homeowners [2] - INCLUDES [1] - 80:21 issue [8] - 25:9, 25:17, kids [6] - 10:11, 20:17,
held [3] - 7:19, 51:2, 61:17, 61:18 including [3] - 33:12, 57:23, 61:6, 62:12, 38:19, 38:20, 66:19,
 73:16 Honeybee [1] - 10:20 45:11, 65:1 67:7, 67:8, 68:11 69:5
hell [1] - 25:15 hope [8] - 16:12, incompetent [1] - 32:5 issues [4] - 15:9, killed [1] - 26:4
help [8] - 31:12, 31:15, 23:18, 28:14, 29:3, increase [3] - 28:22, 17:20, 18:2, 47:21 kind [3] - 21:9, 38:19,
 32:6, 32:8, 34:12, 34:15, 71:16, 75:15, 64:3, 73:25 Item [15] - 14:1, 59:12, 67:24
 46:17, 65:7, 83:19 79:23 increased [3] - 30:4, 76:1, 76:21, 76:23, KING [38] - 2:6, 3:11,
helped [1] - 65:18 hopefully [5] - 13:23, 30:5, 63:22 77:15, 78:4, 78:14, 4:9, 4:24, 5:14, 5:25,
helping [1] - 63:9 14:25, 15:7, 34:19, increases [2] - 26:24, 78:17, 79:20, 80:16, 6:12, 6:23, 7:3, 7:9,
helps [1] - 84:9 45:14 30:17 81:6, 82:16, 83:5, 7:22, 8:3, 8:13, 47:7,
hemorrhagic [1] - hoping [2] - 19:18, Independent [1] - 86:5 47:19, 56:14, 56:19,
 69:2 29:1 54:21 items [1] - 9:13 56:25, 57:17, 57:21,
hereby [5] - 78:3, horrendous [1] - 30:2 indicating [1] - 44:12 itself [2] - 15:24, 28:25 58:3, 58:5, 76:9,
 80:15, 82:15, 86:4, horrible [1] - 71:19 infers [1] - 28:2 76:24, 77:2, 77:20,
 87:3 hot [1] - 67:6 influence [1] - 55:23 J 78:15, 78:19, 79:4,
heritage [2] - 35:2, hour [2] - 37:19, 49:6 influx [1] - 69:25 79:21, 79:23, 80:7,
 35:23 hours [2] - 15:12, information [2] - 14:8, Jackson [2] - 30:9, 81:4, 81:21, 82:7,
hi [1] - 52:19 41:11 60:15 53:11 83:6, 83:8, 85:21
hide [1] - 75:9 house [8] - 11:6, informed [1] - 62:17 jailbirds [1] - 28:7 King [8] - 56:12,
high [2] - 38:21, 45:1 22:11, 25:14, 31:8, infrastructure [1] - JEFFERSON [1] - 58:20, 68:19, 77:19,
High [2] - 20:16, 22:2 31:9, 36:4, 39:7, 51:19 78:12 80:6, 81:20, 82:6,
higher [2] - 15:1, 40:2 inhouse [1] - 50:1 Jeffries [2] - 17:15, 85:20
 38:25 household [1] - 18:16 inquire [2] - 47:12, 17:17 king [4] - 3:10, 56:23,
highway [2] - 25:23, houses [2] - 29:10, 57:14 JEFFRIES [2] - 17:16, 79:1, 83:25
 25:24 45:17 inquiries [1] - 71:5 21:21 kiosk [3] - 37:6, 37:9,
highways [1] - 25:23 Housing [2] - 54:8, inquiry [1] - 72:4 JESSICA [1] - 2:4 37:25
hill [3] - 42:23, 43:3, 55:12 inspect [1] - 49:24 Jessica [1] - 74:9 kiosks [5] - 37:23,
 43:22 huge [1] - 74:12 inspectors [3] - 49:19, Jimmy [2] - 27:1, 74:7 40:22, 40:24, 57:4,
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 57:8 legality [3] - 53:8, losing [1] - 67:23 83:3, 84:16, 86:2, 26:14, 27:7, 31:12,
Klee [1] - 27:1 58:7, 78:22 lost [2] - 33:13, 38:21 86:19 31:15, 71:3
knock [1] - 22:18 legally [4] - 78:4, loud [1] - 25:15 McAndrew [12] - 3:16, mind [1] - 40:17
knocking [1] - 49:21 80:16, 82:16, 86:5 Lounge [1] - 33:3 10:5, 60:10, 60:20, minds [3] - 49:10,
knowledge [1] - 34:18 legislation [7] - 8:19, low [1] - 33:4 67:2, 73:14, 77:25, 50:11, 59:21
knows [6] - 6:5, 6:9, 14:7, 14:10, 14:14, Lowe's [1] - 23:4 80:12, 82:1, 82:12, MINIMUM [1] - 9:2
 31:2, 32:1, 69:3, 14:16, 60:3, 72:20 luck [2] - 32:19, 50:6 85:18, 86:1 minimum [1] - 74:11
 69:14 Les [2] - 21:23, 22:1 McCool [2] - 1:24, Minooka [3] - 41:16,
KOLOSKI [3] - 36:10, less [1] - 51:17 M 87:10 44:7, 67:9
 38:15, 38:17 letter [1] - 60:13 McDonough [6] - minutes [5] - 8:22,
Koloski [1] - 36:10 letters [1] - 61:15 machine [1] - 52:15 42:6, 42:21, 57:19, 15:4, 20:1, 49:7
 LEVEL [1] - 82:21 mail [4] - 41:4, 59:5, 57:20, 57:21, 68:20 mishmashed [1] -
 L level [3] - 8:10, 14:2, 62:15, 75:7 mean [18] - 9:17, 54:3
 52:12 Main [1] - 25:11 13:15, 15:11, 16:5, misled [1] - 26:16
lack [3] - 13:10, 34:18, liberal [1] - 55:22 MAIN [1] - 75:23 16:11, 16:12, 16:22, Mission [2] - 63:8,
  67:18 library [1] - 37:4 main [2] - 25:22, 33:3 25:8, 30:19, 34:1, 63:14
LACKAWANNA [2] - license [2] - 18:8, maintaining [1] - 37:25, 38:18, 38:23, mission [1] - 54:22
  77:12, 79:16 37:16 66:10 54:11, 54:18, 54:20, Missouri [1] - 30:9
Lackawanna [8] - licensed [3] - 34:25, maintains [1] - 64:25 57:12 MMO [2] - 9:2, 15:1
  21:1, 21:3, 21:15, 35:1, 35:19 major [1] - 55:24 means [5] - 17:6, 26:8, MMOs [1] - 16:20
  26:16, 37:5, 37:11, life [2] - 29:13, 31:22 majority [1] - 72:8 58:11, 63:2, 87:22 mold [1] - 43:8
  50:22, 80:1 light [3] - 46:12, make-believe [1] - media [2] - 41:11, 61:4 moment [1] - 3:4
lake [1] - 45:24 46:15, 60:23 31:18 mediocracy [1] - Monday [1] - 22:17
landmark [1] - 35:4 lighting [2] - 36:6, mall [1] - 26:10 52:14 Mondays [1] - 65:1
lane [1] - 22:6 47:12 managed [1] - 30:16 mediocre [3] - 48:24, money [9] - 21:8,
language [1] - 73:6 lights [1] - 45:15 managers [1] - 67:21 50:5, 52:15 26:14, 28:23, 34:10,
large [3] - 35:14, lined [1] - 19:2 MANCINI [1] - 48:20 meet [3] - 52:6, 85:8, 37:21, 45:10, 66:11,
  35:25, 63:1 lines [1] - 73:1 Mancini [1] - 48:21 85:10 66:18, 66:22
last [21] - 3:23, 7:19, list [2] - 58:1, 58:24 manning [1] - 84:18 meeting [17] - 3:23, Montage [1] - 44:22
  15:10, 19:23, 20:10, listen [1] - 49:3 manual [1] - 36:7 36:2, 37:3, 38:2, month [4] - 15:5,
  22:2, 22:17, 22:24, literal [1] - 84:17 Maria [2] - 1:24, 87:10 38:3, 41:17, 41:18, 22:14, 48:22, 83:20
  30:5, 49:6, 49:8, litigation [1] - 29:16 Marichak [1] - 74:6 49:6, 58:15, 58:16, months [1] - 13:24
  59:12, 60:10, 60:21, 59:10, 59:22, 59:24, Morgan [1] - 28:16
 litter [2] - 65:21, 65:23 Marie [1] - 45:19
  60:22, 61:23, 62:15, 61:20, 73:15, 84:10, MORGAN [1] - 28:17
 LITTLE [1] - 52:19 MARK [1] - 2:3
  63:4, 63:6, 64:21, 86:20
 live [1] - 26:21 Market [1] - 10:18 morning [2] - 11:25,
  81:12 meetings [5] - 33:7,
 lived [1] - 38:3 market [2] - 17:8, 73:18
lasted [1] - 49:6 52:12, 55:9, 63:16,
 lives [1] - 50:23 19:23 most [6] - 13:6, 29:11,
lasts [1] - 23:19 68:4
 local [6] - 15:17, market's [1] - 15:7 33:1, 52:22, 69:1,
late [3] - 27:21, 38:3, Melissa [1] - 74:8
 33:12, 52:20, 52:21, marriage [1] - 53:21 71:23
  71:18 member [9] - 33:24, motion [19] - 3:24,
 55:4, 56:8 masons [1] - 48:10
lately [1] - 33:18 35:1, 35:5, 35:17, 4:5, 4:15, 4:20, 5:5,
 locally [1] - 54:22 mass [1] - 31:5
lateral [2] - 32:19, 58:8, 58:17, 60:17, 5:10, 5:20, 6:1, 6:18,
 LOCATED [1] - 78:12 material [1] - 33:25
  32:20 64:10, 78:24 6:24, 7:9, 7:14, 8:3,
 located [1] - 35:3 Matt [2] - 59:1, 74:6
law [5] - 9:22, 23:25, members [10] - 9:14, 8:6, 76:1, 78:13,
 LOCATION [1] - 1:10 matter [2] - 68:23,
  24:1, 55:3 32:22, 33:5, 33:16, 78:16, 86:18, 86:19
 location [1] - 81:14 68:25
Law [1] - 75:1 34:11, 34:18, 48:10, MOTIONS [1] - 56:11
 look [9] - 12:6, 14:4, MAYOR [2] - 75:20,
lawfully [4] - 78:4, 58:11, 58:17, 84:25
 19:13, 31:11, 31:23, 79:13 motions [5] - 3:20,
  80:16, 82:16, 86:5 men [1] - 3:5
 47:9, 56:7, 58:7, Mayor [6] - 23:23, 56:13, 58:21, 62:9,
lawsuits [1] - 24:24 mentioned [2] - 22:8, 67:3
 68:18 26:16, 49:2, 51:5,
lay [1] - 28:20 46:20 Mountain [3] - 45:23,
 looked [4] - 46:14, 51:24, 56:2
layer [1] - 42:11 mentioning [1] - 66:9 46:4, 81:15
 62:14, 70:10, 71:15 MCANDREW [34] -
leader [1] - 50:8 mess [1] - 32:3 move [6] - 23:10,
 looking [4] - 18:11, 2:3, 3:17, 3:24, 4:12,
leading [1] - 30:16 metal [1] - 19:1 25:12, 42:20, 75:3,
 20:14, 47:24, 74:2 4:19, 5:2, 5:9, 5:17,
League [1] - 9:21 meter [1] - 37:6 76:22, 84:17
 Lookout [7] - 46:4, 6:4, 6:15, 7:6, 7:12,
least [5] - 13:9, 23:13, meters [2] - 27:2, 37:2 moved [17] - 4:14, 5:4,
 46:5, 46:17, 46:19, 7:25, 8:16, 9:16,
  28:2, 38:23, 38:24 midnight [1] - 55:16 5:19, 6:17, 7:8, 8:2,
 47:9, 48:18, 57:18 47:23, 67:4, 69:12,
Lee [1] - 28:16 might [3] - 26:1, 8:18, 23:9, 41:25,
 looks [5] - 26:14, 31:8, 72:19, 73:12, 76:3,
left [2] - 20:4, 55:5 68:15, 69:6 42:2, 42:18, 46:22,
 32:17, 73:21, 73:22 76:12, 76:22, 77:5,
legal [3] - 6:7, 85:6, 78:1, 79:7, 80:13, Mike [2] - 3:7, 48:21 59:13, 76:3, 76:14,
 lose [1] - 16:2
  85:13 81:16, 82:2, 82:13, million [6] - 15:1, 77:7, 79:9
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moving [3] - 42:20, 80:7, 80:9, 80:13, needs [5] - 28:7, nothing's [1] - 22:7 OPEB [1] - 12:24
 43:15, 79:25 80:15, 80:17, 81:1, 38:11, 39:2, 46:17, notice [1] - 55:3 open [7] - 11:5, 11:14,
MR [225] - 3:11, 3:13, 81:4, 81:7, 81:8, 84:20 noticing [1] - 46:21 11:15, 13:16, 36:4,
 3:17, 3:19, 3:24, 4:5, 81:9, 81:16, 81:17, negotiations [1] - November [1] - 51:20 63:25, 64:1
 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 4:13, 81:21, 81:23, 82:2, 13:17 nowhere [1] - 44:25 opened [1] - 19:25
 4:19, 4:20, 4:24, 82:4, 82:7, 82:9, neighbor [1] - 40:11 number [3] - 19:14, opens [1] - 63:23
 4:25, 5:2, 5:3, 5:9, 82:13, 82:15, 82:18, neighborhood [1] - 37:16, 44:4 operate [3] - 42:4,
 5:10, 5:14, 5:15, 82:25, 83:3, 83:6, 69:25 numbers [2] - 33:17, 52:12, 63:9
 5:17, 5:18, 5:25, 6:1, 83:7, 83:8, 83:25, neighborhoods [2] - 84:18 operational [2] -
 6:4, 6:10, 6:12, 6:13, 84:2, 84:14, 84:16, 49:22, 65:8 40:24, 40:25
 6:15, 6:16, 6:23, 85:18, 85:21, 85:23, neighbors [1] - 61:13 O opinion [2] - 85:7,
 6:24, 7:3, 7:4, 7:6, 86:2, 86:4, 86:6, never [5] - 20:18, 85:13
 7:7, 7:9, 7:12, 7:13, 86:9, 86:12, 86:14, 36:21, 43:18, 53:16, Oak [2] - 67:15, 67:20 opinions [1] - 14:4
 7:14, 7:22, 7:23, 86:19, 86:20 75:12 OBLIGATION [1] - 9:2 opioid [1] - 51:1
 7:25, 8:1, 8:3, 8:6, MS [56] - 3:10, 3:12, new [3] - 13:17, 36:13, obviously [1] - 42:17 opioid-related [1] -
 8:13, 8:14, 8:16, 3:14, 3:16, 3:18, 43:20 occupation [1] - 35:6 51:1
 8:17, 8:23, 9:12, 11:23, 12:12, 12:15, news [2] - 23:22, occupy [1] - 63:14 opportunities [1] -
 9:16, 10:5, 11:3, 12:17, 12:20, 12:24, 41:11 October [3] - 36:12, 33:13
 11:20, 11:22, 12:10, 13:8, 13:14, 13:22, newspaper [2] - 55:17, 59:22 Opposed [10] - 4:13,
 12:13, 12:16, 12:19, 15:16, 15:22, 16:4, 53:15, 61:4 OF [13] - 1:1, 9:3, 5:3, 5:18, 6:16, 7:7,
 12:23, 13:2, 13:12, 16:18, 16:21, 16:25, newspapers [2] - 9:10, 76:16, 76:19, 8:1, 8:17, 76:13,
 13:20, 15:15, 15:21, 17:3, 17:5, 17:13, 54:25, 55:2 78:8, 78:10, 78:11, 77:6, 79:8
 15:25, 16:15, 16:19, 17:16, 21:21, 36:10, next [13] - 12:18, 15:8, 80:19, 80:20, 80:23, options [1] - 74:2
 16:23, 17:1, 17:4, 38:15, 38:17, 45:19, 16:13, 22:14, 32:2, 80:24, 82:20 Order [10] - 3:23, 7:17,
 17:11, 17:14, 21:14, 46:24, 47:4, 77:19, 37:9, 45:13, 52:14, offer [1] - 39:3 8:9, 8:20, 9:13,
 21:23, 21:25, 26:6, 77:21, 77:23, 77:25, 58:2, 59:22, 60:9, office [2] - 27:2, 31:2 12:18, 12:25, 59:13,
 26:7, 28:16, 28:17, 78:2, 80:6, 80:8, 74:2, 74:4 Office [1] - 74:18 86:11, 86:16
 32:9, 32:12, 36:9, 80:10, 80:12, 80:14, nice [4] - 23:18, 43:17, officers [3] - 83:12, ORDER [6] - 8:23,
 38:14, 38:16, 40:18, 81:20, 81:22, 81:24, 45:25, 84:11 83:13, 83:21 11:20, 56:10, 76:15,
 40:19, 40:20, 40:21, 82:1, 82:3, 82:6, night [2] - 24:13, Official [2] - 1:24, 77:8, 86:6
 41:1, 41:3, 41:7, 82:8, 82:10, 82:12, 24:14 87:11 ORDINANCE [1] -
 41:8, 41:13, 41:16, 82:14, 85:20, 85:22,
 nights [1] - 64:1 official [1] - 85:12 76:17
 45:18, 47:7, 47:14, 85:24, 86:1, 86:3
 nine [8] - 13:24, 33:15, OFFICIALS [2] - ordinance [8] - 7:18,
 47:19, 47:23, 48:8, MULTISCAPE [1] -
 34:21, 41:19, 55:10, 75:20, 79:14 8:9, 25:1, 25:4, 25:5,
 48:19, 48:20, 52:18, 79:15
 58:8, 58:17, 78:23 officials [1] - 30:23 72:21, 86:9, 86:14
 52:19, 56:9, 56:10, municipal [1] - 70:13
 NO [7] - 76:17, 77:11, old [3] - 13:24, 26:18, ordinances [3] - 25:3,
 56:12, 56:14, 56:19, MUNICIPAL [1] - 9:2 78:7, 79:12, 80:19, 44:20 25:7, 49:17
 56:23, 56:25, 57:16, Municipal [1] - 32:15 80:25, 82:21 Olive [6] - 19:21, organization [1] -
 57:17, 57:20, 57:21, museum [1] - 15:18 nobody [5] - 26:23, 36:22, 56:18, 56:19, 63:13
 57:25, 58:3, 58:4, must [1] - 46:7 27:11, 27:16, 31:2, 56:20, 62:13 originally [1] - 84:12
 58:5, 58:20, 58:23,
 39:21 ON [5] - 77:10, 78:6, OTHER [3] - 9:9,
 59:4, 59:6, 59:8, N nondisclosure [2] - 79:11, 80:18, 82:20 75:20, 79:13
 59:11, 60:6, 60:9,
 75:8, 75:13 on-the-job [1] - 29:25 OUTDATED [1] -
 62:8, 67:1, 67:4, named [1] - 54:19
 none [2] - 50:4, 75:12 once [5] - 11:24, 27:1, 76:18
 69:11, 69:12, 72:17, names [1] - 75:2
 nonstop [1] - 51:7 68:15, 72:5, 78:19 outlets [1] - 61:5
 72:19, 73:10, 73:12, narrow [2] - 20:20,
 norm [1] - 33:18 one [38] - 9:17, 10:10, outside [1] - 22:11
 73:14, 75:4, 75:5, 20:24
 norma [1] - 21:14 11:11, 13:5, 13:6, overall [2] - 14:23,
 75:18, 75:25, 76:3, national [1] - 15:23
 Norma [2] - 17:14, 13:24, 15:10, 16:15, 68:13
 76:4, 76:5, 76:6, nature [1] - 50:21
 17:16 17:23, 19:17, 19:23, overestimating [1] -
 76:9, 76:10, 76:12, Nay [6] - 9:20, 10:19,
 76:13, 76:15, 76:20, NORTH [2] - 75:22, 20:4, 25:9, 25:14, 17:7
 32:17, 36:14, 36:15
 76:22, 76:24, 76:25, 75:23 26:4, 30:3, 30:4, overflow [1] - 39:13
 near [4] - 42:7, 42:14,
 77:2, 77:3, 77:5, North [1] - 69:22 30:5, 34:24, 34:25, overgrowth [1] - 40:8
 44:21, 68:24
 77:6, 77:8, 77:13, noses [1] - 27:14 35:1, 35:2, 35:5, overnight [1] - 64:6
 necessary [1] - 28:2
 77:16, 77:17, 77:20, notably [1] - 33:1 35:14, 44:7, 44:18, overtime [6] - 14:21,
 need [10] - 18:4, 50:12, 51:2, 57:9,
 77:22, 78:1, 78:3, note [1] - 73:10 39:3, 63:25, 64:3,
 25:19, 27:1, 27:18, 58:6, 63:21, 64:19,
 78:5, 78:15, 78:16, notes [1] - 87:5 64:5, 83:14
 30:22, 30:24, 31:11, 69:21, 71:6, 85:9
 78:19, 79:1, 79:4, nothing [8] - 21:3, OVERTIME [1] - 9:4
 46:16, 47:11, 49:2 ones [4] - 39:19,
 79:5, 79:7, 79:8, 22:10, 22:12, 27:6, owe [1] - 14:18
 needed [3] - 18:18, 57:11, 63:8, 72:14
 79:10, 79:18, 79:21, 43:6, 44:1, 48:24, own [3] - 29:10, 49:18,
 80:2, 84:18 onion [1] - 42:9
 79:22, 79:23, 80:4, 71:15 71:15
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owner [5] - 35:3, 59:25, 76:23 67:12, 81:12 24:12, 24:16, 24:20, pride [3] - 50:9, 54:16,
 35:14, 35:20, 35:25, passage [4] - 77:14, periods [1] - 63:19 24:22, 25:24, 25:25, 54:17
 58:10 79:19, 81:5, 83:5 permit [2] - 72:22, 51:4, 51:6, 51:10, problem [8] - 13:15,
owns [2] - 20:12, 35:4 passed [2] - 3:6, 3:22 72:23 51:12, 51:18, 59:14, 14:9, 39:1, 48:4,
 past [9] - 17:19, 18:2, permits [1] - 27:10 62:6, 83:10, 83:12, 53:13, 53:17, 55:17,
 P 26:11, 61:8, 62:14, person [3] - 35:15, 84:20 65:20
 64:8, 65:19, 66:8, 41:19, 57:10 Police [3] - 50:20, problems [3] - 18:6,
p.m [3] - 10:15, 11:6, 66:12 personal [1] - 32:24 50:25, 51:11 46:5, 52:23
 52:4 path [1] - 45:24 persons [1] - 64:6 policies [1] - 28:11 proceed [2] - 51:16,
PA [2] - 49:15, 50:19 Patio [1] - 24:15 phenomenal [1] - 17:4 policy [3] - 24:10, 51:20
page [2] - 33:11, 81:10 patrols [1] - 25:20 phone [2] - 12:14, 24:21, 24:23 proceedings [1] - 87:3
Paige [3] - 52:6, pause [1] - 85:5 19:13 polls [1] - 51:21 process [14] - 30:15,
 52:14, 52:15 paused [1] - 84:22 pick [2] - 37:16, 65:24 pooled [1] - 39:9 54:1, 55:1, 55:2,
paint [1] - 49:14 pave [6] - 49:17, picking [3] - 65:20, pools [1] - 39:12 59:14, 61:8, 69:19,
painted [3] - 49:13, 49:19, 50:18, 70:15, 65:21, 66:5 poor [1] - 50:19 71:11, 71:17, 83:20,
 70:4, 72:6 71:12, 72:20 pickleball [1] - 42:22 population [1] - 63:19 84:17, 85:1, 85:2
pandango [1] - 37:18 paved [4] - 45:6, 45:7, picks [1] - 39:21 Porta [5] - 43:16, product [1] - 42:2
paper [1] - 85:12 45:9, 58:2 pickup [1] - 64:23 43:24, 44:3, 68:21 professional [4] -
paragraph [1] - 81:11 paving [3] - 42:19, picture [1] - 68:7 position [2] - 13:16, 34:9, 35:5, 35:8,
park [9] - 18:7, 22:5, 58:1, 71:22 pictures [3] - 40:11, 29:24 35:24
 36:16, 36:19, 42:22, PAVING [1] - 76:18 40:14, 70:8 positions [2] - 29:21, professionals [1] -
 64:24, 65:4, 68:24 pay [6] - 15:4, 17:9, piece [3] - 11:6, 79:24, 83:18 34:13
Park [8] - 5:8, 10:19, 18:3, 29:6, 31:14, 85:12 possible [3] - 47:12, program [3] - 32:20,
 32:17, 36:14, 36:15, 51:21 pieces [4] - 8:19, 11:9, 50:24, 71:7 51:15
 40:22, 64:22, 64:25 paying [3] - 26:19, 13:4, 70:19 POST [1] - 9:9 progress [2] - 13:10
parked [3] - 22:11, 27:19, 52:16 Pittston [5] - 26:2, POST- project [14] - 21:16,
 22:13, 37:5 pen [1] - 27:23 44:6, 44:25, 45:5, EMPLOYMENT [1] - 21:17, 33:9, 33:16,
Parking [1] - 57:2 Penn [1] - 26:13 57:18 9:9 33:20, 33:23, 45:8,
parking [13] - 17:25, PennDOT [1] - 20:12 placard [2] - 18:9, postponed [1] - 78:14 50:6, 62:19, 63:1,
 22:4, 22:5, 26:24, PennDOT's [1] - 70:10 18:10 potential [3] - 15:10, 69:20, 71:16, 79:25,
 27:4, 27:7, 27:10, PENSION [1] - 9:3 place [9] - 7:16, 8:8, 15:13, 16:6 80:1
 36:4, 36:6, 37:2, pension [1] - 15:5 13:5, 18:6, 19:1, potentially [1] - 69:1 PROJECT [2] - 75:24,
 39:10, 44:21, 57:3 people [45] - 10:24, 24:9, 46:3, 51:9 Potty [5] - 43:16, 79:17
parks [9] - 14:22, 14:19, 15:3, 22:4, placed [2] - 86:10, 43:24, 44:3, 68:21 project's [1] - 34:6
 64:23, 65:8, 65:15, 22:13, 26:15, 26:17, 86:15 Powell [2] - 44:3, 44:5 projects [1] - 81:12
 66:3, 66:9, 66:12, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, places [1] - 39:2 power [1] - 85:15 promise [1] - 55:15
 66:16, 66:20 27:19, 28:9, 28:11, PLAN [2] - 9:3, 80:22 powers [1] - 54:23 promised [1] - 17:10
Parks [2] - 63:25, 66:1 29:7, 29:19, 30:25, plan [4] - 47:21, 68:13, practice [1] - 34:3 proper [2] - 76:2,
part [13] - 11:17, 31:16, 31:21, 32:4, 72:3, 72:15 Pregnancy [1] - 6:21 83:22
 21:16, 42:13, 50:11, 32:6, 38:3, 39:3, planner [1] - 35:6 prepared [1] - 49:5 properly [3] - 30:16,
 54:6, 54:25, 55:1, 46:6, 46:25, 50:11, plans [2] - 63:7, 75:10 prepares [1] - 14:13 42:10, 43:12
 55:2, 56:5, 68:12, 50:17, 53:14, 54:15, plastic [2] - 39:19, prescription [1] - properties [2] - 49:21,
 69:2, 71:23, 73:3 55:4, 55:10, 55:11, 39:20 73:24 67:15
partial [1] - 33:6 57:12, 64:4, 64:7, plate [1] - 18:8 prescriptions [1] - property [14] - 22:22,
participate [1] - 74:23 64:9, 64:12, 64:14, play [2] - 43:5, 44:2 74:1 23:12, 23:17, 30:3,
participated [1] - 65:6, 65:18, 66:19, pleasure [2] - 32:17, present [4] - 3:11, 30:17, 35:3, 35:5,
 61:18 69:16, 70:2, 71:8, 76:21 3:13, 3:17, 34:11 35:14, 35:20, 35:25,
participating [1] - 74:13, 78:22 Pledge [1] - 3:1 presently [1] - 58:11 58:10, 67:13, 67:18
 61:19 people's [1] - 45:16 plenty [2] - 10:25, 11:1 preservation [1] - protect [1] - 51:7
participation [1] - per [1] - 71:13 plugged [1] - 37:7 35:10 PROVIDED [1] - 9:5
 33:8 percent [7] - 14:22, plugging [1] - 14:21 preservationist [1] - Providence [1] - 6:21
Participation [1] - 14:23, 14:25, 16:17, 35:8 PROVISIONS [1] -
 podium [1] - 28:19
 8:21 16:20, 27:5, 40:24 President [2] - 51:13, 76:18
 point [4] - 16:23,
PARTICIPATION [1] - percentage [2] - 59:3 Public [3] - 49:9, 83:2,
 29:17, 61:7, 84:24
 11:21 16:22, 40:23 PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, 83:4
 points [1] - 45:1
partners [1] - 63:12 perfect [2] - 10:2, 16:5 2:3 public [6] - 7:19,
 poison [1] - 27:23
party [3] - 53:10, perform [1] - 17:8 press [1] - 62:22 41:10, 64:10, 64:16,
 POLICE [1] - 82:22
 53:12, 54:22 PERFORM [2] - 75:22, pretty [2] - 16:1, 38:10 75:10, 84:20
 police [24] - 8:10,
Party [1] - 24:14 79:15 PREVIOUSLY [2] - PUBLIC [2] - 82:20,
 9:23, 14:2, 14:5,
pass [3] - 21:20, period [4] - 43:7, 64:3, 80:17, 82:18 82:24
 14:18, 18:12, 24:10,
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puddle [1] - 43:23 reached [3] - 33:17, regarding [2] - 63:5, rescheduling [1] - roadway [1] - 42:15
pull [2] - 43:10, 72:22 67:8, 71:14 63:14 33:7 roadways [1] - 42:17
pulled [1] - 42:8 reaching [2] - 84:6, regards [1] - 68:22 rescind [2] - 60:2 rock [1] - 28:8
pumped [1] - 44:9 85:6 registered [3] - 34:24, research [2] - 29:15, Rocky's [1] - 33:3
PURSUANT [1] - READING [1] - 76:16 34:25, 35:17 30:20 role [1] - 63:13
 80:23 reading [3] - 8:21, Reilly [1] - 62:17 RESERVE [1] - 80:22 roll [5] - 3:8, 80:4,
push [1] - 42:4 76:20, 76:23 reject [1] - 33:16 resident [7] - 17:17, 81:19, 82:5, 85:19
pushing [1] - 12:1 real [4] - 13:9, 27:23, rejection [1] - 33:14 22:1, 28:13, 32:13, Roll [1] - 77:17
put [19] - 9:21, 18:10, 35:1, 35:24 rejections [1] - 34:16 34:14, 36:11, 71:25 rollator [1] - 36:24
 18:22, 19:11, 37:16, realize [2] - 67:7, related [2] - 35:9, 51:1 residents [14] - 17:23, rolled [2] - 42:8, 42:15
 38:6, 39:17, 39:23, 78:20 Relations [1] - 53:21 19:15, 29:1, 29:9, ron [1] - 26:6
 39:24, 42:22, 44:20, realized [1] - 53:19 relations [1] - 60:12 30:1, 30:18, 34:21, roof [1] - 11:7
 45:8, 57:1, 66:11, really [8] - 18:3, 29:6, relevant [1] - 34:17 49:11, 49:18, 61:11, room [1] - 62:3
 66:18, 66:21, 69:20, 30:18, 30:22, 31:11, relies [1] - 28:12 65:4, 65:11, 67:20 Rosie [1] - 26:10
 75:2, 84:21 46:15, 53:19, 85:8 remain [2] - 3:3, 81:14 RESOLUTION [4] - Rothchild [11] - 3:14,
putting [2] - 14:17, rear [1] - 36:5 remedy [1] - 72:13 75:19, 77:10, 78:7, 11:4, 17:24, 41:14,
 83:14 reason [4] - 27:23, removal [1] - 60:20 79:12 62:9, 67:2, 77:23,
 28:6, 61:4, 85:14 renovated [1] - 33:20 Resolution [10] - 3:25, 80:10, 81:24, 82:10,
 Q reassessment [1] - rentals [2] - 26:21, 4:6, 4:16, 4:21, 5:6, 85:24
 30:9 38:21 5:11, 5:21, 6:2, 6:19, ROTHCHILD [33] -
qualifications [1] - Rec [4] - 14:22, 32:16, repair [1] - 70:15 6:25 2:4, 3:15, 4:4, 4:11,
 34:17 63:25, 66:1 repaired [2] - 58:1, resolutions [1] - 3:22 4:15, 5:1, 5:5, 5:16,
qualified [3] - 29:20, recap [1] - 49:11 71:7 resources [1] - 32:24 5:20, 6:14, 6:18, 7:5,
 35:16, 64:5 receive [1] - 64:16 repairs [3] - 27:17, response [5] - 47:18, 7:24, 8:5, 8:15, 10:7,
quality [1] - 50:20 RECEIVED [2] - 9:6, 47:11, 57:18 59:16, 59:17, 63:10, 41:9, 41:15, 46:18,
quarry [1] - 46:7 9:7 repave [1] - 42:10 64:20 47:2, 47:6, 47:15,
quarter [3] - 16:16, received [7] - 9:14, REPEALING [1] - responses [2] - 63:3, 56:18, 62:11, 76:11,
 16:19, 16:24 30:11, 47:17, 59:3, 76:17 64:16 77:4, 77:24, 78:13,
questions [10] - 14:11, 62:2, 63:3, 64:20 repeatedly [1] - 27:24 responsibility [5] - 79:6, 80:11, 81:25,
 45:12, 49:4, 49:10, receiving [1] - 59:2 replace [1] - 46:9 49:15, 70:13, 70:14, 82:11, 85:25
 50:15, 51:22, 52:10, recently [2] - 32:22, replaces [1] - 47:5 70:16, 73:4 RPR [2] - 1:24, 87:10
 61:10, 64:21, 84:13 37:3 responsible [5] - 32:4, Rule [1] - 53:8
 REPORT [1] - 9:4
quick [1] - 9:16 receptacles [2] - 65:4, 49:16, 51:2, 70:10, RULE [1] - 80:24
 report [1] - 47:20
quite [2] - 10:8, 14:13 66:4 70:19 RULES [2] - 77:10,
 Reporter [2] - 1:24,
quorum [6] - 41:21, recognizing [1] - result [1] - 64:4 79:11
 87:11
 41:22, 42:3, 55:9, 65:17 results [1] - 33:5 Rules [2] - 77:14,
 reporter [1] - 87:24
 55:11, 58:15 recommend [4] - resurface [1] - 70:14 79:19
 represent [2] - 50:8,
 77:14, 79:19, 81:5, 52:17 retention [1] - 56:7 run [5] - 17:18, 17:20,
 R 83:4 representation [1] - rethink [1] - 68:16 18:5, 53:14, 64:6
 recommendation [3] - 50:15 retirees [1] - 17:9 running [3] - 40:9,
Radison [2] - 21:5, 78:23, 81:2, 83:1 return [1] - 75:7 54:21, 56:2
 represented [2] - 9:21,
 21:12 RECOMMENDATION returning [1] - 48:23 runoff [1] - 67:15
 33:9
railroad [4] - 15:19, [1] - 78:8 REVIEW [1] - 78:9 runs [1] - 57:3
 reproduction [1] -
 49:24, 53:5, 53:6 recommendations [3] review [1] - 74:21
 87:22
rain [3] - 19:24, 44:3,
 67:12
 - 47:10, 48:17, 70:23 Republican [2] - revitalize [1] - 32:23 S
 recommending [1] - 53:10, 54:21 rid [3] - 18:18, 27:2,
Rainey [1] - 74:8 60:19 39:20 Saddlemire [1] - 74:8
 Republicans [1] -
raise [2] - 38:22, 38:24 recurring [1] - 14:9 Ridge [1] - 10:17 safe [1] - 83:16
 53:15
raised [2] - 30:3, recyclable [1] - 40:1 ridiculous [3] - 29:12, safety [7] - 24:9, 25:9,
 request [3] - 47:7,
 38:11 recycling [3] - 18:21, 37:25, 38:17 25:16, 51:18, 69:8,
 57:2, 75:2
raising [1] - 48:9 19:6, 39:25 Rights [1] - 54:2 70:1, 73:1
 requested [1] - 33:24
rakes [1] - 43:10 Recycling [1] - 18:24 Rik [1] - 52:19 SAFETY [2] - 82:20,
 requests [2] - 34:6,
ran [3] - 17:19, 18:16, reelect [1] - 56:6 ring [1] - 42:9 82:24
 55:6
 19:4 reelected [1] - 50:14 rip [1] - 45:8 Safety [2] - 83:2, 83:4
 required [1] - 50:7
rarely [1] - 36:1 reflection [1] - 3:4 ripped [2] - 42:14, samples [1] - 33:24
 REQUIREMENT [1] -
rate [1] - 16:20 refused [1] - 61:20 42:18 sanitation [1] - 69:8
 9:1
rather [1] - 45:14 regard [2] - 14:1, RLE [1] - 75:21 Saturday [1] - 10:17
 requirements [2] -
raw [1] - 44:2 61:17 road [4] - 14:12, save [1] - 27:7
 55:3, 64:11
reach [3] - 40:21, REGARDING [3] - 9:1, 44:13, 70:11, 70:12 saw [1] - 70:17
 requires [1] - 36:5
 48:10, 68:8 9:9, 76:18 roads [1] - 51:19 scares [2] - 68:24,
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 68:25 81:16, 81:18, 83:6 share [1] - 29:9 slope [1] - 43:22 72:23
scenic [1] - 46:3 SECTION [1] - 80:23 sheet [1] - 32:10 sloped [1] - 43:22 soon [2] - 66:22, 71:7
scheduled [3] - 62:19, section [9] - 42:8, Shelter [2] - 63:5, 63:7 small [1] - 69:25 sorry [2] - 16:18,
 62:21, 62:23 42:13, 42:14, 42:20, shelter [1] - 64:1 smelled [1] - 39:14 44:13
school [2] - 38:20, 43:14, 43:18, 43:19, Sherri [1] - 74:7 SMRA [1] - 32:14 sort [1] - 61:6
 54:19 43:21, 45:2 shift [1] - 22:15 SMURL [91] - 2:2, 3:3, sound [1] - 41:20
School [1] - 22:3 see [24] - 11:25, 14:3, shirts [1] - 12:1 3:19, 4:5, 4:13, 4:20, south [1] - 24:17
school-age [1] - 38:20 14:21, 17:5, 19:8, shoots [1] - 44:24 5:3, 5:10, 5:18, 6:1, space [1] - 36:6
SCHUMACHER [3] - 19:12, 19:13, 19:15, short [2] - 51:11, 6:10, 6:16, 6:24, 7:7, speakers [1] - 63:21
 45:19, 46:24, 47:4 21:9, 21:15, 21:22, 74:22 7:14, 8:1, 8:6, 8:17, speaking [3] - 13:10,
Schumacher [1] - 24:16, 27:9, 40:4, show [2] - 11:16, 52:9 9:12, 10:5, 11:3, 17:21, 17:22
 45:20 47:8, 50:18, 56:1, showed [2] - 50:12, 11:22, 12:10, 12:13, speaks [1] - 26:8
Schuster [13] - 49:8, 56:4, 57:23, 58:8, 58:14 12:16, 12:19, 12:23, SPENDING [1] - 80:22
 50:5, 51:14, 51:17, 64:2, 72:12, 74:3, shows [1] - 10:24 13:2, 13:12, 13:20, spending [1] - 28:22
 51:24, 58:21, 62:8, 74:12 shut [2] - 15:19, 51:14 15:15, 15:21, 15:25, spills [1] - 67:13
 77:21, 80:8, 81:22, seeing [1] - 66:15 shutdown [5] - 15:11, 16:15, 16:19, 16:23, Spindler [3] - 21:24,
 82:8, 84:14, 85:22 seeking [1] - 58:9 15:13, 16:7, 28:19, 17:1, 17:4, 17:11, 22:1, 22:19
SCHUSTER [34] - 2:5, seem [1] - 33:18 55:16 17:14, 21:14, 21:23, SPINDLER [1] - 21:25
 3:13, 4:10, 4:25, sees [1] - 65:23 shy [3] - 58:10, 58:11, 26:6, 28:16, 32:9, spite [1] - 34:19
 5:15, 6:13, 7:4, 7:13, Senate [1] - 28:21 83:18 36:9, 38:14, 38:16, spot [2] - 19:5, 36:4
 7:23, 8:14, 40:19, send [1] - 74:25 side [5] - 13:21, 25:21, 40:18, 45:18, 52:18, spraying [1] - 22:16
 40:21, 41:3, 41:8, sending [1] - 34:8 40:1, 42:7, 67:14 56:9, 56:12, 58:20, Spruce [1] - 26:12
 48:8, 57:20, 58:23, sense [1] - 48:5 sides [1] - 46:14 59:4, 59:8, 62:8, staff [2] - 11:16, 64:24
 59:6, 59:11, 60:6, senseless [1] - 28:1 sidewalk [1] - 20:15 67:1, 73:14, 75:5,
 staffed [1] - 51:12
 60:9, 76:5, 76:10, sent [5] - 40:11, 40:14, sidewalks [5] - 12:3, 75:25, 76:4, 76:6,
 staffing [1] - 84:19
 77:3, 77:16, 77:22, 59:9, 61:16, 84:11 20:20, 20:23, 45:15, 76:13, 76:20, 76:25,
 stakeholders [1] -
 79:5, 80:9, 81:7, sentence [2] - 81:12, 67:19 77:6, 77:13, 77:17,
 63:18
 81:9, 81:23, 82:9, 81:13 78:3, 78:16, 79:1,
 sidewall [1] - 33:3 stand [2] - 12:8, 27:22
 84:2, 85:23 SEPTEMBER [4] - 79:8, 79:18, 79:22,
 sideways [1] - 85:15 standard [1] - 34:2
schuster [1] - 3:12 8:24, 9:5, 9:6, 9:8 80:4, 80:15, 81:1,
 sign [4] - 32:10, 43:22, standards [1] - 53:25
scooters [2] - 23:23, September [5] - 1:7, 81:8, 81:17, 82:4,
 70:3, 75:14 standing [1] - 3:3
 24:2 14:24, 23:21, 48:22, 82:15, 82:25, 83:7,
 sign-in [1] - 32:10 start [5] - 46:1, 58:15,
Scranton [42] - 4:2, 73:16 83:25, 84:14, 85:18,
 signals [1] - 54:14 58:16, 59:18, 71:21
 4:18, 5:8, 5:23, 6:21, seriously [2] - 35:13, 86:4, 86:9, 86:14,
 signed [5] - 12:21, started [8] - 29:5,
 9:21, 11:24, 12:1, 42:19 86:20
 12:25, 61:20, 75:9, 30:19, 45:20, 46:2,
 13:16, 14:19, 17:17, Serrenti [1] - 61:24 Smurl [8] - 3:18,
 75:13 53:10, 53:12, 59:10,
 17:23, 19:15, 20:16, served [1] - 50:1 32:16, 34:1, 78:2,
 significant [2] - 30:16, 80:1
 22:2, 26:17, 26:21, Service [5] - 14:4, 80:14, 82:3, 82:14,
 32:24 starting [2] - 10:18,
 29:2, 29:4, 32:13, 59:18, 84:5, 84:7, 86:3
 signify [10] - 4:8, 4:23, 28:24
 32:15, 34:22, 38:4, 84:25 soaked [1] - 43:7
 5:13, 6:11, 7:2, 7:20, starts [1] - 36:17
 45:20, 48:20, 48:21, service [1] - 3:5 societies [1] - 35:11
 8:12, 76:7, 77:1, state [8] - 23:24,
 49:11, 50:17, 50:23, SERVICES [2] - 75:22, SOCIETY [1] - 77:12
 79:2 23:25, 45:6, 53:20,
 51:2, 51:11, 51:13, 79:16 software [2] - 31:1,
 signs [3] - 22:5, 39:18, 53:23, 53:24, 70:11,
 52:2, 54:8, 54:16, set [3] - 52:3, 53:7, 31:6
 39:23 71:14
 54:23, 55:12, 56:1, 64:19 solely [1] - 34:16
 silent [1] - 3:4 statement [1] - 74:15
 74:17, 75:11 seven [2] - 41:19, Solicitor [2] - 84:6,
 simulation [1] - 35:11 statements [1] - 49:5
SCRANTON [3] - 1:1, 83:19 85:5
 single [1] - 13:6 STATEMENTS [1] -
 75:23, 80:21 Seventh [6] - 3:23, SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10
 sinking [1] - 43:24 9:11
SCRANTON'S [1] - 9:3 7:17, 8:8, 59:13, solicitor [1] - 58:6
 sit [1] - 31:22 states [2] - 34:20,
screen [1] - 37:7 86:11, 86:16 solution [1] - 48:1
 site [1] - 15:23 69:24
se [1] - 71:13 SEVENTH [1] - 77:8 someone [5] - 21:10,
 sitting [1] - 40:1 stating [1] - 61:15
seat [2] - 35:18, 35:19 several [1] - 60:21 51:24, 52:1, 63:24,
 situation [2] - 33:19, status [1] - 56:21
seats [1] - 35:22 sewage [1] - 44:3 67:8
 57:3 stay [2] - 52:15, 64:6
second [26] - 4:4, 4:6, sewers [2] - 39:7, something's [3] -
 six [2] - 26:25, 58:12 Steamtown [2] - 4:18,
 4:19, 4:21, 5:9, 5:11, 39:13 24:24, 25:17, 26:3
 SIXTH [1] - 76:15 15:18
 5:25, 6:2, 6:23, 6:25, shall [3] - 34:20, sometime [1] - 46:11
 skim [1] - 42:11 steel [2] - 19:1, 33:24
 7:12, 7:13, 7:15, 8:5, 49:12, 81:13 sometimes [2] - 18:9,
 sky [1] - 19:25 steep [1] - 43:3
 8:7, 76:4, 76:5, shame [1] - 27:14 26:9
 slandering [1] - 51:15 Step [1] - 36:15
 76:24, 77:16, 78:15, shape [1] - 68:16 somewhat [1] - 85:6
 78:17, 79:21, 81:7, slate [1] - 11:7 stepping [2] - 42:5,
 Shapiro [1] - 55:18 somewhere [1] -
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stick [1] - 39:24 22:19 thinking [1] - 20:25 transcript [2] - 87:6, 13:15
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stock [2] - 15:6, 17:7 44:17 22:25, 23:13, 29:10, treated [2] - 61:1, 61:9 University [4] - 4:18,
Stone [1] - 52:6 surprise [2] - 22:17, 37:23, 41:18, 41:20, tree [1] - 50:2 5:8, 5:23, 6:21
stone [3] - 48:10, 29:18 41:24, 41:25, 47:25, tried [2] - 37:12, 57:7 unless [2] - 70:20,
 48:15, 51:25 surprising [1] - 14:6 55:10, 56:6, 56:16, trillion [1] - 28:22 87:23
stones [2] - 46:6, swamp [1] - 43:17 56:22, 57:4, 57:7, trolley [2] - 15:18, unlike [1] - 52:16
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stood [1] - 73:19 53:20, 54:24 64:25, 78:22 trouble [1] - 21:2 unnecessarily [1] -
stop [2] - 45:14, 70:2 systems [1] - 69:6 three's [1] - 57:13 Truck [2] - 9:20, 10:10 27:23
stores [1] - 26:12 threw [1] - 73:8 truck [1] - 27:2 unsafe [1] - 49:21
stories [1] - 41:12 T thrilled [5] - 69:16, trucks [1] - 19:2 unsheltered [1] -
storm [5] - 16:6, 70:6, 80:2, 80:3, TRUST [1] - 9:10 63:18
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 67:5 T-shirts [1] - 12:1 throughout [4] - 3:5, trying [3] - 18:6, up [60] - 12:2, 14:17,
stormwater [3] - 67:5, table [13] - 7:10, 7:15, 65:15, 65:16, 72:5 27:21, 57:12 18:1, 19:2, 19:21,
 67:11, 67:20 8:4, 8:7, 11:11, throw [1] - 42:11 Tuesday [1] - 1:7 19:25, 20:3, 20:4,
STORMWATER [1] - 11:12, 14:15, 59:14, throwing [1] - 6:8 tuned [1] - 52:15 21:1, 21:4, 23:3,
 75:23 78:14, 78:17, 84:4, Thursday [1] - 24:14 turn [4] - 20:7, 28:25, 27:11, 31:4, 39:18,
story [2] - 23:21, 86:10, 86:15 ticket [3] - 22:10, 57:7, 45:16, 59:25 39:21, 40:13, 42:8,
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Street [2] - 10:18, 82:19 timeline [1] - 34:6 turning [1] - 20:15 44:4, 44:10, 44:12,
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street [8] - 39:10, tabling [1] - 78:20 TITLE [1] - 76:16 two [18] - 15:12, 16:7, 45:22, 47:9, 47:11,
 42:7, 42:21, 43:1, tackling [1] - 55:22 title [2] - 76:21, 76:23 18:3, 18:25, 20:3, 47:12, 47:25, 52:9,
 67:14, 67:17, 83:12, talented [1] - 71:8 TO [6] - 75:20, 75:22, 24:16, 24:17, 25:15, 53:8, 55:17, 58:14,
 84:21 task [1] - 55:21 77:11, 79:14, 79:15, 25:24, 33:21, 36:23, 59:24, 60:10, 60:21,
STREETS [1] - 76:19 tax [1] - 30:17 80:23 37:10, 37:12, 40:5, 60:24, 61:21, 62:13,
streets [10] - 20:4, taxes [1] - 26:20 today [4] - 13:7, 17:17, 58:2, 58:13, 69:3, 63:4, 64:1, 64:19,
 20:9, 20:23, 24:2, taxpayer [1] - 73:17 28:25, 45:21 81:11 65:5, 65:8, 65:20,
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 42:11, 67:13, 71:22 team [1] - 52:7 65:24, 69:3, 69:20 typing [1] - 6:6 68:5, 68:20, 70:7,
streetscape [1] - telephone [1] - 19:14 Tom [2] - 41:16, 74:8 typo [1] - 6:6 71:18, 71:22, 72:7,
 21:16 television [1] - 15:12 tomorrow [4] - 15:20, typographical [1] - 72:24, 83:10
STREETSCAPE [1] - temperature [2] - 41:2, 59:7, 75:1 3:21 Up [1] - 36:15
 79:17 38:12, 63:22 Tomorrow [1] - 12:1 upcoming [3] - 9:18,
stress [1] - 83:13 10:12, 52:20
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struggle [1] - 84:19 text [1] - 59:4 21:13, 21:14, 21:17,
students [3] - 20:16, thankful [1] - 23:12 48:21, 55:8, 58:24, U-turn [1] - 20:7 18:15, 21:11, 47:23,
 37:12, 48:3 THE [24] - 1:1, 9:2, 59:7, 59:25, 62:7, unacceptable [2] - 64:15
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subject [1] - 27:21 79:16, 80:18, 80:20, 43:2, 43:12, 55:18 30:12 utility [4] - 70:7,
submerged [1] - 68:22 80:22, 80:23, 82:19, topic [1] - 67:6 unchristian [1] - 28:4 70:12, 71:20, 72:21
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Sunday [3] - 10:15, there'll [1] - 11:16 track [1] - 74:19 28:8, 43:24, 66:2, 35:18, 35:19, 35:20,
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vehicles [5] - 9:23, 51:15, 52:7 wondering [1] - 18:14
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VICE [1] - 2:3 water [15] - 22:22, 4:17, 5:7, 5:22, 6:20
Vine [1] - 56:17 39:9, 43:1, 43:7, words [1] - 69:3
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visit [1] - 32:18 44:8, 44:14, 44:17, 63:25
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VOLDENBERG [27] - weather [2] - 34:4, world [2] - 3:5, 55:24
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 56:10, 56:23, 57:16, Webster [1] - 69:23 68:16
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 75:18, 76:15, 77:8, 20:10, 22:2, 45:13, 33:22
 78:5, 79:10, 80:17, 46:25, 48:13, 48:23,
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voted [1] - 32:22 welcome [1] - 11:13 52:5, 53:9, 54:15,
voters [1] - 49:11 west [1] - 67:14 55:22, 56:16, 56:22,
votes [1] - 51:23 West [1] - 51:13 60:22, 66:12, 66:15,
voting [5] - 31:21, Weston [1] - 5:8 66:20, 74:11
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walked [3] - 26:11, 39:22, 54:1, 54:24, Zummo's [1] - 10:14
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wall [4] - 21:5, 21:8, wild [1] - 52:7
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washing [1] - 43:4 63:10
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