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

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 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON

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 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT
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 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT
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 JESSICA ROTHCHILD - absent
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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 Gary Kowalski, Michael

 8 Butler and Michael Fedorka. Thank you. Roll

 9 call, please.

10 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.

11 MR. KING: Here.

12 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.

14 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild. Mr.

15 McAndrew.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Present.

17 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.

18 MR. SMURL: Here. Dispense with the

19 reading of the minutes.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

21 3.A. MINUTES OF THE CITY OF

22 SCRANTON'S BOARD OF ETHICS MEETING HELD MARCH

23 19, 2025.

24 3.B. AGENDA FOR THE CITY OF

25 SCRANTON'S BOARD OF ETHICS MEETING HELD MAY 21,
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 1 2025.

 2 3.C. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON

 3 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 1ST QUARTERLY

 4 MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 24, 2025.

 5 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments

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

 7 received and filed. Do any Council members

 8 have any announcements at this time?

 9 MR. MCANDREW: I have two of them.

10 So recently Scranton Detective Jason Hyler,

11 Kyle Gilmartin and Deputy Chief Joseph Lafferty

12 received the National Association of Police

13 Organizations Top Cop Honorable Mention Award

14 for their heroic actions in January of 2024.

15 So I would like to say a big

16 congratulations to our very own deserving

17 hometown heros. I'm very proud of all you and

18 our second to none police department.

19 And then also today, I would like to

20 congratulate the combined efforts of the

21 Scranton Police Department and the Fire

22 Department with the rescue today in the

23 Lackawanna River. And that is all I have.

24 Thank you.

25 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?
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 1 MR. KING: I know that the Electric

 2 City Flower Show is coming Saturday, June 21st.

 3 I think Norma's going to speak to that this

 4 evening. That's it.

 5 MR. SMURL: And there's one more,

 6 Sprucin Up Scranton, Saturday, May 31st,

 7 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. And it's at Connell Park.

 8 So if anybody would like to attend that, that

 9 is available.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

11 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

12 MR. SMURL: First, Joan Hodowanitz.

13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

14 Scranton. Speaking of heros, I too wish to

15 congratulate our police officers who were

16 recently recognized and the entire police

17 department, our fire department, even DPW.

18 These people do great work.

19 And it's not easy. And without it,

20 what kind of city would we have so -- and also,

21 I'd like to thank all of the citizens and

22 residents who took the time to observe Memorial

23 Day over the weekend. I was stuck writing a

24 document so I couldn't get out.

25 But I watched the coverage on the
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 1 evening news. And, of course, we had good

 2 weather. But for all of those people who took

 3 the time to acknowledge the sacrifice that

 4 those men and women made in time of war, even

 5 in training accidents, people don't realize how

 6 many military personnel die every year in

 7 training.

 8 But I thank those people who took

 9 the time and didn't just, you know, look at it,

10 an opportunity to buy a mattress on sale. I

11 don't like that. I will never by a buy a

12 mattress on Memorial Day as God as my witness.

13 I also want to thank all the people

14 who came out to support the Scranton Public

15 Library last Friday for Swingin on Vine. It is

16 our major fundraiser. And it's very important

17 that we do support the library because the

18 library is one of the pillars of the community.

19 And it targets those who most need

20 library services, children, immigrants, those

21 trying to assimilate and become American

22 citizens, the poor. So for those of you who

23 did enjoy Swingin on Vine, it wasn't too rainy.

24 There were a few raindrops. But thank you

25 again for supporting us and we'll be back next
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 1 year.

 2 And speaking of the library just so

 3 people know, it's not just a warehouse of

 4 books. It hasn't been that in many years.

 5 Some of the events that the Scranton Public

 6 Library is hosting, Thursday, July 7th, 6 p.m.,

 7 chocolate -- Chocoholics Delight.

 8 You could taste chocolates from

 9 around the world. And they are going to have a

10 contest. And if you win, you get to take

11 chocolate home. How about July 31st, here's

12 something up my alley. Star Trek trivia night,

13 that's coming for all of you Star Trek fans.

14 See how many people could recite

15 Data's "Ode to Spot" by heart. And the

16 services that they'll provide, if you have home

17 movies and pictures that you want digitized, it

18 will be done for you at the library. You don't

19 have to find someone else to do it for you.

20 So those are some of the wonderful

21 things going on. There wasn't much on today's

22 agenda. But I was curious about one thing and

23 that is this resolution for the

24 intergovernmental agreement of cooperation and

25 MOU between Scranton and the county for a
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 1 countywide stormwater management plan.

 2 Long, long ago in a galaxy far away

 3 we talking about who is going to form a

 4 stormwater management authority. Remember

 5 that? And I never got -- I never saw the shoe

 6 drop. Does this mean that the county may

 7 assume responsibility for a regional authority?

 8 MR. SMURL: I don't know that, Joan.

 9 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Who is --

10 who is the action officer or who's got the, you

11 know, responsibility on the city side for this,

12 not necessarily the Mayor but, you know, do you

13 know who is working it? Our City Engineer

14 perhaps?

15 MR. SMURL: Working on what, Joan,

16 sorry.

17 MS. HODOWANITZ: I'm sorry?

18 MR. SMURL: I couldn't hear you.

19 MS. HODOWANITZ: I said who is the

20 point of contact on the city's side? Is it the

21 City Engineer?

22 MR. SMURL: For the stormwater

23 project?

24 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah.

25 MR. SMURL: Well, everything I need
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 1 to know about the stormwater I just send down

 2 to Eileen Cipriani. And whether she goes to

 3 the engineer or whatever to get the answers,

 4 I'm not sure.

 5 MS. HODOWANITZ: Well, this

 6 stormwater management plan is long overdue and

 7 hopefully it will take off like a bat out of

 8 hell. We need it. Thank you.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Joan. Norma

10 Jeffries.

11 MS. JEFFRIES: Good evening,

12 Council, Norma Jeffries, Scranton resident.

13 And my charge tonight is the Electric City

14 Flower Show. It's going to be on June 21st at

15 Nay Aug Park. Plans are underway. We're busy

16 getting everything together.

17 You know, we could do all of this

18 work, but we need you, the public, to be there

19 to make it a success. And, of course, the

20 weather is something you could never control.

21 During the event, there's going to be at least

22 70 vendors that are going to be there working

23 on food trucks.

24 And there's going to be a flower

25 competition. I think everyone knows that that
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 1 is always there. But this year we're also

 2 doing a photography competition. It closes

 3 very soon. So I'm hoping that anyone that

 4 is -- has photography, they take pictures of

 5 the flowers, trees, and I don't think there is

 6 any category that they can't submit it for.

 7 So we're hoping that people will

 8 submit a photography -- photos for competition

 9 which is a new category. The entrance, of

10 course, to the Everhart Museum is going to be

11 free that day. So that is always a very

12 exciting place to go through, especially when

13 you've gone there as a kid and then you see

14 what it is today.

15 It doesn't look too too -- the

16 marble work in there is just so fascinating to

17 me and how it's made. Of course, there's live

18 music and there's the kids' activities as well.

19 And we're on Facebook, you know, posting and

20 putting things to let people know what's going

21 on.

22 I'm hoping that we'll -- if ECTV

23 hears us tonight that they'll be posting on

24 their site as well. And Frank's going to help

25 me do that as well as get it on the City's
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 1 website so that, you know, we try to get as

 2 much publicity -- free publicity as possible

 3 and all.

 4 So it's a great day. A lot of

 5 people are looking forward to it. They had a

 6 good time over the years. And we're just

 7 looking forward to that. We have a lot of new

 8 players on the committee this year.

 9 Our main person Carol is no longer

10 with us this year so it's a little trying for

11 us to try to pull it off and still do the same

12 things that she did so well over the previous

13 years.

14 So one other thing I'd like to ask.

15 We're looking for donations for gift baskets if

16 anyone out there would like to donate a gift

17 basket or gift cards or something, they could

18 get in touch with me through the Facebook page

19 of our Electric City Facebook page, okay?

20 Now, the other thing that I wanted

21 to talk about tonight was voting. And I do in

22 my time -- I do get voter registration. But

23 it's very sad that only such a small portion of

24 people voted during the primary, which was very

25 sad. Voting is our right. And voting is the
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 2 So over the next six months, five

 3 months that we have before our general

 4 election, you know, I'm going to be out there

 5 just talking and doing all that I can. And we

 6 all could do a little bit to make sure that our

 7 relatives and family get out and vote.

 8 And it's mostly our young people.

 9 Sometimes they don't get registered to vote.

10 When they turn 18, you know, they don't

11 register. So that's why I try to encourage

12 those young folks. Get yourself registered,

13 vote, and you can make a difference. And

14 that's all I have for tonight. Thank you.

15 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Norma. Bob

16 Bolus.

17 MR. BOLUS: Good evening, Council,

18 Bob Bolus, Scranton. Listening to her where

19 she has different things going on, we have

20 trailer loads of disinfectant wipes yet to any

21 organization that's putting something on that

22 needs them. All they got to do is contact my

23 office up in Throop under Bolus Truck Parts and

24 we'll see that they get them.

25 It's just something to help
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 1 everybody out. All of those that wrote me in

 2 during this past campaign, I want to thank them

 3 personally. We got a future going on here in

 4 the city.

 5 The election was kind of fun in a

 6 sense because I got kicked off the ballot by a

 7 rogue that was involved there. I call him

 8 actually a rhino. Spano did it. We've been in

 9 the Court. The judges misread everything that

10 went on.

11 They let a 2021 case that he filed

12 go through in 2025 against the rule of law.

13 They then turned around and let him play a game

14 when it was up to the DA or Attorney General

15 to remove me from a ballot. Then if they

16 didn't do it, he could do it. But he had to go

17 to them first.

18 So there's a lot of litigation

19 that's going on right now. And November is

20 going to be a different story here in

21 Lackawanna County.

22 Now, another thing that I think we

23 should pave Lackawanna Avenue before we worry

24 about anything else, that, and Main Avenue.

25 You can't drive up them without banging the
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 1 hell out of your vehicle. Now, this past --

 2 couple of days ago, Memorial Day was to honor

 3 all of those that didn't come home and all

 4 those that did come home injured and hurt under

 5 that flag.

 6 What upset me the most and I see it

 7 every day, I have a program now with a Dr.

 8 George Lindenfeld from Florida when we've

 9 established clinics now for PTSD. And people

10 don't understand PTSD. It affects everyone,

11 not just military. It could be firemen,

12 police. It could be an individual right here

13 that witnessed something.

14 And it's traumatized them. The next

15 meeting I'm going to give you the information

16 on it and look at Council about us establishing

17 one right here in the City of Scranton for all

18 of those that need the help. It's not

19 medication. It's rather unique. I had him

20 here once before at the Gino Merli.

21 And I invited those from the VA to

22 come up and listen to it. Halfway through the

23 presentation he was doing, they walked out. So

24 we want to change it around. The value of our

25 people are more important. So I will be
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 1 presenting that the next time I come here so we

 2 could look forward to doing something.

 3 Next thing I want to see an ICE

 4 office at the Scranton Police Department.

 5 Let's get the scum out of our city. No more

 6 game playing, no more talking.

 7 Now, yesterday, Memorial Day, I was

 8 going to attend the celebration which I've done

 9 in the past down at the Memorial Stadium. But

10 when I saw that the Mayor was going to be there

11 making comments or speaking, I elected not to

12 go there.

13 And the reason I didn't go there, we

14 lost 14 of our people in Afghanistan due to Joe

15 Biden's ignorance and stupidity the way he

16 handled things. They came home in flag draped

17 coffins, came off the plan. What did Joe Biden

18 do? He stood there and looked at him. He

19 didn't salute them. He looked at his watch.

20 He could give a damn less what happened.

21 What upsets me more that the Mayor

22 would have been there to honor those that

23 didn't come home and those that were wounded

24 and going through hell. She's the one that put

25 his name here in the City of Scranton, her and
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 1 Gaughan put Biden on Spruce Street, changed the

 2 Expressway to Biden's Way to honor this man who

 3 literally orchestrated the killing of our 14

 4 vets over there.

 5 Our fellow vets came home wounded,

 6 maimed and everything else, gave away millions

 7 and billions -- not millions, billions of

 8 dollars of our equipment to use against us.

 9 Yet, she was going to stand there and honor

10 this guy and Memorial Day to speak about our

11 vets.

12 I couldn't tolerate it. So I didn't

13 bother to go. I'd like her to understand, take

14 the signs down. You've humiliated us enough.

15 Scranton belongs to all the people. Joe Biden

16 has proved who he is and what he's about. He

17 released criminals in his own family that he

18 said he wouldn't do. Now you want to say

19 you're going to honor our vets, no way in hell.

20 Thank you.

21 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Bolus.

22 Lee Morgan.

23 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council,

24 Lee Morgan. The first thing I have here is

25 that there's been investigations into the Biden
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 1 White House and he never knew he was President.

 2 The people in his staff were running the

 3 country. It's been proven.

 4 And the thing about the library, you

 5 know, a library is not a warehouse of books.

 6 It's a depository of knowledge. And I think

 7 that every child should have a library card as

 8 soon as they could start reading with the help

 9 of their parents.

10 And I think their parents should

11 spend a lot of time making them independent

12 learners. What I have here I'm going put my

13 glasses on. I can't see too well under these

14 lights. I have a set of interrogatories that I

15 sent to ECTV and a request for production of

16 documents.

17 Now this case is just beginning to

18 spin in federal court. I recommended they

19 contact their lawyer and surrender; but, you

20 know, do as you please because I don't think

21 they have a chance, not even a prayer; and I'm

22 only a truck driver.

23 And, you know, the law they're

24 citing, even the Supreme Court said they

25 couldn't use it as precedent. So they're in
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 1 big trouble. I've asked them to state their

 2 annual revenue; state any government entities

 3 who have contributed funds to you in the past

 4 10 years; state whether your company was formed

 5 at the request of a government entity; state

 6 whether ECTV network was created as part of any

 7 agreement or contract; what is the process for

 8 ECTV that ECTV uses to determine how shows are

 9 assigned; state whether shows are assigned on a

10 first come, first served basis; how does ECTV

11 network determine the time slot for the shows;

12 does ECTV network have full discretion to turn

13 down a request to use a time slot for a show;

14 does ECTV network turn down requests for a show

15 for any reason; state the reason ECTV network

16 would rely on to turn down the request for a

17 show; does ECTV network have full discretion to

18 cancel a show; does any other party play in a

19 role in the decision to cancel a show; what is

20 the criteria are used in determining whether to

21 cancel a show; does Lackawanna County or the

22 City of Scranton provide any guidance as far as

23 discussions to air specific types of content;

24 is ECTV network required to follow any

25 government requirements from any government
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 1 entity; is ECTV required by any entity

 2 government or private to set aside public

 3 access channels for use for free -- free of

 4 charge; is ECTV aware of any entity with

 5 imposing requirements on under the Cable

 6 Communications Act of 1984; is ECTV in charge

 7 of its own content; has a government entity

 8 ever exerted control of content on ECTV

 9 network; has any entity besides ECTV network

10 ever exerted any control over content that

11 aired on the network; has ECTV network ever

12 taken any business action at the request of a

13 government entity; has ECTV ever taken any

14 action, any business jointly with a government

15 entity; who owns the premises where ECTV

16 conducts business; who owns ECTV network's

17 production equipment; does any government

18 entity have any ownership interest in any of

19 ECTV network's property?

20 Now to produce documents, any and

21 all documents with respect to ECTV's network's

22 formation; a copy of ECTV network's corporate

23 structure; a copy of the names of ECTV

24 network's Board of Directors; any franchise

25 agreement ECTV is a part of with another
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 1 entity; any agreement that creates public

 2 access channels on ECTV network; any documents,

 3 electronic or otherwise from any government

 4 entity advising ECTV on content; any deeds or

 5 leases with respect to ECTV's network studio; a

 6 list of any of the contributions received by

 7 ECTV network in the last five years; any lease

 8 with respect to ECTV network's equipment; and a

 9 list of any and all political contributions

10 made by ECTV or its Board of Directors in the

11 past 10 years; a copy of any operations policy

12 of ECTV network; and a copy of any government

13 regulations that ECTV is subject to abide to.

14 And the last point I have is, if

15 necessary, I will go to the Third Circuit. But

16 there's a lot more of this stuff coming. And I

17 think everybody should lawyer up. Thank you.

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

19 Angela Ramone.

20 MS. RAMONE: Hello. It's good to

21 see you all again. I would like to start by

22 talking about some words that were said earlier

23 today, something to clarify for the record

24 because I do believe that truth is very

25 important in public settings like this when
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 1 working with elected officials.

 2 A person who is on the ballot in our

 3 or who is seeking to be on the ballot on the

 4 May 20th primary was speaking about

 5 conspiracies to keep him off the ballot. I

 6 would like to state on the public record that

 7 the reason this individual was not on the

 8 ballot is due to a prior felony fraud

 9 conviction that made him ineligible to serve as

10 a Mayor of Scranton.

11 And he's not eligible to seek an

12 expungement of that felony conviction until I

13 believe early 2026. So even if he were to get

14 that expunged next year, then he would be

15 eligible potentially, but not until then. So I

16 just would like to clear that up for the record

17 and make sure that everyone is on the same

18 page.

19 And to continue, I made some

20 comments last week. William King and Mark

21 McAndrew were not here at the time to hear

22 them. But I would like to briefly restate what

23 I spoke about last week with regards to ICE and

24 how I believe it is important that the City of

25 Scranton does not cooperate or enter into any
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 1 contracts with ICE due to numerous, numerous

 2 violations of people's constitutional rights to

 3 due process.

 4 ICE across the country has been

 5 operating stings outside of courthouses, city

 6 halls, schools, hospitals, churches, all places

 7 that is long been considered illegal or against

 8 policy to operate when it comes to immigration

 9 enforcement due to the negative consequences

10 that it has on the entire community when people

11 fear if they go to the doctor or if they go to

12 court, even say as a witness to a crime, an

13 immigrant may be afraid to come forward because

14 if they have to testify they could get

15 deported.

16 Those sorts of violations of

17 people's rights are absolutely unacceptable.

18 It's absolutely unacceptable that people need

19 to be afraid that people are masked and unarmed

20 could -- might approach them on the street at

21 any moment without warning, claim that they are

22 ICE and otherwise not identify themselves and

23 insist that they need to take you and take your

24 belongings.

25 It's a terrifying situation to put
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 1 people in regardless of citizenship status,

 2 regardless of immigration status and it puts

 3 everyone in danger when members of the public,

 4 immigrants are not -- are unsure that if they

 5 are falsely accused of a crime that, you know,

 6 will I get my day in court, will I get to go to

 7 a judge -- in front of a judge and prove that

 8 these allegations against me are false or if

 9 even if I'm guilty, will I go in front of a

10 judge and get a fair sentence, right?

11 That's that sort of social trust is

12 being broken down right now by agencies like

13 ICE. And it puts everyone in danger. If

14 people in Scranton are afraid if they get

15 pulled over for a traffic violation that they

16 might end up in a prison camp in El Salvador,

17 do you think they're going to cooperate with

18 police that they're going to give over their

19 identification that they're going to cooperate

20 and comply with lawful orders or do you think

21 they're going to try and flee introducing

22 danger into the community, danger to

23 themselves, danger to the police officers'

24 lives.

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 1 everyone here. And until a day comes where ICE

 2 is actually set on respecting constitutional

 3 rights to due process, I believe it is of the

 4 utmost importance that the City of Scranton

 5 refuses to do any work with them and refuses to

 6 allow them to operate within our city.

 7 So that's what I wanted to restate

 8 just because I believe it is very, very, very

 9 important for our city, for the republic, for

10 members of our local law enforcement that they

11 know that they could trust the public trust

12 them whenever they have to interact with one

13 another.

14 Now, on a separate note, I would

15 like to talk very briefly about some of the

16 code blue shelters in the City of Scranton.

17 While I know the weather has been warming up,

18 it will eventually become winter again. And

19 currently our code blue shelters are supposed

20 to open their doors to the public until the

21 outdoor temperature reaches 20 degrees

22 Fahrenheit.

23 I consider that pretty ridiculous.

24 We don't allow people to have pets outside when

25 it's that cold. And we should raise the
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 1 temperature that these code blue shelters

 2 operate to at least 31 degrees. Thank you very

 3 much and have a good night.

 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you. That is all

 5 for our sign-in sheet. Anyone else wish to

 6 address Council?

 7 MR. DOBRZYN: Good evening, Council,

 8 Dave Dobrzyn, resident, taxpayer, taxes paid,

 9 by the way. Well, we just had a primary which

10 had kind of a disgusting turnout. But at any

11 rate, I would voice my support for the current

12 Mayor and I would hope that whoever gets

13 elected to City Council -- and I'm not pointing

14 the finger at anybody that you all try to work

15 together to make Scranton -- keep it liveable,

16 you know, make Scranton great again, hahaha.

17 Now, I've been discussing for months

18 cuts to pave. And what's going wrong is that

19 they cut down 5 or 6 inches and they put a

20 patch on it. And they don't fill those grooves

21 up with asphalt and water enters and then we

22 got a big hole. And there are some pretty

23 disgusting -- my block was just paved on Crown

24 Avenue.

25 And there's a 2 inch pothole, inch
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 1 and a half maybe. I might be lying a little

 2 bit. Once again, we really need a citizens

 3 organization to seek ways of being compensate

 4 for tax exempts. We really truly need it.

 5 We're at 40 percent tax exempt. And

 6 too many more, we might as well just hand the

 7 keys over to our houses or sell it to some

 8 landlord that's going to charge twice as much

 9 as my mortgage or three times as much.

10 The house next door to me is going

11 for $1,350 a month this fall. Very little has

12 been done with it other than structural -- a

13 roof and new heating plant and some windows.

14 And it's 1,350 a month. He's offering me

15 $106,000 for my house that he wants to -- but I

16 don't feel like moving and getting an $80,000

17 mortgage to replace the house I have.

18 Pensions, we really need to look

19 into and I'm only suggesting, I'm not

20 suggesting any deviance on anybody's behalf.

21 But we got a very volatile stockmarket thanks

22 to all of these tariffs and nonsense that's

23 going on in Washington. I went for coffee for

24 my wife. She likes to brew her coffee. And

25 everything is up 5 bucks a can.
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 1 We don't grow coffee in the United

 2 States. We grow a little bit in Puerto Rico

 3 and we grow a little bit in Hawaii, less than 1

 4 percent. And here we didn't even start the

 5 tariffs and it's up -- it's up -- well, that's

 6 at least 30 or 40 percent. And as far as ECTV

 7 is concerned, I disagree with some of the stuff

 8 that's said up here about them.

 9 I think they're just fine. And I

10 don't need to hear about some rabble rousers

11 from Old Forge that pay for a bunch of buses

12 and went down there and paraded behind a bunch

13 of violent thugs to get into the Capitol and

14 put it online yet on top of it. That's what

15 got him in trouble.

16 My advice to him is if he sees me

17 going down the street, pretend I'm dead. I'm

18 just a ghost and you can't see me. Don't walk

19 up to me, please. Don't walk up to me.

20 Last --last week I heard a thing on

21 Social Security. We have artificial

22 intelligence or artificial idiocy. I don't

23 know which. The lady calls about a missing

24 check. And it states what raise was given out

25 last December. And she states now how else may
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 1 I help you, the AI, and she states about her

 2 not -- missing check.

 3 And it goes through a hoopla and

 4 tells her, well, if you're finished you could

 5 just hang up. It was just a big circle.

 6 Artificial idiocy. And on these arrests

 7 with -- anybody's entitled to a hearing before

 8 they leave. And that's whether they're a

 9 citizen or not.

10 And just briefly, three Arizona

11 American Indians were rounded up and they were

12 ready to be deported. Now -- and a few German

13 tourists were rounded up. They probably forgot

14 their passport. It's a big book. They didn't

15 want to carry it around. They were carrying it

16 and they were arrested as a suspected unlawful

17 alien. That's ridiculous. It is sad. Thank

18 you and have a good night.

19 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

20 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka.

21 Now, recycling costs at this point have

22 exceeded $100,000 as we've ignored it for so

23 long, not even including duplicate useless

24 pickup runs. I'm still unsure how the

25 administration is farming for our contractors
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 1 without a bidding process in place.

 2 Are we back at the process where we

 3 look for a proper vendor, make a deal with the

 4 vendor and then put it out to bid as the

 5 results have already been chosen? We've seen

 6 that before where they've contacted and worked

 7 with someone for the actual process.

 8 And then they got -- then it was bid

 9 out and the person who they were communicating

10 with beforehand gets the bill at the end of the

11 bid making the bidding process a complete sham.

12 Is that what we're up to with recycling,

13 because I've seen nothing go through for open

14 bids.

15 Now we also have a six month

16 recycling calendar that's due. Again, why are

17 we paying for double printing and mailing

18 versus a once a year? Who made the choice as

19 Rubicon made no changes? It was not a valid

20 excuse anyway. I e-mailed some of you a

21 picture of the pothole on Oak and Phinney so

22 you could see the actual scope of it that

23 it's -- that it is the size I've stated it to

24 be.

25 I hope you're seriously considering
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 1 adding to the budget or a process with a

 2 candidate taking a city position and on board

 3 training. Robert's Rules, the Charter, the

 4 Sunshine Act, legal duties and responsibilities

 5 and hazards and information on laws that have

 6 changed that may affect how you operate.

 7 Liability is always a big issue as

 8 it can affect the city and because people pay

 9 in the end for the city because they write the

10 checks. But it's also personal liability as

11 some things strip government immunity and allow

12 people to sue you directly.

13 We need an on board training for

14 managers, directors, city governments on all

15 boards. Onto a separate action, we have quite

16 a few issues in equity before the Council.

17 When a fire company responds to a fire outside

18 of Scranton, no bill is generated. When they

19 respond in Scranton, a bill gets generated.

20 As we know, the ordinance was made

21 to address the fire company reporting to an

22 auto accident and the primary intent was to

23 charge and be paid for the use of consumable

24 spill material for the absorbing compound,

25 collection of hazardous and the disposal of it.
 31

 1 Reasonable as it recovers a material

 2 loss consumed by the accident. When laws

 3 applied to our city residents and not to those

 4 outside, there is an issue with equity of law.

 5 And I use spill material, but what I'm actually

 6 talking about is home fires. No doubt spills

 7 are taken care of by all the local

 8 municipalities.

 9 A bill for fire service to city

10 people is wrong when it's not applied equally

11 to people outside of the city. You've stated

12 you dislike it. Change the ordinance, clarify

13 it, ban it.

14 We were also informed a while ago

15 that when you have a quality of life and other

16 tickets they cost $150 and you appeal it, it

17 costs 300 for the appeal and the 300 is not

18 refundable. The excuse was filing fees and

19 having to pay for a lawyer for the appeal.

20 That's why it's not refundable even if you win.

21 First, if you win an appeal, it

22 should be unquestioned that both the ticket and

23 the cost for filing should be paid in full by

24 the party who lost.

25 The second, the appeal fee should
 32

 1 never exceed the ticket. I was reminded of

 2 this in reading Tims versus Indiana, a recent

 3 US Supreme Court case involving the government

 4 seizure of a $42,000 car for a $10,000 maximum

 5 criminal fine.

 6 The Supreme Court ruled that it

 7 violated the excessive fines clause of the

 8 Constitution's 8th Amendment and it applied to

 9 cities and municipalities through the 14th

10 Amendment. Taking down this tiny action if the

11 fine's $150, requiring a payment of the $150

12 for the appeal before it moves forward is

13 reasonable.

14 The nonrefundable part is excessive.

15 I understand you are often charged a fee for an

16 appeal. But it's almost always less than the

17 fine. And it's refundable if you prevail. We

18 see the game here, $150 fine. You are found

19 guilty. You are forced to appeal, $300

20 nonrefundable.

21 So if the city's wrong it gets 200

22 percent of the original action. If the city

23 prevails, it gets 300 percent of the action.

24 Even if you win you lose. This needs to be

25 changed. Why have we identified issues but it
 33

 1 seems that you have not taken legislative

 2 action to resolve them. That is not how this

 3 is supposed to work. Thank you.

 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

 5 MR. LITTLE: Hi. My name is Rik

 6 Little. I'm a resident of Scranton. I'm

 7 homeless. And I am running for Mayor of

 8 Scranton. I announced this months ago and yet

 9 I keep looking at the Times-Tribune and they

10 say other people who aren't on the ballot yet

11 are running.

12 I wish they'd get their thing

13 together and maybe watch Electric City TV

14 because I am running for Mayor of Scranton

15 under -- as an Independent under the mission

16 from God party.

17 I have to collect a lot of

18 signatures. That's what's on this clipboard.

19 I'm not going to be a write-in. I promise you

20 I'm going to be on the ballot because most

21 people think we already had the election.

22 That's because they've been

23 brainwashed by the media and the Courts. You

24 know, people run as Democrats and Republicans

25 for judges. People run as Republicans and
 34

 1 Democrats for school board.

 2 And the whole thing is happening

 3 with the Lackawanna County Charter and the

 4 Scranton Charter. It's just not right. It's

 5 not Democratic. It's not democracy. I would

 6 like to thank Mr. Voldenberg because every time

 7 I ask for papers from the City of Scranton he's

 8 always been very good, you know, and I'm taking

 9 note of all the people that are very good

10 because I am going to be the next Mayor of

11 Scranton because I understand how it is.

12 People don't know what's going on.

13 I'd like to support what Lee Morgan's doing

14 about the public access TV because there really

15 isn't any, you know, you read the

16 Times-Tribune, the only newspaper around and

17 you read -- you see the Electric City TV. I've

18 been speaking here for, you know, probably six

19 years talking about my eviction from Scranton

20 Housing Authority.

21 And the people that are running the

22 government and the city and county and state

23 are stealing people's Social Security. And

24 that includes Medicare and Medicaid and people

25 come up here and they talk about, you know, the
 35

 1 felony and everything.

 2 No, President Trump is not a felon

 3 anymore, you know, that's over. But, you know,

 4 how do you educate people with big things like

 5 the media, the Times-Tribune and WNEP

 6 television?

 7 I'll tell you about WNEP television.

 8 Their parent company is ABC television who got

 9 paid -- I think it's like 60 million dollars

10 from USAID. All of these things that have been

11 funded over the years are -- it's coming to

12 light thanks to DOGE and everything.

13 But they got everybody gaslit and

14 arguing about this and that. And I'd like to

15 talk about, you know, the judge that evicted me

16 I saw in the Times-Tribune the same judge, the

17 same magistrate who had no right to evict me

18 from Scranton Housing Authority, which I

19 learned how to appeal and then I go to the

20 Court of Common Pleas which is now deciding,

21 you know, who's -- who are our elected

22 officials in the county.

23 And that's, you know, it's like a

24 circus. It goes on every day. But there's so

25 much money spent in the judicial branch. And
 36

 1 so much money spent and the people that are

 2 running for office in their, you know, it's all

 3 taxable.

 4 And, you know, and being homeless,

 5 I've been to every agency. I've gone, you

 6 know, every possible thing. I know how this

 7 city is run. I look at the budget and it's

 8 crazy, you know, and you could see -- and I'm

 9 not saying I know how it works.

10 But, you know, there's all of these

11 little groups, you know, that have a piece of

12 the -- a piece of the pie. But we live in

13 America. It's democracy and the vote is in

14 December. And to quote Yogi Berra, it's not

15 over until it's over. My name is Rik Little.

16 And I am running for Mayor of Scranton. Thank

17 you.

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

19 Your time's over.

20 MR. MANCINI: Good evening, Scranton

21 City Council, Mike Mancini, Scranton.

22 Yesterday we celebrated memorial day. I see

23 American flags daily when I visit my son at

24 the, I'm sorry, the Davis Street cemetery.

25 It's very well maintained. I also
 37

 1 see many flags at the Washburn Street cemetery

 2 where I donate time helping an amazing

 3 nonprofit and individuals who work hard to

 4 maintain something so special left behind.

 5 We had a very thoughtful cemetery

 6 yesterday. Two City Council members were

 7 present. They were Mark McAndrew, Tom

 8 Schuster, and City Council hopeful Sean

 9 McAndrew. That was very respectful for each of

10 you to be there. Thank you.

11 I would also like to thank each and

12 every veteran who served or is serving

13 currently. Thank you. Tonight I will talk

14 about disrespect. You pay for a study to

15 indicate the level of gang activity in our city

16 just to have it single out our veterans.

17 That's very disrespectful.

18 You have three rubber stamps

19 continuously approving the administration's

20 ideas time and time again without question is

21 very disrespectful. Paid study to add stop

22 signs, two-way streets throughout the downtown.

23 It's very disrespectful.

24 Many businesses had parcel

25 drop-offs, indoor and deliveries daily. This
 38

 1 is how -- is this how it's going to work? Hard

 2 of hearing and the blind, what are we going to

 3 do for them, disrespectful.

 4 Not showing up for the meetings for

 5 the Meadow Brook Creek Project or Park Gardens

 6 when rents were raised 33 percent,

 7 disrespectful. Changing the police testing to

 8 where next to no one passes and putting our

 9 officers' safety along with that of our

10 citizens at risk is disrespectful.

11 We have a shortage of officers

12 currently. We will fix that. To one of our

13 brave heros Detective Gilmartin -- to one of

14 our brave heros Detective Gilmartin, I'm very

15 sorry to hear our Mayor referred to January

16 11th, 2024 and that horrific incident as the

17 call. It's extremely disrespectful.

18 There's so many who continue to pray

19 for you daily and we will do just that. We

20 truly care. Thank you, Kyle. To have an

21 extended timeline to settle contract disputes

22 with the DPW that will continue for quite some

23 time is disrespectful to all employees of our

24 amazing DPW. We have the best in the region.

25 Thank you.
 39

 1 To have en extra set of locked doors

 2 on City Hall because our Mayor is too afraid of

 3 her own city because of the current climate

 4 that she has created is disrespectful. To have

 5 zero prosecutions because of unwanted deaths

 6 due to the opioid crisis, shutting down the

 7 narcotics unit which has caused an influx in

 8 gang activity, extreme calls for great police

 9 officers is very disrespectful, cut a ribbon in

10 Moosic to celebrate a great business Tops

11 moving out of Scranton, very disrespectful.

12 You break your promises time and

13 time again and raising your right hand taking

14 an oath, it's disrespectful. Take away four

15 deep end pools in five years is disrespectful

16 to children and their families.

17 To leave these roads in the current

18 condition with little oversight causing damages

19 to vehicles like the $2,200 that Marie

20 Schumacher incurred is disrespectful. To hire

21 many directors in critical positions using

22 out-of-town waivers is disrespectful. We will

23 have zero.

24 You will know what a winning team

25 looks like prior to the election. She promised
 40

 1 to investigate the sale of the Scranton Sewer

 2 Authority. Instead she promoted Jessica Eskra,

 3 the City Solicitor. She was in the corrupt

 4 legal department with the sale that took place,

 5 disrespectful.

 6 Continue to vote the same manner

 7 expecting the same results, disrespectful. To

 8 take her at her word is disrespectful to just

 9 sit at home complain while not voting is

10 disrespectful. To veterans, gave the ultimate

11 sacrifice to preserve our freedoms for their

12 communities not to pay attention to the local

13 doings in their municipalities, disrespectful.

14 To Jeff Horvath from the Times, not

15 to even call, request a comment about my

16 challenge to become the 37th Mayor is

17 disrespectful. Instead, claim that I will only

18 siphon votes if I even run, disrespectful.

19 Everyone loves an underdog. We will

20 be ready on day one with an administration that

21 you will know. It will be very accessible.

22 I'm running again Paige and the machine. It

23 will not be like this for much longer. We will

24 be ready on day one. Change is coming. Good

25 evening, Council.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

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

 3 MOTIONS.

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

 5 any motions or comments?

 6 MR. KING: Just if we can get an

 7 update on Lackawanna Avenue as far as paving, I

 8 know some of it's state, some of it's city

 9 roads. And also when the wall project is going

10 to begin there by basically from the corner of

11 Adams Avenue wrapping around to the Radison. I

12 would appreciate that.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

14 MR. KING: Also, I think you got the

15 e-mail from Mr. Coyne if we could forward that

16 and see if we could get that addressed. That's

17 a pretty bad pothole.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: I did. I gave them

19 the exact address.

20 MR. KING: Okay. Thank you very

21 much. That's all I have. Thanks.

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

23 Mr. Schuster, do you have any motions or

24 comments?

25 MR. SCHUSTER: I do have one. I did
 42

 1 get a message from some residents during our

 2 caucus. It was in regard to the 1700 block of

 3 Wyoming Avenue -- the 1700 block to Electric

 4 Street, and then Electric Street from

 5 Washington to Monsey.

 6 They're saying that there's some

 7 pave cuts that are in there that are now

 8 settled. And they seem to be about two years

 9 old if we could have our -- if we could have

10 the inspectors take a look at those.

11 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. That's

13 all.

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

15 Mr. McAndrew, do you have any motions or

16 comments?

17 MR. MCANDREW: Yes, I have a quality

18 of life issue. I brought this up a year ago.

19 It seems to be perpetual. And then I brought

20 it early spring. So, Mr. Voldenberg, this is

21 the lot next to Willard School. I know that a

22 little work was done.

23 But my understanding with the

24 residents there is that it's a mess again.

25 And, you know, with the new, you know, Willard
 43

 1 is making a new -- there's like a new

 2 playground they're putting over there. And

 3 it's very unsightly. And they're very

 4 concerned about it if we could have code

 5 enforcement take another look at that.

 6 And the same residents over in the

 7 same area on 1147-49, 9th Street in the rear of

 8 that alley of that property, people moved out.

 9 It's -- it's a disaster with rodents, diapers,

10 and garbage all over the place. So I think

11 code enforcement needs to go out there and take

12 a look so this could be rectified, you know,

13 the summer's coming.

14 It's the -- when it starts warming

15 up, it's going to be horrible. And I guess one

16 of -- there's windows blasted out at that

17 property as well. And the 1147 part of it, the

18 gas has been shut off. So I think -- and it's

19 kind of tucked away back there. You know, not

20 everybody gets to see it, so I think code

21 enforcement needs to be alerted to go over and

22 take a look at that, okay?

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of

24 it.

25 MR. MCANDREW: And rectify it. And
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 1 next, I was absent last week because I'm a

 2 teacher and we had senior awards for my

 3 students. So I didn't get to react after the

 4 primary results. I would like to share my

 5 reaction to the quote of the city's Mayor that

 6 has been in the Scranton Times the past two

 7 weeks or so.

 8 And I have to react to this because

 9 I disagree with it and the actual quote is as

10 follows from the Mayor:

11 “We have a real fight on our hands

12 for city council,” she told her supporters,

13 Pousley among them. “We will continue to fight

14 to make sure that we have a city council, with

15 Dr. Rothchild, that can continue to help us

16 make progress and not tear down everything that

17 was built. So, it’s going to be a slog. We

18 got a long way to go until November.”.

19 So my reaction and response is, give

20 me a break. I have voted on 95 percent of

21 legislation sent down to us from the Mayor and

22 the city's administration. My role on Council

23 is that of oversight on behalf of our city's

24 residents. When I do vote no, I own my vote

25 and explain in detail my no vote.
 45

 1 For example, wasteful expenditures

 2 of taxpayer funds of consultants and studies

 3 that I believe have not really produced

 4 revenues or cost savings for the residents and

 5 that's just a few. Like I said, I vote for 95

 6 percent. The stuff I vote no for doesn't feel

 7 good here and I have questions about it. So

 8 with that said, you know, that's all I have.

 9 But I had to clear the air with that.

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

11 We received today reassessment schedule from

12 Lackawanna County. Mr. Voldenberg, if you'll

13 put this on our website it would be helpful.

14 I'll read off some of the things, June 1st

15 county takes possession of the reassessed tax

16 roll.

17 June 1st through the 10th,

18 assessment office reviews newly assessed tax

19 roll for errors or omissions. June 10th,

20 final assessment numbers sent to the printer

21 for mailing. June 20th, final form values will

22 be mailed to all property owners in Lackawanna

23 County.

24 Appeal forms will be posted to the

25 county assessment website. And then August
 46

 1 1st, is the final day to file a formal appeal

 2 on your new values. August 1st to October

 3 31st, the formal appeals will be heard for all

 4 property owners wishing to challenge their new

 5 values, tentatively scheduled to be held at

 6 Marketplace at Steamtown.

 7 And then November 14th, new

 8 assessment roll will be certified by

 9 assessor -- county assessor and values released

10 to all the taxing bodies. So, Mr. Voldenberg,

11 put this on our website so everyone has access

12 to that schedule from Lackawanna County. We

13 received that today.

14 Also, this morning I met with the

15 students and faculty from the Scranton School

16 for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at

17 Christopher Doherty park on the corner of

18 Linden Street and Wyoming Avenue. And the

19 children brought plants and flowers.

20 And some of them, they started from

21 seeds. This is the fourth year that they had

22 done this downtown. This was the kickoff of

23 Scranton City Pride along with Scranton

24 Tomorrow, United Neighborhood Center, and

25 NeighborWorks of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
 47

 1 The program begins today May 27th

 2 and it goes until June 7th. There are multiple

 3 projects throughout the city that cleans up

 4 thousands of pounds of trash every year. Last

 5 year there were more than 4,000 volunteers that

 6 participated in Scranton Tomorrow.

 7 They are joined with -- they are --

 8 Scranton Tomorrow is also joined now this year

 9 with Lackawanna Blind Association to create a

10 sensory garden. They are doing that on June

11 3rd at 10:30 a.m. It will be in front of

12 their building at 248 Adams Avenue.

13 So if anybody wants to be a part of

14 any of this cleanup or any of these projects

15 going on, you could go to Scranton Tomorrow's

16 website and there is a link there for Scranton

17 City Pride. You could go on there and join any

18 of those groups or if there's something that

19 you'd like to do by yourself or have your own

20 group, you could add all of that to that --

21 and that's for that.

22 Joan, the payment for last week for

23 the IRS from the City of Scranton, that was --

24 there was an adjustment made for money that was

25 owed from the retirees' postemployment
 48

 1 benefits. So it was from 19 -- or 2022. And

 2 they changed from like a 1099 to a standard

 3 form now.

 4 So it will be automatically taking

 5 out. But back then it wasn't taken out for

 6 some reason that year. That's where that money

 7 was. So if you need the documentation, just

 8 let me know. But that's where it was, okay?

 9 That's it, Mr. Voldenberg.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

11 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - APPROVING AND

12 AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION BY EASEMENT

13 AGREEMENTS, DEED IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION, OR

14 OTHERWISE OF THE NECESSARY RIGHTS, FRANCHISES,

15 LICENSES, EASEMENTS OR TITLES OF LAND REQUIRED

16 FOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EASEMENTS IN ORDER

17 TO COMPLETE THE KEYSER VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION

18 PROJECT (THE PROJECT) (GROUP 4 OF EASEMENTS)

19 AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A DECLARATION OF

20 TAKING PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE EMINENT

21 DOMAIN CODE, IF REQUIRED.

22 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

23 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

24 into its proper committee.

25 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 2 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 3 those in favor of introduction signify by

 4 saying aye.

 5 MR. KING: Aye.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 7 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 8 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 9 have it and so moved.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

11 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - A RESOLUTION

12 CLOSING OUT COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS

13 GRANT PROJECT (BRC-TAG-28-320).

14 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

15 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

16 into its proper committee.

17 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

19 MR. KING: Second.

20 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of

21 introduction signify by saying aye.

22 MR. KING: Aye.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

24 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

25 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
 50

 1 have it and so moved.

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

 3 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - A RESOLUTION

 4 CLOSING OUT COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS

 5 GRANT PROJECT (BRC-TAG-27-262).

 6 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 7 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

 8 into its proper committee.

 9 MR. KING: So moved.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

11 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of

12 introduction signify by saying aye.

13 MR. KING: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

16 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

17 have it and so moved.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR

19 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND

20 APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT OF

21 COOPERATION AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

22 BETWEEN THE CITY OF SCRANTON AND LACKAWANNA

23 COUNTY FOR A COUNTY-WIDE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

24 PLAN.

25 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
 51

 1 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced

 2 into its proper committee.

 3 MR. KING: So moved.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 5 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 6 those in favor of introduction signify by

 7 saying aye.

 8 MR. KING: Aye.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

10 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

11 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

12 have it and so moved.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR

14 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND

15 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A

16 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO

17 THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE COMMISSIONER 2025

18 EMERGENCY SERVICE TRAINING CENTER CAPITAL GRANT

19 PROGRAM FOR UP TO $100,000 FOR THE CITY'S

20 EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING CENTER.

21 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

22 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced

23 into its proper committee.

24 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

25 MR. KING: Second.
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 1 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of

 2 introduction signify by saying aye.

 3 MR. KING: Aye.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 5 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 6 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 7 have it and so moved.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-G. FOR

 9 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND

10 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A

11 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO

12 THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE COMMISSIONER 2025

13 MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL GRANT PROGRAM

14 FOR UP TO $100,000 FOR ENGINE 2 FIRE STATION

15 REPAIRS.

16 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

17 entertain a motion that Item 5-G be introduced

18 into its proper committee.

19 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

21 MR. KING: Second.

22 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of

23 introduction signify by saying aye.

24 MR. KING: Aye.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
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 1 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 2 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 3 have it and so moved.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-H. FOR

 5 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

 6 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

 7 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN

 8 ASPHALT PAVING CO. TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE

 9 CEDAR AVENUE STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

10 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

11 entertain a motion that Item 5-H be introduced

12 into its proper committee.

13 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

15 MR. KING: Second.

16 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

17 those in favor of introduction signify by

18 saying aye.

19 MR. KING: Aye.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

21 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

22 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

23 have it and so moved.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-I. FOR

25 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE
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 1 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

 2 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH KOBALT

 3 CONSTRUCTION, INC. TO PERFORM SITE WORK

 4 RENOVATIONS AT THE CAPOUSE AVENUE PARK.

 5 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-I be introduced

 7 into its proper committee.

 8 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 9 MR. KING: Second.

10 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

11 those in favor of introduction signify by

12 saying aye.

13 MR. KING: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

16 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

17 have it and so moved.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No

19 business at this time.

20 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR

21 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR

22 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 215, 2025 -

23 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE

24 CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A

25 CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH KATHLEEN M. THOMAS,
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 1 ESQUIRE TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF SPECIAL

 2 COUNSEL FOR DELINQUENT BUSINESS PRIVILEGE AND

 3 MERCANTILE TAX COLLECTION FOR THE CITY OF

 4 SCRANTON.

 5 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for the

 6 Committee on Rules, I recommend final passage

 7 of Item 7-A.

 8 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

 9 MR. KING: Second.

10 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

11 call, please.

12 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.

13 MR. KING: Yes.

14 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

16 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.

17 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

18 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.

19 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

20 Item 7-A legally and lawfully.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

22 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - FOR

23 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 216, 2025 - DECLARING

24 SUPPORT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE FEDERAL TAX

25 EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL BONDS.
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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-B.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 8 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

 9 call, please.

10 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.

11 MR. KING: Yes.

12 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

14 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

16 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.

17 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

18 Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR

20 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY

21 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO.

22 217, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE

23 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION

24 BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE PA SMALL WATER

25 AND SEWER PROGRAM FOR $425,080 FOR PHASE 2 OF
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 1 THE FAWNWOOD STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

 2 MR. SMURL: What is the

 3 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 4 Committee on Community Development?

 5 MR. KING: As Vice Chairperson for

 6 then Committee on Community Development, I

 7 recommend passage of Item 7-C.

 8 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

 9 call, please.

10 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.

11 MR. KING: Yes.

12 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

14 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

16 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.

17 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

18 Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER.

20 8-A. Resolution No. 210-2025.

21 MR. SMURL: The resolution is a

22 liquor license transfer and it has been tabled

23 until the public hearing which was held this

24 evening. It will be brought back from the

25 table next Tuesday and placed in Seventh Order
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 2 If there's no further business, I'll

 3 entertain a motion to adjourn.

 4 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn.

 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting

 6 is adjourned.

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$10,000 [1] - 32:4 22:19, 23:14, 39:2 approach [1] - 22:20
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 51:19, 52:14 3.B [1] - 3:24 ABC [1] - 35:8 agency [1] - 36:5 53:6, 54:1, 54:23
$106,000 [1] - 26:15 3.C [1] - 4:2 abide [1] - 20:13 AGENDA [1] - 3:24 APPROVING [5] -
$150 [4] - 31:16, 30 [1] - 27:6 ability [1] - 59:7 agenda [1] - 7:22 48:11, 50:20, 51:15,
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$2,200 [1] - 39:19 302 [1] - 48:20 59:5 31:14, 33:8, 42:18 approving [1] - 37:19
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$42,000 [1] - 32:4 31st [3] - 5:6, 7:11, absolutely [2] - 22:17, 50:20 arguing [1] - 35:14
$425,080 [1] - 56:25 46:3 22:18 agreement [4] - 7:24, Arizona [1] - 28:10
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10:30 [2] - 5:7, 47:11 40 [2] - 26:5, 27:6 accused [1] - 23:5 allegations [1] - 23:8 assessment [4] -
10th [2] - 45:17, 45:19 acknowledge [1] - 6:3 Allegiance [1] - 3:1 45:18, 45:20, 45:25,
1147 [1] - 43:17 5 ACQUISITION [1] - alley [2] - 7:12, 43:8 46:8
1147-49 [1] - 43:7 48:12 allow [3] - 24:6, 24:24, assessor [2] - 46:9
11th [1] - 38:16 5 [2] - 25:19, 26:25 Act [2] - 19:6, 30:4 assigned [2] - 18:9
 30:11
14 [2] - 15:14, 16:3 5-A [1] - 41:2 action [8] - 8:10, almost [1] - 32:16 assimilate [1] - 6:21
14th [2] - 32:9, 46:7 5-B [2] - 48:10, 48:23 19:12, 19:14, 30:15, amazing [2] - 37:2, ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9
1700 [2] - 42:2, 42:3 5-C [2] - 49:10, 49:15 32:10, 32:22, 32:23, 38:24 Association [2] - 4:12,
18 [1] - 12:10 5-D [2] - 50:2, 50:7 33:2 Amendment [2] - 47:9
19 [2] - 3:23, 48:1 5-E [2] - 50:18, 51:1 actions [1] - 4:14 32:8, 32:10 assume [1] - 8:7
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 46:1, 46:2 5-H [2] - 53:4, 53:11 39:8 28:11, 36:23 attention [1] - 40:12
1ST [1] - 4:3 5-I [2] - 53:24, 54:6 actual [3] - 29:7, AMERICAN [1] - 53:7 Attorney [1] - 13:14
 29:22, 44:9 AN [2] - 48:11, 50:20 Aug [1] - 9:15
 2 6 Adams [2] - 41:11, AND [20] - 48:11, August [2] - 45:25,
 47:12 48:16, 48:19, 50:19, 46:2
2 [3] - 25:25, 52:14, 6 [2] - 7:6, 25:19 add [2] - 37:21, 47:20 50:21, 50:22, 51:14, Authority [3] - 34:20,
 56:25 60 [1] - 35:9 adding [1] - 30:1 51:15, 52:9, 52:10, 35:18, 40:2
20 [1] - 24:21 address [3] - 25:6, 53:6, 53:7, 54:1, authority [2] - 8:4, 8:7
200 [1] - 32:21 7 30:21, 41:19 54:2, 54:23, 54:24, AUTHORIZING [5] -
2021 [1] - 13:11 addressed [1] - 41:16 55:2, 56:22, 56:23, 48:12, 48:19, 53:5,
 7-A [3] - 54:20, 55:7,
2022 [1] - 48:1 adjourn [2] - 58:3, 56:25 53:25, 54:23
 55:20
2024 [2] - 4:14, 38:16 58:4 Angela [1] - 20:19 auto [1] - 30:22
 7-B [3] - 55:21, 56:6,
2025 [10] - 1:7, 3:23, adjourned [1] - 58:6 announced [1] - 33:8 automatically [1] -
 56:18
 4:1, 4:4, 13:12, adjustment [1] - 47:24 announcements [1] - 48:4
 7-C [3] - 56:19, 57:7,
 51:17, 52:12, 54:22, administration [3] - 4:8 available [1] - 5:9
 57:18
 55:23, 56:22 28:25, 40:20, 44:22 annual [1] - 18:2 Avenue [8] - 13:23,
 70 [1] - 9:22
2026 [1] - 21:13 administration's [1] - answers [1] - 9:3 13:24, 25:24, 41:7,
 7th [2] - 7:6, 47:2
20th [2] - 21:4, 45:21 37:19 anyway [1] - 29:20 41:11, 42:3, 46:18,
21 [1] - 3:25 adopted [2] - 56:18, appeal [11] - 31:16, 47:12
210-2025 [1] - 57:20 8 57:18 31:17, 31:19, 31:21, AVENUE [2] - 53:9,
215 [1] - 54:22 ADOPTION [3] - 31:25, 32:12, 32:16, 54:4
 8-A [1] - 57:20
216 [1] - 55:23 54:22, 55:23, 56:21 32:19, 35:19, 45:24, Award [1] - 4:13
 8th [1] - 32:8
217 [1] - 56:22 advice [1] - 27:16 46:1 awards [1] - 44:2
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 B 30:13, 34:1 CAPITAL [2] - 51:18, Children [1] - 46:16 50:4
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ballot [8] - 13:6, bodies [1] - 46:10 CAPOUSE [1] - 54:4 7:11 code [6] - 24:16,
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belongings [1] - 22:24 24:15, 28:10 cemetery [3] - 36:24, 53:6, 54:1, 54:24, COMMITTEE [3] -
belongs [1] - 16:15 broken [1] - 23:12 37:1, 37:5 55:3, 56:24 54:21, 55:22, 56:20
benefits [1] - 48:1 Brook [1] - 38:5 Center [1] - 46:24 City [23] - 5:2, 8:13, Committee [5] - 55:6,
Berra [1] - 36:14 brought [4] - 42:18, CENTER [2] - 51:18, 56:3, 56:5, 57:4,
 8:21, 9:13, 11:19,
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BETWEEN [1] - 50:22 bucks [1] - 26:25 certificate [1] - 59:21 21:24, 24:4, 24:16, committee [9] - 11:8,
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Biden's [2] - 15:15, 19:14, 19:16, 39:10, 46:4 30:8, 30:9, 30:14, 19:6
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competition [3] - 9:25, contracts [1] - 22:1 coverage [1] - 5:25 deliveries [1] - 37:25 38:3, 38:7, 38:10,
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complain [1] - 40:9 contributions [2] - Coyne [2] - 28:20, 36:13 39:9, 39:11, 39:14,
complete [1] - 29:11 20:6, 20:9 41:15 Democratic [1] - 34:5 39:15, 39:20, 39:22,
COMPLETE [1] - control [4] - 9:20, crazy [1] - 36:8 Democrats [2] - 33:24, 40:5, 40:7, 40:8,
 48:17 19:8, 19:10, 59:23 create [1] - 47:9 34:1 40:10, 40:13, 40:17,
comply [1] - 23:20 conviction [2] - 21:9, created [2] - 18:6, DEPARTMENT [1] - 40:18
compound [1] - 30:24 21:12 39:4 52:13 DOBRZYN [1] - 25:7
concerned [2] - 27:7, cooperate [3] - 21:25, creates [1] - 20:1 department [4] - 4:18, Dobrzyn [1] - 25:8
 43:4 23:17, 23:19 Creek [1] - 38:5 5:17, 40:4 doctor [1] - 22:11
CONDEMNATION [1] cooperation [1] - 7:24 crime [2] - 22:12, 23:5 Department [3] - 4:21, document [1] - 5:24
 - 48:13 COOPERATION [1] - criminal [1] - 32:5 4:22, 15:4 documentation [1] -
condition [1] - 39:18 50:21 criminals [1] - 16:17 deported [2] - 22:15, 48:7
conducts [1] - 19:16 Cop [1] - 4:13 crisis [1] - 39:6 28:12 documents [4] -
congratulate [2] - copy [5] - 19:22, criteria [1] - 18:20 depository [1] - 17:6 17:16, 19:20, 19:21,
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congratulations [1] - 59:5 Crown [1] - 25:23 deserving [1] - 4:16 DOGE [1] - 35:12
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Connell [1] - 5:7 46:17 current [3] - 25:11, Detective [3] - 4:10, doings [1] - 40:13
consequences [1] - corporate [1] - 19:22 39:3, 39:17 38:13, 38:14 dollars [2] - 16:8, 35:9
 22:9 correct [1] - 59:6 cut [2] - 25:19, 39:9 determine [2] - 18:8, DOMAIN [1] - 48:21
CONSERVATION [2] - corrupt [1] - 40:3 cuts [2] - 25:18, 42:7 18:11 donate [2] - 11:16,
 49:12, 50:4 cost [3] - 31:16, 31:23, determining [1] - 37:2
consider [1] - 24:23 45:4 D 18:20 donations [1] - 11:15
CONSIDERATION [3] costs [2] - 28:21, DEVELOPMENT [1] - done [6] - 7:18, 12:1,
 - 54:21, 55:22, 56:20 31:17 DA [1] - 13:14 56:21 15:8, 26:12, 42:22,
considered [1] - 22:7 council [1] - 44:14 daily [3] - 36:23, Development [2] - 46:22
considering [1] - COUNCIL [4] - 1:1, 37:25, 38:19 57:4, 57:6 door [1] - 26:10
 29:25 1:12, 2:10, 4:3 damages [1] - 39:18 deviance [1] - 26:20 doors [2] - 24:20, 39:1
conspiracies [1] - Council [14] - 4:7, damn [1] - 15:20 diapers [1] - 43:9 double [1] - 29:17
 21:5 9:12, 12:17, 14:16, danger [5] - 23:3, die [1] - 6:6 doubt [1] - 31:6
Constitution's [1] - 16:23, 25:6, 25:7, 23:13, 23:22, 23:23 difference [1] - 12:13 down [14] - 9:1, 15:9,
 32:8 25:13, 30:16, 36:21, dangerous [1] - 23:25 different [2] - 12:19, 16:14, 18:13, 18:14,
constitutional [2] - 37:6, 37:8, 40:25, Data's [1] - 7:15 13:20 18:16, 23:12, 25:19,
 22:2, 24:2 44:22 Dave [1] - 25:8 digitized [1] - 7:17 27:12, 27:17, 32:10,
CONSTRUCTION [1] - council,” [1] - 44:12 Davis [1] - 36:24 direct [1] - 59:23 39:6, 44:16, 44:21
 54:3 COUNSEL [1] - 55:2 days [1] - 14:2 directly [1] - 30:12 downtown [2] - 37:22,
consultants [1] - 45:2 country [2] - 17:3, dead [1] - 27:17 Directors [2] - 19:24, 46:22
consumable [1] - 22:4 Deaf [1] - 46:16 20:10 DPW [3] - 5:17, 38:22,
 30:23 County [6] - 13:21, deal [1] - 29:3 directors [2] - 30:14, 38:24
consumed [1] - 31:2 18:21, 34:3, 45:12, deaths [1] - 39:5 39:21 Dr [3] - 3:14, 14:7,
contact [3] - 8:20, 45:23, 46:12 December [2] - 27:25, disagree [2] - 27:7, 44:15
 12:22, 17:19 COUNTY [2] - 50:23 36:14 44:9 draped [1] - 15:16
contacted [1] - 29:6 county [7] - 7:25, 8:6, deciding [1] - 35:20 disaster [1] - 43:9 drive [1] - 13:25
contained [1] - 59:4 34:22, 35:22, 45:15, decision [1] - 18:19 discretion [2] - 18:12, driver [1] - 17:22
content [5] - 18:23, 45:25, 46:9 DECLARATION [1] - 18:17 drop [2] - 8:6, 37:25
 19:7, 19:8, 19:10, COUNTY-WIDE [1] - 48:19 discussing [1] - 25:17 drop-offs [1] - 37:25
 20:4 50:23 declare [3] - 55:19, discussions [1] - due [8] - 15:14, 21:8,
contest [1] - 7:10 countywide [1] - 8:1 56:17, 57:17 18:23 22:1, 22:3, 22:9,
continue [6] - 21:19, couple [1] - 14:2 DECLARING [1] - disgusting [2] - 25:10, 24:3, 29:16, 39:6
 38:18, 38:22, 40:6, course [4] - 6:1, 9:19, 55:23 25:23 duplicate [1] - 28:23
 44:13, 44:15 10:10, 10:17 DEED [1] - 48:13 disinfectant [1] - during [4] - 9:21,
continuously [1] - court [3] - 17:18, deeds [1] - 20:4 12:20 11:24, 13:2, 42:1
 37:19 22:12, 23:6 deep [1] - 39:15 dislike [1] - 31:12 duties [1] - 30:4
CONTRACT [3] - 53:7, Court [7] - 1:24, 13:9, Dispense [1] - 3:18
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 51:22, 52:17, 53:11, expenditures [1] - 58:1 FOURTH [1] - 5:10
 E
 54:6, 58:3 45:1 FINANCE [1] - 55:22 franchise [1] - 19:24
e-mail [1] - 41:15 entire [2] - 5:16, 22:10 explain [1] - 44:25 Finance [2] - 56:3, FRANCHISES [1] -
e-mailed [1] - 29:20 entities [1] - 18:2 Expressway [1] - 16:2 56:5 48:14
early [2] - 21:13, 42:20 entitled [1] - 28:7 expunged [1] - 21:14 fine [4] - 27:9, 32:5, FRANK [1] - 2:8
EASEMENT [1] - entity [11] - 18:5, 19:1, expungement [1] - 32:17, 32:18 Frank's [1] - 10:24
 48:12 19:4, 19:7, 19:9, 21:12 fine's [1] - 32:11 fraud [1] - 21:8
EASEMENTS [3] - 19:13, 19:15, 19:18, extended [1] - 38:21 fines [1] - 32:7 free [4] - 10:11, 11:2,
 48:15, 48:16, 48:18 20:1, 20:4 EXTENSION [1] - finger [1] - 25:14 19:3
easy [1] - 5:19 entrance [1] - 10:9 54:25 finished [1] - 28:4 freedoms [1] - 40:11
ECTV [32] - 10:22, ENVIRONMENTAL [1] extra [1] - 39:1 Fire [1] - 4:21 Friday [1] - 6:15
 17:15, 18:6, 18:8, - 4:3 extreme [1] - 39:8 FIRE [4] - 51:17, front [3] - 23:7, 23:9,
 18:10, 18:12, 18:14, equally [1] - 31:10 extremely [1] - 38:17 52:12, 52:13, 52:14 47:11
 18:15, 18:17, 18:24, equipment [3] - 16:8, fire [5] - 5:17, 30:17, full [3] - 18:12, 18:17,
 19:1, 19:4, 19:6, 19:17, 20:8 F 30:21, 31:9 31:23
 19:8, 19:9, 19:11, equity [2] - 30:16, 31:4 firemen [1] - 14:11 fully [1] - 59:4
 19:13, 19:15, 19:16, errors [1] - 45:19 Facebook [3] - 10:19, fires [1] - 31:6 fun [1] - 13:5
 19:19, 19:22, 19:23, Eskra [1] - 40:2 11:18, 11:19 first [6] - 5:12, 13:17, funded [1] - 35:11
 19:25, 20:2, 20:4, especially [2] - 3:7, faculty [1] - 46:15 16:24, 18:10, 31:21 fundraiser [1] - 6:16
 20:7, 20:8, 20:10, 10:12 Fahrenheit [1] - 24:22 five [3] - 12:2, 20:7, funds [2] - 18:3, 45:2
 20:12, 20:13, 27:6 ESQ [1] - 2:10 fair [1] - 23:10 39:15 future [1] - 13:3
ECTV's [2] - 19:21, ESQUIRE [1] - 55:1 fall [1] - 26:11 fix [1] - 38:12
 20:5 established [1] - 14:9 false [1] - 23:8 flag [2] - 14:5, 15:16 G
educate [1] - 35:4 establishing [1] - falsely [1] - 23:5 flags [2] - 36:23, 37:1
efforts [1] - 4:20 14:16 families [1] - 39:16 flee [1] - 23:21 galaxy [1] - 8:2
EIGHTH [1] - 57:19 ETHICS [2] - 3:22, family [2] - 12:7, 16:17 FLOOD [1] - 48:17 game [3] - 13:13, 15:6,
Eileen [1] - 9:2 3:25 fans [1] - 7:13 Florida [1] - 14:8 32:18
El [1] - 23:16 evening [9] - 5:4, 6:1, far [4] - 8:2, 18:22, flower [1] - 9:24 gang [2] - 37:15, 39:8
elected [4] - 15:11, 9:11, 12:17, 16:23, 27:6, 41:7 Flower [2] - 5:2, 9:14 garbage [1] - 43:10
 21:1, 25:13, 35:21 25:7, 36:20, 40:25, farming [1] - 28:25 flowers [2] - 10:5, garden [1] - 47:10
election [4] - 12:4, 57:24 fascinating [1] - 10:16 46:19 Gardens [1] - 38:5
 13:5, 33:21, 39:25 event [1] - 9:21 favor [8] - 49:3, 49:20, folks [1] - 12:12 Gary [1] - 3:7
Electric [7] - 5:1, 9:13, events [1] - 7:5 50:11, 51:6, 52:1, follow [1] - 18:24 gas [1] - 43:18
 11:19, 33:13, 34:17, eventually [1] - 24:18 52:22, 53:17, 54:11 follows [1] - 44:10 gaslit [1] - 35:13
 42:3, 42:4 Everhart [1] - 10:10 FAWNWOOD [1] - food [1] - 9:23 Gaughan [1] - 16:1
electronic [1] - 20:3 evict [1] - 35:17 57:1 FOR [28] - 1:1, 3:24, general [1] - 12:3
eligible [2] - 21:11, evicted [1] - 35:15 fear [1] - 22:11 48:10, 48:16, 49:10, General [1] - 13:14
 21:15 eviction [1] - 34:19 FEBRUARY [1] - 4:4 50:2, 50:18, 50:23, generated [2] - 30:18,
EMERGENCY [2] - evidence [1] - 59:4 federal [1] - 17:18 51:13, 51:19, 52:8, 30:19
 51:18, 51:20 exact [1] - 41:19 FEDERAL [1] - 55:24 52:14, 53:4, 53:8, George [1] - 14:8
EMINENT [1] - 48:20 example [1] - 45:1 Fedorka [1] - 3:8 53:24, 54:20, 54:21, GERALD [1] - 2:2
employees [1] - 38:23 exceed [1] - 32:1 fee [2] - 31:25, 32:15 55:2, 55:3, 55:21, German [1] - 28:12
en [1] - 39:1 exceeded [1] - 28:22 fees [1] - 31:18 55:22, 55:24, 56:19, ghost [1] - 27:18
encourage [1] - 12:11 excessive [2] - 32:7, fellow [1] - 16:5 56:21, 56:25 gift [3] - 11:15, 11:16,
end [4] - 23:16, 29:10, 32:14 felon [1] - 35:2 forced [1] - 32:19 11:17
 30:9, 39:15 exciting [1] - 10:12 felony [3] - 21:8, foregoing [1] - 59:21 GILBRIDE [1] - 2:10
enforcement [5] - excuse [2] - 29:20, 21:12, 35:1 Forge [1] - 27:11 Gilmartin [3] - 4:11,
 22:9, 24:10, 43:5, 31:18 few [4] - 6:24, 28:12, forgot [1] - 28:13 38:13, 38:14
 43:11, 43:21 EXECUTE [3] - 53:7, 30:16, 45:5 form [3] - 8:3, 45:21, Gino [1] - 14:20
ENGINE [1] - 52:14 54:2, 54:24 FIFTH [1] - 41:2 48:3 given [1] - 27:24
Engineer [2] - 8:13, EXECUTION [3] - fight [2] - 44:11, 44:13 formal [2] - 46:1, 46:3 glasses [1] - 17:13
 8:21 51:15, 52:10, 56:23 file [1] - 46:1 formation [1] - 19:22 God [2] - 6:12, 33:16
engineer [1] - 9:3 exempt [1] - 26:5 filed [2] - 4:7, 13:11 formed [1] - 18:4 government [14] -
enjoy [1] - 6:23 EXEMPTION [1] - FILING [1] - 48:19 forms [1] - 45:24 18:2, 18:5, 18:25,
enter [1] - 21:25 55:25 filing [2] - 31:18, forward [6] - 11:5, 19:2, 19:7, 19:13,
ENTER [3] - 53:7, exempts [1] - 26:4 31:23 11:7, 15:2, 22:13, 19:14, 19:17, 20:3,
 54:2, 54:24 exerted [2] - 19:8, fill [1] - 25:20 32:12, 41:15 20:12, 30:11, 32:3,
enters [1] - 25:21 19:10 final [6] - 45:20, 45:21, four [1] - 39:14 34:22
entertain [9] - 48:23, expecting [1] - 40:7 46:1, 55:6, 56:5, fourth [1] - 46:21 governments [1] -
 49:15, 50:7, 51:1, 30:14
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GRANT [7] - 49:13, hereby [4] - 55:19, illegal [1] - 22:7 51:1, 51:22, 52:17, june [1] - 45:19
 50:5, 51:16, 51:18, 56:17, 57:17, 59:3 immigrant [1] - 22:13 53:11, 54:6
 52:11, 52:13, 56:23 heroic [1] - 4:14 immigrants [2] - 6:20, introducing [1] - K
great [5] - 5:18, 11:4, heros [4] - 4:17, 5:14, 23:4 23:21
 25:16, 39:8, 39:10 38:13, 38:14 immigration [2] - INTRODUCTION [8] - KATHLEEN [1] - 54:25
grooves [1] - 25:20 hi [1] - 33:5 22:8, 23:2 48:11, 49:11, 50:3, KATHY [1] - 2:9
group [1] - 47:20 hire [1] - 39:20 immunity [1] - 30:11 50:19, 51:14, 52:9, keep [3] - 21:5, 25:15,
GROUP [1] - 48:18 Hodowanitz [2] - 5:12, importance [1] - 24:4 53:5, 53:25 33:9
groups [2] - 36:11, 5:13 important [5] - 6:16, introduction [8] - keys [1] - 26:7
 47:18 HODOWANITZ [6] - 14:25, 20:25, 21:24, 49:3, 49:21, 50:12, KEYSER [1] - 48:17
grow [3] - 27:1, 27:2, 5:13, 8:9, 8:17, 8:19, 24:9 51:6, 52:2, 52:23, kicked [1] - 13:6
 27:3 8:24, 9:5 imposing [1] - 19:5 53:17, 54:11 kickoff [1] - 46:22
guess [1] - 43:15 hole [1] - 25:22 IMPROVEMENT [1] - investigate [1] - 40:1 kid [1] - 10:13
guidance [1] - 18:22 home [9] - 7:11, 7:16, 57:1 investigations [1] - kids' [1] - 10:18
guilty [2] - 23:9, 32:19 14:3, 14:4, 15:16, IN [3] - 48:13, 48:16, 16:25 killing [1] - 16:3
guy [1] - 16:10 15:23, 16:5, 31:6, 55:1 invited [1] - 14:21 kind [4] - 5:20, 13:5,
 40:9 INC [1] - 54:3 involved [1] - 13:7 25:10, 43:19
 H homeless [2] - 33:7, inch [2] - 25:25 involving [1] - 32:3 king [2] - 3:10, 21:20
 36:4 inches [1] - 25:19 IRS [1] - 47:23 King [5] - 41:4, 41:22,
hahaha [1] - 25:16 hometown [1] - 4:17 incident [1] - 38:16 issue [3] - 30:7, 31:4, 55:12, 56:10, 57:10
half [1] - 26:1 honor [5] - 14:2, includes [1] - 34:24 42:18 KING [27] - 2:6, 3:11,
halfway [1] - 14:22 15:22, 16:2, 16:9, including [1] - 28:23 issues [2] - 30:16, 5:1, 41:6, 41:14,
Hall [1] - 39:2 16:19 incurred [1] - 39:20 32:25 41:20, 49:5, 49:19,
halls [1] - 22:6 Honorable [1] - 4:13 independent [1] - Item [14] - 48:23, 49:22, 50:9, 50:13,
hand [2] - 26:6, 39:13 hoopla [1] - 28:3 17:11 49:15, 50:7, 51:1, 51:3, 51:8, 51:25,
handled [1] - 15:16 hope [2] - 25:12, Independent [1] - 51:22, 52:17, 53:11, 52:3, 52:21, 52:24,
hands [1] - 44:11 29:25 33:15 54:6, 55:7, 55:20, 53:15, 53:19, 54:9,
hang [1] - 28:5 hopeful [1] - 37:8 Indiana [1] - 32:2 56:6, 56:18, 57:7, 54:13, 55:9, 55:13,
hard [2] - 37:3, 38:1 hopefully [1] - 9:7 Indians [1] - 28:11 57:18 56:4, 56:11, 57:5,
Hard [1] - 46:16 hoping [3] - 10:3, indicate [1] - 37:15 items [1] - 4:6 57:11
Hawaii [1] - 27:3 10:7, 10:22 individual [2] - 14:12, it’s [1] - 44:17 knowledge [1] - 17:6
hazardous [1] - 30:25 horrible [1] - 43:15 21:7 knows [1] - 9:25
hazards [1] - 30:5 horrific [1] - 38:16 individuals [1] - 37:3 J KOBALT [1] - 54:2
hear [4] - 8:18, 21:21, Horvath [1] - 40:14 indoor [1] - 37:25 Kowalski [1] - 3:7
 27:10, 38:15 hospitals [1] - 22:6 January [2] - 4:14, Kyle [2] - 4:11, 38:20
 ineligible [1] - 21:9
heard [2] - 27:20, 46:3 hosting [1] - 7:6 38:15
 influx [1] - 39:7
Hearing [1] - 46:16 house [3] - 26:10, Jason [1] - 4:10 L
 information [2] -
hearing [3] - 28:7, 26:15, 26:17 Jeff [1] - 40:14
 14:15, 30:5
 38:2, 57:23 House [1] - 17:1 Jeffries [2] - 9:10, Lackawanna [10] -
 informed [1] - 31:14
hears [1] - 10:23 houses [1] - 26:7 9:12 4:23, 13:21, 13:23,
 injured [1] - 14:4
heart [1] - 7:15 Housing [2] - 34:20, JEFFRIES [1] - 9:11 18:21, 34:3, 41:7,
 insist [1] - 22:23
 35:18 JESSICA [1] - 2:4 45:12, 45:22, 46:12,
heating [1] - 26:13 inspectors [1] - 42:10
 Jessica [1] - 40:2 47:9
held [2] - 46:5, 57:23 humiliated [1] - 16:14 instead [2] - 40:2,
 Joan [6] - 5:12, 5:13, LACKAWANNA [1] -
HELD [4] - 1:4, 3:22, hurt [1] - 14:4 40:17
 8:8, 8:15, 9:9, 47:22 50:22
 3:25, 4:4 Hyler [1] - 4:10 intelligence [1] -
 Joe [3] - 15:14, 15:17, lady [1] - 27:23
hell [4] - 9:8, 14:1, 27:22
 16:15 Lafferty [1] - 4:11
 15:24, 16:19 I intent [1] - 30:22
 join [1] - 47:17 LAND [1] - 48:15
hello [1] - 20:20 interact [1] - 24:12
 ICE [7] - 15:3, 21:23, joined [2] - 47:7, 47:8 landlord [1] - 26:8
help [6] - 10:24, 12:25, interest [1] - 19:18
 22:1, 22:4, 22:22, jointly [1] - 19:14 last [11] - 6:15, 20:7,
 14:18, 17:8, 28:1, intergovernmental [1]
 23:13, 24:1 Joseph [1] - 4:11 20:14, 21:20, 21:23,
 44:15 - 7:24
 ideas [1] - 37:20 judge [5] - 23:7, 27:20, 27:25, 44:1,
helpful [1] - 45:13 INTERGOVERNMEN
 identification [1] - 23:10, 35:15, 35:16 47:4, 47:22
helping [1] - 37:2 TAL [1] - 50:20
 23:19 judges [2] - 13:9, law [4] - 13:12, 17:23,
HERBSTER [16] - interrogatories [1] -
 identified [1] - 32:25 33:25 24:10, 31:4
 3:10, 3:12, 3:14, 17:14
 identify [1] - 22:22 judicial [1] - 35:25 lawful [1] - 23:20
 3:17, 55:12, 55:14, INTO [3] - 53:7, 54:2,
 idiocy [2] - 27:22, 28:6 July [2] - 7:6, 7:11 lawfully [3] - 55:20,
 55:16, 55:18, 56:10, 54:24
 IF [1] - 48:21 June [7] - 5:2, 9:14, 56:18, 57:18
 56:12, 56:14, 56:16, introduced [8] -
 57:10, 57:12, 57:14, ignorance [1] - 15:15 45:14, 45:17, 45:21, laws [2] - 30:5, 31:2
 48:23, 49:15, 50:7,
 57:16 ignored [1] - 28:22 47:2, 47:10 lawyer [3] - 17:19,
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  20:17, 31:19 loss [1] - 31:2 49:17, 49:24, 50:15, months [4] - 12:2, 51:13, 51:21, 51:24,
learned [1] - 35:19 lost [2] - 15:14, 31:24 51:10, 51:24, 52:5, 12:3, 25:17, 33:8 51:25, 52:1, 52:3,
learners [1] - 17:12 loves [1] - 40:19 52:19, 53:1, 53:13, Moosic [1] - 39:10 52:4, 52:5, 52:6,
lease [1] - 20:7 lying [1] - 26:1 53:21, 54:8, 54:15, Morgan [3] - 16:22, 52:8, 52:16, 52:19,
leases [1] - 20:5 55:8, 55:17, 56:15, 16:24, 20:18 52:20, 52:21, 52:22,
least [3] - 9:21, 25:2, M 57:15, 58:4 MORGAN [1] - 16:23 52:24, 52:25, 53:1,
  27:6 McCool [2] - 1:24, Morgan's [1] - 34:13 53:2, 53:4, 53:10,
leave [2] - 28:8, 39:17 machine [1] - 40:22 59:10 morning [1] - 46:14 53:13, 53:14, 53:15,
Lee [3] - 16:22, 16:24, magistrate [1] - 35:17 Meadow [1] - 38:5 mortgage [2] - 26:9, 53:16, 53:19, 53:20,
  34:13 mail [1] - 41:15 mean [1] - 8:6 26:17 53:21, 53:22, 53:24,
left [1] - 37:4 mailed [2] - 29:20, means [1] - 59:22 most [3] - 6:19, 14:6, 54:5, 54:8, 54:9,
legal [2] - 30:4, 40:4 45:22 media [2] - 33:23, 35:5 33:20 54:10, 54:13, 54:14,
legally [3] - 55:20, mailing [2] - 29:17, Medicaid [1] - 34:24 mostly [1] - 12:8 54:15, 54:16, 54:18,
  56:18, 57:18 45:21 Medicare [1] - 34:24 motion [10] - 48:23, 55:5, 55:8, 55:9,
legislation [1] - 44:21 maimed [1] - 16:6 medication [1] - 14:19 49:15, 50:7, 51:1, 55:10, 55:13, 55:15,
legislative [1] - 33:1 main [1] - 11:9 MEETING [3] - 3:22, 51:22, 52:17, 53:11, 55:17, 55:19, 55:21,
less [3] - 15:20, 27:3, Main [1] - 13:24 3:25, 4:4 54:6, 58:3, 58:4 56:1, 56:4, 56:7,
  32:16 maintain [1] - 37:4 meeting [2] - 14:15, MOTIONS [1] - 41:3 56:8, 56:11, 56:13,
 maintained [1] - 36:25 58:5 motions [3] - 41:5, 56:15, 56:17, 56:19,
level [1] - 37:15
 MAINTENANCE [1] - meetings [1] - 38:4 41:23, 42:15 57:2, 57:5, 57:8,
liability [2] - 30:7,
 53:9 members [4] - 4:7, MOU [1] - 7:25 57:11, 57:13, 57:15,
  30:10
 major [1] - 6:16 23:3, 24:10, 37:6 57:17, 57:19, 57:21,
Library [2] - 6:15, 7:6 moved [17] - 43:8,
 MEMORANDUM [1] - 58:4, 58:5
library [8] - 6:17, 6:18, man [1] - 16:2 48:25, 49:9, 49:17,
 50:21 MS [24] - 3:10, 3:12,
  6:20, 7:2, 7:18, 17:4, management [3] - 8:1, 50:1, 50:9, 50:17,
 Memorial [6] - 5:22, 51:3, 51:12, 51:24, 3:14, 3:17, 5:13, 8:9,
  17:5, 17:7 8:4, 9:6
 6:12, 14:2, 15:7, 52:7, 52:19, 53:3, 8:17, 8:19, 8:24, 9:5,
license [1] - 57:22 MANAGEMENT [1] -
 15:9, 16:10 53:13, 53:23, 54:8, 9:11, 20:20, 55:12,
LICENSES [1] - 48:15 50:23
 54:17 55:14, 55:16, 55:18,
LIEU [1] - 48:13 managers [1] - 30:14 memorial [1] - 36:22
 56:10, 56:12, 56:14,
life [2] - 31:15, 42:18 MANCINI [1] - 36:20 men [2] - 3:5, 6:4 moves [1] - 32:12
 56:16, 57:10, 57:12,
light [1] - 35:12 Mancini [1] - 36:21 Mention [1] - 4:13 movies [1] - 7:17
 57:14, 57:16
lights [1] - 17:14 manner [1] - 40:6 MERCANTILE [1] - moving [2] - 26:16,
 multiple [1] - 47:2
Linden [1] - 46:18 marble [1] - 10:16 55:3 39:11
 MUNICIPAL [2] -
Lindenfeld [1] - 14:8 MARCH [1] - 3:22 Merli [1] - 14:20 MR [154] - 3:3, 3:11,
 52:13, 55:25
link [1] - 47:16 Maria [2] - 1:24, 59:10 mess [1] - 42:24 3:13, 3:16, 3:18,
 municipalities [3] -
liquor [1] - 57:22 Marie [1] - 39:19 message [1] - 42:1 3:20, 4:5, 4:9, 4:25,
 31:8, 32:9, 40:13
list [2] - 20:6, 20:9 MARK [1] - 2:3 met [1] - 46:14 5:1, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12,
 Museum [1] - 10:10
listen [1] - 14:22 Mark [2] - 21:20, 37:7 Michael [2] - 3:7, 3:8 8:8, 8:15, 8:18, 8:22,
 8:25, 9:9, 12:15, music [1] - 10:18
listening [1] - 12:18 Marketplace [1] - 46:6 might [4] - 22:20,
literally [1] - 16:3 masked [1] - 22:19 23:16, 26:1, 26:6 12:17, 16:21, 16:23,
litigation [1] - 13:18 material [3] - 30:24, Mike [1] - 36:21 20:18, 25:4, 25:7, N
 31:1, 31:5 military [2] - 6:6, 28:19, 28:20, 33:4,
LITTLE [1] - 33:5 name [3] - 15:25, 33:5,
 mattress [2] - 6:10, 14:11 33:5, 36:18, 36:20,
live [2] - 10:17, 36:12 36:15
 6:12 million [1] - 35:9 41:1, 41:2, 41:4,
liveable [1] - 25:15 names [1] - 19:23
 maximum [1] - 32:4 millions [2] - 16:6, 41:6, 41:13, 41:14,
lives [1] - 23:24 narcotics [1] - 39:7
 16:7 41:18, 41:20, 41:22,
loads [1] - 12:20 MAY [1] - 3:25 National [1] - 4:12
 Minooka [1] - 28:20 41:25, 42:11, 42:12,
local [3] - 24:10, 31:7, Mayor [15] - 8:12, Nay [1] - 9:15
 minutes [1] - 3:19 42:14, 42:17, 43:23,
  40:12 15:10, 15:21, 21:10, necessarily [1] - 8:12
 MINUTES [2] - 3:21, 43:25, 45:10, 48:10,
LOCATION [1] - 1:10 25:12, 33:7, 33:14, necessary [1] - 20:15
 4:2 48:22, 48:25, 49:1,
locked [1] - 39:1 34:10, 36:16, 38:15, NECESSARY [1] -
 49:2, 49:5, 49:6,
look [11] - 6:9, 10:15, 39:2, 40:16, 44:5, misread [1] - 13:9
 49:7, 49:8, 49:10, 48:14
  14:16, 15:2, 26:18, 44:10, 44:21 missing [2] - 27:23,
 49:14, 49:17, 49:18, need [13] - 6:19, 8:25,
  29:3, 36:7, 42:10, MAYOR [3] - 53:6, 28:2
 49:19, 49:20, 49:22, 9:8, 9:18, 14:18,
  43:5, 43:12, 43:22 54:1, 54:23 mission [1] - 33:15
 49:23, 49:24, 49:25, 22:18, 22:23, 26:2,
looked [2] - 15:18, McAndrew [9] - 3:15, moment [2] - 3:4, 26:4, 26:18, 27:10,
 50:2, 50:6, 50:9,
  15:19 21:21, 37:7, 37:9, 22:21 30:13, 48:7
 50:10, 50:11, 50:13,
looking [4] - 11:5, 42:15, 45:10, 55:16, money [4] - 35:25, needs [4] - 12:22,
 50:14, 50:15, 50:16,
  11:7, 11:15, 33:9 56:14, 57:14 36:1, 47:24, 48:6
 50:18, 50:25, 51:3, 32:24, 43:11, 43:21
looks [1] - 39:25 MCANDREW [24] - Monsey [1] - 42:5
 51:4, 51:5, 51:8, negative [1] - 22:9
lose [1] - 32:24 2:3, 3:16, 4:9, 42:17, month [3] - 26:11,
 51:9, 51:10, 51:11, Neighborhood [1] -
 43:25, 48:25, 49:7, 26:14, 29:15
 7

 46:24 51:15, 51:16, 51:17, organization [2] - passage [3] - 55:6, pictures [2] - 7:17,
NeighborWorks [1] - 52:10, 52:11, 52:12, 12:21, 26:3 56:5, 57:7 10:4
 46:25 55:1, 55:3, 55:24, Organizations [1] - passed [1] - 3:6 pie [1] - 36:12
network [15] - 18:6, 55:25, 56:23, 56:24, 4:13 passes [1] - 38:8 piece [2] - 36:11,
 18:11, 18:12, 18:14, 56:25 original [1] - 32:22 passport [1] - 28:14 36:12
 18:15, 18:17, 18:24, offering [1] - 26:14 OTHER [3] - 53:6, past [6] - 13:2, 14:1, pillars [1] - 6:18
 19:9, 19:11, 20:2, OFFICE [2] - 51:17, 54:1, 54:23 15:9, 18:3, 20:11, place [4] - 10:12, 29:1,
 20:5, 20:7, 20:12 52:12 otherwise [2] - 20:3, 44:6 40:4, 43:10
network's [6] - 19:16, office [4] - 12:23, 22:22 patch [1] - 25:20 placed [1] - 57:25
 19:19, 19:21, 19:22, 15:4, 36:2, 45:18 OTHERWISE [1] - pave [3] - 13:23, places [1] - 22:6
 19:24, 20:8 officer [1] - 8:10 48:14 25:18, 42:7 plan [3] - 8:1, 9:6,
never [6] - 6:11, 8:5, officers [3] - 5:15, OUT [2] - 49:12, 50:4 paved [1] - 25:23 15:17
 9:20, 17:1, 32:1 38:11, 39:9 out-of-town [1] - PAVING [1] - 53:8 PLAN [1] - 50:24
new [9] - 10:9, 11:7, officers' [2] - 23:23, 39:22 paving [1] - 41:7 plans [1] - 9:15
 26:13, 42:25, 43:1, 38:9 outdoor [1] - 24:21 pay [5] - 27:11, 30:8, plant [1] - 26:13
 46:2, 46:4, 46:7 Official [2] - 1:24, outside [5] - 22:5, 31:19, 37:14, 40:12 plants [1] - 46:19
newly [1] - 45:18 59:11 24:24, 30:17, 31:4, paying [1] - 29:17 play [2] - 13:13, 18:18
news [1] - 6:1 officials [2] - 21:1, 31:11 payment [2] - 32:11, players [1] - 11:8
newspaper [1] - 34:16 35:22 overdue [1] - 9:6 47:22 playground [1] - 43:2
next [12] - 6:25, 12:2, OFFICIALS [3] - 53:6, oversight [2] - 39:18, Pennsylvania [1] - playing [1] - 15:6
 14:14, 15:1, 15:3, 54:1, 54:24 44:23 46:25 Pleas [1] - 35:20
 21:14, 26:10, 34:10, offs [1] - 37:25 owed [1] - 47:25 pensions [1] - 26:18 Pledge [1] - 3:1
 38:8, 42:21, 44:1, often [1] - 32:15 own [6] - 4:16, 16:17, people [38] - 5:18, 6:2, point [3] - 8:20, 20:14,
 57:25 old [1] - 42:9 19:7, 39:3, 44:24, 6:5, 6:8, 6:13, 7:3, 28:21
night [3] - 7:12, 25:3, Old [1] - 27:11 47:19 7:14, 10:7, 10:20, pointing [1] - 25:13
 28:18 omissions [1] - 45:19 owners [2] - 45:22, 11:5, 11:24, 12:8, Police [3] - 4:12, 4:21,
NO [3] - 54:22, 55:23, ON [3] - 54:21, 55:22, 46:4 14:9, 14:25, 15:14, 15:4
 56:21 56:20 ownership [1] - 19:18 16:15, 17:2, 22:10, police [8] - 4:18, 5:15,
none [1] - 4:18 once [3] - 14:20, 26:2, owns [2] - 19:15, 22:18, 22:19, 23:1, 5:16, 14:12, 23:18,
nonprofit [1] - 37:3 29:18 19:16 23:14, 24:24, 30:8, 23:23, 38:7, 39:8
nonrefundable [2] - one [14] - 5:5, 6:18, 30:12, 31:10, 31:11, policy [2] - 20:11, 22:8
 32:14, 32:20 7:22, 11:14, 14:17, P 33:10, 33:21, 33:24, political [1] - 20:9
nonsense [1] - 26:22 15:24, 24:12, 38:8, 33:25, 34:9, 34:12, pools [1] - 39:15
Norma [3] - 9:9, 9:12, 38:12, 38:13, 40:20, p.m [2] - 5:7, 7:6 34:21, 34:24, 35:4, poor [1] - 6:22
 12:15 40:24, 41:25, 43:15 PA [1] - 56:24 36:1, 43:8 portion [1] - 11:23
Norma's [1] - 5:3 online [1] - 27:14 page [3] - 11:18, people's [3] - 22:2, position [1] - 30:2
Northeastern [1] - open [2] - 24:20, 11:19, 21:18 22:17, 34:23 positions [1] - 39:21
 46:25 29:13 paid [5] - 25:8, 30:23, percent [8] - 26:5, possession [1] -
note [2] - 24:14, 34:9 operate [4] - 22:8, 31:23, 35:9, 37:21 27:4, 27:6, 32:22, 45:15
notes [1] - 59:5 24:6, 25:2, 30:6 Paige [1] - 40:22 32:23, 38:6, 44:20, possible [2] - 11:2,
nothing [1] - 29:13 operating [1] - 22:5 papers [1] - 34:7 45:6 36:6
November [2] - 13:19, operations [1] - 20:11 paraded [1] - 27:12 PERFORM [2] - 53:8, posted [1] - 45:24
 46:7 opioid [1] - 39:6 parcel [1] - 37:24 54:3
 postemployment [1] -
November.” [1] - opportunity [1] - 6:10 parent [1] - 35:8 perhaps [1] - 8:14 47:25
 44:18 Opposed [8] - 49:8, parents [2] - 17:9, PERMANENT [1] - posting [2] - 10:19,
numbers [1] - 45:20 49:25, 50:16, 51:11, 17:10 48:16 10:23
numerous [2] - 22:1 52:6, 53:2, 53:22, PARK [1] - 54:4 perpetual [1] - 42:19 potentially [1] - 21:15
 54:16 Park [3] - 5:7, 9:15, person [3] - 11:9, pothole [3] - 25:25,
 O OR [2] - 48:13, 48:15 38:5 21:2, 29:9 29:21, 41:17
 orchestrated [1] - park [1] - 46:17 personal [1] - 30:10 pounds [1] - 47:4
Oak [1] - 29:21 16:3 part [5] - 18:6, 19:25, personally [1] - 13:3 Pousley [1] - 44:13
oath [1] - 39:14 ORDER [7] - 3:20, 32:14, 43:17, 47:13 personnel [1] - 6:6 pray [1] - 38:18
observe [1] - 5:22 5:10, 41:2, 48:16, participated [1] - 47:6 pets [1] - 24:24 prayer [1] - 17:21
October [1] - 46:2 54:18, 54:20, 57:19 PARTICIPATION [1] - PHASE [1] - 56:25 precedent [1] - 17:25
Ode [1] - 7:15 Order [2] - 4:6, 57:25 5:11 Phinney [1] - 29:21 premises [1] - 19:15
OF [30] - 1:1, 3:21, orders [1] - 23:20 PARTNERSHIPS [2] - photography [3] - present [2] - 3:13,
 3:22, 3:24, 3:25, 4:2, ordinance [2] - 30:20, 49:12, 50:4 10:2, 10:4, 10:8 37:7
 48:13, 48:14, 48:15, 31:12 Parts [1] - 12:23 photos [1] - 10:8 Present [1] - 3:16
 48:18, 48:19, 48:20, ORDINANCE [1] - party [3] - 18:18, pickup [1] - 28:24 presentation [1] -
 50:20, 50:21, 50:22, 48:11 31:24, 33:16 picture [1] - 29:21
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 14:23 48:17 reading [3] - 3:19, remember [1] - 8:4 revenues [1] - 45:4
presenting [1] - 15:1 proud [1] - 4:17 17:8, 32:2 reminded [1] - 32:1 reviews [1] - 45:18
PRESERVATION [1] - prove [1] - 23:7 ready [3] - 28:12, remove [1] - 13:15 rhino [1] - 13:8
 55:24 proved [1] - 16:16 40:20, 40:24 RENOVATIONS [1] - ribbon [1] - 39:9
preserve [1] - 40:11 proven [1] - 17:3 real [1] - 44:11 54:4 Rico [1] - 27:2
PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, provide [2] - 7:16, realize [1] - 6:5 rents [1] - 38:6 ridiculous [2] - 24:23,
 2:3 18:22 really [5] - 26:2, 26:4, REPAIRS [1] - 52:15 28:17
President [2] - 17:1, PTSD [2] - 14:9, 14:10 26:18, 34:14, 45:3 replace [1] - 26:17 RIGHTS [1] - 48:14
 35:2 public [10] - 9:18, rear [1] - 43:7 reporter [1] - 59:24 rights [3] - 22:2,
pretend [1] - 27:17 19:2, 20:1, 20:25, reason [5] - 15:13, Reporter [2] - 1:24, 22:17, 24:3
pretty [3] - 24:23, 21:6, 23:3, 24:11, 18:15, 21:7, 48:6 59:11 Rik [2] - 33:5, 36:15
 25:22, 41:17 24:20, 34:14, 57:23 reasonable [2] - 31:1, reporting [1] - 30:21 risk [1] - 38:10
prevail [1] - 32:17 Public [2] - 6:14, 7:5 32:13 reproduction [1] - River [1] - 4:23
prevails [1] - 32:23 publicity [2] - 11:2 reassessed [1] - 45:15 59:22 roads [2] - 39:17, 41:9
previous [1] - 11:12 Puerto [1] - 27:2 reassessment [1] - republic [1] - 24:9 Robert's [1] - 30:3
Pride [2] - 46:23, pull [1] - 11:11 45:11 Republicans [2] - rodents [1] - 43:9
 47:17 pulled [1] - 23:15 received [5] - 4:7, 33:24, 33:25 rogue [1] - 13:7
primary [5] - 11:24, PURSUANT [1] - 4:12, 20:6, 45:11, request [6] - 17:15, role [2] - 18:19, 44:22
 21:4, 25:9, 30:22, 48:20 46:13 18:5, 18:13, 18:16, roll [5] - 3:8, 45:16,
 44:4 put [9] - 15:24, 16:1, recent [1] - 32:2 19:12, 40:15 45:19, 46:8, 55:10
printer [1] - 45:20 17:12, 22:25, 25:19, recently [2] - 4:10, requests [1] - 18:14 Roll [2] - 56:8, 57:8
printing [1] - 29:17 27:14, 29:4, 45:13, 5:16 REQUIRED [2] - roof [1] - 26:13
prison [1] - 23:16 46:11 recite [1] - 7:14 48:15, 48:21 Rothchild [2] - 3:14,
private [1] - 19:2 puts [2] - 23:2, 23:13 recognized [1] - 5:16 required [2] - 18:24, 44:15
PRIVILEGE [1] - 55:2 putting [4] - 10:20, recommend [3] - 55:6, 19:1 ROTHCHILD [1] - 2:4
proceedings [1] - 59:3 12:21, 38:8, 43:2 56:5, 57:7 requirements [2] - rounded [2] - 28:11,
process [8] - 18:7, recommendation [2] - 18:25, 19:5 28:13
 22:3, 24:3, 29:1, Q 56:2, 57:3 requiring [1] - 32:11 rousers [1] - 27:10
 29:2, 29:7, 29:11, recommended [1] - rescue [1] - 4:22 RPR [2] - 1:24, 59:10
 30:1 quality [2] - 31:15, 17:18 resident [3] - 9:12, rubber [1] - 37:18
produce [1] - 19:20 42:17 record [3] - 20:23, 25:8, 33:6 Rubicon [1] - 29:19
produced [1] - 45:3 QUARTERLY [1] - 4:3 21:6, 21:16 residents [7] - 5:22, rule [1] - 13:12
production [2] - questions [1] - 45:7 recovers [1] - 31:1 31:3, 42:1, 42:24, ruled [1] - 32:6
 17:15, 19:17 quite [2] - 30:15, rectified [1] - 43:12 43:6, 44:24, 45:4 Rules [2] - 30:3, 55:6
PROGRAM [3] - 38:22 rectify [1] - 43:25 resolution [2] - 7:23, RULES [1] - 54:21
 51:19, 52:13, 56:25 quote [3] - 36:14, recycling [3] - 28:21, 57:21 run [4] - 33:24, 33:25,
program [2] - 14:7, 44:5, 44:9 29:12, 29:16 Resolution [1] - 57:20 36:7, 40:18
 47:1 referred [1] - 38:15 RESOLUTION [12] - running [8] - 17:2,
progress [1] - 44:16 R reflection [1] - 3:4 49:11, 50:3, 50:19, 33:7, 33:11, 33:14,
PROJECT [6] - 48:18, refundable [3] - 31:18, 51:14, 52:9, 53:5, 34:21, 36:2, 36:16,
 49:13, 50:5, 53:9, rabble [1] - 27:10 31:20, 32:17 53:25, 54:22, 55:23, 40:22
 57:1 Radison [1] - 41:11 refuses [2] - 24:5 56:21 runs [1] - 28:24
project [2] - 8:23, 41:9 raindrops [1] - 6:24 regard [1] - 42:2 resolve [1] - 33:2
Project [1] - 38:5 rainy [1] - 6:23 regardless [2] - 23:1, respect [3] - 19:21,
 raise [2] - 24:25, 27:24
 S
projects [2] - 47:3, 23:2 20:5, 20:8
 47:14 raised [1] - 38:6 regards [1] - 21:23 respectful [1] - 37:9 sacrifice [2] - 6:3,
promise [1] - 33:19 raising [1] - 39:13 region [1] - 38:24 respecting [1] - 24:2 40:11
promised [1] - 39:25 Ramone [1] - 20:19 regional [1] - 8:7 respond [1] - 30:19 sad [3] - 11:23, 11:25,
promises [1] - 39:12 RAMONE [1] - 20:20 register [1] - 12:11 responds [1] - 30:17 28:17
promoted [1] - 40:2 rate [1] - 25:11 registered [2] - 12:9, response [1] - 44:19 safety [1] - 38:9
proper [9] - 29:3, rather [1] - 14:19 12:12 responsibilities [1] - sale [3] - 6:10, 40:1,
 48:24, 49:16, 50:8, RATIFYING [4] - registration [1] - 30:4 40:4
 51:2, 51:23, 52:18, 50:19, 51:14, 52:9, 11:22 responsibility [2] - salute [1] - 15:19
 53:12, 54:7 56:22 regulations [1] - 20:13 8:7, 8:11 Salvador [1] - 23:16
property [5] - 19:19, reaches [1] - 24:21 relatives [1] - 12:7 restate [2] - 21:22, Saturday [2] - 5:2, 5:6
 43:8, 43:17, 45:22, react [2] - 44:3, 44:8 released [2] - 16:17, 24:7 savings [1] - 45:4
 46:4 reaction [2] - 44:5, 46:9 results [3] - 29:5, saw [3] - 8:5, 15:10,
prosecutions [1] - 44:19 rely [1] - 18:16 40:7, 44:4 35:16
 39:5 read [3] - 34:15, remain [1] - 3:3 retirees' [1] - 47:25 schedule [2] - 45:11,
PROTECTION [1] - 34:17, 45:14 revenue [1] - 18:2 46:12
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scheduled [1] - 46:5 seeking [1] - 21:3 signs [2] - 16:14, specific [1] - 18:23 studies [1] - 45:2
School [2] - 42:21, seem [1] - 42:8 37:22 spend [1] - 17:11 studio [1] - 20:5
 46:15 sees [1] - 27:16 silent [1] - 3:4 spent [2] - 35:25, 36:1 study [2] - 37:14,
school [1] - 34:1 seizure [1] - 32:4 single [1] - 37:16 spill [2] - 30:24, 31:5 37:21
schools [1] - 22:6 sell [1] - 26:7 siphon [1] - 40:18 spills [1] - 31:6 stuff [3] - 20:16, 27:7,
Schumacher [1] - send [1] - 9:1 sit [1] - 40:9 spin [1] - 17:18 45:6
 39:20 senior [1] - 44:2 SITE [1] - 54:3 Spot [1] - 7:15 stupidity [1] - 15:15
Schuster [6] - 37:8, sense [1] - 13:6 site [1] - 10:24 spring [1] - 42:20 subject [1] - 20:13
 41:23, 42:14, 55:14, sensory [1] - 47:10 situation [2] - 22:25, Spruce [1] - 16:1 SUBMISSION [3] -
 56:12, 57:12 sent [3] - 17:15, 44:21, 23:25 Sprucin [1] - 5:6 51:15, 52:10, 56:23
SCHUSTER [22] - 2:5, 45:20 six [3] - 12:2, 29:15, Stadium [1] - 15:9 submit [2] - 10:6, 10:8
 3:13, 41:25, 42:12, sentence [1] - 23:10 34:18 staff [1] - 17:2 success [1] - 9:19
 49:1, 49:6, 49:18, separate [2] - 24:14, SIXTH [1] - 54:18 stamps [1] - 37:18 sue [1] - 30:12
 49:23, 50:10, 50:14, 30:15 size [1] - 29:23 stand [1] - 16:9 suggesting [2] -
 51:4, 51:9, 52:4, seriously [1] - 29:25 slog [1] - 44:17 standard [1] - 48:2 26:19, 26:20
 52:20, 52:25, 53:14, SERVE [1] - 55:1 slot [2] - 18:11, 18:13 standing [1] - 3:3 summer's [1] - 43:13
 53:20, 54:14, 55:15, serve [1] - 21:9 SMALL [1] - 56:24 Star [2] - 7:12, 7:13 Sunshine [1] - 30:4
 56:7, 56:13, 57:13 served [2] - 18:10, small [1] - 11:23 start [3] - 17:8, 20:21, supervision [1] -
schuster [1] - 3:12 37:12 Smurl [4] - 3:17, 27:4 59:23
scope [1] - 29:22 service [2] - 3:5, 31:9 55:18, 56:16, 57:16 started [1] - 46:20 support [4] - 6:14,
Scranton [45] - 4:10, SERVICE [1] - 51:18 SMURL [60] - 2:2, 3:3, starts [1] - 43:14 6:17, 25:11, 34:13
 4:21, 5:6, 5:14, 6:14, services [2] - 6:20, 3:18, 4:5, 4:25, 5:5, STATE [2] - 51:17, SUPPORT [1] - 55:24
 7:5, 7:25, 9:12, 7:16 5:12, 8:8, 8:15, 8:18, 52:12 supporters [1] - 44:12
 12:18, 14:17, 15:4, SERVICES [2] - 51:20, 8:22, 8:25, 9:9, state [9] - 18:1, 18:2, supporting [1] - 6:25
 15:25, 16:15, 18:22, 53:8 12:15, 16:21, 20:18, 18:4, 18:5, 18:9, supposed [2] - 24:19,
 21:10, 21:25, 23:14, serving [1] - 37:12 25:4, 28:19, 33:4, 18:15, 21:6, 34:22, 33:3
 24:4, 24:16, 25:15, set [4] - 17:14, 19:2, 36:18, 41:1, 41:4, 41:8 Supreme [3] - 17:24,
 25:16, 30:18, 30:19, 24:2, 39:1 41:22, 42:14, 45:10, States [1] - 27:2 32:3, 32:6
 33:6, 33:8, 33:14, settings [1] - 20:25 48:22, 49:2, 49:8, surrender [1] - 17:19
 states [3] - 27:24,
 34:4, 34:7, 34:11, 49:14, 49:20, 49:25, suspected [1] - 28:16
 settle [1] - 38:21 27:25, 28:1
 34:19, 35:18, 36:16, 50:6, 50:11, 50:16, Swingin [2] - 6:15,
 settled [1] - 42:8 STATION [1] - 52:14
 36:20, 36:21, 39:11, 50:25, 51:5, 51:11, 6:23
 Seventh [1] - 57:25 status [2] - 23:1, 23:2
 40:1, 44:6, 46:15, 51:21, 52:1, 52:6,
 SEVENTH [1] - 54:20 stealing [1] - 34:23
 46:23, 47:6, 47:8, 52:16, 52:22, 53:2,
 47:15, 47:16, 47:23
 Sewer [1] - 40:1 Steamtown [1] - 46:6 T
 SEWER [1] - 56:25 53:10, 53:16, 53:22, still [2] - 11:11, 28:24
SCRANTON [7] - 1:1, 54:5, 54:10, 54:16, table [1] - 57:25
 sham [1] - 29:11 stings [1] - 22:5
 4:2, 50:22, 51:16, 55:5, 55:10, 55:19, tabled [1] - 57:22
 share [1] - 44:4 stockmarket [1] -
 52:11, 55:4, 56:24 56:1, 56:8, 56:17, TAKING [1] - 48:20
 sheet [1] - 25:5 26:21
SCRANTON'S [2] - 57:2, 57:8, 57:17, targets [1] - 6:19
 shelters [3] - 24:16, stood [1] - 15:18
 3:22, 3:25 57:21, 58:5 tariffs [2] - 26:22, 27:5
 24:19, 25:1 stop [1] - 37:21
scum [1] - 15:5 Social [2] - 27:21, taste [1] - 7:8
 shoe [1] - 8:5 stormwater [5] - 8:1,
Sean [1] - 37:8 34:23 TAX [2] - 55:3, 55:24
 shortage [1] - 38:11 8:4, 8:22, 9:1, 9:6
second [12] - 4:18, social [1] - 23:11 tax [4] - 26:4, 26:5,
 Show [2] - 5:2, 9:14 STORMWATER [2] -
 31:25, 49:1, 49:18, Solicitor [1] - 40:3 45:15, 45:18
 show [6] - 18:13, 50:23, 57:1
 50:10, 51:4, 52:20, SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10
 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, story [1] - 13:20 taxable [1] - 36:3
 52:21, 53:14, 53:15, someone [2] - 7:19,
 18:19, 18:21 street [2] - 22:20, taxes [1] - 25:8
 55:8, 56:7 29:7
 showing [1] - 38:4 27:17 taxing [1] - 46:10
Second [4] - 49:19, sometimes [1] - 12:9
 shows [3] - 18:8, 18:9, Street [7] - 16:1, taxpayer [2] - 25:8,
 51:25, 54:9, 55:9 son [1] - 36:23
 18:11 36:24, 37:1, 42:4, 45:2
SECTION [1] - 48:20 soon [2] - 10:3, 17:8
 shut [1] - 43:18 43:7, 46:18 teacher [1] - 44:2
Security [2] - 27:21, sorry [4] - 8:16, 8:17,
 shutting [1] - 39:6 streets [1] - 37:22 team [1] - 39:24
 34:23 36:24, 38:15
 side [2] - 8:11, 8:20 STREETSCAPE [1] - tear [1] - 44:16
see [16] - 7:14, 10:13, sort [1] - 23:11
 sign [1] - 25:5 53:9 television [3] - 35:6,
 12:24, 14:6, 15:3, sorts [1] - 22:16
 sign-in [1] - 25:5 strip [1] - 30:11 35:7, 35:8
 17:13, 20:21, 27:18, spano [1] - 13:8
 signatures [1] - 33:18 structural [1] - 26:12 temperature [2] -
 29:22, 32:18, 34:17, speaking [5] - 5:14,
 signify [8] - 49:3, structure [1] - 19:23 24:21, 25:1
 36:8, 36:22, 37:1, 7:2, 15:11, 21:4,
 49:21, 50:12, 51:6, stuck [1] - 5:23 TEMPORARY [1] -
 41:16, 43:20 34:18
 52:2, 52:23, 53:17, students [2] - 44:3, 48:16
seeds [1] - 46:21 SPECIAL [1] - 55:1
 54:11 46:15 tentatively [1] - 46:5
seek [2] - 21:11, 26:3 special [1] - 37:4 terrifying [1] - 22:25
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testing [1] - 38:7 6:8, 40:4 underdog [1] - 40:19 22:16 weekend [1] - 5:23
THE [36] - 1:1, 3:21, Top [1] - 4:13 UNDERSTANDING [1] violent [1] - 27:13 weeks [1] - 44:7
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  48:14, 48:17, 48:18, Tops [1] - 39:10 underway [1] - 9:15 voice [1] - 25:11 whole [1] - 34:2
  48:19, 48:20, 50:22, touch [1] - 11:18 unique [1] - 14:19 volatile [1] - 26:21 WIDE [1] - 50:23
  51:15, 51:16, 51:17, tourists [1] - 28:13 unit [1] - 39:7 Voldenberg [5] - 34:6, wife [1] - 26:24
  51:19, 52:10, 52:11, town [1] - 39:22 United [2] - 27:1, 42:20, 45:12, 46:10, Willard [2] - 42:21,
  52:12, 53:5, 53:8, traffic [1] - 23:15 46:24 48:9 42:25
  53:25, 54:4, 54:21, trailer [1] - 12:20 unlawful [1] - 28:16 VOLDENBERG [20] - WILLIAM [1] - 2:6
  54:23, 55:1, 55:3, training [4] - 6:5, 6:7, unless [1] - 59:23 2:8, 3:20, 5:10, 41:2, William [1] - 21:20
  55:22, 55:24, 56:20, 30:3, 30:13 unquestioned [1] - 41:13, 41:18, 42:11, win [4] - 7:10, 31:20,
  56:22, 56:24, 57:1 TRAINING [2] - 51:18, 31:22 43:23, 48:10, 49:10, 31:21, 32:24
themselves [2] - 51:20 unsightly [1] - 43:3 50:2, 50:18, 51:13, windows [2] - 26:13,
  22:22, 23:23 transcript [2] - 59:6, unsure [2] - 23:4, 52:8, 53:4, 53:24, 43:16
they've [2] - 29:6, 59:21 28:24 54:18, 55:21, 56:19, winning [1] - 39:24
  33:22 transfer [1] - 57:22 unwanted [1] - 39:5 57:19 winter [1] - 24:18
THIRD [1] - 3:20 trash [1] - 47:4 UP [2] - 51:19, 52:14 volunteers [1] - 47:5 wipes [1] - 12:20
Third [2] - 4:6, 20:15 traumatized [1] - Up [1] - 5:6 vote [11] - 12:7, 12:9, wish [3] - 5:14, 25:5,
THOMAS [3] - 2:5, 14:14 up [25] - 7:12, 12:23, 12:13, 36:13, 40:6, 33:12
  2:10, 54:25 trees [1] - 10:5 13:14, 13:25, 14:22, 44:24, 44:25, 45:5, wishing [1] - 46:4
thoughtful [1] - 37:5 Trek [2] - 7:12, 7:13 20:17, 21:16, 23:16, 45:6, 58:1 WITH [3] - 53:7, 54:2,
thousands [1] - 47:4 Tribune [4] - 33:9, 24:17, 25:21, 26:25, voted [2] - 11:24, 54:25
three [3] - 26:9, 28:10, 34:16, 35:5, 35:16 27:5, 27:8, 27:19, 44:20 witness [2] - 6:12,
  37:18 trivia [1] - 7:12 28:5, 28:11, 28:13, voter [1] - 11:22 22:12
Throop [1] - 12:23 trouble [2] - 18:1, 29:12, 34:25, 38:4, votes [1] - 40:18 witnessed [1] - 14:13
throughout [3] - 3:5, 27:15 42:18, 43:15, 47:3 voting [4] - 11:21, WNEP [2] - 35:5, 35:7
  37:22, 47:3 Truck [1] - 12:23 update [1] - 41:7 11:25, 40:9 women [2] - 3:5, 6:4
thugs [1] - 27:13 truck [1] - 17:22 upset [1] - 14:6 wonderful [1] - 7:20
Thursday [1] - 7:6 trucks [1] - 9:23 upsets [1] - 15:21 W word [1] - 40:8
ticket [2] - 31:22, 32:1 truly [2] - 26:4, 38:20 US [1] - 32:3 words [1] - 20:22
tickets [1] - 31:16 USAID [1] - 35:10 waivers [1] - 39:22
 Trump [1] - 35:2 WORK [1] - 54:3
time's [1] - 36:19 useless [1] - 28:23 walk [2] - 27:18, 27:19
 trust [3] - 23:11, 24:11 works [1] - 36:9
timeline [1] - 38:21 uses [1] - 18:8 walked [1] - 14:23
 truth [1] - 20:24 world [2] - 3:5, 7:9
Times-Tribune [4] - utmost [1] - 24:4 wall [1] - 41:9
 try [5] - 11:1, 11:11, worry [1] - 13:23
  33:9, 34:16, 35:5, wants [2] - 26:15,
 12:11, 23:21, 25:14 wounded [2] - 15:23,
  35:16 47:13
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 Tuesday [2] - 1:7, write [2] - 30:9, 33:19
TITLES [1] - 48:15 valid [1] - 29:19 17:5
 57:25 write-in [1] - 33:19
TO [13] - 48:17, 48:20, VALLEY [1] - 48:17 warming [2] - 24:17,
 turn [4] - 12:10, 18:12, writing [1] - 5:23
  51:16, 51:19, 52:11, value [1] - 14:24 43:14
 18:14, 18:16 wrote [1] - 13:1
  52:14, 53:6, 53:8, values [4] - 45:21, warning [1] - 22:21
 turned [1] - 13:13 Wyoming [2] - 42:3,
  54:1, 54:3, 54:24, 46:2, 46:5, 46:9 Washburn [1] - 37:1
 turnout [1] - 25:10 46:18
  55:1, 56:24 vehicle [1] - 14:1 Washington [2] -
 TV [3] - 33:13, 34:14,
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today's [1] - 7:21 versus [2] - 29:18, 33:13 10:1, 11:8, 11:10,
 37:22, 42:8, 44:6
together [3] - 9:16, 32:2 watched [1] - 5:25 21:14, 29:18, 42:18,
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  25:15, 33:13 veteran [1] - 37:12 WATER [1] - 56:24 46:21, 47:4, 47:5,
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tolerate [1] - 16:12 veterans [2] - 37:16, water [1] - 25:21 47:8, 48:6
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Tomorrow [3] - 46:24,
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  47:6, 47:8 ultimate [1] - 40:10 16:11, 16:19 9:20, 24:17 20:11, 34:19, 35:11,
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  47:15 22:17, 22:18 Vice [1] - 57:5 45:13, 45:25, 46:11, yesterday [3] - 15:7,
tonight [5] - 9:13, unarmed [1] - 22:19 Vine [2] - 6:15, 6:23 47:16 36:22, 37:6
  10:23, 11:21, 12:14, under [7] - 12:23, violated [1] - 32:7 week [5] - 21:20, Yogi [1] - 36:14
  37:13 14:4, 17:13, 19:5, violation [1] - 23:15 21:23, 27:20, 44:1, young [2] - 12:8,
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