COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2026-01-20

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 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON

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 THOMAS SCHUSTER - PRESIDENT
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 PATRICK FLYNN, VICE PRESIDENT
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 MARK MCANDREW
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 JESSICA ROTHCHILD
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 SEAN MCANDREW
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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. SCHUSTER: Please remain

 4 standing for a moment of silent reflection for

 5 our service men and women throughout the world

 6 and for those who have passed away in our

 7 community, especially Brian Quinn. Thank you.

 8 Roll call, please.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

16 MR. FLYNN: Here.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Before we

19 get started, we won't be introducing items 5B

20 and 5E as they didn't meet our deadline. So we

21 will be hearing the other items on the agenda

22 tonight. So please dispense with the reading

23 of the minutes.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

25 3.A. CORRESPONDENCE DATED JANUARY 8,
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 1 2026 FROM CITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR

 2 BUDGET TRANSFER FOR MULTIPLE 2025 CLOSEOUT

 3 ITEMS NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE ACCOUNT.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Are there any

 5 comments on any of the Third Order items? All

 6 right. I just have one comment. Last week I

 7 did ask there was three different salt

 8 purchases. Here in Item 3-A there is a budget

 9 transfer of $49,000 for salt. Can we just

10 clarify that with the administration as well as

11 $100,000 for IT hardware and then $40,000

12 towards -- it moved from pave cuts into water.

13 Is that 40,000 -- can we just ask if

14 that 40,000 is a savings from our third party

15 contract?

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that

17 question.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank you

19 very much. If there's no other comments,

20 received and filed. All right. Do any Council

21 members have any announcements at this time?

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have two

23 announcements. First, I'd like to make mention

24 that this week the Public Utility Commission

25 will be holding hearings. They're going to be
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 1 at the University of Scranton on this Thursday

 2 at 1 and then another one at 6 p.m.

 3 On the campus of the university, it

 4 will be at Brendan Hall on the 5th floor. The

 5 address is 320 Madison Avenue. And this will

 6 be because of the proposed water rate hikes,

 7 which we had seen fairly recently and were able

 8 to fight against with these hearings.

 9 And they were able to get reduced so

10 that it wasn't as high of a rate hike as they

11 initially proposed. And so I hope that we'll

12 be able to see a result like that again, but

13 need enough people to be speaking out against

14 it and to attend the public hearings.

15 I personally already think that the

16 rates are high enough. I know on my bill I see

17 double the -- like double the water rate from

18 what I used to have and spending a lot of money

19 on water. And I'm sure the rest of the

20 residents in Scranton are feeling it too.

21 So I want to make sure that people

22 can attend it or aware of those hearings and

23 able -- if they're able to attend.

24 And then the second thing that I

25 wanted to announce, I don't know if other
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 1 Council members were going to mention it, but I

 2 think it's pretty exciting the upgrade that we

 3 received today in our investment rating. And

 4 that's something that's improved over the

 5 years.

 6 At one point we weren't even

 7 receiving an investment rating because we were

 8 doing so poorly financially as a city. And now

 9 we're at the level of A-minus. So that really

10 shows some great financial stability and

11 financial work that the city has put in over

12 the years, really proud that -- proud of us to

13 have received that.

14 And it's just like getting a really

15 great credit score that allows you to if you

16 needed to borrow to get lower rates and also

17 does a lot in terms of showing people that

18 Scranton is a great place to invest in as a

19 city, potential businesses. So that's a really

20 positive thing that I wanted to make note of.

21 Thank you.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

23 Any other Council members have any

24 announcements?

25 MR. FLYNN: Yes, I just have one
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 1 announcement, City Hall, the Department of

 2 Public Works will be closed on Monday, January

 3 19th in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

 4 So just both garbage and recycling will be one

 5 day behind. I'll speak more on some of the

 6 other stuff in Fifth Order. Thanks.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Any other

 8 announcements? Okay. Fourth Order.

 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

10 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Our first speaker is

12 Francis McHale.

13 MR. MCHALE: Good evening. My name

14 is Francis McHale. I thank you for your

15 service. I live in the Nativity section of

16 South Scranton. With the closing of Nativity

17 Church in June, our parish community is now

18 melded into one church at Sacred Heart.

19 Just this past September, the school

20 auditorium was the site of a very successful

21 second annual rummage and food sale. It was a

22 very important fundraiser for us. And it was

23 combination of our Latino and Caucasian

24 parishioners pulled together to make it a

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 1 It created a sense of solidarity for

 2 our otherwise first parish community. We're

 3 contemplating expanding it into a full-fledged

 4 late summer bizarre in 2026. But now there's a

 5 big cloud hanging over our future plans.

 6 It's the US Immigration and Customs

 7 Enforcement Agency called ICE. Since at least

 8 this past September, they have been running

 9 rampant through our South Scranton

10 neighborhoods.

11 By just living in South Side

12 attending bilingual masses at Nativity Church

13 and other church activities, I've developed

14 many Latino friendships. They tell me they and

15 their children are terrified about being

16 stopped by ICE at any moment in their daily

17 travels.

18 Let me just give you some of the

19 specific ICE staged enforcement actions I'm

20 aware of since September. In September of

21 2025, nine ICE agents remove five workers over

22 the course of two days who were rehabbing a

23 house that had been damaged by fire seven years

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25 The house is at the corner of
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 1 Pittston Avenue and Willow Street right behind

 2 the bike shop. In a second incident in

 3 midSeptember, I helped a long-time Hispanic

 4 friend with a routine matter at his apartment

 5 house.

 6 In the course of that visit, I met a

 7 husband and wife who were his tenants. The man

 8 spoke fluent English. He said he was from

 9 Honduras. I told him in 2002 I visited El

10 Salvador for two weeks and traveled right up to

11 the Honduran border.

12 He was pleased to hear that I was so

13 close to his native land. Two weeks later he

14 was detained by ICE in front of South Scranton

15 Intermediate School on Maple Street. He had

16 just dropped off his stepdaughter for classes

17 at the school.

18 Soon thereafter he self-deported

19 back to Honduras. The family is still left

20 here. Another incident on an October morning

21 at 7 a.m., ICE agents in two unmarked SUVs

22 surrounded a van on the corner of Birch Street

23 and South Webster Avenue and removed two of the

24 four occupants.

25 They have since self-deported to
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 1 Ecuador, one leaves behind a two year old and a

 2 ten month old. The mother and children

 3 recently returned from Ecuador. The mother was

 4 born and raised in Queens, New York. She found

 5 conditions in Ecuador not suitable to raise her

 6 children.

 7 Their hope is to have (inaudible)

 8 the father return some day. But under current

 9 conditions, this is a distant dream. Perhaps

10 the most startling incident that happened that

11 I'm aware of happened on Thursday, December

12 18th exactly one week before Christmas.

13 A group of about 25 of us were at a

14 meeting at a local university discussing ICE

15 and one of the participants talked about a very

16 trying time she had earlier in that day

17 assisting a woman and her child whose husband

18 was picked up that very morning in South

19 Scranton by ICE agents in an unmarked vehicle

20 accompanied by a Scranton patrol car.

21 One week later on Christmas Eve I

22 attended a 4 p.m. mass at Sacred Heart Church

23 on Prospect Avenue. The mass was very long.

24 As I was leaving the church, I encountered a

25 Hispanic man who I knew well who was coming
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 1 early to get ready for the 6 p.m., Spanish

 2 mass.

 3 This man is a Eucharistic minster.

 4 Two years prior, he single-handedly renovated

 5 the rectory at Sacred Heart's Church.

 6 I asked him how things were going.

 7 He told me that ICE was not only all over the

 8 city picking people up, but up and down the

 9 Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys. So I just want

10 to let you know what's going on around here.

11 You talked about the credit rating.

12 The reason why the credit rating's improved,

13 it's supply and demand. These people are

14 moving in, filling up the houses. Okay, ICE

15 will come and go. The Scranton Police

16 Department will be here forever.

17 They're making a lasting impression

18 on these people. And it's not good. Thank you

19 for your kind attention to this matter.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next

21 speaker is Joan Hodowanitz.

22 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

23 Scranton. I hope I understood that removing

24 Item 5-D as in Delta, because it was not

25 submitted in a timely manner.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: So 5-B.

 2 MS. HODOWANITZ: D?

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: B.

 4 MS. HODOWANITZ: 5-B.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: 5-B and --

 6 MS. HODOWANITZ: Is that the only

 7 one you're removing?

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: And 5-E. And we will

 9 be introducing those on the 20th.

10 MS. HODOWANITZ: So 5-D still

11 stands. That's the appointment of Mr. Cusick

12 as Director of DPW. Okay, I saw that was he

13 was appointed effective January 1st. Is it a

14 requirement for City Council to approve his

15 appointment or not?

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Is it a requirement?

17 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yes.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

19 MS. HODOWANITZ: Wasn't that

20 submitted late? I mean, I saw it was stamped

21 received on, what, December 31st, and he's

22 effectively director as of January 1st.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Correct.

24 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. And so he's

25 been paid already. I thought that these
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 2 before they actually started working. Is that

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 4 MR. SCHUSTER: It's not.

 5 MS. HODOWANITZ: So this doesn't

 6 matter that this came to you late. I mean, the

 7 man is very impressive. I read all 12 pages of

 8 his resume. I was sleepy by the end, but the

 9 man is very impressive.

10 I just hope that he stays for some

11 length of time that we don't need a, you know,

12 short term director; but we shall see. Which

13 also brings us to DPW's contract. We've now

14 been without a contract for 378 days. Any

15 progress?

16 MR. SCHUSTER: There's some dates on

17 the table. But not a meeting scheduled at this

18 point in time.

19 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, I foresee

20 that one going to arbitration. Let's see, 5-C,

21 that is the adjustments for the clerical staff

22 in the City Council's office. That's well

23 earned and well deserved. But why wasn't that

24 addressed when the budget was being prepared?

25 MR. SCHUSTER: So it was addressed
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 1 when the budget was being prepared. It was

 2 supposed to be included in the budget, but it

 3 was overlooked.

 4 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay, so you're

 5 opening the budget to get it passed, okay.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Correct.

 7 MS. HODOWANITZ: Hopefully that

 8 won't happen again in the future. And it's not

 9 on the agenda for tonight. But in the previous

10 week, the payroll preparation tax, I don't know

11 if anybody looks at that; but 2022, 2023, and

12 2024, the amounts taken in far exceeded the

13 amounts budgeted.

14 So it seems the payroll preparation

15 tax is a major success at least in my eyes. So

16 that was a good thing that is helping the city.

17 What's not so good is the City's website again.

18 I mentioned this last week I was looking for

19 the union contracts online.

20 And you delve down and you get to

21 the CBAs and there are only 13 documents. And

22 most of them are very, very old. The

23 current -- not the current -- yes, the current

24 police CBA isn't even on the website. And I

25 mentioned this last week.
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 1 I understand that they always revise

 2 the websites. But why drop off documentation?

 3 That should be there. That's a public

 4 document. Taxpayers pay for union fees and

 5 union salaries. So I don't know who is running

 6 IT, but they should take a look at that. When

 7 they reengineer those website pages, documents

 8 should not disappear.

 9 And finally, I want to talk about

10 Lake Scranton. I was listening to the news

11 about all the these data centers in Archbald

12 and Mayfield and Jessup. Okay, there is not a

13 plan for the city itself of Scranton.

14 But they made the statement that

15 they were going to get their water from Lake

16 Scranton and it wouldn't be a problem. Now, I

17 would like to see how they crunch their

18 numbers. What happens if there is a drought?

19 It's not going to impact Lake

20 Scranton? Lake Scranton is our supply of water

21 for this city. Has anybody really looked at

22 those numbers? And what is the cost to the

23 ratepayers when they have to upgrade the

24 infrastructure? Thank you.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up
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 1 is Mike Mancini.

 2 MR. MANCINI: Good evening,

 3 Scranton. As we gather here at the start of a

 4 brand new year, we have the privilege and

 5 responsibility of welcoming a newly formed City

 6 Council. This moment isn't just a change in

 7 leadership. It's a change to reflect, to

 8 reimagine and rededicate ourselves to the kind

 9 of community that we want to build and fix

10 together.

11 Every year brings a new sense of

12 renewal. It's a natural pause in the rhythms

13 of our lives, moment to look back on what we've

14 accomplished, to learn from what we could have

15 done better and to look forward with optimism

16 and purpose.

17 But for Scranton, the arrival of new

18 Council members makes that reflection even more

19 meaningful, bringing new perspectives, new

20 energy and new ideas. Together you represent

21 the diverse voices of our residents, people who

22 care deeply about their neighborhoods, their

23 safety, their infrastructure, their parks, and

24 their future.

25 The challenges ahead are real. We
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 1 know that balancing growth with sustainability

 2 isn't easy. We understand that improving

 3 public safety, helping our homeless population,

 4 paying closer attention to our infrastructure

 5 and strengthening our local economy will take

 6 teamwork, patience, and courage.

 7 But history tells us something

 8 vital. The process is possible when leaders

 9 listen, when citizens get involved and when we

10 build bridges instead of walls. This year let

11 us set a tone of collaboration. Let's make

12 City Hall a place where people come not just to

13 complain but to share solutions.

14 Let's commit to transparency,

15 fairness and innovation in everything that we

16 do from infrastructure projects to safety in

17 every neighborhood to the environmental

18 stewardship without data centers, opening the

19 doors to City Hall once again and opening for

20 business.

21 Let's remember the government works

22 best when it works with the community, not just

23 for it. And most of all, let's dream big for

24 Scranton because if there is one thing that

25 we've -- that the past has shown us is that
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 1 we're at our strongest when we dare to imagine

 2 better services, better relationships, better

 3 opportunities for every resident.

 4 Let all of us understand that there

 5 is much more to do in our city and the citizens

 6 turn to each one of who we've elected and your

 7 commitment to leave our city better than the

 8 way we found it. We need the best of each of

 9 you immediately. Our citizens deserve nothing

10 less.

11 To our new Council, congratulations

12 and thank you for stepping forward to serve.

13 To our residents, thank you for believing in

14 the power of participation and hope. Let's

15 make this year not just a new beginning but a

16 turning point, one marked with progress, unity,

17 and the shared belief that together we could

18 always do better. Good evening, Scranton.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up,

20 Bob Bolus.

21 MR. BOLUS: Good evening, Council,

22 Bob Bolus, Scranton. Nice to see some new

23 faces. But I hope one thing we're going to see

24 here is uniformity, nothing like what happened

25 with the commissioner meeting where one,
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 1 Commissioner Gaughan thought he was better than

 2 everybody else instead of being equal to

 3 everybody that sits here or sat over there.

 4 I gave him two rolls of toilet

 5 paper to put his diarrhea mouth in place. I

 6 hope you do the job that we need done in the

 7 city and you do it together. Thank you.

 8 I'd like to bring up is we just had

 9 my 32nd annual Bob Bolus Christmas Day Dinner.

10 It was a tremendous success. We had over 4,000

11 people through the door, delivered over 600

12 meals, two meals to a family. And everybody

13 got to take a takeout.

14 And I would like to thank a few

15 people, more importantly my volunteers. Les, I

16 actually saw him actually work for a living.

17 And those that came to the dinner to enjoy what

18 we had there, it was an all day buffet. You

19 take what you wanted. You stayed as long as

20 you wanted. And you were compelled to take a

21 takeout home.

22 Home Depot threw us some blowups

23 that a friend of mine up there donated.

24 Wegmans came to the plate for me. A good

25 friend of mine, a trucking buddy, Billy
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 1 Gilchrist that we've been friends for years and

 2 years, I was shocked when I saw him and he

 3 showed up. That made the dinner that he took

 4 his time to come there and do what he did.

 5 The issues that we have -- and it

 6 was nice, Commissioner Tom Welby stood side by

 7 side with me cutting up turkeys. And we never

 8 questioned whether they were Republican or

 9 Democrat turkeys. They're one in the same.

10 But that's uniformity. That's what

11 I like to see in our community is everybody

12 working together and giving of themselves.

13 You know, and what we just went through here we

14 saw a murder -- a shooting, justified. There's

15 our officer in the back room there.

16 He's trained to do one thing. And

17 that is to protect the citizens and protect

18 himself from aggressive people. This woman

19 tried to run over ICE. They were paid

20 protesters. It's unfortunate she got shot

21 because she was stupid and did what she did.

22 We hold a rally out here. No, but

23 we didn't hold a rally out here for our two

24 national guard service members that were

25 murdered. Just tells you where the hell this
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 1 country's going. It's going in the wrong

 2 direction.

 3 I've spent time in Iran. I'm

 4 watching what they're doing there. I left

 5 there last time the war started. And they are

 6 just sick people. And they're running around

 7 and they're being murdered because they want to

 8 speak out. It's a lot different in this

 9 country.

10 But we got to change the way we do

11 things here. And protesters, you stand in

12 front of an officer and threaten to run him

13 over, you deserve to be shot. No if, ands, or

14 buts, he has every right to protect himself and

15 the citizens.

16 I see that went on here -- most

17 important things is I see our hospitals, why

18 the hell didn't get we get our state and

19 federal representatives, City Council, the

20 Commissioners to make them employee owned. I

21 use that word employee owned instead of being

22 bought out by somebody.

23 Nobody knows what the hell they're

24 talking about, where it's going and give these

25 people the future they're entitled to because
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 1 they give us the healthcare. And I've just

 2 been through the institutions in last couple

 3 weeks. And the health care we get, the

 4 dedication of these employees, these people,

 5 these nurses and doctors give us is second to

 6 none.

 7 And we should stand behind them and

 8 make it an employee owned facility, the two of

 9 them and do something about it, put our mouth

10 where our money is. And that's in our people.

11 And last, Rob Bresnahan and I are

12 going to be going to Iwo Jima. If I just may a

13 quick second -- to finish the mission that I

14 started to bring Sergeant Genaust home to film

15 the flag raising on Mount Suribachi filming the

16 American flag. He and I have been in

17 discussions about going over and completing the

18 mission. Thank you.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up,

20 Lee Morgan.

21 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council,

22 Lee Morgan. The first thing I have here is,

23 you know, I appreciate the first speaker who

24 came to the podium and spoke about illegal

25 immigrants being removed from the country.
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 1 You know, we had a real tragedy in

 2 our country because we had a president who

 3 didn't know he was president. He was a victim

 4 of elder abuse, Joe Biden. He didn't do his

 5 job. And he let 20 to 25 million people cross

 6 our border.

 7 But, you know, the thing we seem to

 8 forget all the time is all the Americans in our

 9 country that have been murdered by illegal

10 people in our country and all the victims of

11 illegal immigrants in our country and no idea

12 who they are, who the got-aways were.

13 And, you know, we have to realize

14 that that's really not the way to do business,

15 okay. Immigrants come through the country

16 where they reside in their own country and they

17 go to their embassy and ask for permission to

18 immigrate here.

19 We have become a very silly group of

20 people. You know, and to highlight that I'd

21 like to say that, you know, people really need

22 to pay attention to this shooting where this

23 tragic woman got killed. You know, the

24 majority of -- allegedly the majority of the

25 people that are opposed to ICE are Caucasian
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 1 females.

 2 But you have to pay attention

 3 because I think that women believe in a

 4 different world than the rest of us. And too

 5 often they're not held accountable for the

 6 things they do. It's built right into our

 7 society.

 8 And I just think that, you know,

 9 when you listen to the tape, the women next to

10 her is telling her to drive. And the policeman

11 is telling her to stop. Now, a man would know

12 that if you challenge a policeman, you don't

13 have a right to your life.

14 That's one of the things I was

15 taught when I was a child by my father, okay,

16 that you have to be responsible. And there --

17 and you have obligations and responsibilities

18 to live through. And I think that when you

19 listen to what female researchers are saying

20 about women in general, I just think that too

21 many of them think that the rules don't apply

22 to them.

23 So she really didn't see what she

24 was doing as being anything that really should

25 have been given any real thought. She didn't
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 1 realize that it could cost her her life. And

 2 she didn't realize she was putting somebody

 3 else's life in jeopardy.

 4 And since the guy was already drug

 5 down the street once before, he reacted

 6 according to what he understood. But, you

 7 know, the sad part is the Democrats, they

 8 aren't trying to help our country. They're

 9 trying to tear it apart.

10 Going back to that -- just over

11 the -- not just the immigration issue, all the

12 things they do, funding, non-profits to return

13 money to them in election years to campaign. I

14 mean, there is just a host that they went in

15 and looked at all the elections in 2020 and

16 found out there was hundreds of thousands of

17 illegal votes.

18 I don't think the Democrats

19 represent anything good. And I'll be honest

20 with you. Now, the last thing I have here is

21 I'm litigating with ECTV. So -- and I'm asking

22 this Council to talk to the Mayor and return

23 the public access component to the public

24 access channel instead of it just being

25 educational and government.
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 1 It needs to go back to being public.

 2 Now, I think I'm going to have a hearing in

 3 regards to this. So I'm going to have to do,

 4 you know, call witnesses and do all kinds of

 5 things. But this never should have been

 6 necessary.

 7 The Council should have protected

 8 that channel and it should have stayed the way

 9 it always was because when the Congress and

10 Senate created that, they didn't create it for

11 the government to use it. They created for the

12 citizens to use it to make their communities

13 better.

14 And if you pay attention to what

15 happened there, I was locked out of the channel

16 because they didn't appreciate that I was

17 talking about rewriting the Home Rule Charter,

18 which has to do with government and by bringing

19 Frank Scavo in and talking about the

20 insurrection allegedly in Washington and David

21 Bergerhoff who ran as a Republican candidate.

22 And if that's enough to lock you out

23 of a channel, then are we really in America?

24 And why are we so worried about what's going on

25 in Iran when we're trying to muzzle people in
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 1 our own country. So I hope you go and talk to

 2 the Mayor. Thank you.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Next up, Lee Morgan.

 4 I'm sorry, Les Spindler.

 5 MR. SPINDLER: Les Spindler, city

 6 resident. Yeah, we don't want him talking

 7 twice. First, I want to welcome the new

 8 members and just remember who put you up there.

 9 It's the citizens of this city. You work for

10 us, the taxpayers.

11 Unlike your predecessors who worked

12 for the Mayor, they never once voted against

13 any legislation that she put down. So I hope

14 in the big votes you remember the citizens and

15 vote the right way, and best of luck.

16 Okay, my favorite subject potholes

17 and pave cuts. First, the one on Dorothy

18 Street that I spoke about probably close to a

19 year now across the street from the basketball

20 court keeps re -- keeps subsiding. And again,

21 there's a big dip there.

22 It's -- I think, Councilman

23 Schuster, you're aware of that one. It's

24 turning into a hole again. Three pave cuts on

25 the corner of Sterling Street and North Main
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 1 Avenue, it's just down from the fire station on

 2 Main Avenue, three pave cuts.

 3 It's -- you get bounced around if

 4 you don't slow down like 10 miles an hour.

 5 There's three in a row. Next thing, on North

 6 Main Avenue again where Dunkin' Donuts is where

 7 the turn is to go into the drive through lane,

 8 huge pave cut there. It's got to be, like, I

 9 don't know how many inches deep.

10 You have to go around it right by

11 Dunkin' Donuts. That's all I have right now.

12 I think that's enough. Next thing, don't know

13 if you're aware, but the railroad bridge on

14 Main Avenue was hit again today. I don't know

15 how many hits that's going to take before the

16 darn thing falls down because nobody can

17 convince me that the integrity of that bridge

18 isn't compromised every time it gets hit.

19 I go by there every day. I live

20 close to there. And I've said in the past

21 there's rusted holes in the steel beams. They

22 were there early in the fall fixing the

23 concrete wall. They should concentrate on the

24 beams of the bridge instead of the silly

25 concrete wall. That wall is not holding the
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 1 bridge up.

 2 Okay, talking about ICE. I have to

 3 disagree with Bob and Lee. I think it's --

 4 United States citizen was killed in cold blood,

 5 I think. All he had to do was tell the -- they

 6 said the lady was blocking the road. Just tell

 7 her to move and she probably would have moved.

 8 But the guy got aggressive and she

 9 probably got scared and she drove away and he

10 killed her. So I hope he's prosecuted to the

11 highest extent of the law. And it's just --

12 oh, and I -- the Homeland Security Director

13 said it was an act of domestic terrorism.

14 That's -- I'd like to know what her

15 qualifications are to be Homeland Security

16 Director because Trump is famous for hiring

17 unqualified people. And another example is the

18 attorney he hired to try to prosecute Cummo --

19 not Cummo, Comey, James Comey, the judge threw

20 the case out because she screwed it up.

21 And the biggest example is RFK, Jr.,

22 putting the guy in charge of the health

23 department. There's no education at all in the

24 health department. He doesn't know anything

25 about health. And he's telling us what to do
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 1 with our bodies.

 2 So what we have to do this year is

 3 vote all the Republicans out of the house of

 4 representatives, which Trump is afraid of. It

 5 was on the news last week that he told all of

 6 his puppets in the house to vote -- or to --

 7 they better win or he's going to get impeached

 8 he said.

 9 He's afraid himself he's going to

10 get impeached. So that's what we have to do.

11 Put all the Democrats back in the house and

12 impeach him and get him out of here. That's

13 all I have tonight. Thank you for your time.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up,

15 Marie Schumacher.

16 MS. SCHUMACHER: Marie Schumacher,

17 citizen of the City of Scranton. I would like

18 to say that I hope you all had a nice Christmas

19 and will do your job here for us. D -- 5-D is,

20 wait a minute. I'm sorry. I don't know. I

21 will come back to that, I guess.

22 I was happy to see the agreement on

23 Scranton lake. But what is going to be now

24 Scranton lake is already providing water to

25 Montage for the skiing. And now it's going to
 31

 1 be given to the mountain.

 2 And I think we need to have some

 3 kind of an agreement on how that -- how that is

 4 going to go if we should have the lake go down.

 5 So I think we certainly need to see that.

 6 And let's see on -- let's see. On

 7 D, I know it's not much -- not much time, but

 8 has there been a salary given out to members of

 9 the city this month? I mean, is it a biweekly?

10 I don't know what people get.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: It's biweekly.

12 MS. SCHUMACHER: It's what?

13 MR. SCHUSTER: It's a biweekly pay.

14 MS. SCHUMACHER: Oh, okay. So one

15 of the things that has happened that I thought

16 never would have happened while I was breathing

17 is the wall between -- down between the Radison

18 and the -- and the -- whatever that building is

19 there on Lackawanna and Cedar.

20 I think that's going to be

21 wonderful. But how much are we paying for

22 that? And how much is the -- I guess the

23 county? Is it 50/50?

24 MR. SCHUSTER: We can get that

25 answer for you.
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 1 MS. SCHUMACHER: Okay. Thank you.

 2 And on D -- D, does Mr. Cusick get the same

 3 salary or --

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: I don't have a budget

 5 in front of me. But I would imagine that he

 6 does.

 7 MS. SCHUMACHER: You imagine he

 8 does. Okay, I guess the -- again, how -- what

 9 is your idea of how the agreement on the

10 utilization of Scranton lake is? I mean,

11 Montage gets some. We get some. Is there

12 going to be an agreement that we could read of

13 how that --

14 MR. SCHUSTER: With that one, we're

15 just hearing some of the starting points of

16 that. So we'd have to definitely get some more

17 information on where we're moving with that.

18 MS. SCHUMACHER: Okay. Okay. Thank

19 you.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anybody

21 else like to address Council?

22 MR. ARGENTA: Good evening, Council,

23 Virgil Argenta. Welcome and good luck to our

24 two new Councilmen and to you, Mr. Schuster,

25 as well.
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 1 I'd like to followup on some

 2 questions I previously asked. Has there been

 3 any investigation into the tax exempt status of

 4 the nonprofits in Scranton? Can you confirm

 5 whether the city has verified the legitimacy of

 6 these exemptions for almost 1,600 parcels?

 7 If any organizations were found to

 8 be in violation or no longer qualify for

 9 exemption, what's the plan to address these

10 issues and recover any loss revenue? We need

11 transparency in this matter to ensure fairness

12 for Scranton taxpayers that do pay taxes.

13 The Mayor stated that roughly 16,122

14 tax exempt parcels that account for nearly 37

15 percent or about 220 million of Scranton's 598

16 million total assessed property value, the

17 Mayor, Paige Cognetti was quoted as saying,

18 "Fundamentally, it's about fairness, whether

19 it's real estate taxes in this case or any type

20 of tax or fee. We want to do everything we can

21 to make sure we're assessing taxes and fees as

22 fairly as possible in the City of Scranton."

23 This was a June, 2025 story in the

24 Scranton Times written by Jeff Horvath. The

25 story was titled, The City will examine tax
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 1 exempt status of nonprofits and others.

 2 The second one is ARPA. Regarding

 3 the ARPA funds awarded by the City of Scranton,

 4 are there any stipulations in the contract that

 5 require recipients to remain in business, will

 6 maintain certain operations for a specified

 7 period of time before they go selling off

 8 equipment, assets, or taking the funds and

 9 running?

10 I also ask, if there are special

11 reporting requirements or deadline such as

12 December 31st, 2024, obligation deadline that

13 the city must have met.

14 And for your information, another

15 truck hit the bridge today was almost on the

16 side and there was also a fuel leak. Thank

17 you, Council.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would

19 anyone else like to address Council?

20 MR. COYNE: Greetings, members of

21 Council, Tom Coyne, Minooka. First of all, I

22 would like to remind you that even though the

23 holiday season is ended, hunger never takes a

24 holiday. Like death and taxes, it's always out

25 there. And some people need help no matter
 35

 1 large donations or small donations.

 2 Are you aware that the police

 3 cameras in the City of Scranton both Axon and

 4 the -- I forget the other company's name again

 5 are being used by ICE to surveil, track, and

 6 locate citizens, especially illegals or

 7 potential illegals in our city?

 8 They are using our police cameras as

 9 methods of surveillance and tracking, just

10 wanted to know if you were aware of that.

11 Now, onto 5-D, the appointment of

12 Pat Cusick effective January 1st. Per Council

13 Rules Section 242, I believe this has to go to

14 the proper committee in return -- and then be

15 returned because it's also reflected in Section

16 16 of the Rules of Council that it has to go to

17 proper committee first before moving on.

18 He's been a manager who's been

19 acting and nonacting for a while. And I do not

20 disagree with his qualifications. But is he a

21 resident of the City of Scranton as this has

22 been purposely excluded and blacked out from

23 the documentation on the resume.

24 But we no longer require him to be a

25 person who lives in the City of Scranton, that
 36

 1 information should be publicly available, not

 2 his address but whether he's a city resident.

 3 My second issue is we have asked for

 4 months and we now have again appointment with a

 5 retroactive date. We have a hire date of

 6 January 1st for an introduction on January 13th

 7 and if the final approval goes through to

 8 committee as it proceeds, it will be -- the

 9 passage will be on January 27th.

10 It's supposed to be with the advice

11 and consent, not we hire them and then get

12 consent afterwards. They are hired when

13 consent is given. This is not how it's

14 supposed to work. The Mayor is not supposed to

15 default hire people and then Council blesses

16 her hiring.

17 The start date should be when

18 Council signs, approves it and the Mayor hits

19 the final bill. Rules, without them, we live

20 with the animals. Speaking of rules, I

21 presented in writing as it states in Council's

22 rules, Article 6 and Section 3 refers to

23 calling in.

24 Extraordinary circumstances and that

25 is without definition. What is extraordinary
 37

 1 circumstances? At the top header it says

 2 illness, travel, scheduling conflicts, weather

 3 and other emergency situations. Most of them

 4 are not extraordinary. Most of them are

 5 extraordinary.

 6 Travel and scheduling and other

 7 conflicts are a choice. It's not an emergency.

 8 If you schedule something else that conflicts

 9 with it, you choose to not participate. Now,

10 if you are sick, you should have to stay in bed

11 and recover.

12 One of five people is not critical.

13 And if you are too ill to come to the office,

14 then you're too ill to phone in and just take

15 the day off. Last, if weather -- if whether is

16 too bad, the President could and can call off

17 the meeting.

18 They decided not to do that because

19 it's not that difficult and people could make

20 it in as such, then you could make a choice as

21 a Council member to come in yourself as well.

22 It's not an extraordinary situation. It's a

23 choice not to participate in Council.

24 And if you choose not to, then you

25 shouldn't be able to phone it in because we
 38

 1 have a right to confront our representatives,

 2 not talk to an empty seat with a microphone

 3 with a phone hidden underneath it. That's not

 4 confrontation.

 5 And last, rule three it seems we

 6 have another statement that members of Council

 7 shall be able to attend -- shall be able to

 8 attend followed by the body requiring that a

 9 member should inform City Council Clerk 48

10 hours prior.

11 Why is it shall for everything else,

12 but when comes to informing Council, it

13 suddenly gets changed to should? Maybe they

14 shall inform Council that they're not going to

15 be here. And as recording, media is often

16 allowed to decide positions at the side of the

17 Council.

18 Per the recent change on Rule 21, it

19 says it could only be done behind the Council

20 dais. I'm not sure if behind is back behind

21 the Council or if it's where ECTV is. It's not

22 clear. I would like to know what exactly

23 behind City Council means. Thank you.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anyone

25 else like to address City Council?
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 1 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council. We got

 2 new leadership now. I'm Rik Little, 11 score

 3 and 11 years ago, our nation, our forefathers

 4 brought forth a great nation conceived in

 5 liberty with equal justice, for everybody, for

 6 mankind.

 7 People play with words a lot. We're

 8 in a war with AI more than anything. The

 9 definition of words should, shall, reasonable,

10 you know, somebody says reasonable and if

11 they're -- it's all too vacillating.

12 But it's pretty clear in the US

13 Constitution that what's going on now affects

14 the entire world. And I look at the media and

15 the political thing, Republicans and Democrats

16 liberals and conservatives.

17 There's a problem in the governance.

18 I've said this before, you know, the Home Rule

19 Charter, you know, made up -- made legal in

20 1856 is supposed to make it more convenient for

21 government to work. And they have extrapolated

22 that into the whole judicial branch where we

23 have partisan judges, partisan magistrates,

24 partisan district attorneys.

25 And the future of our city which is
 40

 1 a biggest concern with me is I want to point

 2 out that that so many agencies have acquiesced

 3 to the county who has acquiesced to the state

 4 and -- and most of all, everybody is acquiesced

 5 to the judiciary which is the biggest -- no one

 6 knows what's going on.

 7 And, you know, it's like you're not

 8 supposed to run for government unless you're --

 9 you know, you've first gone through the school

10 board. And I'm looking at that. And that has

11 to do with unions and, you know, Governor

12 Shapiro, you know, he said when he was running,

13 you know, that he would have charter schools

14 and then he cut it out.

15 But this is the voting base. And

16 what's going on in Minnesota where federal

17 funds have come in, Health and Human Services

18 funds, you know, which is everybody around here

19 is talking about Medicare and Medicaid. But

20 they are talking about that.

21 And, you know, it's easily pointed

22 out that they have exploited all of this. And

23 now this woman is shot. And the media is

24 ramping up the whole thing. And in

25 Pennsylvania it's like, you know, making it a
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 1 partisan thing.

 2 In Scranton, I see water is the most

 3 important thing if you are going to survive.

 4 And this whole thing with Lake Scranton and the

 5 data centers, this is crazy. It even said in

 6 the paper, you know, it's going to double the

 7 water prices.

 8 And, you know, they have different

 9 words, you know, like, different words for

10 sewage and everything. Anyway, Scranton has to

11 focus on Scranton and that includes HUD,

12 Scranton Housing Authority, Health and Human

13 Services, which is the schools feeding kids and

14 stuff. Keep it local.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Fifth

16 Order.

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

18 MOTIONS.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you

20 have any motions or comments?

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

22 I'll just start off with the unsheltered task

23 force has scheduled a meeting that is going to

24 take place February 2nd. However, we have been

25 doing the last few virtually. And they'll
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 1 continue to be virtual via Microsoft Teams and

 2 invite only from what I've aware of.

 3 Also, it's going to be a pretty cold

 4 week. So you'll see like our code blue

 5 shelters open at least over the next week.

 6 Temperatures will really be dropping during the

 7 evenings with a low windchill factor. So I was

 8 made aware of that likely the code blues will

 9 be open throughout the week.

10 And I wanted to thank the DPW for

11 the work that they have been doing finally over

12 at Colfax and Olive on the curb cut that we

13 have been asking for, especially Doris Koloski.

14 I know she's not here tonight. But she's the

15 one that first brought it to our attention

16 probably two years ago.

17 And so I'm glad to see that they

18 have been working on that so that there could

19 be a curb cut there for those who need it. And

20 one of the streets over on Pine Street, I

21 believe the 700 block near Regional Hospital,

22 several of those blocks as well as East Gibson

23 Street were repaved after a lot of damage from

24 the storm.

25 And they did an absolute wonderful
 43

 1 job on the paving of them. And I was really

 2 sad to see that on that block that the street

 3 was opened up again. And now there's a large

 4 metal top put over it. So I wanted to ask more

 5 about what utility company is doing that work

 6 and what the plans are for -- for that block

 7 and why it had to be opened up again, Mr.

 8 Voldenberg, if you wouldn't mind inquiring

 9 about that for me.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr.

11 Rothchild.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: I'd appreciate it.

13 I received an e-mail from someone asking about

14 the Green Ridge Street Bridge Project. And I

15 know others have brought it up here in the past

16 and the traffic congestion being an issue for

17 Green Ridge Street. And the person was asking

18 about if the left arrow could be restored and

19 if that would help with the traffic flow.

20 So I'll forward that message to you,

21 Mr. Voldenberg, if we could find out if there

22 are any other traffic solutions for that street

23 while they're still working on the project. I

24 know I've gotten stuck in it myself too so --

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr.
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 1 Rothchild.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you.

 3 Oh, and there was another pave concern that we

 4 had brought up over the fall time that was also

 5 on East Gibson Street over at the intersection

 6 of East Gibson and North Webster where there

 7 was -- the crosswalk that had been recently

 8 painted was disturbed with the pave cut and

 9 work that the water company was doing there.

10 And the -- I don't think that it was

11 filled properly because there's quite the dip

12 at that pave cut. And so it took a while, but

13 they finally went back to try to correct it.

14 But I think they made it worse. And they made

15 it even larger and extending out into the

16 intersection.

17 And I realize that with the colder

18 temps they can't get necessarily the same

19 materials to completely fix it. But it's still

20 I don't think in ideal shape for people to be

21 driving on that for months until the weather

22 becomes warmer and they could do more of a full

23 restoration. So if we could be in contact with

24 American Water with regards to that pave cut.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll reach out in
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 1 the morning.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Great. Thank

 3 you. One last thing I want to mention Renee

 4 Good, the woman who was murdered by the ICE

 5 agent last week in Minnesota has been on my

 6 mind a lot, her and her family, and that whole

 7 situation.

 8 And it's, you know, really -- really

 9 sadden me. And, you know, I think because -- I

10 think about what if something like that was to

11 happen in our community. And so I find it

12 really incredulous that people could stand up

13 here tonight and have no compassion, nor

14 empathy for this woman and feel that it was

15 justified even if she was to be protesting ICE.

16 So I think when things like this

17 occur, it's not just meant to instill fear in

18 undocumented -- excuse me, if I could please

19 have my time. You had your time during

20 citizens participation. You could leave. I am

21 worried about our community, yes.

22 And so like I said, you know, if

23 something was that -- to happen in our

24 community, it would be really devastating. And

25 actions like this are not only meant to instill
 46

 1 fear in undocumented immigrants. But in those

 2 who are documented or fighting for their

 3 citizenship or have become citizens and now

 4 even for people who want to protest ICE which

 5 is our given right in this country to be able

 6 to protest.

 7 So I hope people don't allow that to

 8 put them in a place of fear. But I know there

 9 are a lot of people who are afraid as Mr.

10 McHale spoke tonight and gave us some insight

11 to some of our local community members who are

12 really afraid of ICE and what's happening and

13 things that are even occurring in our city.

14 So I do appreciate him mentioning

15 that. And I did want to ask, Mr. Voldenberg,

16 if we could please reach out to Chief Carroll.

17 I would like to confirm with one of the other

18 speakers brought up regarding if ICE is

19 utilizing our cameras and our technology in the

20 city to find people.

21 And then I'd like some further

22 information on what the city's relationship

23 is -- working relationship is with ICE at this

24 present time.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr.
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 1 Rothchild.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. That's

 3 all that I have.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. Sean

 5 McAndrew, do you have any motions or comments?

 6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a

 7 few. First, over the past week I reviewed the

 8 purchase agreement for the Fidelity building.

 9 And, you know, looking at it and reviewing it,

10 much like a home buyer purchasing a property,

11 this transaction is far from complete.

12 The agreement provides for a 45-day

13 inspection and due diligence period. That must

14 occur before the closing. That started on the

15 30th when they signed it. The city has stated

16 that the building was inspected already by the

17 City Engineer and reviewed by a third party

18 building and safety inspector.

19 That is part of the answers we

20 received earlier in the year. While that is

21 helpful, those inspections are not the same as

22 a transactional property inspection. Their

23 focus is identifying code violations, not

24 uncovering material defects or evaluating the

25 overall condition and long-term risk associated
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 1 with any property.

 2 That agreement clearly states the

 3 buyer has 45 days from the execution of the

 4 contract to complete all inspections. I also

 5 found it pretty interesting that they are not

 6 even looking to close until June.

 7 So I don't know why it was rushed

 8 down at the end of the year. Therefore, I

 9 would like to make a motion requiring the

10 completion of a comprehensive due diligence,

11 including but not limited to engineering,

12 environmental and financial inspections prior

13 to any closing of the Fidelity building.

14 Additionally, I move all findings be

15 formally presented to City Council and receive

16 affirmative Council approval before the

17 authorization is granted to proceed with the

18 sale.

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Second.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Motion on the floor

21 and a second. Anyone on the question? Roll

22 call.

23 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.
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 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

 3 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

 4 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 5 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. Motion carries.

 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Next, so

 9 the -- in the -- some of the answers we

10 received, it said the city has also stated that

11 the current proposal, one of the projects is

12 the development installation of the Scranton

13 Police Department's Real Time Crime Center.

14 They said this project is described

15 as being funded through a $500,000 local shared

16 account grant to outfit the center with the

17 grant application including security measures

18 designed to mirror those at the current SPD

19 headquarters and assure CJIS compliance of the

20 space.

21 My question is, Mr. Voldenberg, if

22 you could send this down, is that money that is

23 already approved or is that an application

24 they put in that they're hoping to get approved

25 because that -- because if it's not approved
 50

 1 yet, I would like to ask my colleagues if we

 2 would like to -- or be interested in sending a

 3 formal letter to Senator Flynn and the state

 4 representatives requesting a written update on

 5 the status of that approval, the timing of it,

 6 the conditions of all grant funding associated

 7 with this project.

 8 I had a brief conversation with

 9 Senator Flynn. He wasn't even in favor of us

10 purchasing the building, didn't think we needed

11 it. So I'm not sure if that, you know, this

12 grant that they are possibly applying to if

13 we're even going to get support from our

14 Senator or local representatives. So any of my

15 colleagues agree with sending that letter if

16 that is the case?

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Gilbride, when it

18 comes to this letter, do yo think we can just

19 agree on it or should we put that in the form

20 of a motion?

21 ATTY. GILBRIDE: No, I mean, you

22 could just agree. It's just a letter. You're

23 not asking for any formal action.

24 MR. FLYNN: Are we waiting to hear

25 back on if it was approved or if it's still in
 51

 1 application?

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I think

 3 the clarification first would be is this money

 4 that was already approved in a prior

 5 application that's sitting in the funds or is

 6 this is a new application that's going and

 7 that's going to need approval. It wasn't

 8 really clear on my end. I want to clear it up

 9 first.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: And if that's the

11 case, can we have a deadline that would be

12 awarded.

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah.

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Even if there

15 was an application or an approval, that would

16 have came to us already in some form. I didn't

17 see either -- I know we were on recess. I'm in

18 favor of both. I agree to both. Find out and

19 then send the letter. I'm okay.

20 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I think

21 it's a quick answer they could give us and

22 then -- hopefully by tomorrow. And then if

23 that's the case if it's not approved and then

24 they just submitted it, then we could send that

25 letter to try to see if we're going to get
 52

 1 support for it or see where it's at in the

 2 status and kind of get a clear cut because

 3 that's a lot of money that's part of plan to

 4 purchase this building so --

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: So if we could wait

 6 back for an answer on that --

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. I'll ask

 8 that question tomorrow.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: And then we could

10 move forward once we have that information.

11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Thank

12 you. So I have two questions from residents.

13 First one, Mr. Voldenberg, if you could send

14 this down, there was a grant awarded for the

15 work at the Clover Field Project. Can you ask

16 an update on the status of that project?

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

18 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And another one

19 is the list of pave cut permits that were

20 completed from 2019 to 2025.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.

22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And then my

23 final request I'm just looking for information.

24 I would like to get an updated list of the

25 accounting -- from the accounting department or
 53

 1 the Business Administrator's office on the ARPA

 2 funds.

 3 I would like it to include for each

 4 award to include the business name, the total

 5 amount, the place of the performance, the

 6 overall status of award if they were, you know,

 7 cancelled or if they were given it after it was

 8 already selected, the sub award number and the

 9 date of the original agreement.

10 I know there was some information

11 that I think was online but I want to make sure

12 we have the current and most updated

13 information.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get the

15 latest.

16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: All right. And

17 that's all I have. Thank you very much.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Mr. Mark

19 McAndrew, do you have any motions or comments?

20 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I have a couple

21 things. So first of all, with the recent, you

22 know, which is horrible to the two recent

23 abduction attempts, one being a 14 year old

24 that has a history of stealing cars which is

25 absurd, back in October of 2024, Social
 54

 1 Contract, LLC, a consulting firm partnered with

 2 the City of Scranton and Lackawanna County, all

 3 right, to develop a community violence

 4 intervention strategy.

 5 It was funded by the American Rescue

 6 Plan Act, ARPA aiming to reduce youth and gang

 7 violence through evidenced based programs,

 8 community engagement and support services

 9 involving stakeholders like the Scranton School

10 District.

11 So I haven't heard hide nor hair

12 from these people. We've never got an update.

13 You know, and there's greater detail here.

14 The purpose is to design and implement a

15 comprehension community violence intervention.

16 So I don't know if they've done

17 anything. You know, subject matter experts

18 like them should hit the ground running and not

19 go through a data collection phase that all of

20 a sudden needs a contract extension to present

21 their data and recommendations.

22 We've seen that here before. It

23 happens all the time. And their contract is

24 up. It's going to be up in September, which

25 September gets here quick. All right. So can
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 1 you reach out to Lackawanna County because

 2 we're in conjunction with them with this

 3 contract to see if, you know, they provided any

 4 updates to them or have they been in

 5 communication with any of the schools because,

 6 you know, we have a history here in this

 7 building that hires expert, per se, consultants

 8 and has case studies that really don't produce

 9 but cost the taxpayers a fortune, Nossaman,

10 LLC, being one of them, Muflehan being another

11 and Rubicon.

12 These are examples. And these --

13 these -- these contracts are extended. They

14 seem to stick around and nothing really gets

15 accomplished. They go through this data

16 collection phase. And we'll report out and we

17 need another year. We need an extension to

18 show you how to implement it.

19 These are experts that, you know,

20 that should hit -- like I said, hit the ground

21 running, do their job. This was an ARPA funded

22 joint venture with Lackawanna County. I didn't

23 see it anywhere being -- if there's any money

24 put aside to actually renew them in September

25 if that's the case.
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 1 So, you know, with the blessing of

 2 the President, first reach out to Lackawanna

 3 County and see if there is any data that was

 4 presented or any presentation to them. If not,

 5 let's have a caucus with your blessing because

 6 I think it was like 150 grand we shared. So

 7 that's -- that's bothering me. So I think we

 8 need to bring them in.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Mr. McAndrew, I

10 just want add I know you were at the school

11 district. I don't recall -- but I just got off

12 the school board -- I don't recall ever hearing

13 them come in, similar the Muflehan report,

14 there's a whole section of the school district

15 and facts and stuff about it.

16 They've never contacted the

17 district. Where they get their information

18 from, I have no idea. But nobody in the

19 district was ever contacted. So just know on

20 the school end, I don't believe they were ever

21 contacted for these proposal either.

22 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right.

23 Well, we need to bring it to the table. Also,

24 with regards to ARPA allocations and criteria,

25 early on during the allocation process with
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 1 ARPA funds, we had some meetings obviously.

 2 And I pointblank asked Mrs. Cipriani

 3 is there any criteria, is there any

 4 stipulations with regards to the disbursement

 5 of this money and do you have to stay in the

 6 city? Do you have to have so many employees?

 7 Do you have to have -- just basic criteria that

 8 grants require when you apply for them.

 9 And she said no. So -- but things

10 change, right? I don't know. I believed her

11 at the time. And I'm sure that was -- that was

12 the case. But I remember also with regards to

13 the ARPA funds, there were final rules. There

14 was the first final rule where and how it could

15 be utilized and allocated for.

16 And then there was a change as to,

17 no, this is the final rule of 24, where this is

18 the final, final rule where this money can only

19 be allocated and used for A, B, and C. So --

20 but to have no criteria or no stipulations with

21 regards to the use of the money, you know,

22 whether in a municipality you got to stay there

23 for a year. You got to stay there for two

24 years.

25 You got to hire so many employees.
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 1 I'm going to -- I don't want to throw this at

 2 you, but I want to put you to task, Solicitor

 3 Gilbride. Can you please look at the federal

 4 level to see if there was any criteria or

 5 anything that maybe our administration missed

 6 or we missed or Anser who was the company that

 7 handled some of that ARPA responsibilities,

 8 can -- for clarification's sake if you could

 9 please maybe do a little of research and reach

10 out, okay?

11 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Yes.

12 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I'm sorry, I

13 can't see you there. All right. Well, thank

14 you. Pave cuts, potholes again, Jackson Street

15 in proximity to All Saints Academy and St.

16 Pat's Church, the potholes there are like the

17 wild west. It's just ridiculous. I don't know

18 if it's because of the quick change in

19 temperatures we've had or the weather we had.

20 But they need to be alerted, DPW

21 and/or administration to take care of them.

22 They're horrendous. And then there is another

23 one on the corner of Main Street and Luzerne

24 Street if you are turning down towards the

25 flats, as they say, over there towards
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 1 Bellview, there's a huge pothole on the corner.

 2 I swear to God I could see brick. I

 3 hit it a couple of times recently. Even though

 4 it's there because where it's located is the

 5 center lane comes up and you're making the

 6 right, you really can't swerve around it

 7 because of oncoming traffic.

 8 So and, like I said, I saw brick.

 9 So that's how deep this pothole is if they

10 could be alerted. There was a bad pave cut on

11 St. Ann Street near Maroni's. But guess what,

12 I double-checked today and it was taken care

13 of. It was almost the width of the street

14 which was ridiculous. You couldn't avoid that

15 either.

16 The HUP test update. I think we

17 asked for that right before break. I think you

18 did, Mr. Schuster. But guess what, I only

19 remember a briefing. I remember this being

20 brought up once before. And we were briefed I

21 believe during some of the budget work

22 sessions.

23 Oh, yeah, we kind of got -- you

24 know, we're doing okay. We didn't get a lot.

25 We didn't get a -- I want a list. I want to
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 1 know who is still officially a nonprofit that

 2 doesn't have to pay taxes. I want to know if

 3 we actually found one, two, five, ten that

 4 actually don't qualify as a nonprofit based on,

 5 you know, the changes that have happened

 6 throughout the, you know, past decade or two

 7 with regards to, you know, meeting that

 8 criteria.

 9 So this test should be over with and

10 finalized. We never got a clear report. So I

11 would request that from administration. And,

12 you know what, people come and ask every one or

13 two -- every one or two months ask for an

14 update.

15 And it's sad that we can't actually

16 respond to them and say, you know what, we made

17 some headway, guys, you know, some nonprofits

18 out there that really, you know, because it is

19 37 close to 40 percent of the city.

20 So we need, you know, and I know we

21 work in conjunction with the county and there

22 was some, you know, there was some speed bumps

23 or -- but let's please take care of that.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Get an update.
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 1 Thank you very much. So let's talk about

 2 Euclid and Main Avenue, the bridge. Right,

 3 I've been talking about it for six years here,

 4 the bridge. Trucks get stuck under that

 5 bridge. Trucks getting stuck under every

 6 bridge in the area.

 7 And every time this happens I bring

 8 it up again and say, hey, we got to do better

 9 because what we're doing isn't working. It's

10 obvious. I remember saying, hey, how about

11 signage way before you get to Main Avenue

12 coming up Lackawanna Avenue.

13 And there's signs there but not

14 right when you get there because it's too late

15 to turn right -- I mean, to turn left because

16 you're in the lane. And GPS is going send you

17 to Keyser but you can't get there from there.

18 But that's what GPS does. So they

19 end up going down and they get stuck under the

20 bridge. But I said more than once on occasion

21 here that residents always come through for us.

22 Sometimes they have the best ideas and the best

23 answers for the problems that they incur and we

24 incur.

25 So not too long ago a resident sent
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 1 me a picture of -- it's called a curtain,

 2 right, so it's in the city of San Antonio,

 3 right, Texas they had the same problems we did.

 4 Okay, bridges were like, you know, 11'3. They

 5 were built before there was tractor-trailers,

 6 18 wheelers.

 7 They were built before a lot of

 8 things. So they had -- what they did, they

 9 threw more signs at it like we do, didn't work.

10 They kept throwing more signs at it like we do.

11 And every time I send inquiry to

12 administration, they say, oh, well, you know,

13 we're going to talk to PennDOT about it and

14 we're talking with the City Engineer. We're

15 talking. We're talking. But we're not getting

16 any answers.

17 So when this gentleman sent me the

18 picture, I have actually copied and looked at

19 the picture and Googled it. And it took me to

20 the city of San Antonio. Right, so, what this

21 is is -- and I don't know how to explain it.

22 But it's called a curtain. But it's not

23 actually a curtain.

24 Say if their bridge is 11'3, right,

25 there's a pole that goes up and over and then
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 1 dangling from this pole instead of a curtain

 2 are plastic cylinders well before the signage

 3 where they had it. I think they placed this in

 4 two parts of their city where they had the same

 5 problems with bridges.

 6 And what happens is, so what they

 7 said was they put up signs. We put up more

 8 signs. And we put up more signs with flashing

 9 lights and that was a recommendation recently,

10 but nothing worked. So since they put up this

11 apparatus or whatever you want to call it, when

12 a truck comes down that road way before the

13 bridge and they go under this dangling curtain,

14 it makes noise.

15 It really alerts the truck drivers

16 like, boom, boom, boom. Because obviously, you

17 know, visually they're not seeing cues and the

18 signs out there. But if you hit something and

19 hear it -- and it doesn't damage the truck. It

20 makes enough noise to alert the driver.

21 And there's a sign right above it

22 saying this is 11 feet 3 inches. And that's

23 what the bridge you're coming up to is. So

24 since they installed these two things, they

25 never had a problem again with the bridge. So
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 1 it looks like they solved it for us. They came

 2 up with a better mousetrap than we can.

 3 So what I would like to do is --

 4 I'll give this to you, make a copy, send it to

 5 administration and say here's an idea that

 6 worked somewhere else. We don't have to

 7 reinvent the wheel but we have to -- what we're

 8 doing now isn't working. All right. What else

 9 do I have? And that's it. That's all I have.

10 Thank you.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, Mr.

12 McAndrew. Something just to add to Mr.

13 McAndrew is I believe in this they paired with

14 the railroad to pick up some of the cost.

15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I guess they

16 shared the cost. It was like 24 grand which is

17 nothing compared to the amount of damage that

18 is being done. And guess what, the one today

19 looked horrible. It was tipped and they're

20 leaking fuel.

21 Someone is going to get hurt. That

22 could have been a massive fire with that truck

23 and cars in front and behind that incident.

24 But, yeah, it was like $24,000. The railroad

25 and the city shared the cost. But, you know,
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 1 if these road -- if this is placed on a road

 2 that's a PennDOT road, maybe we share the cost

 3 three ways, but please, yeah.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. If we

 5 could, when that information goes over if we

 6 could just ask the administration if they have

 7 a decent relationship with the railroad if they

 8 could reach out to see if there is a way to,

 9 you know, split the cost or work in unison on

10 something like this.

11 I know we've had meetings with the

12 railroad in the past that I've been on. So I

13 know we have contacts there. So if they could

14 just speak with the railroad and see if there's

15 a solution.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll do that, sir.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

18 Mr. Flynn, do you have any motions or comments?

19 MR. FLYNN: Yes, I have a few.

20 Thank you. First, I want to talk about the

21 rate and increase we got from S and P today.

22 It's a big deal for the city going to that A

23 minus rating from the BBB plus. It takes us

24 from a positive outlook to a stable outlook.

25 So I'm excited for that for the
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 1 future of our city as we take over on City

 2 Council and the new Council sits here. I also

 3 think that we as a Council has to do our part

 4 to make sure that outlook stays that way and to

 5 be watchdogs with the administration, work with

 6 the administration to make sure that we stay on

 7 this path of stability as we all know for so

 8 many years the distressed status of City of

 9 Scranton.

10 And where we are today is exciting,

11 but it's something that also I want to be

12 cautious about keeping on that trajectory. So

13 exciting news for the city today. But also

14 excited for us as a city and a City Council to

15 make sure that we stay on that path.

16 A few things for you, Mr.

17 Voldenberg. Can I get a full list of the pave

18 list for 2026 for the streets that are on that

19 list?

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

21 MR. FLYNN: And one other thing, you

22 know, I was watching old Council meetings and

23 the one thing I came upon and I was talking to

24 some individuals was the potential that we had

25 last year to go into this zero dollar contract
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 1 with PA Ambulance who was our ambulance

 2 provider here in the City of Scranton.

 3 That never got across the finish

 4 line, but unnerves me a bit that we as a city

 5 do not have a contract with any ambulance

 6 provided whether something could happen to a

 7 family member of any of ours any day, the

 8 opioid crisis that's ravaging our

 9 neighborhoods, all the things that are

10 happening in our city and we do not have a

11 contract.

12 So at any point in time, PA

13 Ambulance can say we're done servicing the City

14 of Scranton. There's nothing that we could do

15 about that. They could miss ten calls tonight

16 and there is nothing we could really do to be

17 able to hold them accountable for that in a

18 city like this.

19 I know in other municipalities

20 surrounding the City of Scranton, they have

21 these zero dollar contracts which is, you know,

22 I believe I would assume on their end is just a

23 way for us to say, like, you're our provider as

24 well. And we're going with you and staying

25 with you, almost a good faith agreement.
 68

 1 But can we look into where that --

 2 where that ended at last year and see -- talk

 3 to the administration about that. I think

 4 that's something that is important for all

 5 residents of the city.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr. Flynn.

 7 MR. FLYNN: And that's all I have

 8 for tonight. Thank you.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

10 So I do have a few. With Mr. McAndrew's point

11 about the social contract, can we see who the

12 point person is for the city that works with

13 social contracts and see if it is possible for

14 us to get a caucus with them and an update

15 about the work that's been done and where we're

16 moving forward?

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

19 In conjunction with Mr. Sean McAndrew's

20 question, he asked for a list of businesses

21 that received ARPA grants. Is it possible to

22 add to that can we get also a list of

23 businesses and entities that were awarded money

24 but did not receive that money?

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 2 And with that being said, was any of that money

 3 that wasn't used by those businesses or

 4 entities, was it reallocated or was there any

 5 clawbacks that occurred there?

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that also.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 8 I do have some questions. Last week there was

 9 a couple salt purchases that occurred. They

10 were listed in Third Order last week. I did

11 get some clarification about why three

12 different purchases.

13 And the administration stated that

14 three salt-related transfers reflect the

15 increase in salt requirements for 2025 and

16 they're intended to cover the cost of

17 additional salt that was ordered due to

18 multiple winter storms.

19 There was also a new salt purchase

20 that was on our agenda today in the budget

21 transfers and if we can just get clarification

22 on that as well. I also asked about the

23 capacity of our salt at the new salt shed. And

24 it was stated that the capacity of the new salt

25 shed is 1,300 tons.
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 1 I did ask if there was a opportunity

 2 for a second salt shed which was included in

 3 the 2026 capital budget. And the answer I got

 4 back was that the secondary salt shed is

 5 included in the capital budget and this project

 6 is pending due to grant applications for

 7 funding.

 8 Moving onto the next topic, I did

 9 ask at our first meeting if we could get the

10 financial outlook from PFM. I asked about the

11 wrong entity. It isn't PFM that does this

12 financial outlook. It's Pell. We did speak

13 with the administration yesterday. And Pell is

14 providing that five year outlook. It's being

15 completed right now.

16 Matt Domines is going to get it.

17 And when that outlook is completed, they're

18 going to give a copy to Council. And we should

19 have them in for a caucus to hear about that

20 and get updates on our five year financials.

21 Positive news, it's been mentioned

22 by several Council members here and members of

23 the public our S and P upgrade from moving from

24 BBB -- BBB plus to A minus is a great

25 improvement coming out of Act 47.
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 1 It is a really big deal for the

 2 city. So it's something to celebrate. Mr.

 3 McAndrew brought up some of the potholes, some

 4 of the pave cuts. It was mentioned in public

 5 comment tonight as well. I do know that these

 6 are on the administration's radar, one being

 7 Forest Glen.

 8 It was very similar to the one on

 9 St. Ann Street. So we did speak to the

10 administration yesterday. We let them know

11 about Forest Glen about getting an update on

12 the Jackson Street are and also the pothole on

13 St. Ann Street. So I'm glad to hear that that

14 was taken care of. It was down the hill from

15 Maroni's.

16 It was narrow, but it did almost

17 span the entirety of the road. So with that

18 being said also asking if we're going to take

19 an aggressive stance on potholes this year. It

20 does seem to be that we do have more than usual

21 and what the city's plan is for that.

22 All right, Mr. Voldenberg, I'm going

23 to keep going. Sorry. There was a couple

24 streetlight requests that were made. We did

25 one in I believe in October, November. West
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 1 Side Little League had cleared off the hill

 2 at -- between Novembrino and what we used to

 3 call the Oxy down at Battaglia field.

 4 They were requesting a light there

 5 for the staircase for nighttime. If we could

 6 check on where we are in that process if it's

 7 been approved, if it's been denied, if it's

 8 just pending.

 9 There was also a streetlight request

10 for Putnam and Wayne. I believe it was the 300

11 block of Putnam Street. And then there was

12 also a streetlight request for St. Francis

13 Cabrini Avenue.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll follow up on

15 all three.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I did

17 have on my list tonight the HUP test update.

18 So I'm to glad to hear that Mr. McAndrew also

19 requested it. So I do believe a copy of this

20 was sent to the school district. So I do

21 believe the school district got some of that

22 information.

23 So if we could see what information

24 the school district got, how far we are along

25 with that process, when will it be completed.
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 1 And if it's completed, if we can get a copy of

 2 that.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of

 4 it.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I did see

 6 that fireman Vito Scocozzo is retiring right

 7 now, so congratulations to him for his work and

 8 service to the city. And on our reorganization

 9 day, I forgot to give two thank yous. It was

10 to my in-laws, Ann and Ace Levandowski. They

11 were here.

12 They supported me for many years.

13 And I forgot to thank them that day. So I

14 would like to thank them right now. And that

15 is all.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

17 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE- AMENDING FILE OF

18 THE COUNCIL NO. 102, 2025, AN ORDINANCE

19 ENTITLED "GENERAL CITY OPERATING BUDGET 2026"

20 BY INCREASING ACCOUNT NO.

21 100-31120-310-000-000000 (WAGE TAX) BY

22 $4,000.00 AND ACCOUNT NO.

23 100-44010-120-000-000000 (CITY CLERK/CITY

24 COUNCIL-STANDARD SALARY) BY $4,000.00 FOR MERIT

25 INCREASE TO CITY COUNCIL OFFICE CLERICAL
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 1 EMPLOYEES.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

 3 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

 4 into its proper committee.

 5 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

 8 those in favor of introduction signify by

 9 saying aye.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

12 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

13 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

15 ayes have it and so moved.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

17 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

18 PATRICK CUSICK TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF

19 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,

20 2026.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

22 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

23 into its proper committee.

24 MR. MARK MCANDREW: So moved.

25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, on the

 3 question, can we just get -- can we just ask

 4 the administration how many resumes they

 5 received and how many interviews they conducted

 6 for this position?

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask those

 8 questions.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Any other question?

11 All those in favor?

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

15 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Opposed? Aye as well

17 on both of those motions. Next, Sixth Order.

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. 1, 2026 - AMENDING

23 RESOLUTION NO. 1, 2024, ENTITLED "ADOPTING THE

24 RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE SCRANTON

25 CITY COUNCIL, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA" BY
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 1 AMENDING THE RULES AS ATTACHED HERETO AS

 2 EXHIBIT "A".

 3 (VIDEO INTERRUPTION)

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

 5 Roll call, please.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

13 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

16 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

18 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

19 SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 2,

20 2026 - ACCEPTING A DONATION PRESENTED TO THE

21 CITY OF SCRANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM AMOS

22 LODGE OF B'NAI B'RITH IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE

23 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($3,000.00) TO BE PLACED IN

24 THE SPECIAL CITY SERVICES ACCOUNT:

25 12029544000000000000.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

 2 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 3 Committee on Public Safety?

 4 MR. MARK MCANDREW: As Chairperson

 5 for the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

 6 final passage of Item 7-B.

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

 9 Roll call, please.

10 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

17 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

20 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR

22 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

23 SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 3,

24 2026 - ACCEPTING A DONATION PRESENTED TO THE

25 CITY OF SCRANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM GREGG L.
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 1 SUNDAY AND JOAN M. SUNDAY IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE

 2 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($1,500.00) IN

 3 MEMORY OF SCRANTON FIREFIGHTER STEPHEN SUNDAY

 4 TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

 6 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 7 Committee on Public Safety?

 8 MR. MARK MCANDREW: As Chairperson

 9 for the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

10 final passage of Item 7-C.

11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

13 Roll call.

14 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

21 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

24 declare Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. FOR
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 1 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - FOR

 2 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 4, 2026 - APPROVING,

 3 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 147(F) OF THE

 4 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, A

 5 PLAN OF FINANCING OF THE SCRANTON-LACKAWANNA

 6 HEALTH AND WELFARE AUTHORITY; AND DECLARING

 7 THAT IT IS DESIRABLE FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND

 8 WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SCRANTON

 9 FOR THE SCRANTON-LACKAWANNA HEALTH AND WELFARE

10 AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE A PROJECT FOR THE

11 UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

13 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

14 Committee on Finance?

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: As the Chairperson

16 for the Committee on Finance, I recommend final

17 passage of Item 7-D.

18 MR. FLYNN: Second.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

20 Roll call, please.

21 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.
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 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 3 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

 4 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

 6 declare Item 7-D legally and lawfully adopted.

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. No

 8 business at this time.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: If there's no further

10 business, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.

11 MR. FLYNN: Motion to adjourn.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is

13 adjourned.

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 $ 2026 [11] - 1:7, 4:1, 7 activities [1] - 8:13 alerted [2] - 58:20,
 8:4, 66:18, 70:3, add [3] - 56:10, 64:12, 59:10
$1,500.00 [1] - 78:2 73:19, 74:20, 75:22, 7 [1] - 9:21 68:22 alerts [1] - 63:15
$100,000 [1] - 4:11 76:20, 77:24, 79:2 7-A [2] - 75:20, 76:16 additional [1] - 69:17 allegedly [2] - 23:24,
$24,000 [1] - 64:24 20th [1] - 12:9 7-B [3] - 76:17, 77:6, additionally [1] - 26:20
$3,000.00 [1] - 76:23 21 [1] - 38:18 77:20 48:14 Allegiance [1] - 3:1
$4,000.00 [2] - 73:22, 220 [1] - 33:15 7-C [3] - 77:21, 78:10, address [6] - 5:5, allocated [2] - 57:15,
 73:24 24 [2] - 57:17, 64:16 78:24 32:21, 33:9, 34:19, 57:19
$40,000 [1] - 4:11 242 [1] - 35:13 7-D [3] - 78:25, 79:17, 36:2, 38:25 allocation [1] - 56:25
$49,000 [1] - 4:9 25 [2] - 10:13, 23:5 80:6 addressed [2] - 13:24, allocations [1] - 56:24
$500,000 [1] - 49:15 27th [1] - 36:9 700 [1] - 42:21 13:25 allow [1] - 46:7
 2nd [1] - 41:24 adjourn [2] - 80:10, allowed [1] - 38:16
 1 8 80:11 allows [1] - 6:15
 3 adjourned [1] - 80:13 almost [5] - 33:6,
1 [4] - 5:2, 74:19, 8 [1] - 3:25 adjustments [1] - 34:15, 59:13, 67:25,
 75:22, 75:23 3 [3] - 36:22, 63:22, 13:21 71:16
1,300 [1] - 69:25 77:23 A ADMINISTRATION [1] Ambulance [2] - 67:1,
1,600 [1] - 33:6 3-A [1] - 4:8 - 4:1 67:13
10 [1] - 28:4 3.A [1] - 3:25 A" [1] - 76:2 administration [14] - ambulance [2] - 67:1,
100-31120-310-000- 300 [1] - 72:10 A-minus [1] - 6:9 4:10, 58:5, 58:21, 67:5
 000000 [1] - 73:21 30th [1] - 47:15 a.m [1] - 9:21 60:11, 62:12, 64:5, AMENDED [1] - 79:4
100-44010-120-000- 31st [2] - 12:21, 34:12 abduction [1] - 53:23 65:6, 66:5, 66:6, AMENDING [3] -
 000000 [1] - 73:23 320 [1] - 5:5 ability [1] - 81:7 68:3, 69:13, 70:13, 73:17, 75:22, 76:1
102 [1] - 73:18 32nd [1] - 19:9 able [10] - 5:7, 5:9, 71:10, 75:4 America [1] - 26:23
11 [3] - 39:2, 39:3, 37 [2] - 33:14, 60:19 5:12, 5:23, 37:25, administration's [1] - American [3] - 22:16,
 63:22 378 [1] - 13:14 38:7, 46:5, 67:17 71:6 44:24, 54:5
11'3 [2] - 62:4, 62:24 above-cause [1] - Administrator's [1] - Americans [1] - 23:8
12 [1] - 13:7 4 81:5 53:1 AMOS [1] - 76:21
12029544000000000 absolute [1] - 42:25 adopted [4] - 76:16, amount [2] - 53:5,
 000 [1] - 76:25 4 [2] - 10:22, 79:2 absurd [1] - 53:25 77:20, 78:24, 80:6 64:17
13 [1] - 14:21 4,000 [1] - 19:10 abuse [1] - 23:4 ADOPTING [1] - 75:23 AMOUNT [2] - 76:22,
13th [2] - 1:7, 36:6 40 [1] - 60:19 Academy [1] - 58:15 ADOPTION [4] - 78:1
14 [1] - 53:23 40,000 [2] - 4:13, 4:14 ACCEPTING [2] - 75:22, 76:19, 77:23, amounts [2] - 14:12,
147(F [1] - 79:3 45 [1] - 48:3 76:20, 77:24 79:2 14:13
150 [1] - 56:6 45-day [1] - 47:12 access [2] - 25:23, advice [1] - 36:10 AN [2] - 73:17, 73:18
16 [1] - 35:16 47 [1] - 70:25 25:24 affects [1] - 39:13 AND [7] - 73:22,
16,122 [1] - 33:13 48 [1] - 38:9 accompanied [1] - afraid [4] - 30:4, 30:9, 75:24, 78:1, 79:6,
18 [1] - 62:6 10:20 46:9, 46:12 79:7, 79:9
1856 [1] - 39:20 5 accomplished [2] - afterwards [1] - 36:12 ands [1] - 21:13
18th [1] - 10:12 16:14, 55:15 agencies [1] - 40:2 animals [1] - 36:20
 5-A [1] - 41:17 ACCORDANCE [1] - Agency [1] - 8:7 Ann [4] - 59:11, 71:9,
1986 [1] - 79:4
 5-B [3] - 12:1, 12:4, 79:3 agenda [3] - 3:21, 71:13, 73:10
19th [1] - 7:3
 12:5 according [1] - 25:6 14:9, 69:20 announce [1] - 5:25
1st [4] - 12:13, 12:22,
 5-C [3] - 13:20, 73:16, ACCOUNT [4] - 4:3, agent [1] - 45:5 announcement [1] -
 35:12, 36:6
 74:3 73:20, 73:22, 76:24 agents [3] - 8:21, 7:1
 5-D [6] - 11:24, 12:10, account [2] - 33:14, 9:21, 10:19 announcements [4] -
 2 30:19, 35:11, 74:16, 49:16 aggressive [3] - 4:21, 4:23, 6:24, 7:8
2 [1] - 76:19 74:22 accountable [2] - 20:18, 29:8, 71:19 annual [2] - 7:21, 19:9
20 [1] - 23:5 5-E [1] - 12:8 24:5, 67:17 ago [4] - 8:24, 39:3, Anser [1] - 58:6
2002 [1] - 9:9 50/50 [1] - 31:23 accounting [2] - 52:25 42:16, 61:25 answer [4] - 31:25,
2019 [1] - 52:20 598 [1] - 33:15 accurately [1] - 81:4 agree [4] - 50:15, 51:21, 52:6, 70:3
2020 [1] - 25:15 5B [1] - 3:19 Ace [1] - 73:10 50:19, 50:22, 51:18 answers [4] - 47:19,
2022 [1] - 14:11 5E [1] - 3:20 acquiesced [3] - 40:2, agreement [9] - 30:22, 49:9, 61:23, 62:16
2023 [1] - 14:11 5th [1] - 5:4 40:3, 40:4 31:3, 32:9, 32:12, Antonio [2] - 62:2,
2024 [4] - 14:12, act [1] - 29:13 47:8, 47:12, 48:2, 62:20
 34:12, 53:25, 75:23 6 Act [2] - 54:6, 70:25 53:9, 67:25 anyway [1] - 41:10
2025 [6] - 4:2, 8:21, acting [1] - 35:19 ahead [1] - 16:25 apart [1] - 25:9
 6 [3] - 5:2, 11:1, 36:22 action [1] - 50:23 AI [1] - 39:8
 33:23, 52:20, 69:15, apartment [1] - 9:4
 600 [1] - 19:11 actions [2] - 8:19, aiming [1] - 54:6
 73:18 apparatus [1] - 63:11
 45:25 alert [1] - 63:20 application [6] -
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 49:17, 49:23, 51:1, ATTY [2] - 50:21, 27:15, 61:22, 81:6 bridge [14] - 28:13, capacity [2] - 69:23,
 51:5, 51:6, 51:15 58:11 better [11] - 16:15, 28:17, 28:24, 29:1, 69:24
applications [1] - 70:6 auditorium [1] - 7:20 18:2, 18:7, 18:18, 34:15, 61:2, 61:4, capital [2] - 70:3, 70:5
apply [3] - 24:21, 57:8, AUTHORITY [2] - 19:1, 26:13, 30:7, 61:5, 61:6, 61:20, car [1] - 10:20
 81:23 79:6, 79:10 61:8, 64:2 62:24, 63:13, 63:23, care [7] - 16:22, 22:3,
applying [1] - 50:12 Authority [1] - 41:12 between [3] - 31:17, 63:25 58:21, 59:12, 60:23,
appointed [1] - 12:13 authorization [1] - 72:2 bridges [3] - 17:10, 71:14, 73:3
APPOINTMENT [1] - 48:17 Biden [1] - 23:4 62:4, 63:5 CARRERA [31] - 2:9,
 74:17 available [1] - 36:1 big [6] - 8:5, 17:23, brief [1] - 50:8 3:9, 3:11, 3:13, 3:15,
appointment [4] - Avenue [12] - 5:5, 9:1, 27:14, 27:21, 65:22, briefed [1] - 59:20 3:17, 48:23, 48:25,
 12:11, 12:15, 35:11, 9:23, 10:23, 28:1, 71:1 briefing [1] - 59:19 49:2, 49:4, 49:6,
 36:4 28:2, 28:6, 28:14, biggest [3] - 29:21, bring [5] - 19:8, 22:14, 76:6, 76:8, 76:10,
appointments [1] - 61:2, 61:11, 61:12, 40:1, 40:5 56:8, 56:23, 61:7 76:12, 76:14, 77:10,
 13:1 72:13 bike [1] - 9:2 bringing [2] - 16:19, 77:12, 77:14, 77:16,
appreciate [4] - 22:23, avoid [1] - 59:14 bilingual [1] - 8:12 26:18 77:18, 78:14, 78:16,
 26:16, 43:12, 46:14 award [3] - 53:4, 53:6, bill [2] - 5:16, 36:19 brings [2] - 13:13, 78:18, 78:20, 78:22,
approval [5] - 36:7, 53:8 Billy [1] - 19:25 16:11 79:21, 79:23, 79:25,
 48:16, 50:5, 51:7, awarded [4] - 34:3, Birch [1] - 9:22 brought [7] - 39:4, 80:2, 80:4
 51:15 51:12, 52:14, 68:23 bit [1] - 67:4 42:15, 43:15, 44:4, carries [1] - 49:7
approve [1] - 12:14 aware [9] - 5:22, 8:20, biweekly [3] - 31:9, 46:18, 59:20, 71:3 Carroll [1] - 46:16
approved [7] - 49:23, 10:11, 27:23, 28:13, 31:11, 31:13 buddy [1] - 19:25 cars [2] - 53:24, 64:23
 49:24, 49:25, 50:25, 35:2, 35:10, 42:2, bizarre [1] - 8:4 BUDGET [2] - 4:2, case [8] - 29:20,
 51:4, 51:23, 72:7 42:8 blacked [1] - 35:22 73:19 33:19, 50:16, 51:11,
approves [1] - 36:18 aways [1] - 23:12 blesses [1] - 36:15 budget [10] - 4:8, 51:23, 55:8, 55:25,
APPROVING [1] - 79:2 awesome [1] - 52:11 blessing [2] - 56:1, 13:24, 14:1, 14:2, 57:12
arbitration [1] - 13:20 Axon [1] - 35:3 56:5 14:5, 32:4, 59:21, Caucasian [2] - 7:23,
Archbald [1] - 15:11 aye [3] - 74:9, 75:15, block [4] - 42:21, 43:2, 69:20, 70:3, 70:5 23:25
area [1] - 61:6 75:16 43:6, 72:11 budgeted [1] - 14:13 caucus [3] - 56:5,
ARGENTA [1] - 32:22 Aye [8] - 74:10, 74:11, blocking [1] - 29:6 buffet [1] - 19:18 68:14, 70:19
Argenta [1] - 32:23 74:12, 74:13, 74:14, blocks [1] - 42:22 build [2] - 16:9, 17:10 cautious [1] - 66:12
ARPA [10] - 34:2, 34:3, 75:12, 75:13, 75:14 blood [1] - 29:4 building [8] - 31:18, CBA [1] - 14:24
 53:1, 54:6, 55:21, ayes [1] - 74:15 blowups [1] - 19:22 47:8, 47:16, 47:18, CBAs [1] - 14:21
 56:24, 57:1, 57:13, blue [1] - 42:4 48:13, 50:10, 52:4, Cedar [1] - 31:19
 58:7, 68:21 B blues [1] - 42:8 55:7 celebrate [1] - 71:2
arrival [1] - 16:17 board [2] - 40:10, built [3] - 24:6, 62:5, center [2] - 49:16,
arrow [1] - 43:18 B'NAI [1] - 76:22 56:12 62:7 59:5
Article [1] - 36:22 B'RITH [1] - 76:22 Bob [4] - 18:20, 18:22, bumps [1] - 60:22 Center [1] - 49:13
AS [3] - 76:1, 79:4 bad [2] - 37:16, 59:10 19:9, 29:3 business [7] - 17:20, centers [3] - 15:11,
aside [1] - 55:24 balancing [1] - 17:1 bodies [1] - 30:1 23:14, 34:5, 53:4, 17:18, 41:5
assessed [1] - 33:16 base [1] - 40:15 body [1] - 38:8 75:19, 80:8, 80:10 certain [1] - 34:6
assessing [1] - 33:21 based [2] - 54:7, 60:4 Bolus [3] - 18:20, BUSINESS [2] - 4:1, certainly [1] - 31:5
assets [1] - 34:8 basic [1] - 57:7 18:22, 19:9 75:24 certificate [1] - 81:22
ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 basketball [1] - 27:19 BOLUS [1] - 18:21 Business [1] - 53:1 certify [1] - 81:3
assisting [1] - 10:17 Battaglia [1] - 72:3 boom [3] - 63:16 businesses [4] - 6:19, certifying [1] - 81:25
associated [2] - BBB [3] - 65:23, 70:24 border [2] - 9:11, 23:6 68:20, 68:23, 69:3 Chairperson [6] -
 47:25, 50:6 BE [1] - 76:23 born [1] - 10:4 buts [1] - 21:14 77:2, 77:4, 78:6,
assume [1] - 67:22 beams [2] - 28:21, borrow [1] - 6:16 buyer [2] - 47:10, 48:3 78:8, 79:13, 79:15
assure [1] - 49:19 28:24 bothering [1] - 56:7 BY [8] - 73:20, 73:21, challenge [1] - 24:12
ATTACHED [1] - 76:1 become [2] - 23:19, bought [1] - 21:22 73:24, 75:21, 75:25, challenges [1] - 16:25
attempts [1] - 53:23 46:3 bounced [1] - 28:3 76:18, 77:22, 79:1 CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12
attend [5] - 5:14, 5:22, becomes [1] - 44:22 branch [1] - 39:22 change [7] - 16:6,
 5:23, 38:7, 38:8 bed [1] - 37:10 brand [1] - 16:4 C 16:7, 21:10, 38:18,
attended [1] - 10:22 beginning [1] - 18:15 break [1] - 59:17 57:10, 57:16, 58:18
 behind [9] - 7:5, 9:1, Cabrini [1] - 72:13 changed [1] - 38:13
attending [1] - 8:12 breathing [1] - 31:16
 10:1, 22:7, 38:19, cameras [3] - 35:3, changes [1] - 60:5
attention [6] - 11:19, Brendan [1] - 5:4
 38:20, 38:23, 64:23 35:8, 46:19 channel [4] - 25:24,
 17:4, 23:22, 24:2, Bresnahan [1] - 22:11
 belief [1] - 18:17 campaign [1] - 25:13 26:8, 26:15, 26:23
 26:14, 42:15 Brian [1] - 3:7
 Bellview [1] - 59:1 campus [1] - 5:3 charge [1] - 29:22
attorney [1] - 29:18 brick [2] - 59:2, 59:8
 Bergerhoff [1] - 26:21 cancelled [1] - 53:7 Charter [2] - 26:17,
attorneys [1] - 39:24 Bridge [1] - 43:14
 best [6] - 17:22, 18:8, candidate [1] - 26:21 39:19
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charter [1] - 40:13 71:21 commit [1] - 17:14 confront [1] - 38:1 34:21, 35:12, 35:16,
check [1] - 72:6 City's [1] - 14:17 commitment [1] - 18:7 confrontation [1] - 36:15, 36:18, 37:21,
checked [1] - 59:12 CJIS [1] - 49:19 committee [5] - 35:14, 38:4 37:23, 38:6, 38:9,
Chief [1] - 46:16 clarification [3] - 51:3, 35:17, 36:8, 74:4, congestion [1] - 43:16 38:12, 38:14, 38:17,
child [2] - 10:17, 24:15 69:11, 69:21 74:23 congratulations [2] - 38:19, 38:21, 38:23,
children [3] - 8:15, clarification's [1] - COMMITTEE [4] - 18:11, 73:7 38:25, 39:1, 48:15,
 10:2, 10:6 58:8 75:21, 76:18, 77:22, Congress [1] - 26:9 48:16, 66:2, 66:3,
choice [3] - 37:7, clarify [1] - 4:10 79:1 conjunction [3] - 55:2, 66:14, 66:22, 70:18,
 37:20, 37:23 classes [1] - 9:16 Committee [6] - 77:3, 60:21, 68:19 70:22
choose [2] - 37:9, clawbacks [1] - 69:5 77:5, 78:7, 78:9, consent [3] - 36:11, COUNCIL [7] - 1:1,
 37:24 clear [6] - 38:22, 79:14, 79:16 36:12, 36:13 1:12, 2:10, 73:18,
Christmas [4] - 10:12, 39:12, 51:8, 52:2, communication [1] - conservatives [1] - 73:24, 73:25, 75:25
 10:21, 19:9, 30:18 60:10 55:5 39:16 Council's [2] - 13:22,
Church [5] - 7:17, cleared [1] - 72:1 communities [1] - CONSIDERATION [4] 36:21
 8:12, 10:22, 11:5, clearly [1] - 48:2 26:12 - 75:21, 76:18, COUNCIL-
 58:16 clerical [1] - 13:21 community [13] - 3:7, 77:22, 79:1 STANDARD [1] -
church [3] - 7:18, CLERICAL [1] - 73:25 7:17, 8:2, 16:9, Constitution [1] - 73:24
 8:13, 10:24 Clerk [1] - 38:9 17:22, 20:11, 45:11, 39:13 Councilman [1] -
Cipriani [1] - 57:2 CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 45:21, 45:24, 46:11, consultants [1] - 55:7 27:22
circumstances [2] - CLERK/CITY [1] - 54:3, 54:8, 54:15 consulting [1] - 54:1 Councilmen [1] -
 36:24, 37:1 73:23 company [3] - 43:5, contact [1] - 44:23 32:24
CITIZEN [1] - 7:10 close [5] - 9:13, 27:18, 44:9, 58:6 contacted [3] - 56:16, country [11] - 21:9,
citizen [2] - 29:4, 28:20, 48:6, 60:19 company's [1] - 35:4 56:19, 56:21 22:25, 23:2, 23:9,
 30:17 closed [1] - 7:2 compared [1] - 64:17 contacts [1] - 65:13 23:10, 23:11, 23:15,
citizens [11] - 17:9, CLOSEOUT [1] - 4:2 compassion [1] - contained [1] - 81:4 23:16, 25:8, 27:1,
 18:5, 18:9, 20:17, closer [1] - 17:4 45:13 contemplating [1] - 46:5
 21:15, 26:12, 27:9, closing [3] - 7:16, compelled [1] - 19:20 8:3 country's [1] - 21:1
 27:14, 35:6, 45:20, 47:14, 48:13 complain [1] - 17:13 continue [1] - 42:1 County [4] - 54:2,
 46:3 cloud [1] - 8:5 complete [2] - 47:11, contract [12] - 4:15, 55:1, 55:22, 56:3
citizenship [1] - 46:3 Clover [1] - 52:15 48:4 13:13, 13:14, 34:4, county [3] - 31:23,
CITY [12] - 1:1, 2:8, code [3] - 42:4, 42:8, completed [5] - 52:20, 48:4, 54:20, 54:23, 40:3, 60:21
 2:9, 4:1, 73:19, 47:23 70:15, 70:17, 72:25, 55:3, 66:25, 67:5, couple [5] - 22:2,
 73:23, 73:25, 75:25, CODE [1] - 79:4 73:1 67:11, 68:11 53:20, 59:3, 69:9,
 76:21, 76:24, 77:25, completely [1] - 44:19 Contract [1] - 54:1 71:23
 Cognetti [1] - 33:17
 79:8 completing [1] - 22:17 contracts [4] - 14:19, courage [1] - 17:6
 cold [2] - 29:4, 42:3
city [39] - 6:8, 6:11, completion [1] - 48:10 55:13, 67:21, 68:13 course [2] - 8:22, 9:6
 colder [1] - 44:17
 6:19, 11:8, 14:16, compliance [1] - control [1] - 81:24 court [1] - 27:20
 Colfax [1] - 42:12
 15:13, 15:21, 18:5, 49:19 convenient [1] - 39:20 Court [2] - 1:24, 81:11
 collaboration [1] -
 18:7, 19:7, 27:5, component [1] - 25:23 conversation [1] - cover [1] - 69:16
 17:11
 27:9, 31:9, 33:5, colleagues [2] - 50:1, comprehension [1] - 50:8 COYNE [1] - 34:20
 34:13, 35:7, 36:2, 50:15 54:15 convince [1] - 28:17 Coyne [1] - 34:21
 39:25, 46:13, 46:20, collection [2] - 54:19, comprehensive [1] - copied [1] - 62:18 crazy [1] - 41:5
 47:15, 49:10, 57:6, 55:16 48:10 copy [5] - 64:4, 70:18, create [1] - 26:10
 60:19, 62:2, 62:20, combination [1] - 7:23 compromised [1] - 72:19, 73:1, 81:5 created [3] - 8:1,
 63:4, 64:25, 65:22, 28:18 corner [5] - 8:25, 9:22, 26:10, 26:11
 Comey [2] - 29:19
 66:1, 66:13, 66:14, conceived [1] - 39:4 27:25, 58:23, 59:1 credit [3] - 6:15,
 coming [4] - 10:25,
 67:4, 67:10, 67:18, concentrate [1] - correct [4] - 12:23, 11:11, 11:12
 61:12, 63:23, 70:25
 68:5, 68:12, 71:2, 28:23 14:6, 44:13, 81:6 Crime [1] - 49:13
 comment [2] - 4:6,
 73:8 concern [2] - 40:1, CORRESPONDENC crisis [1] - 67:8
 71:5
City [27] - 7:1, 12:14, 44:3 E [1] - 3:25 criteria [6] - 56:24,
 comments [6] - 4:5,
 13:22, 16:5, 17:12, concrete [2] - 28:23, cost [9] - 15:22, 25:1, 57:3, 57:7, 57:20,
 4:19, 41:20, 47:5,
 17:19, 21:19, 30:17, 28:25 55:9, 64:14, 64:16, 58:4, 60:8
 53:19, 65:18
 33:22, 33:25, 34:3, condition [1] - 47:25 64:25, 65:2, 65:9, critical [1] - 37:12
 commission [1] - 4:24
 35:3, 35:21, 35:25, conditions [3] - 10:5, 69:16 cross [1] - 23:5
 commissioner [1] -
 38:9, 38:23, 38:25, 10:9, 50:6 Council [42] - 4:20, crosswalk [1] - 44:7
 18:25
 47:17, 48:15, 54:2, conducted [1] - 75:5 6:1, 6:23, 12:14, crunch [1] - 15:17
 Commissioner [2] -
 62:14, 66:1, 66:8, confirm [2] - 33:4, 16:6, 16:18, 18:11, cues [1] - 63:17
 19:1, 20:6
 66:14, 67:2, 67:13, 46:17 18:21, 21:19, 22:21, Cummo [2] - 29:18,
 Commissioners [1] -
 67:20 conflicts [3] - 37:2, 25:22, 26:7, 32:21, 29:19
 21:20
city's [2] - 46:22, 37:7, 37:8 32:22, 34:17, 34:19, curb [2] - 42:12, 42:19
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current [7] - 10:8, definition [2] - 36:25, discussing [1] - 10:14 74:6, 74:10, 74:25, EMPLOYEES [1] -
 14:23, 49:11, 49:18, 39:9 discussions [1] - 75:12, 76:7, 77:7, 74:1
 53:12 delivered [1] - 19:11 22:17 77:11, 78:15, 79:15, employees [3] - 22:4,
curtain [5] - 62:1, Delta [1] - 11:24 dispense [1] - 3:22 79:22 57:6, 57:25
 62:22, 62:23, 63:1, delve [1] - 14:20 distant [1] - 10:9 dream [2] - 10:9, empty [1] - 38:2
 63:13 demand [1] - 11:13 distressed [1] - 66:8 17:23 encountered [1] -
CUSICK [1] - 74:18 Democrat [1] - 20:9 district [8] - 39:24, drive [2] - 24:10, 28:7 10:24
Cusick [3] - 12:11, Democrats [4] - 25:7, 56:11, 56:14, 56:17, driver [1] - 63:20 end [6] - 13:8, 48:8,
 32:2, 35:12 25:18, 30:11, 39:15 56:19, 72:20, 72:21, drivers [1] - 63:15 51:8, 56:20, 61:19,
Customs [1] - 8:6 denied [1] - 72:7 72:24 driving [1] - 44:21 67:22
cut [10] - 28:8, 40:14, department [3] - District [1] - 54:10 drop [1] - 15:2 ended [2] - 34:23,
 42:12, 42:19, 44:8, 29:23, 29:24, 52:25 disturbed [1] - 44:8 dropped [1] - 9:16 68:2
 44:12, 44:24, 52:2, DEPARTMENT [3] - diverse [1] - 16:21 dropping [1] - 42:6 energy [1] - 16:20
 52:19, 59:10 74:19, 76:21, 77:25 doctors [1] - 22:5 drought [1] - 15:18 Enforcement [1] - 8:7
cuts [6] - 4:12, 27:17, Department [2] - 7:1, document [1] - 15:4 drove [1] - 29:9 enforcement [1] - 8:19
 27:24, 28:2, 58:14, 11:16 documentation [2] - drug [1] - 25:4 engagement [1] - 54:8
 71:4 Department's [1] - 15:2, 35:23 due [4] - 47:13, 48:10, Engineer [2] - 47:17,
cutting [1] - 20:7 49:13 documented [1] - 46:2 69:17, 70:6 62:14
cylinders [1] - 63:2 deported [2] - 9:18, documents [2] - Dunkin' [2] - 28:6, engineering [1] -
 9:25 14:21, 15:7 28:11 48:11
 D Depot [1] - 19:22 dollar [2] - 66:25, during [4] - 42:6, English [1] - 9:8
 described [1] - 49:14 67:21 45:19, 56:25, 59:21 enjoy [1] - 19:17
daily [1] - 8:16 deserve [2] - 18:9, DOLLARS [2] - 76:23, ensure [1] - 33:11
dais [1] - 38:20 21:13 78:2 E entertain [3] - 74:3,
damage [3] - 42:23, deserved [1] - 13:23 domestic [1] - 29:13 74:22, 80:10
 63:19, 64:17 design [1] - 54:14 Domines [1] - 70:16 e-mail [1] - 43:13 entire [1] - 39:14
damaged [1] - 8:23 designed [1] - 49:18 donated [1] - 19:23 early [3] - 11:1, 28:22, entirety [1] - 71:17
dangling [2] - 63:1, DESIRABLE [1] - 79:7 DONATION [2] - 56:25 entities [2] - 68:23,
 63:13 detail [1] - 54:13 76:20, 77:24 earned [1] - 13:23 69:4
dare [1] - 18:1 detained [1] - 9:14 donations [2] - 35:1 easily [1] - 40:21 entitled [1] - 21:25
darn [1] - 28:16 devastating [1] - done [7] - 16:15, 19:6, East [3] - 42:22, 44:5, ENTITLED [2] - 73:19,
data [7] - 15:11, 17:18, 45:24 38:19, 54:16, 64:18, 44:6 75:23
 41:5, 54:19, 54:21, develop [1] - 54:3 67:13, 68:15 easy [1] - 17:2 entity [1] - 70:11
 55:15, 56:3 developed [1] - 8:13 Donuts [2] - 28:6, economy [1] - 17:5 environmental [2] -
date [4] - 36:5, 36:17, development [1] - 28:11 ECTV [2] - 25:21, 17:17, 48:12
 53:9 49:12 door [1] - 19:11 38:21 equal [2] - 19:2, 39:5
DATED [1] - 3:25 diarrhea [1] - 19:5 doors [1] - 17:19 Ecuador [3] - 10:1, EQUIPMENT [1] - 78:4
dates [1] - 13:16 different [6] - 4:7, Doris [1] - 42:13 10:3, 10:5 equipment [1] - 34:8
David [1] - 26:20 21:8, 24:4, 41:8, Dorothy [1] - 27:17 education [1] - 29:23 especially [3] - 3:7,
days [3] - 8:22, 13:14, 41:9, 69:12 double [4] - 5:17, educational [1] - 35:6, 42:13
 48:3 difficult [1] - 37:19 41:6, 59:12 25:25 ESQ [1] - 2:10
deadline [4] - 3:20, diligence [2] - 47:13, double-checked [1] - effective [2] - 12:13, estate [1] - 33:19
 34:11, 34:12, 51:11 48:10 59:12 35:12 Eucharistic [1] - 11:3
deal [2] - 65:22, 71:1 Dinner [1] - 19:9 down [17] - 11:8, EFFECTIVE [1] - Euclid [1] - 61:2
death [1] - 34:24 dinner [2] - 19:17, 14:20, 25:5, 27:13, 74:19 evaluating [1] - 47:24
decade [1] - 60:6 20:3 28:1, 28:4, 28:16, effectively [1] - 12:22 Eve [1] - 10:21
December [3] - 10:11, dip [2] - 27:21, 44:11 31:4, 31:17, 48:8, EIGHTH [1] - 80:7 evening [6] - 7:13,
 12:21, 34:12 direct [1] - 81:24 49:22, 52:14, 58:24, either [3] - 51:17, 16:2, 18:18, 18:21,
decent [1] - 65:7 direction [1] - 21:2 61:19, 63:12, 71:14, 56:21, 59:15 22:21, 32:22
decide [1] - 38:16 Director [3] - 12:12, 72:3 El [1] - 9:9 evenings [1] - 42:7
decided [1] - 37:18 29:12, 29:16 DPW [3] - 12:12, elder [1] - 23:4 evidence [1] - 81:4
declare [4] - 76:16, DIRECTOR [1] - 74:18 42:10, 58:20 elected [1] - 18:6 evidenced [1] - 54:7
 77:20, 78:24, 80:6 director [2] - 12:22, DPW's [1] - 13:13 election [1] - 25:13 exactly [2] - 10:12,
DECLARING [1] - 79:6 13:12 Dr [10] - 3:9, 41:19, elections [1] - 25:15 38:22
dedication [1] - 22:4 disagree [2] - 29:3, 43:10, 43:25, 46:25, embassy [1] - 23:17 examine [1] - 33:25
deep [2] - 28:9, 59:9 35:20 48:23, 76:6, 77:10, emergency [2] - 37:3, example [2] - 29:17,
deeply [1] - 16:22 disappear [1] - 15:8 78:14, 79:21 37:7 29:21
default [1] - 36:15 disbursement [1] - DR [18] - 3:10, 4:22, empathy [1] - 45:14 examples [1] - 55:12
defects [1] - 47:24 57:4 41:21, 43:12, 44:2, employee [3] - 21:20, exceeded [1] - 14:12
definitely [1] - 32:16 45:2, 47:2, 48:24, 21:21, 22:8
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excited [2] - 65:25, female [1] - 24:19 fledged [1] - 8:3 fuel [2] - 34:16, 64:20 6:18, 39:4, 45:2,
 66:14 females [1] - 24:1 floor [2] - 5:4, 48:20 full [3] - 8:3, 44:22, 70:24
exciting [3] - 6:2, few [6] - 19:14, 41:25, flow [1] - 43:19 66:17 greater [1] - 54:13
 66:10, 66:13 47:7, 65:19, 66:16, fluent [1] - 9:8 full-fledged [1] - 8:3 Green [2] - 43:14,
excluded [1] - 35:22 68:10 FLYNN [17] - 2:3, 3:16, fully [1] - 81:4 43:17
excuse [1] - 45:18 Fidelity [2] - 47:8, 6:25, 49:5, 50:24, Fundamentally [1] - greetings [1] - 34:20
execution [1] - 48:3 48:13 65:19, 66:21, 68:7, 33:18 GREGG [1] - 77:25
exempt [3] - 33:3, Field [1] - 52:15 74:5, 74:13, 75:15, funded [3] - 49:15, ground [2] - 54:18,
 33:14, 34:1 field [1] - 72:3 76:13, 77:17, 78:21, 54:5, 55:21 55:20
exemption [1] - 33:9 FIFTH [1] - 41:17 79:18, 80:3, 80:11 funding [3] - 25:12, group [2] - 10:13,
exemptions [1] - 33:6 Fifth [2] - 7:6, 41:15 Flynn [10] - 3:15, 49:4, 50:6, 70:7 23:19
EXHIBIT [1] - 76:2 fight [1] - 5:8 50:3, 50:9, 65:18, fundraiser [1] - 7:22 growth [1] - 17:1
expanding [1] - 8:3 fighting [1] - 46:2 68:6, 76:12, 77:16, funds [8] - 34:3, 34:8, guard [1] - 20:24
expert [1] - 55:7 FILE [1] - 73:17 78:20, 80:2 40:17, 40:18, 51:5, guess [7] - 30:21,
experts [2] - 54:17, filed [1] - 4:20 focus [2] - 41:11, 53:2, 57:1, 57:13 31:22, 32:8, 59:11,
 55:19 filled [1] - 44:11 47:23 future [6] - 8:5, 14:8, 59:18, 64:15, 64:18
explain [1] - 62:21 filling [1] - 11:14 follow [1] - 72:14 16:24, 21:25, 39:25, guy [3] - 25:4, 29:8,
exploited [1] - 40:22 film [1] - 22:14 followed [1] - 38:8 66:1 29:22
extended [1] - 55:13 filming [1] - 22:15 followup [1] - 33:1 guys [1] - 60:17
extending [1] - 44:15 final [11] - 36:7, 36:19, food [1] - 7:21 G
extension [2] - 54:20, 52:23, 57:13, 57:14, FOR [17] - 1:1, 4:1, H
 55:17 57:17, 57:18, 77:6, 4:2, 73:16, 73:24, gang [1] - 54:6
extent [1] - 29:11 78:10, 79:16 74:16, 75:20, 75:21, garbage [1] - 7:4 hair [1] - 54:11
extraordinary [5] - finalized [1] - 60:10 76:17, 76:19, 77:21, gather [1] - 16:3 Hall [4] - 5:4, 7:1,
 36:24, 36:25, 37:4, finally [3] - 15:9, 77:23, 78:25, 79:1, Gaughan [1] - 19:1 17:12, 17:19
 37:5, 37:22 42:11, 44:13 79:7, 79:9, 79:10 Genaust [1] - 22:14 handedly [1] - 11:4
extrapolated [1] - FINANCE [1] - 79:1 force [1] - 41:23 GENERAL [1] - 73:19 handled [1] - 58:7
 39:21 Finance [2] - 79:14, forefathers [1] - 39:3 general [1] - 24:20 hanging [1] - 8:5
eyes [1] - 14:15 79:16 foregoing [1] - 81:22 gentleman [1] - 62:17 happy [1] - 30:22
 financial [5] - 6:10, foresee [1] - 13:19 Gibson [3] - 42:22, hardware [1] - 4:11
 F 6:11, 48:12, 70:10, Forest [2] - 71:7, 44:5, 44:6 header [1] - 37:1
 70:12 71:11 GILBRIDE [3] - 2:10, headquarters [1] -
faces [1] - 18:23 financially [1] - 6:8 forever [1] - 11:16 50:21, 58:11 49:19
facility [1] - 22:8 financials [1] - 70:20 forget [2] - 23:8, 35:4 Gilbride [2] - 50:17, headway [1] - 60:17
factor [1] - 42:7 FINANCING [1] - 79:5 forgot [2] - 73:9, 73:13 58:3 Health [2] - 40:17,
facts [1] - 56:15 findings [1] - 48:14 form [2] - 50:19, 51:16 Gilchrist [1] - 20:1 41:12
fairly [2] - 5:7, 33:22 finish [2] - 22:13, 67:3 formal [2] - 50:3, given [6] - 24:25, 31:1, HEALTH [3] - 79:6,
fairness [3] - 17:15, FIRE [2] - 76:21, 77:25 50:23 31:8, 36:13, 46:5, 79:7, 79:9
  33:11, 33:18 fire [3] - 8:23, 28:1, formally [1] - 48:15 53:7 health [4] - 22:3,
faith [1] - 67:25 64:22 formed [1] - 16:5 glad [3] - 42:17, 71:13, 29:22, 29:24, 29:25
fall [2] - 28:22, 44:4 FIREFIGHTER [1] - forth [1] - 39:4 72:18 healthcare [1] - 22:1
falls [1] - 28:16 78:3 fortune [1] - 55:9 Glen [2] - 71:7, 71:11 hear [6] - 9:12, 50:24,
family [4] - 9:19, fireman [1] - 73:6 forward [5] - 16:15, God [1] - 59:2 63:19, 70:19, 71:13,
  19:12, 45:6, 67:7 firm [1] - 54:1 18:12, 43:20, 52:10, Googled [1] - 62:19 72:18
famous [1] - 29:16 first [21] - 4:23, 7:11, 68:16 got-aways [1] - 23:12 heard [1] - 54:11
far [3] - 14:12, 47:11, 8:2, 22:22, 22:23, four [1] - 9:24 governance [1] - hearing [4] - 3:21,
  72:24 27:7, 27:17, 34:21, Fourth [1] - 7:8 39:17 26:2, 32:15, 56:12
father [2] - 10:8, 24:15 35:17, 40:9, 41:21, FOURTH [1] - 7:9 government [6] - hearings [4] - 4:25,
favor [4] - 50:9, 51:18, 42:15, 47:7, 51:3, Francis [3] - 7:12, 17:21, 25:25, 26:11, 5:8, 5:14, 5:22
  74:8, 75:11 51:9, 52:13, 53:21, 7:14, 72:12 26:18, 39:21, 40:8 Heart [2] - 7:18, 10:22
favorite [1] - 27:16 56:2, 57:14, 65:20, Frank [1] - 26:19 Governor [1] - 40:11 Heart's [1] - 11:5
fear [3] - 45:17, 46:1, 70:9 FRANK [1] - 2:8 GPS [2] - 61:16, 61:18 HELD [1] - 1:4
  46:8 five [5] - 8:21, 37:12, friend [3] - 9:4, 19:23, grand [2] - 56:6, 64:16 held [1] - 24:5
February [1] - 41:24 60:3, 70:14, 70:20 19:25 grant [6] - 49:16, hell [3] - 20:25, 21:18,
federal [3] - 21:19, FIVE [1] - 78:2 friends [1] - 20:1 49:17, 50:6, 50:12, 21:23
  40:16, 58:3 fix [2] - 16:9, 44:19 friendships [1] - 8:14 52:14, 70:6 hello [1] - 39:1
fee [1] - 33:20 fixing [1] - 28:22 FROM [3] - 4:1, 76:21, granted [1] - 48:17 help [3] - 25:8, 34:25,
feeding [1] - 41:13 flag [2] - 22:15, 22:16 77:25 grants [2] - 57:8, 43:19
fees [2] - 15:4, 33:21 flashing [1] - 63:8 front [4] - 9:14, 21:12, 68:21 helped [1] - 9:3
feet [1] - 63:22 flats [1] - 58:25 32:5, 64:23 great [6] - 6:10, 6:15, helpful [1] - 47:21
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helping [2] - 14:16, 27:13, 29:10, 30:18, immigration [1] - inspection [2] - 47:13, J
 17:3 46:7 25:11 47:22
hereby [5] - 76:15, hopefully [2] - 14:7, impact [1] - 15:19 inspections [3] - Jackson [2] - 58:14,
 77:19, 78:23, 80:5, 51:22 impeach [1] - 30:12 47:21, 48:4, 48:12 71:12
 81:3 hoping [1] - 49:24 impeached [2] - 30:7, inspector [1] - 47:18 James [1] - 29:19
HERETO [1] - 76:1 horrendous [1] - 30:10 installation [1] - 49:12 JANUARY [2] - 3:25,
hidden [1] - 38:3 58:22 implement [2] - 54:14, installed [1] - 63:24 74:19
hide [1] - 54:11 horrible [2] - 53:22, 55:18 instead [6] - 17:10, January [8] - 1:7, 7:2,
high [2] - 5:10, 5:16 64:19 important [4] - 7:22, 19:2, 21:21, 25:24, 12:13, 12:22, 35:12,
highest [1] - 29:11 Horvath [1] - 33:24 21:17, 41:3, 68:4 28:24, 63:1 36:6, 36:9
highlight [1] - 23:20 Hospital [1] - 42:21 importantly [1] - 19:15 instill [2] - 45:17, Jeff [1] - 33:24
hike [1] - 5:10 hospitals [1] - 21:17 impression [1] - 11:17 45:25 jeopardy [1] - 25:3
hikes [1] - 5:6 host [1] - 25:14 impressive [2] - 13:7, institutions [1] - 22:2 JESSICA [1] - 2:5
hill [2] - 71:14, 72:1 hour [1] - 28:4 13:9 insurrection [1] - Jessup [1] - 15:12
himself [3] - 20:18, hours [1] - 38:10 improved [2] - 6:4, 26:20 Jima [1] - 22:12
 21:14, 30:9 house [6] - 8:23, 8:25, 11:12 integrity [1] - 28:17 Joan [2] - 11:21, 11:22
hire [4] - 36:5, 36:11, 9:5, 30:3, 30:6, improvement [1] - intended [1] - 69:16 JOAN [1] - 78:1
 36:15, 57:25 30:11 70:25 interested [1] - 50:2 job [5] - 19:6, 23:5,
hired [2] - 29:18, houses [1] - 11:14 improving [1] - 17:2 interesting [1] - 48:5 30:19, 43:1, 55:21
 36:12 Housing [1] - 41:12 IN [5] - 76:22, 76:23, Intermediate [1] - 9:15 Joe [1] - 23:4
hires [1] - 55:7 HUD [1] - 41:11 78:1, 78:2, 79:3 INTERNAL [1] - 79:4 joint [1] - 55:22
hiring [2] - 29:16, huge [2] - 28:8, 59:1 in-laws [1] - 73:10 INTERRUPTION [1] - Jr [1] - 29:21
 36:16 Human [2] - 40:17, inaudible [1] - 10:7 76:3 judge [1] - 29:19
Hispanic [2] - 9:3, 41:12 inches [2] - 28:9, intersection [2] - 44:5, judges [1] - 39:23
 10:25 HUNDRED [1] - 78:2 63:22 44:16 judicial [1] - 39:22
history [3] - 17:7, hundreds [1] - 25:16 incident [4] - 9:2, intervention [2] - judiciary [1] - 40:5
 53:24, 55:6 hunger [1] - 34:23 9:20, 10:10, 64:23 54:4, 54:15 June [3] - 7:17, 33:23,
hit [8] - 28:14, 28:18, HUP [2] - 59:16, 72:17 include [2] - 53:3, interviews [1] - 75:5 48:6
 34:15, 54:18, 55:20, hurt [1] - 64:21 53:4 introduced [2] - 74:3, justice [1] - 39:5
 59:3, 63:18 husband [2] - 9:7, included [3] - 14:2, 74:22 justified [2] - 20:14,
hits [2] - 28:15, 36:18 10:17 70:2, 70:5 introducing [2] - 3:19, 45:15
Hodowanitz [2] - includes [1] - 41:11 12:9
 11:21, 11:22 I including [2] - 48:11, introduction [2] - K
HODOWANITZ [12] - 49:17 36:6, 74:8
 11:22, 12:2, 12:4, ICE [20] - 8:7, 8:16, increase [2] - 65:21, INTRODUCTION [2] - KATHY [1] - 2:9
 12:6, 12:10, 12:17, 8:19, 8:21, 9:14, 69:15 73:17, 74:17 keep [2] - 41:14, 71:23
 12:19, 12:24, 13:5, 9:21, 10:14, 10:19, INCREASE [1] - 73:25 invest [1] - 6:18 keeping [1] - 66:12
 13:19, 14:4, 14:7 11:7, 11:14, 20:19, INCREASING [1] - investigation [1] - keeps [2] - 27:20
hold [3] - 20:22, 23:25, 29:2, 35:5, 73:20 33:3 kept [1] - 62:10
 20:23, 67:17 45:4, 45:15, 46:4, incredulous [1] - investment [2] - 6:3, Keyser [1] - 61:17
holding [2] - 4:25, 46:12, 46:18, 46:23 45:12 6:7 kids [1] - 41:13
 28:25 idea [4] - 23:11, 32:9, incur [2] - 61:23, invite [1] - 42:2 killed [3] - 23:23, 29:4,
hole [1] - 27:24 56:18, 64:5 61:24 involved [1] - 17:9 29:10
holes [1] - 28:21 ideal [1] - 44:20 individuals [1] - 66:24 involving [1] - 54:9 kind [5] - 11:19, 16:8,
holiday [2] - 34:23, ideas [2] - 16:20, inform [2] - 38:9, Iran [2] - 21:3, 26:25 31:3, 52:2, 59:23
 34:24 61:22 38:14 IS [1] - 79:7 kinds [1] - 26:4
home [4] - 19:21, identifying [1] - 47:23 information [12] - issue [3] - 25:11, 36:3, King [1] - 7:3
 19:22, 22:14, 47:10 ill [2] - 37:13, 37:14 32:17, 34:14, 36:1, 43:16 knows [2] - 21:23,
Home [2] - 26:17, illegal [4] - 22:24, 46:22, 52:10, 52:23, issues [2] - 20:5, 40:6
 39:18 23:9, 23:11, 25:17 53:10, 53:13, 56:17, 33:10 Koloski [1] - 42:13
Homeland [2] - 29:12, illegals [2] - 35:6, 35:7 65:5, 72:22, 72:23 IT [3] - 4:11, 15:6, 79:7
 29:15 illness [1] - 37:2 informing [1] - 38:12 Item [11] - 4:8, 11:24, L
homeless [1] - 17:3 imagine [3] - 18:1, infrastructure [4] - 74:3, 74:22, 76:16,
Honduran [1] - 9:11 32:5, 32:7 15:24, 16:23, 17:4, 77:6, 77:20, 78:10, LACKAWANNA [2] -
Honduras [2] - 9:9, immediately [1] - 18:9 17:16 78:24, 79:17, 80:6 79:5, 79:9
 9:19 immigrants [4] - innovation [1] - 17:15 items [3] - 3:19, 3:21, Lackawanna [7] -
honest [1] - 25:19 22:25, 23:11, 23:15, inquiring [1] - 43:8 4:5 11:9, 31:19, 54:2,
hope [12] - 5:11, 10:7, 46:1 inquiry [1] - 62:11 ITEMS [1] - 4:3 55:1, 55:22, 56:2,
 11:23, 13:10, 18:14, immigrate [1] - 23:18 insight [1] - 46:10 itself [1] - 15:13 61:12
 18:23, 19:6, 27:1, Immigration [1] - 8:6 inspected [1] - 47:16 Iwo [1] - 22:12 lady [1] - 29:6
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lake [4] - 30:23, 30:24, light [1] - 72:4 11:3, 13:7, 13:9, 77:12, 77:14, 78:16, Minnesota [2] - 40:16,
  31:4, 32:10 lights [1] - 63:9 24:11 78:18, 79:23, 79:25 45:5
Lake [5] - 15:10, likely [1] - 42:8 manager [1] - 35:18 McAndrew's [2] - Minooka [1] - 34:21
  15:15, 15:19, 15:20, limited [1] - 48:11 Mancini [1] - 16:1 68:10, 68:19 minster [1] - 11:3
  41:4 line [1] - 67:4 MANCINI [1] - 16:2 McCool [2] - 1:24, minus [3] - 6:9, 65:23,
land [1] - 9:13 list [9] - 52:19, 52:24, mankind [1] - 39:6 81:10 70:24
lane [3] - 28:7, 59:5, 59:25, 66:17, 66:18, manner [1] - 11:25 McHale [3] - 7:12, minute [1] - 30:20
  61:16 66:19, 68:20, 68:22, Maple [1] - 9:15 7:14, 46:10 minutes [1] - 3:23
large [2] - 35:1, 43:3 72:17 Maria [2] - 1:24, 81:10 MCHALE [1] - 7:13 mirror [1] - 49:18
larger [1] - 44:15 listed [1] - 69:10 Marie [2] - 30:15, meals [2] - 19:12 miss [1] - 67:15
last [17] - 4:6, 14:18, listen [3] - 17:9, 24:9, 30:16 mean [7] - 12:20, 13:6, missed [2] - 58:5, 58:6
  14:25, 21:5, 22:2, 24:19 Mark [6] - 3:13, 49:2, 25:14, 31:9, 32:10, mission [2] - 22:13,
  22:11, 25:20, 30:5, listening [1] - 15:10 76:10, 77:14, 78:18, 50:21, 61:15 22:18
  37:15, 38:5, 41:25, litigating [1] - 25:21 79:25 meaningful [1] - 16:19 moment [4] - 3:4,
  45:3, 45:5, 66:25, LITTLE [1] - 39:1 MARK [19] - 2:4, 3:14, means [2] - 38:23, 8:16, 16:6, 16:13
  68:2, 69:8, 69:10 live [4] - 7:15, 24:18, 48:19, 49:3, 51:14, 81:23 Monday [1] - 7:2
lasting [1] - 11:17 28:19, 36:19 53:20, 56:22, 58:12, meant [2] - 45:17, money [13] - 5:18,
late [4] - 8:4, 12:20, lives [2] - 16:13, 35:25 60:25, 64:15, 74:12, 45:25 22:10, 25:13, 49:22,
  13:6, 61:14 living [2] - 8:11, 19:16 74:24, 75:14, 76:11, measures [1] - 49:17 51:3, 52:3, 55:23,
latest [1] - 53:15 LLC [2] - 54:1, 55:10 77:4, 77:15, 78:8, media [3] - 38:15, 57:5, 57:18, 57:21,
Latino [2] - 7:23, 8:14 local [6] - 10:14, 17:5, 78:19, 80:1 39:14, 40:23 68:23, 68:24, 69:2
law [1] - 29:11 41:14, 46:11, 49:15, mark [1] - 53:18 Medicaid [1] - 40:19 Montage [2] - 30:25,
lawfully [4] - 76:16, 50:14 marked [1] - 18:16 Medicare [1] - 40:19 32:11
  77:20, 78:24, 80:6 locate [1] - 35:6 Maroni's [2] - 59:11, meet [1] - 3:20 month [2] - 10:2, 31:9
laws [1] - 73:10 located [1] - 59:4 71:15 meeting [8] - 10:14, months [3] - 36:4,
leaders [1] - 17:8 LOCATION [1] - 1:10 Martin [1] - 7:3 13:17, 18:25, 37:17, 44:21, 60:13
leadership [2] - 16:7, lock [1] - 26:22 mass [3] - 10:22, 41:23, 60:7, 70:9, Morgan [3] - 22:20,
  39:2 locked [1] - 26:15 10:23, 11:2 80:12 22:22, 27:3
League [1] - 72:1 LODGE [1] - 76:22 masses [1] - 8:12 meetings [3] - 57:1, MORGAN [1] - 22:21
leak [1] - 34:16 long-term [1] - 47:25 massive [1] - 64:22 65:11, 66:22 morning [3] - 9:20,
leaking [1] - 64:20 long-time [1] - 9:3 material [1] - 47:24 melded [1] - 7:18 10:18, 45:1
learn [1] - 16:14 look [6] - 15:6, 16:13, materials [1] - 44:19 member [3] - 37:21, most [9] - 10:10,
least [3] - 8:7, 14:15, 16:15, 39:14, 58:3, Matt [1] - 70:16 38:9, 67:7 14:22, 17:23, 21:16,
  42:5 68:1 matter [6] - 9:4, 11:19, members [12] - 4:21, 37:3, 37:4, 40:4,
leave [2] - 18:7, 45:20 looked [4] - 15:21, 13:6, 33:11, 34:25, 6:1, 6:23, 16:18, 41:2, 53:12
leaves [1] - 10:1 25:15, 62:18, 64:19 54:17 20:24, 27:8, 31:8, mother [2] - 10:2, 10:3
leaving [1] - 10:24 looking [5] - 14:18, Mayfield [1] - 15:12 34:20, 38:6, 46:11, motion [8] - 48:9,
Lee [4] - 22:20, 22:22, 40:10, 47:9, 48:6, Mayor [7] - 25:22, 70:22 48:20, 49:7, 50:20,
  27:3, 29:3 52:23 27:2, 27:12, 33:13, MEMORY [1] - 78:3 74:3, 74:22, 80:10,
left [4] - 9:19, 21:4, looks [2] - 14:11, 64:1 33:17, 36:14, 36:18 men [1] - 3:5 80:11
  43:18, 61:15 loss [1] - 33:10 MCANDREW [41] - mention [3] - 4:23, MOTIONS [1] - 41:18
legal [1] - 39:19 low [1] - 42:7 2:4, 2:6, 3:12, 3:14, 6:1, 45:3 motions [5] - 41:20,
legally [4] - 76:16, lower [1] - 6:16 47:6, 48:19, 49:1, mentioned [4] - 14:18, 47:5, 53:19, 65:18,
  77:20, 78:24, 80:6 luck [2] - 27:15, 32:23 49:3, 49:8, 51:2, 14:25, 70:21, 71:4 75:17
legislation [1] - 27:13 Luther [1] - 7:3 51:13, 51:14, 51:20, mentioning [1] - 46:14 Mount [1] - 22:15
legitimacy [1] - 33:5 Luzerne [1] - 58:23 52:11, 52:18, 52:22, MERIT [1] - 73:24 mountain [1] - 31:1
length [1] - 13:11 53:16, 53:20, 56:9, message [1] - 43:20 mousetrap [1] - 64:2
Les [2] - 27:4, 27:5 56:22, 58:12, 60:25, met [2] - 9:6, 34:13 mouth [2] - 19:5, 22:9
 M 64:15, 74:11, 74:12,
les [1] - 19:15 metal [1] - 43:4 move [3] - 29:7, 48:14,
less [1] - 18:10 Madison [1] - 5:5 74:24, 75:2, 75:9, methods [1] - 35:9 52:10
letter [6] - 50:3, 50:15, magistrates [1] - 75:13, 75:14, 76:9, microphone [1] - 38:2 moved [5] - 4:12,
  50:18, 50:22, 51:19, 39:23 76:11, 77:4, 77:13, Microsoft [1] - 42:1 29:7, 74:5, 74:15,
  51:25 mail [1] - 43:13 77:15, 78:8, 78:11, midSeptember [1] - 74:24
Levandowski [1] - Main [7] - 27:25, 28:2, 78:17, 78:19, 79:24, 9:3 moving [6] - 11:14,
  73:10 28:6, 28:14, 58:23, 80:1 Mike [1] - 16:1 32:17, 35:17, 68:16,
level [2] - 6:9, 58:4 61:2, 61:11 McAndrew [19] - 3:11, miles [1] - 28:4 70:8, 70:23
liberals [1] - 39:16 maintain [1] - 34:6 3:13, 47:5, 48:25, million [3] - 23:5, MR [162] - 3:3, 3:12,
 major [1] - 14:15 49:2, 53:19, 56:9, 33:15, 33:16 3:14, 3:16, 3:18,
liberty [1] - 39:5
 majority [2] - 23:24 64:12, 64:13, 71:3, mind [2] - 43:8, 45:6 3:24, 4:4, 4:16, 4:18,
life [3] - 24:13, 25:1,
 72:18, 76:8, 76:10, mine [2] - 19:23, 19:25 6:22, 6:25, 7:7, 7:9,
  25:3 man [6] - 9:7, 10:25,
 8

 7:11, 7:13, 11:20, 76:14, 77:10, 77:12, New [1] - 10:4 OF [22] - 1:1, 73:17, 75:24, 80:7
 12:1, 12:3, 12:5, 77:14, 77:16, 77:18, newly [1] - 16:5 74:17, 74:18, 74:19, Order [6] - 4:5, 7:6,
 12:8, 12:16, 12:18, 78:14, 78:16, 78:18, news [4] - 15:10, 30:5, 75:24, 76:21, 76:22, 7:8, 41:16, 69:10,
 12:23, 13:4, 13:16, 78:20, 78:22, 79:21, 66:13, 70:21 77:25, 78:1, 78:3, 75:17
 13:25, 14:6, 15:25, 79:23, 79:25, 80:2, next [13] - 11:20, 79:3, 79:4, 79:5, ordered [1] - 69:17
 16:2, 18:19, 18:21, 80:4 15:25, 18:19, 22:19, 79:8, 79:11 ORDINANCE [2] -
 22:19, 22:21, 27:3, Muflehan [2] - 55:10, 24:9, 27:3, 28:5, office [3] - 13:22, 73:17, 73:18
 27:5, 30:14, 31:11, 56:13 28:12, 30:14, 42:5, 37:13, 53:1 organizations [1] -
 31:13, 31:24, 32:4, multiple [1] - 69:18 49:8, 70:8, 75:17 OFFICE [1] - 73:25 33:7
 32:14, 32:20, 32:22, MULTIPLE [1] - 4:2 nice [3] - 18:22, 20:6, officer [2] - 20:15, original [1] - 53:9
 34:18, 34:20, 38:24, municipalities [1] - 30:18 21:12 otherwise [1] - 8:2
 39:1, 41:15, 41:17, 67:19 nighttime [1] - 72:5 Official [2] - 1:24, ourselves [1] - 16:8
 41:19, 43:10, 43:25, municipality [1] - nine [1] - 8:21 81:11 outfit [1] - 49:16
 44:25, 46:25, 47:4, 57:22 NO [8] - 73:18, 73:20, officially [1] - 60:1 outlook [7] - 65:24,
 47:6, 48:19, 48:20, murder [1] - 20:14 73:22, 75:22, 75:23, often [2] - 24:5, 38:15 66:4, 70:10, 70:12,
 49:1, 49:5, 49:7, murdered [4] - 20:25, 76:19, 77:23, 79:2 old [5] - 10:1, 10:2, 70:14, 70:17
 49:8, 50:17, 50:24, 21:7, 23:9, 45:4 nobody [3] - 21:23, 14:22, 53:23, 66:22 overall [2] - 47:25,
 51:2, 51:10, 51:13, must [2] - 34:13, 28:16, 56:18 Olive [1] - 42:12 53:6
 51:14, 51:20, 52:5, 47:13 noise [2] - 63:14, ON [4] - 75:21, 76:18, overlooked [1] - 14:3
 52:7, 52:9, 52:11, muzzle [1] - 26:25 63:20 77:22, 79:1 own [2] - 23:16, 27:1
 52:17, 52:18, 52:21, non [1] - 25:12 once [6] - 17:19, 25:5, owned [3] - 21:20,
 52:22, 53:14, 53:16,
 53:18, 53:20, 56:9,
 N non-profits [1] - 25:12 27:12, 52:10, 59:20, 21:21, 22:8
 nonacting [1] - 35:19 61:20 Oxy [1] - 72:3
 56:22, 58:12, 60:24, name [3] - 7:13, 35:4, oncoming [1] - 59:7
 none [1] - 22:6
 60:25, 64:11, 64:15, 53:4
 65:4, 65:16, 65:17,
 nonprofit [2] - 60:1, one [46] - 4:6, 5:2, 6:6, P
 narrow [1] - 71:16 60:4 6:25, 7:4, 7:18, 10:1,
 65:19, 66:20, 66:21, nation [2] - 39:3, 39:4 10:12, 10:15, 10:21, p.m [3] - 5:2, 10:22,
 nonprofits [3] - 33:4,
 68:6, 68:7, 68:9, national [1] - 20:24 12:7, 13:20, 17:24, 11:1
 34:1, 60:17
 68:17, 68:18, 68:25, native [1] - 9:13 18:6, 18:16, 18:23, PA [2] - 67:1, 67:12
 North [3] - 27:25,
 69:1, 69:6, 69:7, Nativity [3] - 7:15, 18:25, 20:9, 20:16,
 28:5, 44:6 pages [2] - 13:7, 15:7
 72:14, 72:16, 73:3, 7:16, 8:12 24:14, 27:17, 27:23,
 Nossaman [1] - 55:9 paid [2] - 12:25, 20:19
 73:5, 73:16, 74:2, natural [1] - 16:12 31:14, 32:14, 34:2,
 note [1] - 6:20 Paige [1] - 33:17
 74:5, 74:7, 74:11, 37:12, 40:5, 42:15,
 near [2] - 42:21, 59:11 notes [1] - 81:5 painted [1] - 44:8
 74:12, 74:13, 74:14, 42:20, 45:3, 46:17,
 nearly [1] - 33:14 nothing [7] - 18:9, paired [1] - 64:13
 74:16, 74:21, 74:24, 49:11, 52:13, 52:18,
 necessarily [1] - 44:18 18:24, 55:14, 63:10, paper [2] - 19:5, 41:6
 75:1, 75:2, 75:7, 53:23, 55:10, 58:23,
 necessary [1] - 26:6 64:17, 67:14, 67:16 parcels [2] - 33:6,
 75:9, 75:10, 75:13, 60:3, 60:12, 60:13,
 need [17] - 5:13, November [1] - 71:25 33:14
 75:14, 75:15, 75:16, 64:18, 66:21, 66:23,
 13:11, 18:8, 19:6, Novembrino [1] - 72:2 parish [2] - 7:17, 8:2
 75:18, 76:4, 76:9, 71:6, 71:8, 71:25
 23:21, 31:2, 31:5, number [1] - 53:8 parishioners [1] -
 76:11, 76:13, 76:15,
 33:10, 34:25, 42:19, numbers [2] - 15:18, ONE [1] - 78:1 7:24
 76:17, 77:1, 77:4,
 51:7, 55:17, 56:8, 15:22 online [2] - 14:19, parks [1] - 16:23
 77:8, 77:13, 77:15,
 56:23, 58:20, 60:20 nurses [1] - 22:5 53:11 part [4] - 25:7, 47:19,
 77:17, 77:19, 77:21,
 needed [2] - 6:16, open [2] - 42:5, 42:9 52:3, 66:3
 78:5, 78:8, 78:11,
 50:10 opened [2] - 43:3,
 78:12, 78:17, 78:19, O 43:7
 participants [1] -
 NEEDED [1] - 4:3 10:15
 78:21, 78:23, 78:25,
 needs [2] - 26:1, 54:20 obligation [1] - 34:12 opening [3] - 14:5, participate [2] - 37:9,
 79:12, 79:18, 79:19,
 neighborhood [1] - obligations [1] - 24:17 17:18, 17:19 37:23
 79:24, 80:1, 80:3,
 17:17 observance [1] - 7:3 OPERATING [1] - PARTICIPATION [1] -
 80:5, 80:7, 80:9,
 neighborhoods [3] - obvious [1] - 61:10 73:19 7:10
 80:11, 80:12
 8:10, 16:22, 67:9 obviously [2] - 57:1, operations [1] - 34:6 participation [2] -
MS [48] - 3:9, 3:11,
 never [10] - 20:7, 26:5, 63:16 opioid [1] - 67:8 18:14, 45:20
 3:13, 3:15, 3:17,
 27:12, 31:16, 34:23, occasion [1] - 61:20 opportunities [1] - partisan [4] - 39:23,
 11:22, 12:2, 12:4,
 54:12, 56:16, 60:10, occupants [1] - 9:24 18:3 39:24, 41:1
 12:6, 12:10, 12:17,
 63:25, 67:3 occur [2] - 45:17, opportunity [1] - 70:1 partnered [1] - 54:1
 12:19, 12:24, 13:5,
 13:19, 14:4, 14:7, new [17] - 16:4, 16:11, 47:14 Opposed [2] - 74:14, parts [1] - 63:4
 30:16, 31:12, 31:14, 16:17, 16:19, 16:20, occurred [2] - 69:5, 75:16 party [2] - 4:14, 47:17
 32:1, 32:7, 32:18, 18:11, 18:15, 18:22, 69:9 opposed [1] - 23:25 passage [4] - 36:9,
 48:23, 48:25, 49:2, 27:7, 32:24, 39:2, occurring [1] - 46:13 optimism [1] - 16:15 77:6, 78:10, 79:17
 49:4, 49:6, 76:6, 51:6, 66:2, 69:19, October [3] - 9:20, ORDER [7] - 3:24, 7:9, passed [2] - 3:6, 14:5
 76:8, 76:10, 76:12, 69:23, 69:24 53:25, 71:25 41:17, 75:18, 75:20, past [8] - 7:19, 8:8,
 9

 17:25, 28:20, 43:15, personally [1] - 5:15 59:9, 71:12 56:21 questioned [1] - 20:8
 47:7, 60:6, 65:12 perspectives [1] - potholes [5] - 27:16, proposed [2] - 5:6, questions [4] - 33:2,
Pat [1] - 35:12 16:19 58:14, 58:16, 71:3, 5:11 52:12, 69:8, 75:8
pat's [1] - 58:16 PFM [2] - 70:10, 70:11 71:19 prosecute [1] - 29:18 quick [4] - 22:13,
path [2] - 66:7, 66:15 phase [2] - 54:19, power [1] - 18:14 prosecuted [1] - 29:10 51:21, 54:25, 58:18
patience [1] - 17:6 55:16 predecessors [1] - Prospect [1] - 10:23 Quinn [1] - 3:7
PATRICK [2] - 2:3, phone [3] - 37:14, 27:11 protect [3] - 20:17, quite [1] - 44:11
 74:18 37:25, 38:3 preparation [2] - 21:14 quoted [1] - 33:17
patrol [1] - 10:20 pick [1] - 64:14 14:10, 14:14 protected [1] - 26:7
pause [1] - 16:12 picked [1] - 10:18 prepared [2] - 13:24, protest [2] - 46:4, 46:6 R
pave [14] - 4:12, picking [1] - 11:8 14:1 protesters [2] - 20:20,
 27:17, 27:24, 28:2, picture [3] - 62:1, present [5] - 3:12, 21:11 radar [1] - 71:6
 28:8, 44:3, 44:8, 62:18, 62:19 3:14, 3:18, 46:24, protesting [1] - 45:15 Radison [1] - 31:17
 44:12, 44:24, 52:19, Pine [1] - 42:20 54:20 proud [2] - 6:12 railroad [6] - 28:13,
 58:14, 59:10, 66:17, Pittston [1] - 9:1 presentation [1] - provided [2] - 55:3, 64:14, 64:24, 65:7,
 71:4 place [6] - 6:18, 17:12, 56:4 67:6 65:12, 65:14
paving [1] - 43:1 19:5, 41:24, 46:8, presented [3] - 36:21, provider [2] - 67:2, raise [1] - 10:5
pay [7] - 15:4, 23:22, 53:5 48:15, 56:4 67:23 raised [1] - 10:4
 24:2, 26:14, 31:13, placed [2] - 63:3, 65:1 PRESENTED [2] - provides [1] - 47:12 raising [1] - 22:15
 33:12, 60:2 PLACED [1] - 76:23 76:20, 77:24 providing [2] - 30:24, rally [2] - 20:22, 20:23
paying [2] - 17:4, Plan [1] - 54:6 president [2] - 23:2, 70:14 rampant [1] - 8:9
 31:21 plan [4] - 15:13, 33:9, 23:3 proximity [1] - 58:15 ramping [1] - 40:24
payroll [2] - 14:10, 52:3, 71:21 President [2] - 37:16, Public [6] - 4:24, 7:2, ran [1] - 26:21
 14:14 PLAN [1] - 79:5 56:2 77:3, 77:5, 78:7, rate [4] - 5:6, 5:10,
Pell [2] - 70:12, 70:13 plans [2] - 8:5, 43:6 PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, 78:9 5:17, 65:21
pending [2] - 70:6, plastic [1] - 63:2 2:3 PUBLIC [3] - 74:19, ratepayers [1] - 15:23
 72:8 plate [1] - 19:24 pretty [4] - 6:2, 39:12, 76:18, 77:22 rates [2] - 5:16, 6:16
PennDOT [2] - 62:13, play [1] - 39:7 42:3, 48:5 public [8] - 5:14, 15:3, rating [4] - 6:3, 6:7,
 65:2 pleased [1] - 9:12 previous [1] - 14:9 17:3, 25:23, 26:1, 11:11, 65:23
PENNSYLVANIA [1] - Pledge [1] - 3:1 previously [1] - 33:2 70:23, 71:4 rating's [1] - 11:12
 75:25 plus [2] - 65:23, 70:24 prices [1] - 41:7 publicly [1] - 36:1 ravaging [1] - 67:8
Pennsylvania [1] - podium [1] - 22:24 privilege [1] - 16:4 pulled [1] - 7:24 re [1] - 27:20
 40:25 point [7] - 6:6, 13:18, problem [3] - 15:16, puppets [1] - 30:6 reach [6] - 44:25,
people [36] - 5:13, 18:16, 40:1, 67:12, 39:17, 63:25 purchase [3] - 47:8, 46:16, 55:1, 56:2,
 5:21, 6:17, 11:8, 68:10, 68:12 problems [3] - 61:23, 52:4, 69:19 58:9, 65:8
 11:13, 11:18, 16:21, pointblank [1] - 57:2 62:3, 63:5 PURCHASE [1] - 78:4 reacted [1] - 25:5
 17:12, 19:11, 19:15, pointed [1] - 40:21 proceed [1] - 48:17 purchases [3] - 4:8, read [2] - 13:7, 32:12
 20:18, 21:6, 21:25, points [1] - 32:15 proceedings [1] - 81:3 69:9, 69:12 reading [1] - 3:22
 22:4, 22:10, 23:5, pole [2] - 62:25, 63:1 proceeds [1] - 36:8 purchasing [2] - ready [1] - 11:1
 23:10, 23:20, 23:21, Police [2] - 11:15, process [4] - 17:8, 47:10, 50:10 Real [1] - 49:13
 23:25, 26:25, 29:17, 49:13 56:25, 72:6, 72:25 purpose [2] - 16:16, real [4] - 16:25, 23:1,
 31:10, 34:25, 36:15, produce [1] - 55:8 54:14 24:25, 33:19
 police [3] - 14:24,
 37:12, 37:19, 39:7, profits [1] - 25:12 purposely [1] - 35:22 realize [4] - 23:13,
 35:2, 35:8
 44:20, 45:12, 46:4, programs [1] - 54:7 put [16] - 6:11, 19:5, 25:1, 25:2, 44:17
 policeman [2] - 24:10,
 46:7, 46:9, 46:20, progress [2] - 13:15, 22:9, 27:8, 27:13, reallocated [1] - 69:4
 24:12
 54:12, 60:12 18:16 30:11, 43:4, 46:8, really [25] - 6:9, 6:12,
 political [1] - 39:15
PEOPLE [1] - 79:8 Project [2] - 43:14, 49:24, 50:19, 55:24, 6:14, 6:19, 15:21,
 poorly [1] - 6:8
per [3] - 35:12, 38:18, 52:15 58:2, 63:7, 63:8, 23:14, 23:21, 24:23,
 population [1] - 17:3
 55:7 PROJECT [1] - 79:10 63:10 24:24, 26:23, 42:6,
 position [1] - 75:6
percent [2] - 33:15, project [5] - 43:23, Putnam [2] - 72:10, 43:1, 45:8, 45:12,
 POSITION [1] - 74:18
 60:19 49:14, 50:7, 52:16, 72:11 45:24, 46:12, 51:8,
 positions [1] - 38:16
performance [1] - 70:5 putting [2] - 25:2, 55:8, 55:14, 59:6,
 positive [3] - 6:20,
 53:5 projects [2] - 17:16, 29:22 60:18, 63:15, 67:16,
 65:24, 70:21
perhaps [1] - 10:9 49:11 71:1
 possible [4] - 17:8,
period [2] - 34:7,
 33:22, 68:13, 68:21 proper [4] - 35:14, Q reason [1] - 11:12
 47:13 35:17, 74:4, 74:23 reasonable [2] - 39:9,
 possibly [1] - 50:12
permission [1] - 23:17 properly [1] - 44:11 qualifications [2] - 39:10
 potential [3] - 6:19,
permits [1] - 52:19 property [4] - 33:16, 29:15, 35:20 receive [2] - 48:15,
 35:7, 66:24
person [3] - 35:25, 47:10, 47:22, 48:1 qualify [2] - 33:8, 60:4 68:24
 pothole [3] - 59:1,
 43:17, 68:12 proposal [2] - 49:11, Queens [1] - 10:4 received [9] - 4:20,
 10

 6:3, 6:13, 12:21, renovated [1] - 11:4 resume [2] - 13:8, rummage [1] - 7:21 3:3, 3:18, 4:4, 4:18,
 43:13, 47:20, 49:10, reorganization [1] - 35:23 run [3] - 20:19, 21:12, 6:22, 7:7, 7:11,
 68:21, 75:5 73:8 resumes [1] - 75:4 40:8 11:20, 12:1, 12:3,
receiving [1] - 6:7 repaved [1] - 42:23 retiring [1] - 73:6 running [7] - 8:8, 15:5, 12:5, 12:8, 12:16,
recent [3] - 38:18, report [3] - 55:16, retroactive [1] - 36:5 21:6, 34:9, 40:12, 12:18, 12:23, 13:4,
 53:21, 53:22 56:13, 60:10 return [4] - 10:8, 54:18, 55:21 13:16, 13:25, 14:6,
recently [5] - 5:7, Reporter [2] - 1:24, 25:12, 25:22, 35:14 rushed [1] - 48:7 15:25, 18:19, 22:19,
 10:3, 44:7, 59:3, 81:11 returned [2] - 10:3, rusted [1] - 28:21 27:3, 30:14, 31:11,
 63:9 reporter [1] - 81:25 35:15 31:13, 31:24, 32:4,
recess [1] - 51:17 reporting [1] - 34:11 revenue [1] - 33:10 S 32:14, 32:20, 34:18,
recipients [1] - 34:5 represent [2] - 16:20, REVENUE [1] - 79:4 38:24, 41:15, 41:19,
recommend [3] - 77:5, 25:19 reviewed [2] - 47:7, Sacred [3] - 7:18, 47:4, 48:20, 49:7,
 78:9, 79:16 representatives [5] - 47:17 10:22, 11:5 50:17, 51:10, 52:5,
recommendation [4] - 21:19, 30:4, 38:1, reviewing [1] - 47:9 sad [3] - 25:7, 43:2, 52:9, 53:18, 64:11,
 63:9, 77:2, 78:6, 50:4, 50:14 revise [1] - 15:1 60:15 65:4, 65:17, 68:9,
 79:13 reproduction [1] - rewriting [1] - 26:17 sadden [1] - 45:9 68:18, 69:1, 69:7,
recommendations [1] 81:23 RFK [1] - 29:21 SAFETY [3] - 76:19, 72:16, 73:5, 74:2,
 - 54:21 Republican [2] - 20:8, 77:23, 79:7 74:7, 74:14, 74:21,
 rhythms [1] - 16:12
recording [1] - 38:15 26:21 safety [4] - 16:23, 75:1, 75:10, 75:16,
 Ridge [2] - 43:14,
recover [2] - 33:10, Republicans [2] - 17:3, 17:16, 47:18 76:4, 76:15, 77:1,
 43:17
 37:11 30:3, 39:15 Safety [4] - 77:3, 77:5, 77:8, 77:19, 78:5,
 ridiculous [2] - 58:17,
rectory [1] - 11:5 request [4] - 52:23, 78:7, 78:9 78:12, 78:23, 79:12,
 59:14
recycling [1] - 7:4 60:11, 72:9, 72:12 Saints [1] - 58:15 79:19, 80:5, 80:9,
 Rik [1] - 39:2
rededicate [1] - 16:8 sake [1] - 58:8 80:12
 requested [1] - 72:19 risk [1] - 47:25
reduce [1] - 54:6 salaries [1] - 15:5 Schuster [9] - 3:17,
 requesting [2] - 50:4, road [6] - 29:6, 63:12,
 salary [2] - 31:8, 32:3 27:23, 32:24, 49:6,
reduced [1] - 5:9 72:4 65:1, 65:2, 71:17
 SALARY [1] - 73:24 59:18, 76:14, 77:18,
reengineer [1] - 15:7 requests [1] - 71:24 Rob [1] - 22:11
 sale [2] - 7:21, 48:18 78:22, 80:4
refers [1] - 36:22 require [3] - 34:5, roll [4] - 48:21, 76:5,
 salt [12] - 4:7, 4:9, Scocozzo [1] - 73:6
reflect [2] - 16:7, 35:24, 57:8 78:13, 79:20
 69:9, 69:14, 69:15, score [2] - 6:15, 39:2
 69:14 requirement [2] - Roll [2] - 3:8, 77:9
 69:17, 69:19, 69:23, Scranton [44] - 5:1,
reflected [1] - 35:15 12:14, 12:16 rolls [1] - 19:4
 69:24, 70:2, 70:4 5:20, 6:18, 7:16, 8:9,
reflection [2] - 3:4, requirements [2] - room [1] - 20:15
 salt-related [1] - 69:14 9:14, 10:19, 10:20,
 16:18 34:11, 69:15 ROTHCHILD [19] -
 Salvador [1] - 9:10 11:15, 11:23, 15:10,
regarding [2] - 34:2, requiring [2] - 38:8, 2:5, 3:10, 4:22,
 15:13, 15:16, 15:20,
 46:18 48:9 41:21, 43:12, 44:2, San [2] - 62:2, 62:20
 16:3, 16:17, 17:24,
regards [7] - 26:3, Rescue [1] - 54:5 45:2, 47:2, 48:24, sat [1] - 19:3
 18:18, 18:22, 30:17,
 44:24, 56:24, 57:4, research [1] - 58:9 74:6, 74:10, 74:25, savings [1] - 4:14
 30:23, 30:24, 32:10,
 57:12, 57:21, 60:7 researchers [1] - 75:12, 76:7, 77:7, saw [6] - 12:12, 12:20,
 33:4, 33:12, 33:22,
Regional [1] - 42:21 24:19 77:11, 78:15, 79:15, 19:16, 20:2, 20:14,
 33:24, 34:3, 35:3,
rehabbing [1] - 8:22 reside [1] - 23:16 79:22 59:8
 35:21, 35:25, 41:2,
reimagine [1] - 16:8 resident [5] - 18:3, Rothchild [10] - 3:9, scared [1] - 29:9
 41:4, 41:10, 41:11,
reinvent [1] - 64:7 27:6, 35:21, 36:2, 41:19, 43:11, 44:1, Scavo [1] - 26:19
 41:12, 49:12, 54:2,
related [1] - 69:14 61:25 47:1, 48:23, 76:6, schedule [1] - 37:8
 54:9, 66:9, 67:2,
relationship [3] - residents [6] - 5:20, 77:10, 78:14, 79:21 scheduled [2] - 13:17,
 67:14, 67:20
 46:22, 46:23, 65:7 16:21, 18:13, 52:12, roughly [1] - 33:13 41:23
 SCRANTON [10] - 1:1,
relationships [1] - 61:21, 68:5 routine [1] - 9:4 scheduling [2] - 37:2,
 75:24, 75:25, 76:21,
 18:2 RESOLUTION [6] - row [1] - 28:5 37:6
 77:25, 78:3, 79:5,
remain [2] - 3:3, 34:5 74:17, 75:22, 75:23, RPR [2] - 1:24, 81:10 School [2] - 9:15, 54:9
 79:8, 79:9, 79:11
remember [7] - 17:21, 76:19, 77:23, 79:2 Rubicon [1] - 55:11 school [10] - 7:19,
 Scranton's [1] - 33:15
 27:8, 27:14, 57:12, respond [1] - 60:16 Rule [3] - 26:17, 9:17, 40:9, 56:10,
 SCRANTON-
 59:19, 61:10 responsibilities [2] - 38:18, 39:18 56:12, 56:14, 56:20,
 LACKAWANNA [2] -
remind [1] - 34:22 24:17, 58:7 rule [4] - 38:5, 57:14, 72:20, 72:21, 72:24
 79:5, 79:9
remove [1] - 8:21 responsibility [1] - 57:17, 57:18 schools [3] - 40:13,
 screwed [1] - 29:20
removed [2] - 9:23, 16:5 RULES [3] - 75:21, 41:13, 55:5
 se [1] - 55:7
 22:25 responsible [1] - 75:24, 76:1 Schumacher [2] -
 SEAN [22] - 2:6, 3:12,
removing [2] - 11:23, 24:16 Rules [2] - 35:13, 30:15, 30:16
 47:6, 49:1, 49:8,
 12:7 rest [2] - 5:19, 24:4 35:16 SCHUMACHER [6] -
 51:2, 51:13, 51:20,
Renee [1] - 45:3 restoration [1] - 44:23 rules [5] - 24:21, 30:16, 31:12, 31:14,
 52:11, 52:18, 52:22,
renew [1] - 55:24 restored [1] - 43:18 36:19, 36:20, 36:22, 32:1, 32:7, 32:18
 53:16, 56:9, 74:11,
renewal [1] - 16:12 result [1] - 5:12 57:13 SCHUSTER [72] - 2:2,
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 75:2, 75:9, 75:13, service [4] - 3:5, 7:15, sitting [1] - 51:5 staircase [1] - 72:5 59:13
 76:9, 77:13, 78:11, 20:24, 73:8 situation [2] - 37:22, stakeholders [1] - Street [18] - 9:1, 9:15,
 78:17, 79:24 services [2] - 18:2, 45:7 54:9 9:22, 27:18, 27:25,
Sean [8] - 3:11, 47:4, 54:8 situations [1] - 37:3 stamped [1] - 12:20 42:20, 42:23, 43:14,
 48:25, 68:19, 76:8, SERVICES [1] - 76:24 six [1] - 61:3 stance [1] - 71:19 43:17, 44:5, 58:14,
 77:12, 78:16, 79:23 Services [2] - 40:17, Sixth [1] - 75:17 stand [3] - 21:11, 58:23, 58:24, 59:11,
season [1] - 34:23 41:13 SIXTH [1] - 75:18 22:7, 45:12 71:9, 71:12, 71:13,
seat [1] - 38:2 servicing [1] - 67:13 skiing [1] - 30:25 STANDARD [1] - 72:11
Second [1] - 77:7 sessions [1] - 59:22 sleepy [1] - 13:8 73:24 streetlight [3] - 71:24,
second [14] - 5:24, set [1] - 17:11 slow [1] - 28:4 standing [1] - 3:4 72:9, 72:12
 7:21, 9:2, 22:5, seven [1] - 8:23 small [1] - 35:1 stands [1] - 12:11 streets [2] - 42:20,
 22:13, 34:2, 36:3, SEVENTH [1] - 75:20 Social [1] - 53:25 start [3] - 16:3, 36:17, 66:18
 48:19, 48:21, 70:2, several [2] - 42:22, social [2] - 68:11, 41:22 strengthening [1] -
 74:6, 74:25, 78:11, 70:22 68:13 started [5] - 3:19, 17:5
 79:18 sewage [1] - 41:10 society [1] - 24:7 13:2, 21:5, 22:14, strongest [1] - 18:1
secondary [1] - 70:4 shall [6] - 13:12, 38:7, SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 47:14 stuck [4] - 43:24, 61:4,
SECTION [1] - 79:3 38:11, 38:14, 39:9 Solicitor [1] - 58:2 starting [1] - 32:15 61:5, 61:19
Section [3] - 35:13, shape [1] - 44:20 solidarity [1] - 8:1 startling [1] - 10:10 studies [1] - 55:8
 35:15, 36:22 Shapiro [1] - 40:12 solution [1] - 65:15 state [3] - 21:18, 40:3, stuff [3] - 7:6, 41:14,
section [2] - 7:15, share [2] - 17:13, 65:2 solutions [2] - 17:13, 50:3 56:15
 56:14 shared [5] - 18:17, 43:22 statement [2] - 15:14, stupid [1] - 20:21
security [1] - 49:17 49:15, 56:6, 64:16, solved [1] - 64:1 38:6 sub [1] - 53:8
Security [2] - 29:12, 64:25 someone [2] - 43:13, States [1] - 29:4 subject [2] - 27:16,
 29:15 shed [4] - 69:23, 64:21 states [2] - 36:21, 48:2 54:17
see [35] - 5:12, 5:16, 69:25, 70:2, 70:4 sometimes [1] - 61:22 station [1] - 28:1 submitted [3] - 11:25,
 13:12, 13:20, 15:17, shelters [1] - 42:5 somewhere [1] - 64:6 status [7] - 33:3, 34:1, 12:20, 51:24
 18:22, 18:23, 20:11, shocked [1] - 20:2 soon [1] - 9:18 50:5, 52:2, 52:16, subsiding [1] - 27:20
 21:16, 21:17, 24:23, shooting [2] - 20:14, sorry [4] - 27:4, 30:20, 53:6, 66:8 success [3] - 7:25,
 30:22, 31:5, 31:6, 23:22 58:12, 71:23 stay [6] - 37:10, 57:5, 14:15, 19:10
 41:2, 42:4, 42:17, shop [1] - 9:2 South [6] - 7:16, 8:9, 57:22, 57:23, 66:6, successful [1] - 7:20
 43:2, 51:17, 51:25, short [1] - 13:12 8:11, 9:14, 9:23, 66:15 sudden [1] - 54:20
 52:1, 55:3, 55:23, shot [3] - 20:20, 10:18 stayed [2] - 19:19, suddenly [1] - 38:13
 56:3, 58:4, 58:13, 21:13, 40:23 26:8 suitable [1] - 10:5
 space [1] - 49:20
 59:2, 65:8, 65:14, show [1] - 55:18 staying [1] - 67:24 summer [1] - 8:4
 span [1] - 71:17
 68:2, 68:11, 68:13, showed [1] - 20:3 stays [2] - 13:10, 66:4 SUNDAY [3] - 78:1,
 Spanish [1] - 11:1
 72:23, 73:5 stealing [1] - 53:24 78:3
 showing [1] - 6:17 SPD [1] - 49:18
seeing [1] - 63:17 steel [1] - 28:21 supervision [1] -
 shown [1] - 17:25 speaker [3] - 7:11,
seem [3] - 23:7, 55:14, stepdaughter [1] - 81:24
 shows [1] - 6:10 11:21, 22:23
 71:20 9:16 SUPPLEMENT [1] -
 sick [2] - 21:6, 37:10 speakers [1] - 46:18
selected [1] - 53:8 STEPHEN [1] - 78:3 4:3
 Side [2] - 8:11, 72:1 speaking [2] - 5:13,
self [2] - 9:18, 9:25 stepping [1] - 18:12 supply [2] - 11:13,
 side [4] - 20:6, 20:7, 36:20
self-deported [2] - Sterling [1] - 27:25 15:20
 34:16, 38:16 SPECIAL [1] - 76:24
 9:18, 9:25 stewardship [1] - support [3] - 50:13,
 sign [1] - 63:21 special [1] - 34:10
selling [1] - 34:7 17:18 52:1, 54:8
 signage [2] - 61:11, specific [1] - 8:19
Senate [1] - 26:10 stick [1] - 55:14 supported [1] - 73:12
 63:2 specified [1] - 34:6
Senator [3] - 50:3, still [6] - 9:19, 12:10, supposed [7] - 13:1,
 signed [1] - 47:15 speed [1] - 60:22
 50:9, 50:14 43:23, 44:19, 50:25, 14:2, 36:10, 36:14,
 signify [1] - 74:8 spending [1] - 5:18
send [7] - 49:22, 60:1 39:20, 40:8
 signs [8] - 36:18, spent [1] - 21:3
 51:19, 51:24, 52:13, stipulations [3] - 34:4, Suribachi [1] - 22:15
 61:13, 62:9, 62:10, Spindler [2] - 27:4,
 61:16, 62:11, 64:4 57:4, 57:20 surrounded [1] - 9:22
 63:7, 63:8, 63:18 27:5
sending [2] - 50:2, stood [1] - 20:6 surrounding [1] -
 silent [1] - 3:4 SPINDLER [1] - 27:5
 50:15 stop [1] - 24:11 67:20
 silly [2] - 23:19, 28:24 split [1] - 65:9
sense [2] - 8:1, 16:11 stopped [1] - 8:16 surveil [1] - 35:5
 similar [2] - 56:13, St [5] - 58:15, 59:11,
sent [3] - 61:25, 62:17, storm [1] - 42:24 surveillance [1] - 35:9
 71:8 71:9, 71:13, 72:12
 72:20 storms [1] - 69:18 survive [1] - 41:3
 single [1] - 11:4 stability [2] - 6:10,
September [7] - 7:19, story [2] - 33:23, sustainability [1] -
 single-handedly [1] - 66:7
 8:8, 8:20, 54:24, 33:25 17:1
 11:4 stable [1] - 65:24
 54:25, 55:24 SUVs [1] - 9:21
 site [1] - 7:20 staff [1] - 13:21 strategy [1] - 54:4
Sergeant [1] - 22:14 swear [1] - 59:2
 sits [2] - 19:3, 66:2 staged [1] - 8:19 street [5] - 25:5,
serve [1] - 18:12 swerve [1] - 59:6
 27:19, 43:2, 43:22,
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 T
 65:3, 69:11, 69:14, transfers [2] - 69:14, unison [1] - 65:9 victims [1] - 23:10
table [2] - 13:17, 56:23 72:15 69:21 United [1] - 29:4 vIDEO [1] - 76:3
takeout [2] - 19:13, threw [3] - 19:22, transparency [2] - unity [1] - 18:16 violation [1] - 33:8
  19:21 29:19, 62:9 17:14, 33:11 University [1] - 5:1 violations [1] - 47:23
tape [1] - 24:9 throughout [3] - 3:5, travel [2] - 37:2, 37:6 UNIVERSITY [1] - violence [3] - 54:3,
task [2] - 41:22, 58:2 42:9, 60:6 traveled [1] - 9:10 79:11 54:7, 54:15
taught [1] - 24:15 throw [1] - 58:1 travels [1] - 8:17 university [2] - 5:3, Virgil [1] - 32:23
TAX [1] - 73:21 throwing [1] - 62:10 tremendous [1] - 10:14 virtual [1] - 42:1
tax [6] - 14:10, 14:15, Thursday [2] - 5:1, 19:10 unless [2] - 40:8, virtually [1] - 41:25
  33:3, 33:14, 33:20, 10:11 tried [1] - 20:19 81:24 visit [1] - 9:6
  33:25 timely [1] - 11:25 truck [5] - 34:15, unlike [1] - 27:11 visited [1] - 9:9
taxes [5] - 33:12, timing [1] - 50:5 63:12, 63:15, 63:19, unmarked [2] - 9:21, visually [1] - 63:17
  33:19, 33:21, 34:24, tipped [1] - 64:19 64:22 10:19 vital [1] - 17:8
  60:2 titled [1] - 33:25 trucking [1] - 19:25 unnerves [1] - 67:4 Vito [1] - 73:6
taxpayers [4] - 15:4, TO [8] - 4:3, 73:25, trucks [2] - 61:4, 61:5 unqualified [1] - 29:17 voices [1] - 16:21
  27:10, 33:12, 55:9 74:18, 76:20, 76:23, true [1] - 13:3 unsheltered [1] - VOLDENBERG [30] -
Teams [1] - 42:1 77:24, 78:4, 79:10 Trump [2] - 29:16, 41:22 2:8, 3:24, 4:16, 7:9,
teamwork [1] - 17:6 today [9] - 6:3, 28:14, 30:4 up [43] - 9:10, 10:18, 41:17, 43:10, 43:25,
tear [1] - 25:9 34:15, 59:12, 64:18, try [3] - 29:18, 44:13, 11:8, 11:14, 15:25, 44:25, 46:25, 52:7,
technology [1] - 46:19 65:21, 66:10, 66:13, 51:25 18:19, 19:8, 19:23, 52:17, 52:21, 53:14,
temperatures [2] - 69:20 trying [4] - 10:16, 20:3, 20:7, 22:19, 60:24, 65:16, 66:20,
  42:6, 58:19 together [6] - 7:24, 25:8, 25:9, 26:25 27:3, 27:8, 29:1, 68:6, 68:17, 68:25,
temps [1] - 44:18 16:10, 16:20, 18:17, Tuesday [1] - 1:7 29:20, 30:14, 39:19, 69:6, 72:14, 73:3,
ten [3] - 10:2, 60:3, 19:7, 20:12 turkeys [2] - 20:7, 40:24, 43:3, 43:7, 73:16, 74:16, 75:7,
  67:15 toilet [1] - 19:4 20:9 43:15, 44:4, 45:12, 75:18, 76:17, 77:21,
tenants [1] - 9:7 Tom [2] - 20:6, 34:21 turn [4] - 18:6, 28:7, 46:18, 51:8, 54:24, 78:25, 80:7
term [2] - 13:12, 47:25 tomorrow [2] - 51:22, 61:15 59:5, 59:20, 61:8, Voldenberg [7] - 43:8,
terms [1] - 6:17 52:8 turning [3] - 18:16, 61:12, 61:19, 62:25, 43:21, 46:15, 49:21,
terrified [1] - 8:15 tone [1] - 17:11 27:24, 58:24 63:7, 63:8, 63:10, 52:13, 66:17, 71:22
terrorism [1] - 29:13 tonight [10] - 3:22, twice [1] - 27:7 63:23, 64:2, 64:14, volunteers [1] - 19:15
test [3] - 59:16, 60:9, 14:9, 30:13, 42:14, two [24] - 4:22, 8:22, 71:3, 72:14 vote [3] - 27:15, 30:3,
  72:17 45:13, 46:10, 67:15, 9:10, 9:13, 9:21, update [9] - 50:4, 30:6
Texas [1] - 62:3 68:8, 71:5, 72:17 9:23, 10:1, 11:4, 52:16, 54:12, 59:16, voted [1] - 27:12
THAT [1] - 79:7 tons [1] - 69:25 19:4, 19:12, 20:23, 60:14, 60:25, 68:14, votes [2] - 25:17,
THE [23] - 1:1, 4:3, took [3] - 20:3, 44:12, 22:8, 32:24, 42:16, 71:11, 72:17 27:14
  73:18, 74:18, 75:21, 62:19 52:12, 53:22, 57:23, updated [2] - 52:24, voting [1] - 40:15
  75:23, 75:24, 76:1, top [2] - 37:1, 43:4 60:3, 60:6, 60:13, 53:12
  76:18, 76:20, 76:22, topic [1] - 70:8 63:4, 63:24, 73:9 updates [2] - 55:4, W
  76:24, 77:22, 77:24, total [2] - 33:16, 53:4 type [1] - 33:19 70:20
  78:1, 79:1, 79:3, towards [3] - 4:12, upgrade [3] - 6:2, WAGE [1] - 73:21
  79:5, 79:7, 79:8, 58:24, 58:25 U 15:23, 70:23 wait [2] - 30:20, 52:5
  79:9, 79:10 track [1] - 35:5 US [2] - 8:6, 39:12 waiting [1] - 50:24
themselves [1] - 20:12 tracking [1] - 35:9 uncovering [1] - 47:24 usual [1] - 71:20 wall [4] - 28:23, 28:25,
thereafter [1] - 9:18 tractor [1] - 62:5 under [6] - 10:8, 61:4, utility [2] - 4:24, 43:5 31:17
therefore [1] - 48:8 tractor-trailers [1] - 61:5, 61:19, 63:13, utilization [1] - 32:10 walls [1] - 17:10
they've [2] - 54:16, 62:5 81:24 utilized [1] - 57:15 war [2] - 21:5, 39:8
  56:16 traffic [4] - 43:16, underneath [1] - 38:3 utilizing [1] - 46:19 warmer [1] - 44:22
THIRD [1] - 3:24 43:19, 43:22, 59:7 understood [2] - Washington [1] -
third [2] - 4:14, 47:17 tragedy [1] - 23:1 11:23, 25:6 V 26:20
Third [2] - 4:5, 69:10 tragic [1] - 23:23 UNDERTAKE [1] - watchdogs [1] - 66:5
 trailers [1] - 62:5 79:10 vacillating [1] - 39:11 watching [2] - 21:4,
THOMAS [2] - 2:2,
 trained [1] - 20:16 undocumented [2] - valleys [1] - 11:9 66:22
  2:10
THOUSAND [2] - trajectory [1] - 66:12 45:18, 46:1 value [1] - 33:16 water [10] - 4:12, 5:6,
  76:23, 78:2 transaction [1] - 47:11 unfortunate [1] - van [1] - 9:22 5:17, 5:19, 15:15,
thousands [1] - 25:16 transactional [1] - 20:20 vehicle [1] - 10:19 15:20, 30:24, 41:2,
threaten [1] - 21:12 47:22 uniformity [2] - 18:24, venture [1] - 55:22 41:7, 44:9
THREE [1] - 76:22 transcript [2] - 81:6, 20:10 verified [1] - 33:5 Water [1] - 44:24
three [9] - 4:7, 27:24, 81:22 union [3] - 14:19, via [1] - 42:1 Wayne [1] - 72:10
 TRANSFER [1] - 4:2 15:4, 15:5 VICE [1] - 2:3 ways [1] - 65:3
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 14:24, 15:7 Y
websites [1] - 15:2
Webster [2] - 9:23, year [17] - 10:1, 16:4,
 44:6 16:11, 17:10, 18:15,
week [15] - 4:6, 4:24, 27:19, 30:2, 47:20,
 10:12, 10:21, 14:10, 48:8, 53:23, 55:17,
 14:18, 14:25, 30:5, 57:23, 66:25, 68:2,
 42:4, 42:5, 42:9, 70:14, 70:20, 71:19
 45:5, 47:7, 69:8, years [13] - 6:5, 6:12,
 69:10 8:23, 11:4, 20:1,
weeks [3] - 9:10, 9:13, 20:2, 25:13, 39:3,
 22:3 42:16, 57:24, 61:3,
Wegmans [1] - 19:24 66:8, 73:12
Welby [1] - 20:6 yesterday [2] - 70:13,
welcome [2] - 27:7, 71:10
 32:23 yo [1] - 50:18
welcoming [1] - 16:5 York [1] - 10:4
WELFARE [3] - 79:6, yourself [1] - 37:21
 79:8, 79:9 yous [1] - 73:9
West [1] - 71:25 youth [1] - 54:6
west [1] - 58:17
wheel [1] - 64:7 Z
wheelers [1] - 62:6
whole [5] - 39:22, zero [2] - 66:25, 67:21
 40:24, 41:4, 45:6,
 56:14
width [1] - 59:13
wife [1] - 9:7
wild [1] - 58:17
Willow [1] - 9:1
win [1] - 30:7
windchill [1] - 42:7
winter [1] - 69:18
WITH [1] - 79:3
witnesses [1] - 26:4
woman [6] - 10:17,
 20:18, 23:23, 40:23,
 45:4, 45:14
women [4] - 3:5, 24:3,
 24:9, 24:20
wonderful [2] - 31:21,
 42:25
word [1] - 21:21
words [4] - 39:7, 39:9,
 41:9
workers [1] - 8:21
WORKS [1] - 74:19
works [3] - 17:21,
 17:22, 68:12
Works [1] - 7:2
world [3] - 3:5, 24:4,
 39:14
worried [2] - 26:24,
 45:21
worse [1] - 44:14
writing [1] - 36:21
written [2] - 33:24,