COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2026-04-13

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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 Dorothy Evans, Michael

 8 Goffer, Mary Judith Colleran, Eugene Conforti,

 9 Alyce D'Antona and Bridget Flannery. Thank

10 you. Roll call, Miss Carrera.

11 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

18 MR. FLYNN: Here.

19 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Third

21 Order.

22 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

23 3-A. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED APRIL

24 1, 2026, FROM BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ARPA

25 DIRECTOR FOR THE INSTITUTE'S CITY OF SCRANTON
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 1 ARPA 2023-2025 EVALUATION REPORT.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 3 Are there any comments on any of the Third

 4 Order items? If not, received and filed. Do

 5 any Councilmen -- Councilmen or woman have any

 6 announcements at this time? We did roll call.

 7 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I got two

 8 announcements if you want them?

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.

10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right.

11 Recycling bins are available. And, you know,

12 utilizing either social media or the city's

13 website, there is a QR code below. And choose

14 what bins you need, a blue bin for commingled,

15 red bin for paper and cardboard.

16 Select your pickup date. So all of

17 this is done online. I'm not sure if you could

18 still go down to try to pick one up but like

19 the past. But you'll receive a confirmation,

20 you know, hopefully for those, you know, don't

21 utilize the internet or their e-mail that much,

22 you'll have another avenue to get them.

23 But on the day of pickup, bring your

24 proof of residency in Scranton to the

25 Department of Public Works on Poplar Avenue.
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 1 Spots are limited. One bin, of

 2 course, each per house. Please sign up only if

 3 your bin is unusable or if you do not have one.

 4 Also, Sunday, April 26th from 9 to 12 p.m.,

 5 Department of Public Works again at Poplar

 6 Avenue will have the residential electronic

 7 recycling event, which would include laptops,

 8 desktops, printers, copiers, scanners,

 9 keyboards, cables, cords, tablets, cell phones,

10 LCD monitors, CRT televisions, flat screens,

11 etc. And that's all I have. Thank you.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

13 Anyone else have any announcements at this

14 time? All right. Fourth Order. Citizens

15 participation.

16 In looking at the list tonight, I do

17 notice that probably about half of the

18 individuals that signed up for the list are not

19 residents of the City of Scranton. So if you

20 are not a resident of the City of Scranton, you

21 won't be allowed to speak tonight. Our first

22 speaker is Shawn Zamorano.

23 MR. ZAMORANO: Good evening,

24 committee members. My name is Sean Zamorano

25 and I'm a United States Navy veteran. And I've
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 1 been consuming kratom for 10 years. I just

 2 want to bring up firstly that there's three

 3 state bills right now.

 4 There's one in the Senate, and

 5 there's two in the House. The Senate Bill 233

 6 is basically KCPA style recommendation which is

 7 Kratom Consumer Protection Act. And that

 8 basically puts guardrails on plain leaf kratom.

 9 And then House Bill 2058 is going to be 21 plus

10 testing label and fuel synthetic ban.

11 And then House Bill 2158

12 specifically targets synthetic 70H. So I just

13 hope that you guys know the difference between

14 70H and plain leaf kratom. Most of the

15 problems that you're probably seeing in your

16 city are coming from 70H at this time.

17 Like I said, I've been taking it for

18 10 years, PTSD, addiction issues. And I'm a

19 taxpayer. I have a wife. And I, you know, I

20 do my thing all the time, so that's all I have

21 to say. Sorry, I'm a little nervous. Thank

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23 MR. SCHUSTER: That's all right.

24 Thank you very much.

25 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you for
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 2 MR. ZAMORANO: Thank you.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Next speaker is Joan

 4 Hodowanitz.

 5 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

 6 Scranton. With regard to the caucus tonight,

 7 there's enough people here that will make

 8 comments. But I will say that I was

 9 disappointed that Director Cusick did not

10 decide to stay to listen to the comments from

11 many of his own employees.

12 They did him the courtesy of

13 courteously listening to his comments. He

14 should have done the same. He's not in the

15 Army anymore. In the Army, there's no such

16 thing as overtime when you're in uniform.

17 These people are not in uniform.

18 But he should have stayed and listed

19 to the comments. Hopefully somebody will

20 summarize what I said and put it on his desk.

21 Also, with the DPW, since the contract's been

22 approved, I would like to see the new contract

23 posted on the City's website under pension --

24 Collective Bargaining Agreements on the

25 archives.
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 1 You take the old contract, which is

 2 a PDF file. You take the agreement, which is a

 3 PDF file which consists of replace this

 4 paragraph with this paragraph. You know, you

 5 should have it done within an hour, get it

 6 posted, get it done. We taxpayers want to see

 7 it.

 8 Councilman Flynn, if I had a hat I

 9 would take it off to you. I think it's a great

10 initiative with you proposing the legislation

11 on kratom. I hate to see it, but I never heard

12 of it before which is maybe a good thing.

13 But my only comment that I'd like to

14 make is that we need to push local and state

15 legislators to make this a statewide ban

16 because it -- it's great that it will be banned

17 in Scranton. But if it's available in Old

18 Forge or Dunmore or Throop, you know, it

19 doesn't help us very much. It needs to be

20 statewide.

21 So I hope that you're in contact

22 with other representatives our state -- you

23 know, Kyle Donohue, Mullins and all the others.

24 Let's get it for the entire state.

25 This 5-D, the Soel Institute
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 1 contract on swimming and lifeguard training, I

 2 guess. Good initiative, but what I couldn't

 3 find out when I looked at the section on the

 4 fees, is there a cap on how much money we could

 5 dedicate to this because the fees are -- the

 6 money spent is allocated by how many

 7 participants we train. So do we have a cap?

 8 Do we know -- is there an amount we cannot

 9 exceed in the contract?

10 MR. SCHUSTER: I'll have to take a

11 closer look at it. I don't know offhand.

12 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, I couldn't

13 find it because basically if you could train 10

14 lifeguards, well, 10 times X, you know, kind of

15 thing. But, you know, it would be nice to know

16 so you could handle it in future budgets and

17 make sure that goes in there.

18 And I went to the last County

19 Commissioner's meeting and the Commissioners

20 told me that I am going to be given the list of

21 people who kept their properties off the tax

22 rolls. When I get it, I will make sure that

23 you and the local newspaper get a copy.

24 I still want to see a wall of shame,

25 Scranton residents downstairs. All the other
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 1 county residents in the County Government

 2 Center. If most of the people in this county

 3 are decent hardworking people who pay their

 4 taxes as painful as it is, anybody who managed

 5 to keep their property off the tax rolls should

 6 be ashamed of themselves. So wall of shame,

 7 here it comes.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 9 The next individual on the list is Nate Rosan.

10 But it's -- the street that's on is not a

11 Scranton name. Okay. Mike Mancini.

12 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council

13 President Schuster. Good evening, Council

14 residents of Scranton. Tonight as promised,

15 part five of my series, the State of Scranton;

16 the topic, the Good People of Scranton.

17 I come before you not only as a

18 resident but also someone who shares the

19 everyday concerns of people across our

20 neighborhood, whether you live in West

21 Scranton, Hill Section, South Side, Green

22 Ridge, Keyser Valley, North Scranton, East or

23 West Mountain, the issues are strikingly

24 similar to the quality of life, public safety

25 and basic services.
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 1 Residents are asking for timely

 2 pothole and pave cut repairs, stronger

 3 enforcement of property maintenance, safe

 4 neighborhoods and a city with doors open to

 5 concerns.

 6 These aren't abstract policy

 7 debates. They affect how people feel walking

 8 down their own roads, raising their families,

 9 and investing in their homes. There is also a

10 growing concern about communication. Too often

11 residents feel like they do not know where to

12 turn and whether the concerns are being heard.

13 Transparency and responsiveness are

14 not exact -- not extras. They are essential to

15 maintaining public trust. We also cannot

16 ignore public safety. People want to feel

17 secure in their neighborhoods. That means

18 ensuring that our police and emergency services

19 are properly staffed, supported, deployed where

20 they're most needed.

21 But just as important as identifying

22 problems is showing residents that progress is

23 being made even small visible improvements,

24 cleared lots, fixed roads, responsive followups

25 can rebuild confidence in city government.
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 1 I urge Council to continue engaging

 2 directly with residents to prioritize

 3 neighborhood level concerns and to hold all

 4 departments accountable for results. The

 5 strength of Scranton has always come from its

 6 neighborhoods. When they struggle, the entire

 7 city feels it.

 8 While eyes may be on what might be

 9 happening tonight nationally, let us also

10 become grounded to what happened in our city.

11 When others like residents in Archbald and

12 other communities continue to assemble against

13 data centers, it strengthens their communities.

14 We here in Scranton must do the

15 same. I proudly speak weekly before Council

16 and our citizens because I care about the

17 future of our city. When you care about

18 something, you become a critic.

19 I have voiced concerns, descriptive

20 opinions, and offer creative ideas. I also see

21 this very same thing as many who have appeared

22 before Council about various topics and

23 concerns. When it comes to our future, more

24 should appear.

25 We have a Council who has been
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 1 proactive to many concerns on behalf of those

 2 who appear regularly, we invite every good

 3 person of Scranton to appear before Council to

 4 voice their concerns. Most of our Council will

 5 always understand that your concerns are more

 6 important if they're important to you will be

 7 just as important to them.

 8 Our county has an amazing district

 9 attorney who understands public safety is

10 nonnegotiable. He understands that a good

11 quality of life in every neighborhood is

12 essential to the future of our community.

13 To the good people of Scranton who

14 are proud to call Scranton home, continue to

15 participate in your city because good

16 stewardship starts with looking at just beyond

17 today of what Scranton has to offer its

18 residents, developers, and city employees.

19 Next week, part six of my series

20 about the state of Scranton. Tune in again

21 next week to find out. God bless our first

22 responders, our active military, our veterans

23 and the good people of Scranton. Good evening,

24 City Council.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next
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 1 is Rik Little.

 2 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council, Rik

 3 Little. It's been quite a week. I'm reading

 4 in the paper about all of these other

 5 communities, some of them that I've lived in

 6 having to do with -- well, what I read in the

 7 paper here about protecting our neighbors and

 8 the health and the safety of everybody.

 9 That seems to be what government

10 really is. It's to protect people's health and

11 safety. I don't understand why, you know, I

12 mean, they're talking about kratom. But

13 there's just poison in the food. And it's been

14 discovered -- thank God for Robert F. Kennedy

15 and the whole MAHA thing.

16 But I'm losing my thought here.

17 Yeah, I used to live in Pike County. And

18 they're paying -- they're paying -- they're

19 getting paid up to like $120 a day to put

20 people in prison. And they're getting paid by

21 the federal government.

22 And that's how I see all of these

23 counties and even the state. It's -- it's --

24 it's based on benefits from the federal

25 government ratcheted down to the people who get
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 1 it. And it's crazy to me, you know, $120 a

 2 person to put them in jail. I mean, our

 3 borders were wide open. And to hear the County

 4 Commissioner, you know, saying, you know, our

 5 neighbors.

 6 I mean, it's well documented all the

 7 murders, the rapes where these people came from

 8 from emptying out prisons and insane asylums.

 9 And in this community, it's a big medical

10 community coming down from Geisinger and the

11 law enforcement that's put in front of it.

12 In the community it's the enforcers

13 of the law. But, you know, the police and the

14 sheriffs. I don't understand about this --

15 this -- there are two police officers that

16 worked at Scranton Housing Authority allegedly.

17 And they were punished, one of them

18 Herring{phonetic}, he lost his whole -- you

19 know, he worked -- whatever he did, you know,

20 everything goes in front of judges. And that's

21 the problem is -- is that the basic laws and

22 all of this stuff is judges.

23 And more and more it's partisan

24 judges. And we're at the precipice of, you

25 know, nuclear war in the Middle East. I hope
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 1 it works out. I think -- I think Putin's gonna

 2 be the statesmen to bring this stuff around

 3 because it's all who's going to buy from who

 4 just like in this community, like, who's going

 5 to be shovelling the snow? Who's going to be

 6 fixing the roads? And who's doing it?

 7 And all of it has to with

 8 sustainability of not only the municipality,

 9 but the county and the state and our country.

10 We almost lost our country. And I have big

11 disagreements about a lot of the stuff I've

12 been hearing that Trump is doing and the

13 alliances he's made because all my life it's

14 been, you know, the war in the Middle East and

15 it's Easter time.

16 And I remember 1972 the last time we

17 went up near the moon and now they're doing it

18 again. It's like -- déjà vu all over again.

19 And so I just encourage everybody to pray

20 what's going on so that we can come together

21 beyond -- as people beyond parties and unions

22 and groups to make Scranton great again.

23 Thanks.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, Mr.

25 Little. Next up is Ron Ellman.
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 1 MR. ELLMAN: My name was so far down

 2 the list, I didn't know -- there was so many

 3 out of the city people here. I won't try to be

 4 any more controversial tonight. I'd like to

 5 say that ICE represents everything good as far

 6 as our government goes.

 7 The opposite are the pros marching

 8 up and down the street against ICE and against

 9 our government -- our city government helping

10 them which is asinine. Gaughan was a failure

11 in this room and he's been a failure -- I can't

12 imagine him being reelected after the way the

13 taxes went.

14 But it's like being pregnant. You

15 are or you aren't. You are either for law and

16 order and ICE or you're against it. That's why

17 they have sanctuary cities because they're

18 against law and order and invite the chaos.

19 And if you're not doing anything

20 wrong, migrant or no migrant, you shouldn't

21 have any fears. The problem is illegals.

22 They're criminals. I heard people in this room

23 talk about their grandparents and they didn't

24 swim illegally enter into the country. They

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 1 My grandparents came and landed in

 2 New York City and Baltimore. And all I know is

 3 they got off a boat. And to change my

 4 thinking, I was listening to Joan about the tax

 5 exemptions. There used to be a man come -- a

 6 couple that come to the Taurus Club, I don't

 7 know, 10 or 12 years ago.

 8 They got a house from Marywood that

 9 somebody had donated. And they used to brag

10 how many years he had been there without paying

11 the taxes. And it must have been quite a large

12 house.

13 Last year, and the year before, I

14 stood right here complaining about Cochran

15 buying a little piece of land on Providence --

16 on Parker Street and renting it to the city.

17 He bought that in 2010. And a year ago, it was

18 still tax exempt. That's an -- that's an

19 example of how the city favors some people and

20 not others.

21 Paige refuses to address the fact

22 Cochran and an accomplice over at PennDOT

23 rented the city property to the -- PennDOT.

24 That's tax money. I told you they cut down the

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 1 tried to save.

 2 The taxpayers paid for it. PennDOT

 3 paid to cut the tree down. Then they were so

 4 worried about my complaining, they sent a crew

 5 over to grind it up to sawdust. Paige Cognetti

 6 could care less about what's going on in the

 7 city as long as it doesn't affect her friends

 8 downtown.

 9 On North Main Avenue by the fire

10 station there's two places -- two cuts from one

11 of the utilities. It must be a 3, 4 inch

12 drop. It's been there for a month. See,

13 that's how the city's been run for the last few

14 years. You come in here and nothing's done.

15 You -- half the time somebody is

16 looking at their computer, whatever, back

17 there. I'll say one thing when I had the

18 complaint and you came to my house to see what

19 I was complaining about, the city needs more of

20 that. I know it's on your own time.

21 But the city needs more -- more from

22 the -- the residents need more from the people

23 that we're paying to be up there and be

24 downstairs in that office, not running around

25 trying to get reelected. Thank you.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next is

 2 Les Spindler.

 3 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,

 4 Council, Les Spindler, city resident,

 5 homeowner. I have an announcement. I'm

 6 surprised that nobody from Council made this

 7 announcement.

 8 On Sunday, April 19th, there's a

 9 benefit for Police Officer Nancy Baumann. I've

10 know Nancy for over 20 years. She's a good

11 friend. And she's undergoing treatments for

12 blood cancer. So I appreciate everybody

13 coming. I know it's going to be a big crowd.

14 It's at the FOP Lodge at 402 Railroad Avenue

15 from one to five.

16 I hope everybody will show up. And

17 not only do I know Nancy, but Nancy's son is

18 the father of my newest grandchild. I have a

19 grandchild born last November, and her son

20 Jessie's the father. So we're always praying

21 for Nancy to get better. And I hope everybody

22 could show up.

23 Next thing, I want to commend

24 Council and District Attorney Gallagher for

25 looking to ban this kratom. It's -- I don't
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 1 know if it's true or not, but a neighbor of

 2 mine just told me last week. I never heard of

 3 it. But she told me last week that that idiot

 4 that killed the two people in the Jermyn

 5 Apartments was on that. And he was -- having

 6 hallucin -- he was hallucinogenic.

 7 It's no good, but just banning it in

 8 the city isn't good like Joan said. You have

 9 to do at least the countywide. If you ban it

10 in the city, they could go to Dunmore or Taylor

11 and get it. But, like, I agree with her. It

12 should be statewide.

13 We should get involved with Senator

14 Marty Flynn and Bridget Kosierowski and Kyle

15 Donohue, Kyle Mullins and get a bill to ban it

16 statewide.

17 Next thing, last week I spoke about

18 some of the clearing -- that hill on Euclid

19 Avenue. And yesterday I leave my house, I'm

20 going to Main Avenue on Euclid Avenue, couldn't

21 get out to Main Avenue that way. It was

22 blocked off.

23 And I stopped and asked the guys

24 today what they're doing. That's going to be a

25 one way anymore. You can't get onto Main
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 1 Avenue from Bulwer Street or Euclid Avenue or

 2 Dorothy Street. When I leave my house, I'll

 3 have to get to Farr Street to get to Main

 4 Avenue. They said they don't want people

 5 making a left turn there.

 6 So, like, they showed me what

 7 they're going to do. There's going to be,

 8 like, they're putting new sidewalks in.

 9 They're putting a retaining wall on that --

10 they dug out part of that hill.

11 And that's where that West Scranton

12 sign is going to be, President Shuster, you

13 were talking about. They're going to put a

14 retaining wall in and that the sign is going to

15 be on top of the retaining well.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: They're going to make

17 Bulwer a one way. Is that what you were

18 saying?

19 MR. SPINDLER: What's that?

20 MR. SCHUSTER: They're going to make

21 Bulwer Street a one way?

22 MR. SPINDLER: No, just that -- when

23 you go down the hill from Dorothy or Euclid

24 Avenue, that's -- you can't go -- you won't be

25 able to get out that way. People could come
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 1 off Main Avenue, go up Dorothy and Euclid. But

 2 they don't want people turning onto Main

 3 Avenue, the left turn because there's too many

 4 accidents they said. And they said everybody's

 5 for it.

 6 I'm not, but -- no, you can't --

 7 you won't -- they're going to put like an

 8 island blocking off half the road. You could

 9 get into Dorothy Street, you know, off Main

10 Avenue. You could turn left or right off Main

11 Avenue.

12 But I don't know how long it's going

13 to take. But they're moving along. Next, on

14 the Green Ridge Street Bridge Project, again,

15 they're not working on it today. They did a

16 little work yesterday and then they left.

17 Now, I hear on the news tonight

18 where's there's going -- PennDOT is going to be

19 busy all summer with different projects. I

20 hope they're not going to forget about the

21 Green Ridge Street project. That should have

22 been done already.

23 And again, I spoke about it months

24 ago. On Green Ridge Street in front of

25 Fidelity Bank, that lane is blocked off.
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 1 There's no reason for that to be blocked off.

 2 I don't know why it is.

 3 Next thing, back to the pave cut

 4 inspectors. These people are not doing their

 5 jobs. I want all of you people some day drive

 6 up Euclid Avenue from Dorothy Street to get to

 7 Dickson Avenue, and you'll see how terrible it

 8 is.

 9 And the one gentleman I spoke to

10 today about that project on the hill there, he

11 works for Reilly Associates. He said he

12 paved -- he paves roads. He paved Euclid

13 inside the development. But he agrees with me.

14 He said from Dorothy all the way to the

15 development, it should be paved curb to curb,

16 that -- Sumner Avenue and Garfield Avenue.

17 They all have to be paved curb to

18 curb. They're not doing their jobs. And they

19 lied here. They said that they're -- what

20 they're doing now is better than the old

21 system. I mean, they lied and Eileen Cipriani

22 swears to. They're all liars. Thank you.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up

24 is Stan Dombrowski. Please state your address

25 as well.
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 1 MR. DOMBROWSKI: Sure, Stan

 2 Dombrowski, 1213 Olive Street. I've been a

 3 resident for about 13 years. I'd like to speak

 4 about the positive effects kratom has had on my

 5 life. I believe to some degree it's -- it

 6 actually saved my life.

 7 I had a stone wall bury me in a

 8 basement of a home I was renting approximately

 9 10 years ago. I had a severe back injury from

10 that accident. I became addicted to the pain

11 medication over a period of two years, all

12 prescribed by a family doctor, then that pain

13 medication was increased by a pain doctor, a

14 local physiatrist.

15 Pain continued and the dosage of

16 pain medication went up accordingly. I asked

17 my doctor to help me stop. And he really had

18 no answer for me. You know, using the pain

19 medication was really the only -- only answer.

20 We discussed weaning off would be uncomfortable

21 to say the least, painful, ton of side effects.

22 And then if I did wean off, I had to

23 deal with the pain, inability to work. I was

24 laid up for most of those two years. I had a

25 wife and a son at the time. I reached out to
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 1 the internet I think like most do when they're,

 2 you know, distressed look for something

 3 natural, a way to get off the, you know, these

 4 pain medications, found a natural product

 5 called kratom, knew nothing about it.

 6 And from what I know now, it was

 7 really early in the inception of this plant,

 8 kind of getting out into the open. I believe

 9 at the time there were -- they believe there

10 were a couple million people that knew about it

11 in the United States. It's since, you know,

12 grown largely.

13 But after that research, I was able

14 to dial up a serving size to help me completely

15 get off the pain medication in about three

16 weeks. My physiatrist was pretty amazed to say

17 the least. Although he couldn't tell me to

18 continue to use kratom, he kind of new that

19 something good was going on here.

20 I gave him some literature. There

21 was a book out of Drexel. There's a professor

22 out of Drexel wrote about mitragynine and other

23 nonopioid sources of pain relief, so a lot of

24 this history on this plant. And there's a lot

25 of information.
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 1 If you look for it I'd say beyond --

 2 beyond the first five pages of Google. I think

 3 that's what most people do. Find anything

 4 negative or anything concerning they, you know,

 5 go to Google and that's as far as they look.

 6 So for me, kratom allowed me to manage my pain.

 7 It was nonaddictive.

 8 I had no side effects. My lab

 9 reports came back really well. And some things

10 like my blood pressure actually came down. It

11 allowed me to continue to manage the pain as I

12 was -- and I was not addicted, no side effects.

13 I continued to take kratom until I no longer

14 needed pain control for my back.

15 I stopped using kratom with --

16 without withdrawal. The botanical I took was

17 leaf, all natural or -- all natural, rather.

18 It came from a tree. There was nothing

19 synthetic about it. It's just a leaf.

20 I bought powder. And I consumed

21 that powder the way you would protein powder or

22 creatine whatever -- I viewed it as a

23 supplement that, as I said, saved my life.

24 I've recommended it to many people over the

25 last 10 years, hundreds and hundreds probably
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 1 have used it for the same reason.

 2 My own father used it when he had

 3 cancer to relieve his pain. And he had a host

 4 of other medications the doctors were willing

 5 to give him and he asked me for this, you know,

 6 by choice.

 7 I'd suggest, you know, looking at

 8 who is able to buy this botanical, absolutely

 9 no sale to minors, a complete ban on synthetic

10 derivatives. Anything that is not made from

11 that original, you know, plant material to me

12 is not good. I would say do the research.

13 Again, I say pass those first five

14 pages of Google. I think that's the easy out

15 for most people. Go to page 20. Start looking

16 at the studies, look what some of the doctors

17 who believe in this think about it.

18 Definitely think it needs to be

19 regulated, but again, in the form of leaf, not

20 allowing a 7-OH product or any nonnatural

21 version. You could tell from the turnout in

22 this room that it speaks volumes about what

23 this plant does for people. And as I said, I

24 would say continue to research it and let it

25 save lives. Thank you.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

 2 (Video interruption.)

 3 MS. KUCHARSKI: Excuse me, I'm a

 4 little bit nervous. I've been a kratom

 5 consumer for the last nine years. Before that

 6 I was taking pharmaceutical opiates. And I'm

 7 saying as the other man, I researched

 8 alternative ways to, you know, manage my pain

 9 without being a slave to Big Pharma.

10 And I came across the natural leaf

11 kratom. I did a lot of research before I

12 switched. I switched over. And I've been able

13 to be present for my children, for my

14 grandchildren to lead a normal productive life.

15 I just bought a house in Scranton in

16 January. So I'm invested in the city. But, I

17 mean, if this gets taken away from me, I would

18 have to consider selling my house and moving

19 because I would not be able to lead a

20 productive life.

21 This is what lets me manage and be a

22 productive member of society without being in a

23 trance and feeling like a zombie. I'm a normal

24 person doing normal things.

25 And I would ask you to please
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 1 consider the three bills that are at the state

 2 level before you push Scranton ban through.

 3 That's about all I have to say. Thank you.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. We have

 5 Ashley Roshman -- something to that effect.

 6 Jordan Moser? That exhausts our list for

 7 Scranton residents here. Anyone -- Scranton

 8 resident like to speak? Hang on. Are you a

 9 Scranton resident, sir?

10 MR. HOMECK: Yes.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: If you're a Scranton

12 resident, you could come up and speak.

13 MR. HOMECK: My name is a David

14 Homeck{phonetic}. I live at 1825 Stafford

15 Avenue in Valley View Terrace. I've been a

16 resident for about 15 years. I have sciatica

17 pain. I developed sciatica pain. I'm going to

18 be 69 tomorrow.

19 If you take the 7-OH off the market,

20 I have no hope of -- I get that terrible pain.

21 I have terrible pain, the worst pain I ever had

22 for 10 days about 7 months ago. I didn't take

23 the kratom, but I wish I did -- the 7-OH

24 because it takes the pain away.

25 You're supposed to take one pill a
 31

 1 day and these drug addicts are taking 10 pills

 2 a day. I don't know how they're not throwing

 3 up because I was -- I tried taking one pill a

 4 day. I was throwing up like crazy. You're

 5 supposed to cut it four times and take

 6 one-fourth of the pill every five hours or

 7 something.

 8 And it takes the pain right away.

 9 And if you take it off the market -- you go to

10 a doctor, the doctor won't give you nothin for

11 pain. They said take two Tylenol. It's like

12 they live in the dark ages. You can't get no

13 pain pills off a doctor. The 7-OH, I said,

14 wow, great, you know, the doctor should be able

15 to prescribe them or something.

16 Give it to the doctors to prescribe

17 if you want to take them out of the tobacco

18 stores. I hate to say it, but if I can't get a

19 pain pill or if I go to a ball game like the

20 Red Barons or Philadelphia Eagles or some

21 stupid game, I'm only going to stand up

22 halfway. I'm not going to stand up all the

23 way. (Inaudible) They won't give you a pain

24 pill.

25 I'll be taking it to Governor
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 1 Shapiro, our Governor, taking 7-OH off the

 2 market or something because I can't get a pain

 3 pill. I don't know. I have a lot written

 4 down. But I'm a stimulant addict. I'm not a

 5 downer addicted. I'm sorry.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

 7 MR. COYNE: Good evening, Tom Coyne,

 8 Minooka. It's interesting the snow removal

 9 that we had here tonight. What I found

10 interesting about it was, when I was shocked

11 when they were again dumping it down near the

12 riverbanks.

13 Many, many years ago, I remember the

14 EPA coming in and fining the City of Scranton

15 for putting it down there. And it's not just,

16 oh, we put it down there temporarily and then

17 we're going to come back and scoop it up. It

18 melts the salt. And as the salt melts the

19 snow, it soaks into the ground.

20 And then when rainfall comes, it

21 washes the salt in the ground right into the

22 river. That's why it's banned from being

23 anywhere near the river, not just because of

24 dumping into it, it's because the concentrated

25 rock salt that was laying upon the ground
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 1 washing down and even by natural rainfall.

 2 I understand they want to do

 3 expedience. But is expedience for plowing

 4 Center City more important than taking care of

 5 the waterways and downstream safety and

 6 wildlife? We had a gigantic fit when the water

 7 company dumped silt into the stream.

 8 Yet, the city wants to dump salt

 9 into the stream. What does rock salt do to

10 fresh water fish? I don't think it's healthy.

11 The DPW Director also mentioned that

12 he does not watch Council. I guess he's not

13 that interested in listening to Citizens

14 Participation and what the people here have to

15 say.

16 As a Director of DPW, I would be

17 interested in what the public had to say at

18 this podium related to DPW. They do a good

19 job. But not watching this is removing

20 feedback from outside the administrative loop

21 from the actual citizens who they work for.

22 And that's kind of important.

23 On the kratom adult legislation, if

24 it's legal, why are we banning it for people

25 themselves? I understand we can ban products
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 1 in stores. But possession of kratom if it's

 2 legal in the state, I don't see what grounds we

 3 have to make it illegal for possession here.

 4 I'm not saying for distribution

 5 because distribution is a whole different

 6 thing. It's not I'm a storeowner and I only

 7 possess 50 cases of it, but individual

 8 possession that they use for medical needs

 9 should not be banned as long as it's legal.

10 If you're that worried about

11 something that's -- that's currently legal

12 that's harmful, are you going to ban cigarettes

13 in the City of Scranton? Are you going to ban

14 alcohol in the City of Scranton? It's a -- a

15 lot of drugs are made from natural products.

16 Have any of you ever taken aspirin?

17 It was originated from willow bark. It's a

18 painkiller from willow bark. There are known

19 and documented pain relieving products from

20 plant life. I'm not saying that you shouldn't

21 ban kids from it.

22 I'm not saying that you shouldn't

23 ban the sale of it in city stores. But I am

24 saying that possession of it should not be in

25 this legislation because it's not illegal.
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 1 I was injured last week so I

 2 couldn't come in. So I didn't speak on 3-C,

 3 the Recovery Act transfers. I see they moved a

 4 quarter of a million dollars from the Minooka

 5 stormwater project to Lindy Creek. How will

 6 that impact people who have been waiting for 60

 7 to 70 years for the fixes?

 8 And how is the funding guaranteed to

 9 be replaced? ARPA was a one-shot grant handed

10 to the neighborhoods. And don't tell me they

11 stole a secured partial funding for maybe a

12 grant leaving that section again to tread water

13 for another 60 years.

14 Half a million dollars was sucked

15 out of a neighborhood it was earmarked for.

16 How's that being replaced? And can we get an

17 update on the Gerrity's gift cards? We had a

18 public show before the election of one gift

19 card being put out to one of the residents

20 right before election to appear in the

21 newspaper.

22 What's the status of them because I

23 believe there was $1,000 worth of them. Can we

24 get a listing even by neighborhoods that have

25 been distributed and the number of them at
 36

 1 least? We should know -- not the exact

 2 neighbors. I don't need that.

 3 But it would be nice to know if 85

 4 percent of them are being delivered to one

 5 community. Thank you and have a good evening.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other

 7 city residents that would like to speak?

 8 MS. O'MALLEY: Good evening. My

 9 name is Kathy O'Malley. I was here last week

10 regarding the issue with the no parking sign at

11 the dead end of South Irving.

12 It's come to my attention that the

13 no parking sign that had originally been zip

14 tied to the fence had according to another

15 homeowner on the street had actually witnessed

16 another resident zip tying the sign to the

17 chain link fence.

18 And another person who lives on the

19 street assisted her in doing so. My question

20 is, the sign that was put up was a legitimate

21 city sign. My sister researched it. You

22 cannot purchase these signs anywhere. It has

23 to come from the city.

24 And as far as I know, the DPW is

25 responsible for the signs. I could be wrong.
 37

 1 But I'm pretty sure it's their responsibility.

 2 And shortly after that just within a

 3 week or so, a permanent city sign had been

 4 erected. And as we know from last week, we

 5 know that that sign is incorrect that's up

 6 there. It says no parking with arrows pointing

 7 in either direction.

 8 And according to everyone I've

 9 spoken to, the two curbside spots are

10 legitimate parking spots. Mr. Voldenberg had

11 suggested calling Eileen Cipriani's office,

12 which I did. And I spoke to Caleb, her

13 assistant who is very helpful.

14 And he said the whole city is

15 basically aware of the issue of the no parking

16 sign on South Irving. So each department I'm

17 sure he said he's received numerous e-mails and

18 phone calls regarding the situation from

19 concerned residents with the parking being

20 taken away.

21 After I left Council last week, I

22 left a little early. And after I got home I

23 found out that Mr. Voldenberg had said that

24 when Mr. Schuster had asked about, you know, to

25 try to clear up the confusion. He had said
 38

 1 it's with legal and they're trying to make

 2 those -- get an ordinance to get those two

 3 spots taken away.

 4 When I spoke to Caleb, he said that

 5 you would have to get an ordinance. And then

 6 it would have to go before Council to be voted

 7 on to have those spots removed. He said it's

 8 nowhere near having that done.

 9 My concern is, how does a city

10 resident get ahold of a city sign? Shouldn't

11 that come from the city? And how -- you know,

12 was this able to be left up there and also,

13 having called police on numerous occasions

14 about people parking in legal parking spots

15 wasting police officers's time, but she was

16 fully aware that that sign and those spots --

17 the spots were legal.

18 The sign was not. So I would really

19 like to get into, you know, what is actually

20 going on here. And someone who was supposed to

21 give me a call over the week as to who okayed

22 those signs. I did not get a call. So I'm

23 wondering if you could give me that information

24 this evening if you found that information out.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: I don't believe we
 39

 1 found that out, have we, Frank?

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: The signs that are

 3 presently there -- the dead end street signs

 4 and the no parking sign were reviewed by

 5 Mr. Reilly from Reilly Associates and placed

 6 almost immediately after they were requested.

 7 But they do have to do a further

 8 study to determine the two spots which will

 9 require an ordinance. That's also with the

10 City Engineer.

11 MS. O'MALLEY: Okay.

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: And as of this

13 afternoon, we haven't had a report as of yet.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: So we're still

15 waiting back from the City Engineer.

16 MS. O'MALLEY: Okay. My question is

17 though, the parking that has been legal. My

18 family's lived there for generations. There's

19 never been an issue with people parking there.

20 There's never been an accident. And I know

21 Caleb said that Mr. Cusick from the DPW wants

22 to have that sign left there.

23 Well, that's fine for the travel

24 way, the center spot which we know is an

25 illegal spot. But the correct signage needs to
 40

 1 be put there so that people know that you could

 2 still park curbside. And another issue was

 3 having enough room for emergency vehicles to do

 4 K-turns.

 5 Again, for over a hundred years

 6 there's never been an instance where an

 7 emergency vehicle had a problem turning around

 8 on that street. However, the homeowner who

 9 owns the driveway at the end of the street has

10 begun parking her vehicle blocking the driveway

11 so that people cannot even make a turn.

12 And one of the neighbors when she

13 came down the street pulled into the driveway

14 to the left to back up. Before she could even

15 start to back up, the homeowner came out and

16 started yelling at her not to turn around in

17 her driveway.

18 So, I mean, it's getting a little

19 crazy. I would just like to get it resolved

20 and have those two parking spots left alone.

21 We need to have that there for the residents of

22 the street. There is nowhere else to park. We

23 were short on space to begin with. And with

24 those spots gone, it's even worse.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.
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 1 MS. O'MALLEY: Thank you.

 2 MR. PUGLIESE: Good evening,

 3 Council, Robert Pugliese, City of Scranton.

 4 Robert Pugliese, just a couple things on the

 5 caucus. You mention the brine truck. I've

 6 operated it a couple times, not as often as

 7 some of those other guys.

 8 It's pretty much impossible to get

 9 the whole city with one truck. I think we all

10 could agree to that. By the time you fill the

11 tank, it takes time. The state does use it.

12 The state is a lot different than the city.

13 The state jumps on 81 just say River

14 Street and takes it to the Carbondale exit,

15 gets off and gets back on. They got traffic

16 constantly and that helps out a lot. The

17 training -- training is always good.

18 With the trees, the thing with the

19 trees is, me, personally, I've done the tree

20 job for months. When our tree guy went out I

21 was bottom guy so I had to do it. The problem

22 with this is our jobs driving truck, running

23 heavy equipment, paving, trees, a lot of our

24 jobs you need -- it's time in the seat, you

25 know, you could hook it up.
 42

 1 You could look by papers, you could

 2 do all of that. You got to do it. It's just

 3 the nature of our type of work. So training is

 4 good. And it helps. And it's definitely a

 5 plus. But it can't -- I don't think it could

 6 be everything. It's in steps.

 7 What else -- the salt shed, I would

 8 say that's probably our big issue. Our salt

 9 shed that we have now is quite significantly

10 smaller than the old one. I don't know exactly

11 how many tonnage it holds. I think it was

12 1,300 for the new one and 800 for the old one.

13 I want to say that might be reversed

14 because I loaded salt on our own one for years,

15 and 1,300 ton fit in there. We used to put

16 three quarters of the way up with salt and

17 still had room for topsoil and cold patch all

18 under the same tent.

19 The way I looked at it, there's ribs

20 in there in the old one and they used to hold

21 roughly 200 ton per rib working from the back

22 out. This one, unless you load it with a

23 conveyor belt which we do not, I can't see it

24 holding 1,300 ton. We use a loader. That salt

25 shed -- the new one that we have has walls that
 43

 1 are built inside of it that are so high.

 2 I could stack the salt up higher.

 3 And I say this because I'm usually a guy on the

 4 loader. I'm a heavy equipment operator. And

 5 it spills over the sides if you go too high.

 6 And then that salt is no good because it's in

 7 between the blocks that the tarp is on and the

 8 wall that's keeping it in.

 9 So there's like a 3 foot gap on each

10 side of the salt shed. And if salt falls over

11 on the back and on the sides, it's pretty much

12 junk, garbage, unusable. That's -- that's what

13 I had with the whole caucus.

14 There's so many different things,

15 the trucks -- there's a couple trucks that he

16 said were broken and they are. But these

17 trucks are not broke to where they're going to

18 be put back on the road. One, the trainee is

19 gone and one -- like, these trucks are done,

20 like, scrap pretty much. I think that's pretty

21 much all I have on that. Thank you.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Excuse me, one

24 quick question. Like, when you guys have a big

25 storm pre or post, does all -- does he pull --
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 1 does DPW management pull all the drivers in and

 2 kind of go over what the plan is or -- and then

 3 reflect on the storm after?

 4 MR. PUGLIESE: A lot of guys who

 5 come in I'm going say on a regular basis, they

 6 do -- and he was talking about -- they're good

 7 at what they do.

 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Right.

 9 MR. PUGLIESE: So -- yes, that does

10 happen. The problem is like the presalt, I

11 don't necessarily agree with that because he

12 says the salt spreads all over the place.

13 There's dials in those trucks. One is for an

14 auger, which determines how much salt you're

15 putting out.

16 And the other one is the spinner,

17 which tells you how much -- how wide you're

18 broadcasting it. So you adjust them. And me

19 personally in salt truck, I'm constantly

20 moving the dials. If I'm in an alley, I'm not

21 going to spread it -- I'm not going to put my

22 dial on a six or a seven. I'm going put it on

23 a two, maybe three.

24 And when I'm on the street, okay,

25 now I got to move it up to four, maybe five.
 45

 1 You got to -- you adjust it constantly and you

 2 got to look out the rearview mirror basically

 3 the whole time.

 4 Other than that, that's -- those

 5 guys who come in -- they -- they're good at

 6 what they do and they know what they're doing.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Thank

 8 you.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: I just have one

10 question. Do you think the inner walls in the

11 newer salt shed is limiting the capacity of

12 salt that could be placed inside the shed?

13 MR. PUGLIESE: Yes, definitely.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.

15 MR. PUGLIESE: Our old salt shed, I

16 want to say is -- I don't know the new one, but

17 our old one is I think 60 feet wide by 90-some

18 feet long. I'm pretty sure that's that big.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.

20 MR. PUGLIESE: Like I said, the

21 state uses conveyor belts when they get so

22 much. And that's how they stack their salt.

23 So they're able to go up higher without going

24 wider. I don't -- and I say me -- I don't have

25 that ability because I'm using a front end
 46

 1 loader and I'm pushing it up.

 2 When I load it, the bumper of the

 3 truck -- my machine is literally on the

 4 blacktop I can't go any higher.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, that answers my

 6 question. Thank you.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Any other Scranton

 9 residents that want to speak to Council?

10 MR. FEDORCHAK: Hello, John

11 Fedorchak, West Scranton. I'm also a little

12 nervous. But I'm here with part of a big group

13 of people that are definitely not in support of

14 a kratom ban.

15 You know, we're all different types

16 of people. A lot of people are -- (video

17 interruption) for sure that's definitely not.

18 People with mental health issues use it for

19 relief, chronic pain. I definitely will say,

20 you know, sobriety.

21 People with -- who have potentially

22 suffered sobriety issues in the past also, you

23 know, look to it for relief. And, you know, to

24 turn away from prescription, street drugs, you

25 know, everybody has a story. I, myself, do not
 47

 1 use it as something to turn away -- or like to

 2 be sober per se.

 3 I don't consume alcohol which is,

 4 you know, a big -- a lot of people used to say

 5 it's a great alternative to alcohol. But I

 6 don't even compare it like that. It's not

 7 as -- it's not a similar feeling to that. You

 8 know, a total kratom ban would -- would cause a

 9 lot of pain and suffering for people that have

10 turned to this for positive outcomes.

11 And, you know, they're all

12 functioning. I could say with the group that I

13 came tonight, they're all functioning. They

14 all have families they support. None of them

15 have major issues. A lot of them come from,

16 you know, previous drug addiction.

17 And they're all functioning and in

18 line, as you would say. You know, I would

19 support a 70 ban because I think the 70 has

20 turned kratom into such a bad, like, a bad

21 name. You know, it's kratom leaf in leaf form

22 or powder form is not as potent and dangerous

23 as the 70 which chemically altered, yes, 400

24 times less.

25 Yeah, the potency of it is 400 times
 48

 1 less. And to get that 70 product, they are

 2 chemically altering kratom with products like

 3 acetone and other chemical that are not good to

 4 consume. Now, while I think the bill that you

 5 have now, if I'm not wrong, is completely

 6 banning kratom products in the Scranton area

 7 including leaf.

 8 I don't think that's -- that's going

 9 to be a positive outcome for the community.

10 Banning 70 products will absolutely be a

11 positive outcome. But not leaving, like,

12 leaving the natural side of it, like, to, you

13 know, to the people that consume it for those

14 positive reasons is really hurting the

15 community and the people that consume it.

16 And the people that turn away from

17 opioids and other hard drugs, I think it's

18 super important that we don't look at kratom as

19 a whole including 70 in that. 70 is a

20 completely different product, not even close to

21 the same as kratom leaf which I consume

22 regularly.

23 And I work a full-time job,

24 potentially sometimes two jobs. I pay my

25 bills. I pay my rent, like, I'm a functioning
 49

 1 member of society just as many of the people

 2 that are here tonight who have came to support

 3 it.

 4 Actually I could say all of the

 5 people that I came with tonight are functioning

 6 members of society. And they use kratom. So

 7 that's all I have to say.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other

 9 resident from Scranton that would like to

10 speak? No questions at this time.

11 MR. MARGAVITCH: Council, should I

12 give them to Kathy to pass out? Is that how

13 you're still doing it?

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. Yes. And

15 please state your name and address.

16 MR. MARGAVITCH: Mark Margavitch.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Address as well,

18 Mark.

19 MR. MARGAVITCH: Scranton. Good

20 evening, Council. So I have a list of

21 questions here. But before I do get that, I

22 just have one comment to make about the DPW

23 contract. I commend the person who spoke weeks

24 ago about the DPW and the two gentlemen that I

25 believe came with him.
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 1 I just found that interesting that

 2 all of a sudden the Mayor decided to come to an

 3 agreement shortly thereafter that. I just

 4 found the timing to be a little odd. But I'm

 5 happy they came and spoke their side of the

 6 story.

 7 So Council, I have seven questions

 8 in front of you. Do you agree that City

 9 Council has an obligation to ensure that

10 ordinances are enforced as written; yes or no?”

11 (video interruption.) I have six more questions

12 Council. Yes.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Continue with your

14 questions.

15 MR. MARGAVITCH: Well, I'd like to

16 get answers. Does that obligation apply both

17 when administration fails to follow an

18 ordinance and when it enforces something not

19 contained in the ordinance; yes or no? How

20 about if we play if you don't say anything it's

21 no?

22 Once Council becomes aware of either

23 situation does that trigger responsibility to

24 act? And should that action occur immediately

25 once you have that knowledge?
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 1 Now, Council, did you get your

 2 e-mails fixed? I know you were having problems

 3 with e-mails. I'm not sure. So I e-mailed

 4 Council twice in the last two weeks. And these

 5 are the following questions that I asked.

 6 Where in the rental registration

 7 ordinance is condemnation authorized as an

 8 enforcement tool and can you identify that

 9 authority today; yes or no?

10 I also asked whether the city is

11 citing rental registration violations through

12 the quality of life ordinance, specifically

13 prohibited occupancy. Are you aware of that

14 practice; yes or no? Council, yes or no; are

15 you aware?

16 MR. SCHUSTER: So we've done this

17 before, Mr. Margavitch. You could continue

18 with the questions.

19 MR. MARGAVITCH: Well, yes, but I

20 just want to know were you aware; yes or no?

21 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I guess my first

22 question is, have you sent these questions to

23 the appropriate department and have they

24 answered you? And if so, what were their

25 answers? Because if you're saying enforcing,
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 1 yes, we write the ordinances, correct?

 2 MR. MARGAVITCH: Correct.

 3 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Each department

 4 has to enforce it. So have you gone to those

 5 departments and had those conversation with

 6 anybody in that office?

 7 MR. MARGAVITCH: I tried but I

 8 walked in to the door. It's still locked.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Did you try to

10 call and schedule?

11 MR. MARGAVITCH: No.

12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Well, that -- I

13 mean, I believe, the LIPS Department is the

14 only door that you actually can get into that

15 is not locked, correct? That's the only door

16 that you could walk right in and speak to them.

17 MR. MARGAVITCH: Yes.

18 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: So have you

19 tried that?

20 MR. MARGAVITCH: Yes, but I did

21 e-mail Council. Did you forward my e-mail onto

22 the appropriate departments as if it was a

23 pothole?

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I believe we

25 have forwarded these questions before, but I
 53

 1 will double-check. And if not, we will forward

 2 it.

 3 MR. MARGAVITCH: I haven't heard

 4 anything.

 5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: A lot people

 6 come up and ask us direct questions. And

 7 everybody sees, we ask questions on behalf of

 8 residents. But there is so many times where we

 9 don't get answers ourself.

10 But the first question I always ask,

11 did you go to that department and ask them the

12 question because they're the ones who enforce

13 the ordinance. And to my understanding right

14 now, that answer is no, correct?

15 MR. MARGAVITCH: Correct.

16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. My -- I

17 would encourage you to try that first. While

18 you're doing that, we will take your questions

19 and also forward it. But I also encourage you

20 to take that route. I think that route is a

21 lot -- since being on Council and watching

22 Council too in past years, I believe that has

23 been skipped sometimes.

24 We're here to assist and we will

25 definitely help. But I would also encourage
 54

 1 you to go that route too because they handle

 2 the day to day. And they're supposed to

 3 enforce the ordinance that we pass.

 4 MR. MARGAVITCH: Correct. But my

 5 question was to Council if you were aware of an

 6 ordinance not being followed, would you act?

 7 So I can't ask --

 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: We would need an

 9 example and look into it, correct?

10 MR. MARGAVITCH: I can't ask the

11 Mayor if she would be aware of or something

12 City Council would do. That's why I addressed

13 it to City Council.

14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, we would

15 look into anything that is sent to us.

16 MR. MARGAVITCH: Okay. All right.

17 Thank you.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other

19 Scranton resident would like to address

20 Council? All right. Fifth Order, Mr.

21 Voldenberg.

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

23 MOTIONS.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, any

25 motions or comments at this time?
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 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I do. What

 2 I'll be addressing tonight is the kratom

 3 ordinance and legislation that's on our agenda

 4 tonight, especially given the amount of people

 5 who have been in contact with Council over the

 6 past day or so and the number of people who

 7 attended tonight to speak about it.

 8 So first, I'd like to note that I

 9 had not received communication from my

10 colleagues about this ordinance or yesterday's

11 press conference until the evening of Easter

12 Sunday. And this gave me limited amount of

13 time to review the legislation.

14 This is a matter I was not

15 previously educated on. And when I've spoken

16 to others about it over the last two days, no

17 one I knew was familiar with kratom with the

18 substance.

19 Some of the conversations included

20 other medical professionals, a person whose

21 daughter had tragically passed for fentanyl

22 overdose, and a law enforcement professional.

23 As a physical therapist with nearly 12 years of

24 experience, I've treated a great number of

25 patients with Chronic Pain Syndrome and chronic
 56

 1 pain conditions.

 2 And I always review and discuss

 3 their medications, supplements, and other pain

 4 relief items or things that they've utilized to

 5 help manage their pain. I can't prescribe

 6 medication, but we, at least, have that

 7 discussion so that I'm aware of what they're

 8 taking or utilizing to help with the pain if

 9 there is any other things that I can help with.

10 And I've seen patients who have been

11 using opioid medications long-term, some for

12 30-plus years. I don't recall patients who

13 have discussed their use of kratom with me.

14 And that doesn't mean that that they weren't.

15 I'm just not aware of patients who have or that

16 has not -- has not come up. So I'm surprised

17 that it hasn't come up sooner.

18 Historically when legislation has

19 been developed from Council because the bulk of

20 what we have comes from the administration or

21 legal department, we discuss the concept

22 usually as a Council at caucus or in a

23 one-on-one conversation as to avoid violation

24 of the Sunshine Act.

25 Then the Solicitor will work with
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 1 Council on writing the ordinance and will send

 2 out a draft for conversation and any changes

 3 prior to introduction. And I believe this is

 4 best practice. But this did not occur in this

 5 case.

 6 I was not given the same courtesy

 7 that I know I've previously given my own

 8 colleagues. And if you wondered why I was

 9 absent from the press conference yesterday

10 being given notice the night before, it doesn't

11 really allow me to change my work and patient

12 schedule to be there.

13 And so I have an issue with how this

14 process was handled in the first place. And I

15 hope that my colleagues will include me in

16 future conversations about legislation

17 specifically coming from Council out of basic

18 respect and even if they have no care for my

19 opinion or when they already have the votes.

20 Secondly, while I appreciate

21 Councilman Flynn's perspective as someone in

22 recovery and his intentions and spearheading

23 this ordinance, I have many questions that have

24 come up as I have been doing my own research.

25 I understand that kratom is not well
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 1 regulated and synthetic versions have an

 2 increase potency, dependency and more of a

 3 potential for harm, some of which has been

 4 discussed for tonight. No other municipalities

 5 have banned it within our state to date.

 6 And other states do have bans.

 7 There are some out there. But it's mostly for

 8 synthetic versions of it. As stated early in

 9 public comment, legislation regarding kratom

10 has been introduced within the PA State

11 Legislature between then end of 2025 and now,

12 including SB 233, HB 2058, and SB 899.

13 These pieces of legislation ban

14 unsafe kratom products derived from synthetics

15 prohibiting sales to those under age 21 and

16 giving enforcement powers to the Department of

17 Health. This legislation being presented here

18 tonight appears to be more of a general ban.

19 The many people who have contacted

20 us over the last day or so and who have spoken

21 here tonight, do not seem opposed to the

22 restrictions including -- included in the

23 proposed the state legislation. They are not

24 saying don't pass this at all.

25 I think that we could consider
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 1 amendments to it that mirror or match what's

 2 been proposed within the state legislation as

 3 well as, you know, perhaps motivating the state

 4 to act on it sooner. And I'd also like to put

 5 out that most people seem to be asking that

 6 natural leaf not be banned.

 7 But they're not opposed to the 7-OH

 8 being banned and taken out of stores. I would

 9 like to ask my colleagues who have developed

10 the legislation to respond to the following

11 questions. Normally if this was something that

12 came from the administration we would forward

13 those questions to them.

14 But since my colleagues are sitting

15 here next to me I would like to know if they

16 have responses to what research was done on the

17 matter, was there legislation that this

18 ordinance is based on, how will this be

19 regulated and enforced practically?

20 That's probably one of my largest

21 concerns. How will testing take place, was

22 this ban and enforcement discussed with our

23 Scranton Police Department? And I also want to

24 know a little bit more about how the

25 consequences will work the way it's written
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 1 says that someone will face a fine of the $300

 2 or be jailed up to 90 days.

 3 So does that mean the first offense

 4 will only be a fine and then the following

 5 offenses would result in jail time? I was just

 6 a little unclear on that. And then I'd also

 7 like to know if there's an urgent element to

 8 this legislation because of how quickly it came

 9 to me and to the public.

10 It seems that if this legislation is

11 important that it would be more thought out and

12 that it would also be made to be enforceable,

13 rather than a statement piece. As it is

14 written now and with a lack of communication

15 with the administration who would take

16 responsibility of enforcing it, I don't see how

17 it could be well implemented and effective.

18 I still want to restate that I don't

19 disagree with banning synthetic kratom and

20 keeping the people in Scranton safe from

21 harmful substances. We just need to be more

22 thoughtful in this legislation and how it

23 should be carried out.

24 And that's all that I have for

25 comments tonight. But I do plan on once this
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 1 piece is introduced then making a motion to

 2 table it for further discussion and potential

 3 amendments. Thank you.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 5 Mr. Sean McAndrew, do you have any motions or

 6 comments?

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, sure, I'll

 8 speak on the kratom in Fifth Order when it

 9 comes up to discuss. Tonight we're just

10 introducing it.

11 So other topics that I would like to

12 discuss, for the sign, I believe, on South

13 Irving for Mrs. O'Malley who came and spoke,

14 can we just have DPW or Scranton Police go down

15 that street and if -- let us know what signs

16 are city signs.

17 And if there's anything that is

18 illegal there, can we take it out, like, can we

19 just have them go through and make sure that

20 everything's that there should be there and a

21 city sign is legal. And if anything else

22 isn't, get it out of there.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: It's a single sign.

24 I'll have them change it.

25 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay.
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 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: The one sign at the

 2 end of the block.

 3 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: So there is one

 4 sign that is not legal.

 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: Just one sign is in

 6 question.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay, well, then

 8 I think they need to look at that and make sure

 9 everything is fair and everything there is a

10 legal sign.

11 Next, there are -- Mr. Gilbride, I

12 know we -- last week regarding the decision for

13 us to tear down the building next door going

14 against HARB on that and reversing their

15 decision.

16 The Mayor never signed the document.

17 It was the first document in two years since

18 you've been here that the Mayor did not sign

19 off on. I asked you to ask the legal team to

20 get that in writing why was it not signed, what

21 was the reason. Did we ever get a response to

22 that?

23 ATTY. GILBRIDE: No, sir. As you're

24 aware, I e-mailed that very night of the

25 meeting and I have not received a response as
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 1 of today.

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Can we

 3 follow up and continue to ask until we get an

 4 answer?

 5 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Yes, sir.

 6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I appreciate

 7 that. And then finally, Mr. Voldenberg, I have

 8 a few properties that I'll be sending over to

 9 the Licensing and Code to check on. One will

10 be on Prospect Ave. I don't want to put the

11 address here. But I'll e-mail everything over

12 to you.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: Great. I'll take

14 care of them.

15 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: All right.

16 That's all I have for now, so thank you.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. Mark

18 McAndrew, do you have any motions or comments?

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a

20 few. So I'm going to first report out

21 inquiries that I made over the past couple

22 weeks that I got responses from administration.

23 So the first one was about the ghost

24 poles or the double poles that are throughout

25 the city and, you know, waiting -- pending
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 1 legislation to address these issues from state

 2 and I'm hopeful.

 3 But I asked what, you know, we could

 4 do as a city because it's a public safety

 5 issue, especially the one that, you know, I had

 6 the picture of that was horrendous. It's still

 7 not taken down, by the way. Still waiting on

 8 the power company.

 9 So do we communicate my question was

10 with PPL regarding increasing number of double

11 poles or the ghost pole -- an old pole that

12 remains. The project management office and the

13 Department of DPW coordinate with pole owners

14 when any public safety concerns are reported.

15 The city holds no determining

16 authority on location and reasonableness of

17 pole placement as long as it's within the

18 right-of-way. The city only has authority when

19 there is a risk of public safety or city

20 assets, such as, roads and sidewalks.

21 So we just need to keep our eyes on

22 them. I'm very hopeful for the legislation

23 that's going to resolve all of these issues and

24 force the utility companies to take ownership

25 of their garbage -- the poles that remain and
 65

 1 get rid of them before they become a safety

 2 issue. So I'm glad to see that happen. We'll

 3 stay on that. We'll keep our eyes on that.

 4 Also last week, you know, I get a

 5 couple complaints. We get them every year

 6 regarding, especially now with the warmer

 7 weather an uptick in illegal ATVs driving

 8 around the city and especially them electric

 9 bikes that's bob in and out of traffic that

10 it's very dangerous I encounter almost daily.

11 I asked if there is any new strategy

12 with the police department. We know we can't

13 chase them. We don't want to get anybody hurt.

14 We understand that. But we were told

15 previously that with the old command center

16 they could radio or go from camera to camera to

17 camera.

18 We're putting a new one next door.

19 It's going to cost a fortune. I hope that's

20 part of the process. But the response I got

21 was, we will continue to work with the public

22 to take appropriate measures to enforce the

23 applicable laws.

24 Maybe we have to tighten up the

25 ordinance again because it was kind of weak
 66

 1 when we did it a couple years ago. So we'll

 2 keep our eye on that. So a business owner

 3 asked me a question because there's some

 4 confusion with the 2019 ordinance which

 5 prohibits time related signage in the city.

 6 Right, it was changed then but

 7 really never enforced meaning, you know, you

 8 could have a sign that says parking only two

 9 hours. All right. There might be some that

10 exist but they shouldn't at this point.

11 Maybe they didn't get caught up

12 with it. A couple business owners did. Whoa,

13 I didn't know anything about it. It's happened

14 to me. And so the one owner asked me okay,

15 okay, if that's not applicable anymore, there

16 are loading zones that are going up in the city

17 that have to remain open. All right.

18 So -- so I asked last week

19 administration the process including forms,

20 applications related to parking contacts

21 regarding parking signs for businesses, meaning

22 the loading zone. So I'm sure this gentleman's

23 watching, I'm going to read the response I got.

24 As part of the city's negotiations

25 in resulting amendment with the parking lease
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 1 concession agreement which was recently, Grow

 2 America, it was agreed that all signs

 3 regulating on-street parking that were not

 4 lawful -- lawfully authorized by the Mayor and

 5 City Council will be removed.

 6 And instead -- not meaning lawful

 7 meaning not referring to the 2019 ordinance.

 8 That's what I'm taking it. Instead, a loading

 9 zone will be established on each block in the

10 downtown for shared use by businesses.

11 So this gentleman asked me how to

12 do it. So if a business or anybody else who's

13 watching that might want this done completed

14 for them, the business wishes to request a

15 loading zone on a block in which one does not

16 already exist, they may contact Car Park or the

17 city via the Law Department.

18 All right, so I will share this with

19 the resident that reached out to me, but I'm

20 sure he's watching. All right. Also, you

21 know, we had some, of course, we dealt with

22 some -- some horrible, horrible weather this

23 year and the homeless were greatly affected.

24 And we talk about the roads.

25 But guess what, the homeless were
 68

 1 more affected, I believe. And we had a couple

 2 people speak and advocate and an actual

 3 homeless person and wanting a seat at the table

 4 for our homeless task force that or homeless

 5 shelter task force or that, you know, doesn't

 6 really meet, doesn't keep good minutes, doesn't

 7 really report out to us.

 8 And I know there's a meeting coming

 9 up in April. I'm just not sure when because

10 we're not really briefed. But I asked before

11 and these two ladies wanted to be -- want a

12 seat at the table. They bring great value and

13 perspective, one being an unfortunate person

14 that's a homeless; and another being an

15 advocate across from one of our shelters that

16 sees, you know, real time on the struggles,

17 helps out, goes over and volunteers, talks to

18 people, provides, you know, food and all kinds

19 of really nice things that she does out of her

20 own pocket.

21 The answer we got finally is the

22 city will review this request. So that means

23 it's probably not going to happen. So could

24 you follow up and say did they review this

25 request yet between when I got -- a month ago
 69

 1 when I got this response and find out -- I need

 2 to know probably for next meeting if we missed

 3 the homeless -- I know you're on the task

 4 force. Is it this week? Is it next week? Is

 5 it --

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: No, it's towards the

 7 end of April, I believe the 29th.

 8 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Okay.

 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: And I have discussed

10 this with the administration. And it's --

11 we're going to make sure to discuss it at the

12 next task force meeting, figure out if we need

13 to have, like, another -- a committee under the

14 task force that could include residents of the

15 community. So that will be an important

16 discussion to have and something --

17 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Sounds good.

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yep.

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right. So

20 speaking of the loading -- the loading zones

21 parking spots in the city or loading zones

22 spots in the city, I know I requested one on

23 behalf of a business owner a while back. It

24 was installed.

25 But guess what, so sometimes we have
 70

 1 to dig a little deeper for safety sake. A

 2 resident -- a very concerned resident is not

 3 against this parking loading zone. But how

 4 it's located on 417 Lackawanna, it makes it

 5 difficult for their workers and clients to exit

 6 our parking area due to cars not paying

 7 attention to this loading zone, right, because

 8 it's new. I get that.

 9 I was wondering if they could have

10 lines painted. I guess this gentleman --

11 business owner reached out to, you know, our

12 Grow America, the parking and they said there's

13 another one being done down the block. But

14 they didn't say anything about either painting

15 lines or having a little better signage.

16 So can you share that concern with

17 them and see if they could take care of that

18 for the residents?

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: Yeah, I will. I'll

20 share it with DPW in the morning.

21 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I don't

22 know. Do we need -- I don't think we need

23 approval from the parking lease -- you know,

24 that we lease to to do that, just make it a

25 little safer, that's all, nothing wrong with
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 1 that.

 2 So also -- what else do I have here?

 3 So during caucus, you know, we talked a great

 4 deal about, you know, the issues that were

 5 incurred during the horrific winter, the worst

 6 one we had in 30 years and, you know, I think

 7 DPW did a great job, by the way.

 8 But -- but I did mention during

 9 caucus and I want to a make a motion. I don't

10 want to make a motion to vote on now to make it

11 an ordinance, but I want to make a motion to

12 explore or actually create or present

13 administration with a request, you know,

14 hopefully I get the support of my colleagues

15 and we vote on it.

16 And the request is, whenever there's

17 an emergency declaration, right, I'm here long

18 enough where there was a few. We had Covid.

19 We had all kinds of craziness, right, and this

20 weather event was an emergency declaration

21 definitely, right, state of emergency for the

22 whole state.

23 But it took us months to get

24 everybody at the table here and tell us what

25 happened, right. The paper didn't do us
 72

 1 justice, you know, printing that the Mayor and

 2 her administration blamed the poor drivers,

 3 period. Right, we didn't get the information.

 4 We don't know what happened. We don't know how

 5 many hours they worked, how many hours they're

 6 supposed to work.

 7 We didn't know in the new contract

 8 versus the old contract they're going to be

 9 working less or working more. We didn't know

10 that the people that stayed home -- we did find

11 out -- that stayed home that called off weren't

12 drivers, right? They're not picking up

13 garbage.

14 They're not driving a truck. So

15 what could they do during the snowstorm,

16 nothing. So they take advantage of taking that

17 time off. And that's fine. Or some took time

18 off to rest to go out and drive for the 18

19 hours.

20 So we could have avoided all of this

21 controversy because, you know, we all want to

22 do a great thing for the city. You guys do a

23 great job for the city. We're here because we

24 care. So we need to work together. And I

25 think, you know, the powers that be that claim,
 73

 1 no, we're transparent. We're always

 2 transparent.

 3 Well, you weren't because we had to

 4 bring you in here and tell us what happened.

 5 That's not transparency when you have to bring

 6 them in weeks or months later, right, and beg

 7 for information on what happened. So with that

 8 said, I would like, like I said, make a motion

 9 right now because we're in Fifth Order.

10 It's motions that we -- that we task

11 our Solicitor to come up with a response that

12 or a requirement by Council when the Mayor

13 declares a state of emergency, right, or

14 declaration, an emergency declaration.

15 What we want in a timely fashion

16 because it costs money usually. Look at all

17 the overtime, right. We had asked. No, we

18 still don't know how much it cost -- a synopsis

19 of what happened after the event or what

20 happened during the event, right, how much did

21 it cost, what's the impact on the residents?

22 They're flipping the bill, right?

23 What was determined, what happened

24 moving forward, what should we do, what didn't

25 we, you know, part of a, like, reflection
 74

 1 synopsis of the event and moving forward, you

 2 know, so we're better prepared and the

 3 residents and taxpayers are formed what

 4 actually occurred during that period and not

 5 wait and have all of this. All right?

 6 So I want it for every -- or any

 7 declaration emergency, an action plan, a formal

 8 action plan, a response. We could fool around

 9 with the language of what we're going to call

10 this report or plan, but I think it's a

11 courtesy to us so we're in the loop.

12 I think it's a courtesy to the

13 residents. I think they deserve it. All

14 right. I made a motion, guys.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: We have a motion. Do

16 we have second?

17 MR. FLYNN: Second.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

19 On the question, I do like this idea. What I

20 tried to did with the declaration of emergency

21 was I asked for what those bills were and what

22 we were getting. We got that, I don't know,

23 maybe last week what we had spent during that

24 emergency situation.

25 But Council in the end is inevitably
 75

 1 voting to approve that funding being spent.

 2 And at this point in time we read in caucus it

 3 was $330,000 in just snow removal plus some

 4 additional fees. It was a lot of money during

 5 that. So I would approve of this. Or I would

 6 support this. Can we have a roll call?

 7 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

10 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

12 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

14 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. Thank you.

17 Anything else, Mr. McAndrew.

18 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I have one

19 more thing. So all right, we had a pave cut

20 company in here. We had utility companies in

21 here telling us, you know, they provide the

22 best service ever in regards to paving.

23 And then we -- it's no secret that

24 the paving list hit the papers today, right,

25 the paving list for this year. And hopefully
 76

 1 some of the streets that didn't get on the

 2 paving list are going to be on fall one, right.

 3 But what we really didn't discus is,

 4 so all of these utility companies that make

 5 these pave cuts that promise they're going

 6 to -- after, you know, we got the lay of the

 7 land, after 30 days, 60 days, 90 when it's full

 8 restoration or when the project's done, ba, ba,

 9 ba, ba, ba.

10 But I also do remember and it's

11 in -- it's in the ordinance and it's always

12 been an agreement that curb to curb, right, so

13 what that means is when they're done with

14 everything, they are supposed to pave curb to

15 curb for the most part depending on the

16 project.

17 And also depending on the size of

18 the project, they might have to pave the whole

19 street, right, or should or have in the past.

20 None of that was discussed this year, right, so

21 with that said, you know what list I want? I

22 want the list from the utility companies, Mr.

23 Voldenberg, if you'd please reach out to

24 administration -- the list that the utility

25 companies are going to pave curb to curb, what
 77

 1 parts of the city, what streets are going to

 2 pave if they're paving whole streets curb to

 3 curb because there might be people sitting home

 4 right now reading that list that just came out

 5 in the paper going, are you kidding me? My

 6 street's not going to be paved? It's one of

 7 the worst in the city.

 8 It's not on that list maybe because

 9 they are working on it. Maybe -- I'm giving

10 them the benefit of the doubt that it's going

11 to be paved by the utility company, I don't

12 know, maybe in a month, maybe before the

13 winter.

14 So if we have that information, we

15 could share it with the residents that there

16 are still going to come here and say my

17 street's a mess. And it's not on paving list.

18 Like, give me a break. That's what they're

19 going to say to us.

20 We live it here. So could you

21 please see if they could compile a list of the

22 streets that the utilities -- first of all, are

23 contractually responsible to pave curb to curb

24 and which ones are going to be totally paved.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
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 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right.

 2 Thank you. And guess what, that's all I have.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr.

 4 Flynn, do you have any motions or comments at

 5 this time?

 6 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, so I'll talk about

 7 the proposed kratom ordinances. I want to

 8 begin thanking some of the individuals advocate

 9 for coming out tonight. I want to acknowledge

10 that there are people that feel strongly that

11 kratom should remain available.

12 Over the past 24 hours I have heard

13 from individuals all over the county. Some

14 individuals that state that it helps them with

15 pain management, dealing with some behavioral

16 health issues, such as, trauma, PTSD,

17 depression among others.

18 While others say it has played a

19 role in their recovery. I want to be clear

20 that I hear these concerns. And I respect that

21 people come to this issue from different

22 perspectives. The reality we are facing at the

23 local level here in Scranton is that there is

24 currently no meaningful regulatory framework

25 governing these products.
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 1 Kratom is being sold in gas

 2 stations, smoke shops, convenient stores in a

 3 wide range of forms, powders, capsules,

 4 extracts, increasingly potent -- potent

 5 concentrates.

 6 There are no consistent

 7 manufacturing standards, no uniform labeling

 8 requirements, and no clear dosing guidance.

 9 The main compound that has raised growing

10 concern is 7-OH. This compound exists

11 naturally in the kratom leaf in small amounts.

12 What we are increasingly seeing on

13 the market today are products where this

14 compound is concentrated or enhanced

15 dramatically increasing potency. From a

16 municipal standpoint, we simply do not have the

17 authority to regulate substances like this in a

18 responsible way.

19 Scranton cannot set dose limits on

20 compounds like 7-OH. We cannot mandate

21 laboratory testing standards. And we cannot

22 establish clear packaging and labeling

23 requirements that are so badly needed in this

24 market.

25 Until those standard exist,
 80

 1 municipalities like Scranton are left with

 2 limited tools to address products that are

 3 widely available, increasingly potent, and

 4 completely unregulated.

 5 We could put a ban in place or we

 6 can allow 7-OH sales and things like 7-OH to

 7 continue to be like the wild west in our city.

 8 I also want to address something that has been

 9 quite a -- that has had a lot of

10 misinformation.

11 This ordinance is only civil in

12 nature, not criminal. It regulates the

13 commercial sale of these products within the

14 city. Any penalties are strictly civil

15 similar to other local regulatory actions.

16 This ordinance does not create criminal charges

17 for individuals.

18 Regardless of what national trade

19 groups may be publicly suggesting, this is not

20 and has never been about criminalizing

21 individuals. It is about regulating the sale

22 of a product that operates in a regulatory gray

23 area.

24 This ordinance is not about

25 dismissing the experiences of individuals who
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 1 believe kratom has helped them. It is not been

 2 stigmatizing anyone struggling with addiction

 3 or recovery.

 4 It is about protecting our residents

 5 in the City of Scranton until there's a clear

 6 federal regulatory structure. And I'd also

 7 understand that bills have been introduced in

 8 the Pennsylvania State House and Senate.

 9 I also understand that those bills

10 have been introduced in the State of

11 Pennsylvania in this Commonwealth since at

12 least 2019. And every two years if a bill

13 isn't passed into law in both chambers and

14 signed by the Governor within that legislative

15 session, the whole entire process starts over

16 again.

17 So what has happened every couple

18 years in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is

19 there are lobbies out there for the kratom

20 industry that have beat back these bills and

21 some of these regulatory frameworks that can

22 happen in Pennsylvania around 7-OH, some of the

23 sales to minors, etc., etc.

24 And at the end of session which will

25 be ending again in December of this year, they
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 1 never pass both chambers of the legislature

 2 and that entire process has to begin again.

 3 While I would truly hope that this could be

 4 regulated and have more teeth than what we can

 5 do in Scranton from a federal or a state level,

 6 I am not willing to sit around and wait for

 7 those levels of government to act when for so

 8 long they have not.

 9 When for so long these highly

10 concentrated, highly addictive substance and

11 makeup have hit our stores and impacted our

12 residents within the city, I will not wait for

13 them to act. I will put the health and the

14 welfare and the safety of the citizens of

15 Scranton first and foremost in my mind.

16 And I appreciate, once again,

17 everyone who came out to advocate for the pure

18 leaf kratom. And I understand and I would love

19 to have conversations with many of you. But as

20 it stands right now as a municipality and as

21 the City of Scranton, there's no way to

22 differentiate the two in the form of dosage,

23 marketing, regulations or anything like that.

24 So I appreciate everyone's time

25 coming out. And that's all I have for tonight.
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 1 Thank you.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

 3 Mr. Flynn. I do have a couple comments

 4 tonight. I'll address the kratom when we

 5 introduce the legislation. Some follow up from

 6 last week, Mr. Voldenberg, did we hear anything

 7 back on the Center City baseball field on I

 8 believe Wood Street where they were bringing

 9 some of the Christmas trees --

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: No word as yet.

11 I'll follow up.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank

13 you.

14 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Excuse me, Mr.

15 President, is that with regard to the placement

16 of the trees?

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Correct.

18 ATTY. GILBRIDE: I was told today

19 that that has been corrected.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.

21 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That they've been

22 taken care of.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. Thank you.

24 Did we get any followup from the questions we

25 asked Pennoni when they were in for pave cuts?
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 1 No, okay. We heard in public comment tonight

 2 that there -- there's a plan to make some of

 3 the streets one way in Tripp Park and place a

 4 welcome to West Scranton sign on I believe 915

 5 Euclid Avenue. Can we just inquire to see if

 6 that's the case?

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 9 We discussed South Irving Avenue where the City

10 Engineer is going to review that. We did ask

11 about -- last week I did ask about a copy of

12 the DEP plan for Meadow Brook Project and

13 administration said that DEP has requested that

14 we do not give the plans out.

15 But they're happy to meet if anyone

16 would like to discuss the plan. So we might

17 arrange something soon. I did inquire about

18 the status of pools and parks for the

19 summertime as the summer is getting close as

20 we're getting into spring.

21 So the response that I got was that

22 we generally open one pool and one splash pad

23 for Memorial Day. They get them open for the

24 weekend so people could go out for the

25 holidays. The pool openings are strategically
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 1 timed to coincide with the end of the public

 2 school year.

 3 And the Scranton School District is

 4 currently scheduled high school graduation for

 5 Tuesday, June 9th, 2026. So pools will likely

 6 to open that week. After opening day, pools

 7 remain open daily from noon to 6 p.m. through

 8 Labor Day.

 9 Weston Field's indoor pool is open

10 year round. Last year Connell Park, Weston

11 Park and Weston Field pools were open as well

12 as the Novembrino Splash Pad. And this year

13 Nay Aug is going to be added as well the

14 Capouse Avenue splash pad.

15 So with the pools and splash pads,

16 also the athletic courts at Nay Aug will be

17 open from mid to late May. And they're

18 awaiting court sealing depending on the

19 weather. So they're looking for late May for

20 the openings of those courts.

21 Grace Street's going to see some

22 playground renovation and Connell Park should

23 be starting in May. That is all I have for

24 tonight.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR
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 1 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - REGULATING THE

 2 SALE AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA

 3 SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID,

 4 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND

 5 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH), AND/OR ANY

 6 SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, CONCENTRATED, OR

 7 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR

 8 HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR INGESTION TO MINORS;

 9 PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA

10 SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID,

11 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND

12 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH), AND/OR ANY

13 SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, CONCENTRATED, OR

14 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR

15 HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR INGESTION BY MINORS; AND,

16 PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THESE PROVISIONS,

17 INCLUDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

19 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

20 into its proper committee.

21 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, on the

25 question, I know there was some question about
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 1 the timing of this coming over. I also did get

 2 it on Sunday, had time to read it over Monday

 3 and today as well.

 4 It's not too much different

 5 information we get from the administration on

 6 timing. I do also want to remember -- remind

 7 everybody this is just introducing it. There

 8 will be multiple readings before it's, you

 9 know, approved or denied.

10 So knowing Pat and knowing DA

11 Gallagher, they would never put something in

12 front of us if they didn't do their research

13 and felt strong about it. And Mr. Gilbride as

14 well I believe helped out.

15 When I think about rushed issue, I

16 don't feel like this is a rushed ordinance.

17 When I think about things that were rushed by

18 administration it's the Fidelity building being

19 purchased and Geisinger getting their zoning

20 changed before a new Council could come on

21 because they might have a different decision.

22 That is something I believe is

23 rushed. This is just standard protocol. It's

24 being presented in front of us to introduce.

25 And we have time to review it, make -- possibly
 88

 1 make changes, to table it, whatever. But I do

 2 not feel like this was rushed.

 3 And appreciate the hard work

 4 Attorney Gilbride, DA Gallagher and my Council

 5 member Flynn for all their hard work on this.

 6 And to just to say that they definitely did

 7 their research on this and they feel strongly

 8 about it. It would not be in front of us if it

 9 wasn't. So thank you.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

11 On the question?

12 MR. FLYNN: On the question quickly,

13 I appreciate some of the concerns from

14 Councilwoman Rothchild. And to be fair,

15 this -- this was something that I had been

16 researching for months and months and months

17 and months and working with Attorney Gilbride

18 on it.

19 And at the end of last week I

20 brought it to Council President Schuster on

21 Friday as I should have. I have been working

22 with the District Attorney, members of the

23 recovery community, members in emergency

24 departments throughout the City of Scranton.

25 And I put in quite a bit of time and
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 1 effort into -- into the research and getting to

 2 know more about everything that had to do with

 3 this. So I will say that I did my due

 4 diligence on this. I apologize if it didn't

 5 come to you soon enough. But I did do my due

 6 diligence on it.

 7 As far as your question around

 8 enforcement, I would hope just like any other

 9 ordinance that's passed in the City of Scranton

10 that the police department when needed would

11 enforce that ordinance, you know, whatever

12 department it would fall under would enforce it

13 just like any piece of legislation that is

14 passed into law in the City of Scranton.

15 So I just want to address those

16 things very quickly. And that's all I have.

17 Thank you.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Go ahead.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Go ahead, Mr.

21 McAndrew.

22 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right. So I

23 got -- I pretty much got the notice of the

24 press release, you know, the day before. Prior

25 ordinances that come from administration, I get
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 1 invited to the press release either an hour

 2 after it or 10 minutes before while I'm at work

 3 and more than once where some of my colleagues

 4 were in the know ahead of time and were there.

 5 So I'm not going to do the tit for

 6 tat for that kind of thing. But I know this

 7 was a pet project for you and even before you

 8 ran that I was made aware of. I know you

 9 worked with, like I said, DA -- not like I

10 said, like the rest of them have said, you know

11 DA Gallagher, our Solicitor.

12 I'm not going to question any of you

13 guys. That's your area of expertise, not mine.

14 I have different areas. I knew once crafted

15 under the, you know, the collaboration of you

16 three, it would be a solid piece of legislation

17 compared to some we get from administration,

18 last minute, rush jobs that are intentional as

19 Councilman McAndrew noted.

20 Last December we got more stuff

21 shoved down our throats last December with an

22 outgoing Council than ever. So, like I said,

23 I'm happy. I have no complaints about how I

24 got it. I didn't get it fast enough or short

25 enough. It's solid and I'm going to vote to
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 1 introduce it and vote it each week until it's

 2 an ordinance. Thank you.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 4 I'd like to echo some of same sentiment. This

 5 is Fifth Order tonight. We're introducing

 6 between Fifth Order and final passage, we'll

 7 have time to answer those questions. I do

 8 appreciate those questions as well as we vet

 9 this legislation as it moves forward. We're

10 going to get those answers.

11 Thanking several people,

12 Mr. Gilbride, thank you very much for your

13 hard work on this. Mr. Flynn, thank you for

14 your forward thinking. Different areas of the

15 public came together to craft this ordinance.

16 You had members of law enforcement.

17 Myself, I'm involved with school-age

18 children so I'm seeing some of this come into

19 the school and permeate the schools. And it's

20 easily accessible to minors. The piece of

21 legislation I feel is a proactive step from

22 Council to protect the public health in our

23 community.

24 We're restricting access to harmful

25 products in our city. And these are products
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 1 that could be easily accessible to minors. I

 2 also believe that positives come out of this

 3 and inevitably, we may be saving lives. And I

 4 think we are going to be saving lives.

 5 So a handful of states and

 6 municipalities have taken similar measures.

 7 And I hope that some of our neighboring

 8 communities also take note of legislation and

 9 pass similar ordinances. And I will be

10 supporting this tonight. Anyone else on the

11 question?

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, on the

13 question, I won't go, you know, as much into it

14 as I did earlier. But I think it would be

15 irresponsible to pass this legislation as is.

16 And I do appreciate it being put together, but

17 I still don't feel like it's fully vetted. I

18 still don't quite understand why the county DA

19 was consulted and it was discussed with him but

20 not with our Scranton Police Department.

21 That -- especially if they're the

22 ones that would potentially have to issue the

23 fines. The DA would -- that would come into

24 place after the fine was issued and then, you

25 know, from that standpoint from a judicial
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 1 standpoint.

 2 So I just -- yeah, still unclear on

 3 that and on other aspects of it. And I do feel

 4 like it's an overreach to completely ban the

 5 substance. I would like the opportunity for us

 6 to look even more into it to hear out the

 7 public. So I will still be making a motion to

 8 table items 5-B and 5-C tonight.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: There's a motion --

10 motion to table. Do we have a second? We do

11 not have a second. Anyone else on the

12 question?

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah,

14 Mr. Gilbride, just to confirm, the Chief law

15 enforcement agent is the DA, correct, for all

16 municipalities that fall under Lackawanna

17 County?

18 ATTY. GILBRIDE: On the state level.

19 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Thank

20 you.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. Anyone else on

22 the question? All those in favor of

23 introduction signify by stating aye.

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
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 1 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed?

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: No.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: The ayes have it and

 5 so moved.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

 7 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - REGULATING THE

 8 SALE AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA

 9 SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID,

10 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND

11 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH), AND/OR ANY

12 SYNTHETIC, SEMI- SYNTHETIC, CONCENTRATED, OR

13 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR

14 HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR INGESTION; PROHIBITING THE

15 POSSESSION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND

16 ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT

17 LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE

18 (7-OH), AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC,

19 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED

20 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR

21 INGESTION; AND, PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE AND

22 PRODUCTION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND

23 ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT

24 LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE

25 (7-OH), AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC,
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 1 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED

 2 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR

 3 INGESTION.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

 5 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

 6 into its proper committee.

 7 MR. MARK MCANDREW: So moved.

 8 MR. FLYNN: Second.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

10 those in favor of introduction signify by

11 saying aye.

12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

14 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed?

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: No.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: The ayes have it and

18 so moved.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

20 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

21 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

22 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOEL

23 INSTITUTE, INC. TO PERFORM WATER SAFETY AND

24 SWIM INSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIP.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
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 1 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

 2 into its proper committee.

 3 MR. MARK MCANDREW: So moved.

 4 MR. FLYNN: Second.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

 6 those in favor of introduction signify by

 7 stating aye.

 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

11 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

13 ayes it and so moved.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No

15 business at this time.

16 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR

17 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - FOR

18 ADOPTION - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 9, 2026 -

19 AMENDING FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 102, 2025, AN

20 ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "APPROPRIATING

21 FUNDS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT

22 FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF

23 JANUARY, 2026 TO AND INCLUDING DECEMBER 31,

24 2026 BY THE ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL CITY

25 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2026," (2026
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 1 OPERATING BUDGET) BY TRANSFERRING THREE HUNDRED

 2 TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY

 3 DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($324,880.00) FROM THE

 4 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, BUSINESS

 5 ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF OPER TSF-WORKERS'

 6 COMPENSATION LINE ITEM ACCOUNT

 7 100-44714-140-140-000000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

 8 PUBLIC WORKS, HIGHWAYS BUREAU PROFESSIONAL

 9 SERVICES LINE ITEM ACCOUNT

10 100-44201-180-183-000000 TO FUND UNFORESEEN

11 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE WINTER

12 STORM OCCURRING ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 25, 2026,

13 THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED DURING THE PREPARATION

14 OF THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

16 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

17 Committee on Finance?

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for

19 the Committee on Finance, I recommend final

20 passage of Item 7-A.

21 MR. FLYNN: Second.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

23 Roll call, please.

24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

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

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

 4 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

 5 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 6 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

 7 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

 9 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

11 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

12 SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 39,

13 2026 - ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF SCRANTON'S

14 EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN ("EAP") MANUALS FOR SOUTH

15 SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION, PLOT FLOOD PROTECTION,

16 GREENRIDGE FLOOD PROTECTION AND THE ALBRIGHT

17 AVENUE FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTS.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

19 recommendation of the Chairperson for Committee

20 on Public Safety?

21 MR. MARK MCANDREW: As Chairperson

22 for the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

23 final passage of Item 7-B.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?
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 1 Roll call, please.

 2 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 4 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

 5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

 7 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 9 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

12 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. 8-A.

14 FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 7, 2026.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance amends

16 provisions to the zoning ordinance for the City

17 of Scranton related to data centers.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. FILE OF THE

19 COUNCIL NO. 8, 2026.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: And this ordinance

21 amends provisions to the zoning ordinance for

22 the City of Scranton related to data centers.

23 These ordinances have been tabled until a

24 public hearing can be held at a later date.

25 If there's no other business, I'll
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 30:19, 30:23, 31:13, acetone [1] - 48:3
 85:5, 96:18, 96:23, 68:1 AND [19] - 86:3, 86:4,
 32:1, 59:7, 79:10, acknowledge [1] -
 96:24, 96:25, 97:12, afternoon [1] - 39:13 86:10, 86:11, 86:15,
 79:20, 80:6, 81:22, 78:9
 97:14, 98:13, 99:14, age [2] - 58:15, 91:17 94:9, 94:10, 94:15,
 86:5, 86:12, 94:11, act [5] - 50:24, 54:6,
 99:19 agenda [1] - 55:3 94:17, 94:21, 94:22,
 94:18, 94:25 59:4, 82:7, 82:13
2058 [2] - 6:9, 58:12 agent [1] - 93:15 94:24, 95:21, 95:22,
 70 [8] - 35:7, 47:19, Act [3] - 6:7, 35:3,
21 [2] - 6:9, 58:15 ages [1] - 31:12 95:23, 96:23, 97:3,
 47:23, 48:1, 48:10, 56:24
2158 [1] - 6:11 ago [9] - 18:7, 18:17, 98:16
 48:19
233 [2] - 6:5, 58:12 ACTION [1] - 98:14 23:24, 25:9, 30:22, AND/OR [7] - 86:2,
 70H [3] - 6:12, 6:14,
24 [1] - 78:12 action [3] - 50:24, 32:13, 49:24, 66:1, 86:5, 86:12, 94:8,
 6:16
25 [1] - 97:12 74:7, 74:8 68:25 94:11, 94:18, 94:25
 7th [1] - 1:7
26th [1] - 5:4 actions [1] - 80:15 agree [4] - 21:11, announcement [2] -
29th [1] - 69:7 active [1] - 13:22 41:10, 44:11, 50:8 20:5, 20:7
 8 ACTIVE [5] - 86:3, agreed [1] - 67:2 announcements [3] -
 3 86:10, 94:9, 94:16, agreement [4] - 8:2, 4:6, 4:8, 5:13
 8 [1] - 99:19
 94:23 50:3, 67:1, 76:12 answer [6] - 25:18,
 8-A [1] - 99:13
3 [2] - 19:11, 43:9 actual [2] - 33:21, 68:2 Agreements [1] - 7:24 25:19, 53:14, 63:4,
 2

 68:21, 91:7 asylums [1] - 15:8 ban [20] - 6:10, 8:15, 73:22, 81:12 BUREAU [2] - 97:5,
answered [1] - 51:24 athletic [1] - 85:16 20:25, 21:9, 21:15, bills [7] - 6:3, 30:1, 97:8
answers [5] - 46:5, attended [1] - 55:7 28:9, 30:2, 33:25, 48:25, 74:21, 81:7, bury [1] - 25:7
 50:16, 51:25, 53:9, attention [2] - 36:12, 34:12, 34:13, 34:21, 81:9, 81:20 BUSINESS [2] - 3:24,
 91:10 70:7 34:23, 46:14, 47:8, bin [4] - 4:14, 4:15, 97:4
ANY [5] - 86:5, 86:12, Attorney [4] - 20:24, 47:19, 58:13, 58:18, 5:1, 5:3 business [8] - 66:2,
 94:11, 94:18, 94:25 88:4, 88:17, 88:22 59:22, 80:5, 93:4 bins [2] - 4:11, 4:14 66:12, 67:12, 67:14,
Apartments [1] - 21:5 attorney [1] - 13:9 Bank [1] - 23:25 bit [3] - 29:4, 59:24, 69:23, 70:11, 96:15,
apologize [1] - 89:4 ATTY [6] - 62:23, 63:5, banned [6] - 8:16, 88:25 99:25
appear [4] - 12:24, 83:14, 83:18, 83:21, 32:22, 34:9, 58:5, blacktop [1] - 46:4 businesses [2] -
 13:2, 13:3, 35:20 93:18 59:6, 59:8 blamed [1] - 72:2 66:21, 67:10
appeared [1] - 12:21 ATVs [1] - 65:7 banning [5] - 21:7, bless [1] - 13:21 busy [1] - 23:19
applicable [2] - 65:23, Aug [2] - 85:13, 85:16 33:24, 48:6, 48:10, block [4] - 62:2, 67:9, BUT [5] - 86:4, 86:11,
 66:15 auger [1] - 44:14 60:19 67:15, 70:13 94:10, 94:16, 94:23
applications [1] - Authority [1] - 15:16 bans [1] - 58:6 blocked [3] - 21:22, buy [2] - 16:3, 28:8
 66:20 authority [4] - 51:9, Bargaining [1] - 7:24 23:25, 24:1 buying [1] - 18:15
apply [2] - 50:16, 64:16, 64:18, 79:17 bark [2] - 34:17, 34:18 blocking [2] - 23:8, BY [5] - 86:15, 96:17,
 101:23 authorized [2] - 51:7, Barons [1] - 31:20 40:10 96:24, 97:1, 98:11
appreciate [9] - 20:12, 67:4 baseball [1] - 83:7 blocks [1] - 43:7
 57:20, 63:6, 82:16, AUTHORIZING [1] - based [2] - 14:24, blood [2] - 20:12, C
 82:24, 88:3, 88:13, 95:20 59:18 27:10
 91:8, 92:16 available [4] - 4:11, basement [1] - 25:8 blue [1] - 4:14 cables [1] - 5:9
appropriate [3] - 8:17, 78:11, 80:3 basic [3] - 10:25, boat [1] - 18:3 Caleb [3] - 37:12,
 51:23, 52:22, 65:22 Ave [1] - 63:10 15:21, 57:17 bob [1] - 65:9 38:4, 39:21
APPROPRIATE [1] - avenue [1] - 4:22 basis [1] - 44:5 book [1] - 26:21 camera [3] - 65:16,
 95:21 AVENUE [1] - 98:17 Baumann [1] - 20:9 borders [1] - 15:3 65:17
APPROPRIATING [1] Avenue [24] - 4:25, beat [1] - 81:20 born [1] - 20:19 cancer [2] - 20:12,
 - 96:20 5:6, 19:9, 20:14, became [1] - 25:10 botanical [2] - 27:16, 28:3
approval [1] - 70:23 21:19, 21:20, 21:21, become [3] - 12:10, 28:8 cannot [7] - 9:8,
approve [2] - 75:1, 22:1, 22:4, 22:24, 12:18, 65:1 bottom [1] - 41:21 11:15, 36:22, 40:11,
 75:5 23:1, 23:3, 23:10, becomes [1] - 50:22 bought [3] - 18:17, 79:19, 79:20, 79:21
approved [2] - 7:22, 23:11, 24:6, 24:7, beg [1] - 73:6 27:20, 29:15 cap [2] - 9:4, 9:7
 87:9 24:16, 30:15, 84:5, begin [3] - 40:23, brag [1] - 18:9 capacity [1] - 45:11
April [5] - 1:7, 5:4, 84:9, 85:14 78:8, 82:2 break [1] - 77:18 Capouse [1] - 85:14
 20:8, 68:9, 69:7 avoid [1] - 56:23 begun [1] - 40:10 bridge [1] - 23:14 capsules [1] - 79:3
APRIL [1] - 3:23 avoided [1] - 72:20 behalf [3] - 13:1, 53:7, Bridget [2] - 3:9, Car [1] - 67:16
Archbald [1] - 12:11 awaiting [1] - 85:18 69:23 21:14 Carbondale [1] -
archives [1] - 7:25 aware [12] - 37:15, behavioral [1] - 78:15 briefed [1] - 68:10 41:14
area [4] - 48:6, 70:6, 38:16, 50:22, 51:13, below [1] - 4:13 brine [1] - 41:5 card [1] - 35:19
 80:23, 90:13 51:15, 51:20, 54:5, belt [1] - 42:23 bring [6] - 4:23, 6:2, cardboard [1] - 4:15
areas [2] - 90:14, 54:11, 56:7, 56:15, belts [1] - 45:21 16:2, 68:12, 73:4, cards [1] - 35:17
 91:14 62:24, 90:8 benefit [2] - 20:9, 73:5 care [9] - 12:16, 12:17,
Army [2] - 7:15 awesome [1] - 45:7 77:10 bringing [1] - 83:8 19:6, 33:4, 57:18,
ARPA [2] - 4:1, 35:9 aye [3] - 93:23, 95:11, benefits [1] - 14:24 broadcasting [1] - 63:14, 70:17, 72:24,
arrange [1] - 84:17 96:7 best [3] - 57:4, 75:22, 44:18 83:22
arrows [1] - 37:6 Aye [13] - 93:24, 101:6 broke [1] - 43:17 CARRERA [21] - 2:9,
AS [1] - 96:20 93:25, 94:1, 94:2, better [4] - 20:21, broken [1] - 43:16 3:11, 3:13, 3:15,
ashamed [1] - 10:6 95:12, 95:13, 95:14, 24:20, 70:15, 74:2 Brook [1] - 84:12 3:17, 3:19, 75:7,
Ashley [1] - 30:5 95:15, 96:8, 96:9, between [5] - 6:13, brought [1] - 88:20 75:9, 75:11, 75:13,
asinine [1] - 17:10 96:10, 96:11, 96:12 43:7, 58:11, 68:25, BUDGET [3] - 96:25, 75:15, 97:24, 98:1,
aspects [1] - 93:3 ayes [3] - 94:4, 95:17, 91:6 97:1, 97:14 98:3, 98:5, 98:7,
aspirin [1] - 34:16 96:13 beyond [5] - 13:16, budgets [1] - 9:16 99:2, 99:4, 99:6,
assemble [1] - 12:12 16:21, 27:1, 27:2 99:8, 99:10
 building [2] - 62:13,
assets [1] - 64:20 B big [8] - 15:9, 16:10, Carrera [1] - 3:10
 87:18
assist [1] - 53:24 20:13, 42:8, 43:24, carried [1] - 60:23
 built [1] - 43:1
ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 ba [5] - 76:8, 76:9 45:18, 46:12, 47:4 cars [1] - 70:6
 bulk [1] - 56:19
assistant [1] - 37:13 bad [2] - 47:20 Big [1] - 29:9 case [2] - 57:5, 84:6
 Bulwer [3] - 22:1,
assisted [1] - 36:19 badly [1] - 79:23 bikes [1] - 65:9 cases [1] - 34:7
 22:17, 22:21
Associates [2] - ball [1] - 31:19 Bill [3] - 6:5, 6:9, 6:11 caucus [7] - 7:6, 41:5,
 bumper [1] - 46:2
 24:11, 39:5 Baltimore [1] - 18:2 bill [4] - 21:15, 48:4, 43:13, 56:22, 71:3,
 3

 71:9, 75:2 33:8, 34:23, 36:7, commend [2] - 20:23, 79:10, 79:14 contacted [1] - 58:19
caught [1] - 66:11 36:21, 36:23, 37:3, 49:23 compounds [1] - contacts [1] - 66:20
cell [1] - 5:9 37:14, 38:9, 38:10, comment [4] - 8:13, 79:20 contained [2] - 50:19,
Center [3] - 10:2, 33:4, 38:11, 41:9, 41:12, 49:22, 58:9, 84:1 computer [1] - 19:16 101:4
 83:7 51:10, 54:12, 61:16, comments [11] - 4:3, concentrated [3] - continue [11] - 12:1,
center [2] - 39:24, 61:21, 63:25, 64:4, 7:8, 7:10, 7:13, 7:19, 32:24, 79:14, 82:10 12:12, 13:14, 26:18,
 65:15 64:15, 64:18, 64:19, 54:25, 60:25, 61:6, CONCENTRATED [5] 27:11, 28:24, 50:13,
centers [3] - 12:13, 65:8, 66:5, 66:16, 63:18, 78:4, 83:3 - 86:6, 86:13, 94:12, 51:17, 63:3, 65:21,
 99:17, 99:22 67:17, 68:22, 69:21, commercial [1] - 94:19, 95:1 80:7
CENTS [1] - 97:3 69:22, 72:22, 72:23, 80:13 concentrates [1] - continued [2] - 25:15,
certificate [1] - 101:22 77:1, 77:7, 80:7, commingled [1] - 4:14 79:5 27:13
certify [1] - 101:3 80:14, 82:12, 91:25 Commissioner [1] - concept [1] - 56:21 contract [7] - 7:22,
certifying [1] - 101:25 CITY [8] - 1:1, 2:8, 2:9, 15:4 concern [4] - 11:10, 8:1, 9:1, 9:9, 49:23,
chain [1] - 36:17 3:25, 95:21, 96:21, Commissioner's [1] - 38:9, 70:16, 79:10 72:7, 72:8
Chairperson [4] - 96:24, 98:13 9:19 concerned [2] - 37:19, CONTRACT [1] -
 97:16, 97:18, 98:19, City [23] - 5:19, 5:20, commissioners [1] - 70:2 95:22
 98:21 13:24, 18:2, 32:14, 9:19 concerning [1] - 27:4 contract's [1] - 7:21
chambers [2] - 81:13, 33:4, 34:13, 34:14, committee [5] - 5:24, concerns [13] - 10:19, contractually [1] -
 82:1 39:10, 39:15, 41:3, 69:13, 86:20, 95:6, 11:5, 11:12, 12:3, 77:23
CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12 50:8, 54:13, 67:5, 96:2 12:19, 12:23, 13:1, control [2] - 27:14,
change [3] - 18:3, 81:5, 82:21, 83:7, COMMITTEE [2] - 13:4, 13:5, 59:21, 101:24
 57:11, 61:24 84:9, 88:24, 89:9, 96:17, 98:11 64:14, 78:20, 88:13 controversial [1] -
changed [2] - 66:6, 89:14, 99:16, 99:22 Committee [4] - concession [1] - 67:1 17:4
 87:20 city's [3] - 4:12, 19:13, 97:17, 97:19, 98:19, condemnation [1] - controversy [1] -
changes [2] - 57:2, 66:24 98:22 51:7 72:21
 88:1 City's [1] - 7:23 Commonwealth [2] - conditions [1] - 56:1 convenient [1] - 79:2
chaos [1] - 17:18 civil [2] - 80:11, 80:14 81:11, 81:18 conference [2] - conversation [3] -
charges [1] - 80:16 claim [1] - 72:25 communicate [1] - 55:11, 57:9 52:5, 56:23, 57:2
chase [1] - 65:13 clear [5] - 37:25, 64:9 confidence [1] - 11:25 conversations [3] -
check [2] - 53:1, 63:9 78:19, 79:8, 79:22, communication [3] - confirm [1] - 93:14 55:19, 57:16, 82:19
 81:5 11:10, 55:9, 60:14 confirmation [1] - conveyor [2] - 42:23,
chemical [1] - 48:3
 cleared [1] - 11:24 communities [4] - 4:19 45:21
chemically [2] - 47:23,
 clearing [1] - 21:18 12:12, 12:13, 14:5, Conforti [1] - 3:8 coordinate [1] - 64:13
 48:2
CHEMICALLY [5] - CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 92:8 confusion [2] - 37:25, copiers [1] - 5:8
 86:7, 86:14, 94:13, clients [1] - 70:5 community [12] - 3:7, 66:4 copy [3] - 9:23, 84:11,
 94:19, 95:1 close [2] - 48:20, 13:12, 15:9, 15:10, Connell [2] - 85:10, 101:5
Chief [1] - 93:14 84:19 15:12, 16:4, 36:5, 85:22 cords [1] - 5:9
children [2] - 29:13, closer [1] - 9:11 48:9, 48:15, 69:15, consequences [1] - correct [11] - 39:25,
 91:18 Club [1] - 18:6 88:23, 91:23 59:25 52:1, 52:2, 52:15,
choice [1] - 28:6 Cochran [2] - 18:14, companies [5] - consider [3] - 29:18, 53:14, 53:15, 54:4,
choose [1] - 4:13 18:22 64:24, 75:20, 76:4, 30:1, 58:25 54:9, 83:17, 93:15,
Christmas [1] - 83:9 code [2] - 4:13, 63:9 76:22, 76:25 CONSIDERATION [2] 101:6
Chronic [1] - 55:25 Cognetti [1] - 19:5 company [4] - 33:7, - 96:17, 98:11 corrected [1] - 83:19
chronic [2] - 46:19, coincide [1] - 85:1 64:8, 75:20, 77:11 consistent [1] - 79:6 CORRESPONDENC
 55:25 cold [1] - 42:17 compare [1] - 47:6 consists [1] - 8:3 E [1] - 3:23
cigarettes [1] - 34:12 collaboration [1] - compared [1] - 90:17 constantly [3] - 41:16, cost [3] - 65:19, 73:18,
Cipriani [1] - 24:21 90:15 COMPENSATION [1] - 44:19, 45:1 73:21
Cipriani's [1] - 37:11 colleagues [7] - 97:6 consulted [1] - 92:19 costs [1] - 73:16
cities [1] - 17:17 55:10, 57:8, 57:15, compile [1] - 77:21 consume [5] - 47:3, council [1] - 54:12
 59:9, 59:14, 71:14, complaining [3] - 48:4, 48:13, 48:15, COUNCIL [7] - 1:1,
citing [1] - 51:11
 90:3 18:14, 19:4, 19:19 48:21 1:12, 2:10, 96:18,
Citizens [1] - 33:13
 Collective [1] - 7:24 complaint [1] - 19:18 consumed [1] - 27:20 96:19, 99:14, 99:19
citizens [4] - 5:14,
 Colleran [1] - 3:8 complaints [2] - 65:5, Consumer [1] - 6:7 Council [46] - 10:12,
 12:16, 33:21, 82:14
 coming [9] - 6:16, 90:23 consumer [1] - 29:5 10:13, 12:1, 12:15,
city [56] - 6:16, 11:4,
 15:10, 20:13, 32:14, complete [1] - 28:9 consuming [1] - 6:1 12:22, 12:25, 13:3,
 11:25, 12:7, 12:10,
 57:17, 68:8, 78:9, completed [1] - 67:13 CONSUMPTION [5] - 13:4, 13:24, 14:2,
 12:17, 13:15, 13:18,
 82:25, 87:1 completely [5] - 86:8, 86:15, 94:14, 20:4, 20:6, 20:24,
 17:3, 17:9, 18:16,
 command [1] - 65:15 26:14, 48:5, 48:20, 94:20, 95:2 33:12, 37:21, 38:6,
 18:19, 18:23, 19:7,
 19:19, 19:21, 20:4, COMMENCING [1] - 80:4, 93:4 contact [3] - 8:21, 41:3, 46:9, 49:11,
 21:8, 21:10, 29:16, 96:22 compound [3] - 79:9, 55:5, 67:16 49:20, 50:7, 50:9,
 4

 50:12, 50:22, 51:1, 24:17, 24:18, 76:12, DEP [2] - 84:12, 84:13 16:11 double-check [1] -
 51:4, 51:14, 52:21, 76:14, 76:15, 76:25, DEPARTMENT [2] - disappointed [1] - 7:9 53:1
 53:21, 53:22, 54:5, 77:2, 77:3, 77:23 97:4, 97:7 discovered [1] - 14:14 doubt [1] - 77:10
 54:13, 54:20, 55:5, curbside [2] - 37:9, Department [8] - 4:25, discus [1] - 76:3 down [21] - 4:18, 11:8,
 56:19, 56:22, 57:1, 40:2 5:5, 52:13, 58:16, discuss [6] - 56:2, 14:25, 15:10, 17:1,
 57:17, 67:5, 73:12, Cusick [2] - 7:9, 39:21 59:23, 64:13, 67:17, 56:21, 61:9, 61:12, 17:8, 18:24, 19:3,
 74:25, 87:20, 88:4, cut [6] - 11:2, 18:24, 92:20 69:11, 84:16 22:23, 27:10, 32:4,
 88:20, 90:22, 91:22 19:3, 24:3, 31:5, department [8] - discussed [8] - 25:20, 32:11, 32:15, 32:16,
Councilman [3] - 8:8, 75:19 37:16, 51:23, 52:3, 56:13, 58:4, 59:22, 33:1, 40:13, 61:14,
 57:21, 90:19 cuts [3] - 19:10, 76:5, 53:11, 56:21, 65:12, 69:9, 76:20, 84:9, 62:13, 64:7, 70:13,
Councilmen [2] - 4:5 83:25 89:10, 89:12 92:19 90:21
Councilwoman [1] - departments [4] - discussion [3] - 56:7, downer [1] - 32:5
 88:14 D 12:4, 52:5, 52:22, 61:2, 69:16 downstairs [2] - 9:25,
counties [1] - 14:23 88:24 dismissing [1] - 80:25 19:24
country [3] - 16:9, D'Antona [1] - 3:9 dependency [1] - 58:2 distressed [1] - 26:2 downstream [1] - 33:5
 16:10, 17:24 DA [7] - 87:10, 88:4, deployed [1] - 11:19 distributed [1] - 35:25 downtown [2] - 19:8,
County [5] - 9:18, 90:9, 90:11, 92:18, depression [1] - 78:17 DISTRIBUTION [2] - 67:10
 10:1, 14:17, 15:3, 92:23, 93:15 DERIVATIVES [5] - 86:2, 94:8 DPW [13] - 7:21,
 93:17 daily [2] - 65:10, 85:7 86:7, 86:14, 94:13, distribution [2] - 34:4, 33:11, 33:16, 33:18,
county [6] - 10:1, dangerous [2] - 47:22, 94:20, 95:2 34:5 36:24, 39:21, 44:1,
 10:2, 13:8, 16:9, 65:10 derivatives [1] - 28:10 District [3] - 20:24, 49:22, 49:24, 61:14,
 78:13, 92:18 dark [1] - 31:12 derived [1] - 58:14 85:3, 88:22 64:13, 70:20, 71:7
countywide [1] - 21:9 data [3] - 12:13, 99:17, descriptive [1] - 12:19 district [1] - 13:8 dr [3] - 75:7, 97:24,
couple [12] - 18:6, 99:22 deserve [1] - 74:13 doctor [7] - 25:12, 99:2
 26:10, 41:4, 41:6, date [3] - 4:16, 58:5, desk [1] - 7:20 25:13, 25:17, 31:10, Dr [2] - 3:11, 54:24
 43:15, 63:21, 65:5, 99:24 desktops [1] - 5:8 31:13, 31:14 DR [14] - 3:12, 55:1,
 66:1, 66:12, 68:1, daughter [1] - 55:21 determine [1] - 39:8 doctors [3] - 28:4, 69:6, 69:9, 69:18,
 81:17, 83:3 David [1] - 30:13 determined [1] - 73:23 28:16, 31:16 75:8, 92:12, 94:3,
course [2] - 5:2, 67:21 DAY [1] - 96:22 determines [1] - 44:14 document [2] - 62:16, 95:16, 96:8, 97:18,
court [1] - 85:18 days [5] - 30:22, determining [1] - 62:17 97:25, 98:24, 99:3
Court [2] - 1:24, 55:16, 60:2, 76:7 64:15 documented [2] - draft [1] - 57:2
 101:11 dead [2] - 36:11, 39:3 developed [3] - 30:17, 15:6, 34:19 dramatically [1] -
courteously [1] - 7:13 deal [2] - 25:23, 71:4 56:19, 59:9 DOLLARS [1] - 97:3 79:15
courtesy [4] - 7:12, dealing [1] - 78:15 developers [1] - 13:18 dollars [2] - 35:4, Drexel [2] - 26:21,
 57:6, 74:11, 74:12 dealt [1] - 67:21 development [2] - 35:14 26:22
courts [2] - 85:16, debates [1] - 11:7 24:13, 24:15 Dombrowski [2] - drive [2] - 24:5, 72:18
 85:20 December [3] - 81:25, dial [2] - 26:14, 44:22 24:24, 25:2 drivers [3] - 44:1,
Covid [1] - 71:18 90:20, 90:21 dials [2] - 44:13, 44:20 DOMBROWSKI [1] - 72:2, 72:12
COYNE [1] - 32:7 DECEMBER [1] - Dickson [1] - 24:7 25:1 driveway [4] - 40:9,
Coyne [1] - 32:7 96:23 difference [1] - 6:13 donated [1] - 18:9 40:10, 40:13, 40:17
craft [1] - 91:15 decent [1] - 10:3 different [11] - 23:19, done [15] - 4:17, 7:14, driving [3] - 41:22,
crafted [1] - 90:14 decide [1] - 7:10 34:5, 41:12, 43:14, 8:5, 8:6, 19:14, 65:7, 72:14
craziness [1] - 71:19 decided [1] - 50:2 46:15, 48:20, 78:21, 23:22, 38:8, 41:19, drop [1] - 19:12
crazy [3] - 15:1, 31:4, decision [3] - 62:12, 87:4, 87:21, 90:14, 43:19, 51:16, 59:16, drug [2] - 31:1, 47:16
 40:19 62:15, 87:21 91:14 67:13, 70:13, 76:8, drugs [3] - 34:15,
create [2] - 71:12, declaration [6] - differentiate [1] - 76:13 46:24, 48:17
 80:16 71:17, 71:20, 73:14, 82:22 Donohue [2] - 8:23, due [3] - 70:6, 89:3,
creatine [1] - 27:22 74:7, 74:20 difficult [1] - 70:5 21:15 89:5
creative [1] - 12:20 declare [2] - 98:9, dig [1] - 70:1 door [5] - 52:8, 52:14, dug [1] - 22:10
Creek [1] - 35:5 99:12 diligence [2] - 89:4, 52:15, 62:13, 65:18 dump [1] - 33:8
crew [1] - 19:4 declares [1] - 73:13 89:6 doors [1] - 11:4 dumped [1] - 33:7
criminal [2] - 80:12, dedicate [1] - 9:5 direct [2] - 53:6, Dorothy [7] - 3:7, dumping [2] - 32:11,
 80:16 deeper [1] - 70:1 101:24 22:2, 22:23, 23:1, 32:24
criminalizing [1] - definitely [9] - 28:18, direction [1] - 37:7 23:9, 24:6, 24:14 Dunmore [2] - 8:18,
 80:20 42:4, 45:13, 46:13, directly [1] - 12:2 dosage [2] - 25:15, 21:10
criminals [1] - 17:22 46:17, 46:19, 53:25, DIRECTOR [1] - 3:25 82:22 DURING [1] - 97:13
critic [1] - 12:18 71:21, 88:6 Director [3] - 7:9, dose [1] - 79:19 during [8] - 71:3, 71:5,
crowd [1] - 20:13 degree [1] - 25:5 33:11, 33:16 dosing [1] - 79:8 71:8, 72:15, 73:20,
CRT [1] - 5:10 delivered [1] - 36:4 disagree [1] - 60:19 double [3] - 53:1, 74:4, 74:23, 75:4
curb [14] - 24:15, denied [1] - 87:9 disagreements [1] - 63:24, 64:10 déjà [1] - 16:18
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 enforce [6] - 52:4, exactly [1] - 42:10 Fedorchak [1] - 46:11 95:8, 95:14, 96:4,
 E
 53:12, 54:3, 65:22, example [2] - 18:19, feedback [1] - 33:20 96:11, 97:21, 98:6,
e-mail [4] - 4:21, 89:11, 89:12 54:9 fees [3] - 9:4, 9:5, 75:4 99:9, 100:2
 52:21, 63:11 enforceable [1] - exceed [1] - 9:9 feet [2] - 45:17, 45:18 Flynn [7] - 3:17, 8:8,
e-mailed [2] - 51:3, 60:12 excuse [3] - 29:3, felt [1] - 87:13 21:14, 78:4, 83:3,
 62:24 enforced [3] - 50:10, 43:23, 83:14 fence [2] - 36:14, 88:5, 91:13
e-mails [3] - 37:17, 59:19, 66:7 EXECUTE [1] - 95:22 36:17 flynn [3] - 75:13, 98:5,
 51:2, 51:3 ENFORCEMENT [1] - exempt [1] - 18:18 fentanyl [1] - 55:21 99:8
Eagles [1] - 31:20 86:16 exemptions [1] - 18:5 few [4] - 19:13, 63:8, Flynn's [1] - 57:21
EAP [1] - 98:14 enforcement [9] - exhausts [1] - 30:6 63:20, 71:18 follow [5] - 50:17,
early [3] - 26:7, 37:22, 11:3, 15:11, 51:8, exist [3] - 66:10, Fidelity [2] - 23:25, 63:3, 68:24, 83:5,
 58:8 55:22, 58:16, 59:22, 67:16, 79:25 87:18 83:11
earmarked [1] - 35:15 89:8, 91:16, 93:15 exists [1] - 79:10 field [1] - 83:7 followed [1] - 54:6
easily [2] - 91:20, 92:1 enforcers [1] - 15:12 exit [2] - 41:14, 70:5 Field [1] - 85:11 following [3] - 51:5,
East [1] - 10:22 enforces [1] - 50:18 expedience [2] - 33:3 Field's [1] - 85:9 59:10, 60:4
east [2] - 15:25, 16:14 enforcing [2] - 51:25, EXPENSES [1] - 96:21 Fifth [5] - 54:20, 61:8, followup [1] - 83:24
Easter [2] - 16:15, 60:16 experience [1] - 55:24 73:9, 91:5, 91:6 followups [1] - 11:24
 55:11 engaging [1] - 12:1 experiences [1] - FIFTH [1] - 54:22 food [2] - 14:13, 68:18
easy [1] - 28:14 Engineer [3] - 39:10, 80:25 figure [1] - 69:12 fool [1] - 74:8
echo [1] - 91:4 39:15, 84:10 expertise [1] - 90:13 FILE [4] - 96:18, foot [1] - 43:9
educated [1] - 55:15 enhanced [1] - 79:14 explore [1] - 71:12 96:19, 99:14, 99:18 FOP [1] - 20:14
effect [1] - 30:5 ensure [1] - 50:9 extracts [1] - 79:4 file [2] - 8:2, 8:3 FOR [19] - 1:1, 3:25,
effective [1] - 60:17 ensuring [1] - 11:18 extras [1] - 11:14 filed [1] - 4:4 85:25, 86:7, 86:14,
effects [4] - 25:4, enter [1] - 17:24 eye [1] - 66:2 fill [1] - 41:10 86:16, 86:17, 94:6,
 25:21, 27:8, 27:12 ENTER [1] - 95:22 eyes [3] - 12:8, 64:21, final [3] - 91:6, 97:19, 94:13, 94:20, 95:2,
effort [1] - 89:1 entertain [4] - 86:19, 65:3 98:23 96:16, 96:17, 96:21,
EIGHT [1] - 97:2 95:5, 96:1, 100:1 finally [2] - 63:7, 68:21 96:22, 96:25, 98:10,
 entire [4] - 8:24, 12:6, 98:12, 98:14
EIGHTH [1] - 99:13 F Finance [2] - 97:17,
EIGHTY [1] - 97:2 81:15, 82:2 97:19 force [6] - 64:24, 68:4,
Eileen [2] - 24:21, ENTITLED [1] - 96:20 face [1] - 60:1 FINANCE [1] - 96:17 68:5, 69:4, 69:12,
 37:11 EPA [1] - 32:14 facing [1] - 78:22 fine [5] - 39:23, 60:1, 69:14
either [6] - 4:12, equipment [2] - 41:23, fact [1] - 18:21 60:4, 72:17, 92:24 foregoing [1] - 101:22
 17:15, 37:7, 50:22, 43:4 fails [1] - 50:17 fines [1] - 92:23 foremost [1] - 82:15
 70:14, 90:1 erected [1] - 37:4 failure [2] - 17:10, fining [1] - 32:14 forester [1] - 18:25
election [2] - 35:18, especially [6] - 3:7, 17:11 fire [1] - 19:9 Forge [1] - 8:18
 35:20 55:4, 64:5, 65:6, fair [2] - 62:9, 88:14 FIRST [1] - 96:22 forget [1] - 23:20
electric [1] - 65:8 65:8, 92:21 fall [3] - 76:2, 89:12, first [15] - 5:21, 13:21, form [4] - 28:19,
electronic [1] - 5:6 ESQ [1] - 2:10 93:16 27:2, 28:13, 51:21, 47:21, 47:22, 82:22
element [1] - 60:7 essential [2] - 11:14, falls [1] - 43:10 53:10, 53:17, 55:8, formal [1] - 74:7
Ellman [1] - 16:25 13:12 familiar [1] - 55:17 57:14, 60:3, 62:17, formed [1] - 74:3
ELLMAN [1] - 17:1 establish [1] - 79:22 families [2] - 11:8, 63:20, 63:23, 77:22, forms [2] - 66:19, 79:3
EMERGENCY [1] - established [1] - 67:9 47:14 82:15 fortune [1] - 65:19
 98:14 etc [3] - 5:11, 81:23 family [1] - 25:12 firstly [1] - 6:2 forward [8] - 52:21,
emergency [12] - Euclid [8] - 21:18, family's [1] - 39:18 fish [1] - 33:10 53:1, 53:19, 59:12,
 11:18, 40:3, 40:7, 21:20, 22:1, 22:23, far [5] - 17:1, 17:5, fit [2] - 33:6, 42:15 73:24, 74:1, 91:9,
 71:17, 71:20, 71:21, 23:1, 24:6, 24:12, 27:5, 36:24, 89:7 five [6] - 10:15, 20:15, 91:14
 73:13, 73:14, 74:7, 84:5 Farr [1] - 22:3 27:2, 28:13, 31:6, forwarded [1] - 52:25
 74:20, 74:24, 88:23 Eugene [1] - 3:8 fashion [1] - 73:15 44:25 four [2] - 31:5, 44:25
employees [2] - 7:11, EVALUATION [1] - 4:1 fast [1] - 90:24 fixed [2] - 11:24, 51:2 FOUR [1] - 97:2
 13:18 Evans [1] - 3:7 father [3] - 20:18, fixes [1] - 35:7 Fourth [1] - 5:14
emptying [1] - 15:8 evening [11] - 5:23, 20:20, 28:2 fixing [1] - 16:6 fourth [1] - 31:6
encounter [1] - 65:10 10:13, 13:23, 20:3, favor [3] - 93:22, Flannery [1] - 3:9 framework [1] - 78:24
encourage [4] - 16:19, 32:7, 36:5, 36:8, 95:10, 96:6 flat [1] - 5:10 frameworks [1] -
 53:17, 53:19, 53:25 38:24, 41:2, 49:20, favors [1] - 18:19 flipping [1] - 73:22 81:21
end [11] - 36:11, 39:3, 55:11 fears [1] - 17:21 FLOOD [4] - 98:15, Frank [1] - 39:1
 40:9, 45:25, 58:11, event [5] - 5:7, 71:20, federal [4] - 14:21, 98:16, 98:17 FRANK [1] - 2:8
 62:2, 69:7, 74:25, 73:19, 73:20, 74:1 14:24, 81:6, 82:5 FLYNN [16] - 2:3, 3:18, fresh [1] - 33:10
 81:24, 85:1, 88:19 everyday [1] - 10:19 FEDORCHAK [1] - 74:17, 75:14, 78:6, Friday [1] - 88:21
ending [1] - 81:25 evidence [1] - 101:4 46:10 86:21, 88:12, 94:1, friend [1] - 20:11
 exact [2] - 11:14, 36:1 friends [1] - 19:7
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FROM [2] - 3:24, 97:3 Goffer [1] - 3:8 highly [2] - 82:9, 97:2
 H
front [8] - 15:11, gonna [1] - 16:1 82:10 hundreds [2] - 27:25
  15:20, 23:24, 45:25, Google [3] - 27:2, half [4] - 5:17, 19:15, HIGHWAYS [1] - 97:8 hurt [1] - 65:13
  50:8, 87:12, 87:24, 27:5, 28:14 23:8, 35:14 Hill [1] - 10:21 hurting [1] - 48:14
  88:8 governing [1] - 78:25 halfway [1] - 31:22 hill [4] - 21:18, 22:10,
fuel [1] - 6:10 GOVERNMENT [1] - hallucin [1] - 21:6 22:23, 24:10 I
full [2] - 48:23, 76:7 96:21 hallucinogenic [1] - historically [1] - 56:18
full-time [1] - 48:23 government [8] - 21:6 history [1] - 26:24 ICE [3] - 17:5, 17:8,
fully [3] - 38:16, 92:17, 11:25, 14:9, 14:21, handed [1] - 35:9 hit [2] - 75:24, 82:11 17:16
  101:4 14:25, 17:6, 17:9, handful [1] - 92:5 Hodowanitz [2] - 7:4, idea [1] - 74:19
functioning [5] - 82:7 handle [2] - 9:16, 54:1 7:5 ideas [1] - 12:20
  47:12, 47:13, 47:17, Government [1] - 10:1 handled [1] - 57:14 HODOWANITZ [2] - IDENTIFIED [1] -
  48:25, 49:5 Governor [3] - 31:25, hang [1] - 30:8 7:5, 9:12 97:13
FUND [1] - 97:10 32:1, 81:14 happy [3] - 50:5, hold [2] - 12:3, 42:20 identify [1] - 51:8
funding [3] - 35:8, Grace [1] - 85:21 84:15, 90:23 holding [1] - 42:24 identifying [1] - 11:21
  35:11, 75:1 graduation [1] - 85:4 HARB [1] - 62:14 holds [2] - 42:11, idiot [1] - 21:3
FUNDS [1] - 96:21 grandchild [2] - 20:18, hard [4] - 48:17, 88:3, 64:15 ignore [1] - 11:16
future [5] - 9:16, 20:19 88:5, 91:13 holidays [1] - 84:25 illegal [5] - 34:3,
  12:17, 12:23, 13:12, grandchildren [1] - hardworking [1] - home [6] - 13:14, 34:25, 39:25, 61:18,
  57:16 29:14 10:3 25:8, 37:22, 72:10, 65:7
 grandparents [2] - harm [1] - 58:3 72:11, 77:3 illegally [1] - 17:24
 G 17:23, 18:1 harmful [3] - 34:12, hOMECK [1] - 30:10 illegals [1] - 17:21
 grant [2] - 35:9, 35:12 60:21, 91:24 HOMECK [1] - 30:13 imagine [1] - 17:12
Gallagher [4] - 20:24, gray [1] - 80:22 hat [1] - 8:8 Homeck{phonetic} [1] immediately [2] -
 87:11, 88:4, 90:11 great [12] - 8:9, 8:16, hate [2] - 8:11, 31:18 - 30:14 39:6, 50:24
game [2] - 31:19, 16:22, 31:14, 47:5, HB [1] - 58:12 homeless [7] - 67:23, impact [2] - 35:6,
 31:21 55:24, 63:13, 68:12, Health [1] - 58:17 67:25, 68:3, 68:4, 73:21
gap [1] - 43:9 71:3, 71:7, 72:22, health [6] - 14:8, 68:14, 69:3 impacted [1] - 82:11
garbage [3] - 43:12, 72:23 14:10, 46:18, 78:16, homeowner [4] - 20:5, implemented [1] -
 64:25, 72:13 greatly [1] - 67:23 82:13, 91:22 36:15, 40:8, 40:15 60:17
Garfield [1] - 24:16 Green [4] - 10:21, healthy [1] - 33:10 homes [1] - 11:9 important [9] - 11:21,
gas [1] - 79:1 23:14, 23:21, 23:24 hear [5] - 15:3, 23:17, hook [1] - 41:25 13:6, 13:7, 33:4,
gaughan [1] - 17:10 GREENRIDGE [1] - 78:20, 83:6, 93:6 hope [12] - 6:13, 8:21, 33:22, 48:18, 60:11,
Geisinger [2] - 15:10, 98:16 heard [7] - 8:11, 15:25, 20:16, 20:21, 69:15
 87:19 grind [1] - 19:5 11:12, 17:22, 21:2, 23:20, 30:20, 57:15, impossible [1] - 41:8
general [1] - 58:18 ground [3] - 32:19, 53:3, 78:12, 84:1 65:19, 82:3, 89:8, improvements [1] -
GENERAL [1] - 96:24 32:21, 32:25 hearing [2] - 16:12, 92:7 11:23
generally [1] - 84:22 grounded [1] - 12:10 99:24 hopeful [2] - 64:2, inability [1] - 25:23
generations [1] - grounds [1] - 34:2 heavy [2] - 41:23, 43:4 64:22 Inaudible [1] - 31:23
 39:18 group [2] - 46:12, HELD [1] - 1:4 hopefully [4] - 4:20, INC [1] - 95:23
gentleman [3] - 24:9, 47:12 held [1] - 99:24 7:19, 71:14, 75:25 inception [1] - 26:7
 67:11, 70:10 groups [2] - 16:22, hello [2] - 14:2, 46:10 horrendous [1] - 64:6 inch [1] - 19:11
gentleman's [1] - 80:19 help [7] - 8:19, 25:17, horrible [2] - 67:22 include [3] - 5:7,
 66:22 Grow [2] - 67:1, 70:12 26:14, 53:25, 56:5, horrific [1] - 71:5 57:15, 69:14
gentlemen [1] - 49:24 growing [2] - 11:10, 56:8, 56:9 host [1] - 28:3 included [2] - 55:19,
Gerrity's [1] - 35:17 79:9 helped [2] - 81:1, hour [2] - 8:5, 90:1 58:22
ghost [2] - 63:23, grown [1] - 26:12 87:14 hours [6] - 31:6, 66:9, INCLUDING [7] - 86:4,
 64:11 guaranteed [1] - 35:8 helpful [1] - 37:13 72:5, 72:19, 78:12 86:11, 86:17, 94:10,
gift [2] - 35:17, 35:18 guardrails [1] - 6:8 helping [1] - 17:9 House [3] - 6:9, 6:11, 94:16, 94:23, 96:23
gigantic [1] - 33:6 guess [7] - 9:2, 33:12, helps [4] - 41:16, 42:4, 81:8 including [5] - 48:7,
GILBRIDE [7] - 2:10, 51:21, 67:25, 69:25, 68:17, 78:14 house [9] - 5:2, 6:5, 48:19, 58:12, 58:22,
 62:23, 63:5, 83:14, 70:10, 78:2 hereby [3] - 98:8, 18:8, 18:12, 19:18, 66:19
 83:18, 83:21, 93:18 guidance [1] - 79:8 99:11, 101:3 21:19, 22:2, 29:15, incorrect [1] - 37:5
Gilbride [6] - 62:11, guy [3] - 41:20, 41:21, Herring{phonetic [1] - 29:18 increase [1] - 58:2
 87:13, 88:4, 88:17, 43:3 15:18 Housing [1] - 15:16 increased [1] - 25:13
 91:12, 93:14 guys [9] - 6:13, 21:23, high [3] - 43:1, 43:5, HUMAN [5] - 86:8, increasing [2] - 64:10,
given [5] - 9:20, 55:4, 41:7, 43:24, 44:4, 85:4 86:15, 94:14, 94:20, 79:15
 57:6, 57:7, 57:10 45:5, 72:22, 74:14, higher [3] - 43:2, 95:2 increasingly [3] -
glad [1] - 65:2 90:13 45:23, 46:4 hundred [1] - 40:5 79:4, 79:12, 80:3
God [2] - 13:21, 14:14 HUNDRED [2] - 97:1, incurred [1] - 71:5
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individual [2] - 10:9, 57:3, 93:23, 95:10, 70:4, 93:16 33:23, 34:25, 55:3,
 K
  34:7 96:6 ladies [1] - 68:11 55:13, 56:18, 57:16,
individuals [7] - 5:18, invested [1] - 29:16 K-turns [1] - 40:4 laid [1] - 25:24 58:9, 58:13, 58:17,
  78:8, 78:13, 78:14, investing [1] - 11:9 KATHY [1] - 2:9 land [2] - 18:15, 76:7 58:23, 59:2, 59:10,
  80:17, 80:21, 80:25 invite [2] - 13:2, 17:18 Kathy [2] - 36:9, 49:12 landed [1] - 18:1 59:17, 60:8, 60:10,
indoor [1] - 85:9 invited [1] - 90:1 KCPA [1] - 6:6 lane [1] - 23:25 60:22, 64:1, 64:22,
industry [1] - 81:20 involved [2] - 21:13, keep [5] - 10:5, 64:21, language [1] - 74:9 83:5, 89:13, 90:16,
inevitably [2] - 74:25, 91:17 65:3, 66:2, 68:6 laptops [1] - 5:7 91:9, 91:21, 92:8,
  92:3 irresponsible [1] - keeping [2] - 43:8, large [1] - 18:11 92:15
information [7] - 92:15 60:20 largely [1] - 26:12 legislative [1] - 81:14
  26:25, 38:23, 38:24, Irving [4] - 36:11, kennedy [1] - 14:14 largest [1] - 59:20 legislators [1] - 8:15
  72:3, 73:7, 77:14, 37:16, 61:13, 84:9 kept [1] - 9:21 last [28] - 9:18, 16:16, legislature [1] - 82:1
  87:5 island [1] - 23:8 keyboards [1] - 5:9 18:13, 19:13, 20:19, Legislature [1] - 58:11
INGESTION [5] - 86:8, issue [11] - 36:10, Keyser [1] - 10:22 21:2, 21:3, 21:17, legitimate [2] - 36:20,
  86:15, 94:14, 94:21, 37:15, 39:19, 40:2, kidding [1] - 77:5 27:25, 29:5, 35:1, 37:10
  95:3 42:8, 57:13, 64:5, kids [1] - 34:21 36:9, 37:4, 37:21, Les [2] - 20:2, 20:4
initiative [2] - 8:10, 65:2, 78:21, 87:15, killed [1] - 21:4 51:4, 55:16, 58:20, less [4] - 19:6, 47:24,
  9:2 92:22 kind [7] - 9:14, 26:8, 62:12, 65:4, 66:18, 48:1, 72:9
injured [1] - 35:1 issued [1] - 92:24 26:18, 33:22, 44:2, 74:23, 83:6, 84:11, level [5] - 12:3, 30:2,
injury [1] - 25:9 issues [9] - 6:18, 65:25, 90:6 85:10, 88:19, 90:18, 78:23, 82:5, 93:18
inner [1] - 45:10 10:23, 46:18, 46:22, kinds [2] - 68:18, 90:20, 90:21 levels [1] - 82:7
inquire [2] - 84:5, 47:15, 64:1, 64:23, 71:19 late [2] - 85:17, 85:19 liars [1] - 24:22
  84:17 71:4, 78:16 knowing [2] - 87:10 law [9] - 15:11, 15:13, licensing [1] - 63:9
inquiries [1] - 63:21 ITEM [2] - 97:6, 97:9 knowledge [1] - 50:25 17:15, 17:18, 55:22, lied [2] - 24:19, 24:21
insane [1] - 15:8 Item [7] - 86:19, 95:5, known [1] - 34:18 81:13, 89:14, 91:16, life [10] - 10:24, 13:11,
inside [3] - 24:13, 96:1, 97:20, 98:9, Kosierowski [1] - 93:14 16:13, 25:5, 25:6,
  43:1, 45:12 98:23, 99:12 21:14 Law [1] - 67:17 27:23, 29:14, 29:20,
inspectors [1] - 24:4 items [3] - 4:4, 56:4, KRATOM [5] - 86:2, lawful [2] - 67:4, 67:6 34:20, 51:12
installed [1] - 69:24 93:8 86:9, 94:8, 94:15, lawfully [3] - 67:4, lifeguard [1] - 9:1
instance [1] - 40:6 ITS [5] - 86:3, 86:10, 94:22 98:9, 99:12 lifeguards [1] - 9:14
instead [2] - 67:6, 94:9, 94:16, 94:23 kratom [42] - 6:1, 6:8, laws [2] - 15:21, 65:23 likely [1] - 85:5
  67:8 6:14, 8:11, 14:12, lay [1] - 76:6 LIMITED [5] - 86:4,
INSTITUTE [1] - 95:23 J 20:25, 25:4, 26:5, laying [1] - 32:25 86:11, 94:10, 94:17,
Institute [1] - 8:25 26:18, 27:6, 27:13, LCD [1] - 5:10 94:24
INSTITUTE'S [1] - jail [2] - 15:2, 60:5 27:15, 29:4, 29:11, lead [2] - 29:14, 29:19 limited [3] - 5:1,
  3:25 jailed [1] - 60:2 30:23, 33:23, 34:1, leaf [13] - 6:8, 6:14, 55:12, 80:2
INSTRUCTION [1] - January [1] - 29:16 46:14, 47:8, 47:20, 27:17, 27:19, 28:19, limiting [1] - 45:11
  95:24 JANUARY [2] - 96:23, 47:21, 48:2, 48:6, 29:10, 47:21, 48:7, limits [1] - 79:19
intentional [1] - 90:18 97:12 48:18, 48:21, 49:6, 48:21, 59:6, 79:11, Lindy [1] - 35:5
intentions [1] - 57:22 Jermyn [1] - 21:4 55:2, 55:17, 56:13, 82:18 LINE [2] - 97:6, 97:9
interested [2] - 33:13, JESSICA [1] - 2:5 57:25, 58:9, 58:14, lease [3] - 66:25, line [1] - 47:18
  33:17 Jessie's [1] - 20:20 60:19, 61:8, 78:7, 70:23, 70:24 lines [2] - 70:10, 70:15
interesting [3] - 32:8, Joan [4] - 7:3, 7:5, 78:11, 79:1, 79:11, least [6] - 21:9, 25:21, link [1] - 36:17
  32:10, 50:1 18:4, 21:8 81:1, 81:19, 82:18, 26:17, 36:1, 56:6, LIPS [1] - 52:13
internet [2] - 4:21, job [5] - 33:19, 41:20, 83:4 81:12 list [17] - 5:16, 5:18,
  26:1 48:23, 71:7, 72:23 Kratom [1] - 6:7 leave [2] - 21:19, 22:2 9:20, 10:9, 17:2,
interruption [3] - 29:2, jobs [6] - 24:5, 24:18, KUCHARSKI [1] - 29:3 leaving [3] - 35:12, 30:6, 49:20, 75:24,
  46:17, 50:11 41:22, 41:24, 48:24, Kyle [3] - 8:23, 21:14, 48:11, 48:12 75:25, 76:2, 76:21,
INTO [1] - 95:22 90:18 21:15 left [11] - 22:5, 23:3, 76:22, 76:24, 77:4,
introduce [3] - 83:5, John [1] - 46:10 23:10, 23:16, 37:21, 77:8, 77:17, 77:21
  87:24, 91:1 Jordan [1] - 30:6 L 37:22, 38:12, 39:22, listed [1] - 7:18
introduced [7] - judges [3] - 15:20, 40:14, 40:20, 80:1 listen [1] - 7:10
  58:10, 61:1, 81:7, 15:22, 15:24 lab [1] - 27:8 legal [13] - 33:24, listening [3] - 7:13,
  81:10, 86:19, 95:5, judicial [1] - 92:25 label [1] - 6:10 34:2, 34:9, 34:11, 18:4, 33:13
  96:1 Judith [1] - 3:8 labeling [2] - 79:7, 38:1, 38:14, 38:17, listing [1] - 35:24
introducing [3] - jumps [1] - 41:13 79:22 39:17, 56:21, 61:21, literally [1] - 46:3
  61:10, 87:7, 91:5 June [1] - 85:5 Labor [1] - 85:8 62:4, 62:10, 62:19 literature [1] - 26:20
INTRODUCTION [3] - junk [1] - 43:12 laboratory [1] - 79:21 legally [2] - 98:9, LITTLE [1] - 14:2
  86:1, 94:7, 95:20 justice [1] - 72:1 lack [1] - 60:14 99:12 live [5] - 10:20, 14:17,
introduction [4] - Lackawanna [2] - legislation [26] - 8:10, 30:14, 31:12, 77:20
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lived [2] - 14:5, 39:18 managed [1] - 10:4 52:24, 53:5, 53:16, 76:18, 77:3, 84:16, 61:5, 63:18, 73:10,
lives [4] - 28:25, management [3] - 54:8, 54:14, 61:7, 87:21 78:4
  36:18, 92:3, 92:4 44:1, 64:12, 78:15 61:25, 62:3, 62:7, migrant [2] - 17:20 motivating [1] - 59:3
load [2] - 42:22, 46:2 Mancini [1] - 10:11 63:2, 63:6, 63:15, Mike [1] - 10:11 Mountain [1] - 10:23
loaded [1] - 42:14 MANCINI [1] - 10:12 63:19, 69:8, 69:17, military [1] - 13:22 move [1] - 44:25
loader [3] - 42:24, mandate [1] - 79:20 69:19, 70:21, 75:10, million [3] - 26:10, moved [7] - 35:3,
  43:4, 46:1 MANUALS [1] - 98:14 75:12, 75:18, 78:1, 35:4, 35:14 86:21, 94:5, 95:7,
loading [9] - 66:16, MANUFACTURE [1] - 86:22, 86:24, 89:19, mind [1] - 82:15 95:18, 96:3, 96:13
  66:22, 67:8, 67:15, 94:21 89:22, 93:13, 93:19, mine [2] - 21:2, 90:13 moves [1] - 91:9
  69:20, 69:21, 70:3, manufacturing [1] - 93:24, 93:25, 95:7, Minooka [2] - 32:8, moving [5] - 23:13,
  70:7 79:7 95:12, 95:13, 96:3, 35:4 29:18, 44:20, 73:24,
lobbies [1] - 81:19 marching [1] - 17:7 96:9, 96:10, 98:2, MINORS [2] - 86:8, 74:1
local [5] - 8:14, 9:23, margavitch [1] - 51:17 98:4, 98:21, 99:5, 86:15 MR [196] - 3:3, 3:14,
  25:14, 78:23, 80:15 MARGAVITCH [15] - 99:7 minors [4] - 28:9, 3:16, 3:18, 3:20,
located [1] - 70:4 49:11, 49:16, 49:19, McCool [2] - 1:24, 81:23, 91:20, 92:1 3:22, 4:2, 4:7, 4:9,
location [1] - 64:16 50:15, 51:19, 52:2, 101:10 minute [1] - 90:18 4:10, 5:12, 5:23,
LOCATION [1] - 1:10 52:7, 52:11, 52:17, Meadow [1] - 84:12 minutes [2] - 68:6, 6:23, 6:25, 7:2, 7:3,
locked [2] - 52:8, 52:20, 53:3, 53:15, mean [9] - 14:12, 15:2, 90:2 9:10, 10:8, 10:12,
  52:15 54:4, 54:10, 54:16 15:6, 24:21, 29:17, mirror [2] - 45:2, 59:1 13:25, 14:2, 16:24,
Lodge [1] - 20:14 Margavitch [1] - 49:16 40:18, 52:13, 56:14, misinformation [1] - 17:1, 20:1, 20:3,
long-term [1] - 56:11 Maria [2] - 1:24, 60:3 80:10 22:16, 22:19, 22:20,
look [14] - 9:11, 26:2, 101:10 meaning [4] - 66:7, Miss [1] - 3:10 22:22, 24:23, 25:1,
  27:1, 27:5, 28:16, Mark [6] - 3:15, 49:18, 66:21, 67:6, 67:7 missed [1] - 69:2 29:1, 30:4, 30:10,
  42:1, 45:2, 46:23, 63:17, 75:11, 98:3, meaningful [1] - 78:24 MITRAGYNA [5] - 30:11, 30:13, 32:6,
  48:18, 54:9, 54:15, 99:6 means [4] - 11:17, 86:2, 86:9, 94:8, 32:7, 36:6, 38:25,
  62:8, 73:16, 93:6 MARK [22] - 2:4, 3:16, 68:22, 76:13, 101:23 94:15, 94:22 39:2, 39:12, 39:14,
looked [2] - 9:3, 42:19 4:7, 4:10, 63:19, measures [2] - 65:22, mitragynine [1] - 40:25, 41:2, 43:22,
looking [7] - 5:16, 69:8, 69:17, 69:19, 92:6 26:22 43:23, 44:4, 44:8,
  13:16, 19:16, 20:25, 70:21, 75:12, 75:18, media [1] - 4:12 MITRAGYNINE [5] - 44:9, 45:7, 45:9,
  28:7, 28:15, 85:19 78:1, 89:19, 89:22, medical [3] - 15:9, 86:4, 86:11, 94:10, 45:13, 45:14, 45:15,
loop [2] - 33:20, 74:11 93:25, 95:7, 95:13, 34:8, 55:20 94:17, 94:24 45:19, 45:20, 46:5,
losing [1] - 14:16 96:3, 96:10, 98:4, medication [6] - MODIFIED [5] - 86:7, 46:7, 46:8, 46:10,
lost [2] - 15:18, 16:10 98:21, 99:7 25:11, 25:13, 25:16, 86:14, 94:13, 94:19, 49:8, 49:11, 49:14,
 mark [1] - 49:16 25:19, 26:15, 56:6 95:1 49:16, 49:17, 49:19,
love [1] - 82:18
 market [5] - 30:19, medications [4] - moment [1] - 3:4 50:13, 50:15, 51:16,
 31:9, 32:2, 79:13, 26:4, 28:4, 56:3, 51:19, 51:21, 52:2,
 M 56:11
 Monday [1] - 87:2
 52:3, 52:7, 52:9,
 79:24 money [5] - 9:4, 9:6,
machine [1] - 46:3 marketing [1] - 82:23 meet [2] - 68:6, 84:15 52:11, 52:12, 52:17,
 18:24, 73:16, 75:4
MAHA [1] - 14:15 Marty [1] - 21:14 meeting [6] - 9:19, 52:18, 52:20, 52:24,
 monitors [1] - 5:10
 Mary [1] - 3:8 62:25, 68:8, 69:2, 53:3, 53:5, 53:15,
mail [4] - 4:21, 52:21, month [3] - 19:12,
 69:12, 100:3 53:16, 54:4, 54:8,
 63:11 Marywood [1] - 18:8 68:25, 77:12
 melts [2] - 32:18 54:10, 54:14, 54:16,
mailed [2] - 51:3, match [1] - 59:1 months [9] - 23:23,
 member [3] - 29:22, 54:18, 54:22, 54:24,
 62:24 material [1] - 28:11 30:22, 41:20, 71:23,
 49:1, 88:5 61:4, 61:7, 61:23,
mails [3] - 37:17, 51:2, matter [2] - 55:14, 73:6, 88:16, 88:17
 members [5] - 5:24, 61:25, 62:1, 62:3,
 51:3 59:17 moon [1] - 16:17
 49:6, 88:22, 88:23, 62:5, 62:7, 63:2,
main [1] - 79:9 MAYOR [1] - 95:21 morning [1] - 70:20
 91:16 63:6, 63:13, 63:15,
Main [9] - 19:9, 21:20, Mayor [7] - 50:2, Moser [1] - 30:6
 Memorial [1] - 84:23 63:17, 63:19, 69:8,
 21:21, 21:25, 22:3, 54:11, 62:16, 62:18, most [10] - 6:14, 10:2,
 men [1] - 3:5 69:17, 69:19, 70:19,
 23:1, 23:2, 23:9, 67:4, 72:1, 73:12 11:20, 13:4, 25:24,
 mental [1] - 46:18 70:21, 74:15, 74:17,
 23:10 McAndrew [13] - 3:13, 26:1, 27:3, 28:15,
 mention [2] - 41:5, 74:18, 75:10, 75:12,
maintaining [1] - 3:15, 61:5, 63:18, 59:5, 76:15
 71:8 75:14, 75:16, 75:18,
 11:15 75:9, 75:11, 75:17, mostly [1] - 58:7 77:25, 78:1, 78:3,
maintenance [1] - 89:21, 90:19, 98:1, mentioned [1] - 33:11 motion [15] - 61:1, 78:6, 83:2, 83:10,
 11:3 98:3, 99:4, 99:6 mess [1] - 77:17 71:9, 71:10, 71:11, 83:12, 83:17, 83:20,
major [1] - 47:15 MCANDREW [56] - Michael [1] - 3:7 73:8, 74:14, 74:15, 83:23, 84:7, 84:8,
makeup [1] - 82:11 2:4, 2:6, 3:14, 3:16, mid [1] - 85:17 86:19, 93:7, 93:9, 85:25, 86:18, 86:21,
man [2] - 18:5, 29:7 4:7, 4:10, 6:25, middle [2] - 15:25, 93:10, 95:5, 96:1, 86:22, 86:23, 86:24,
manage [5] - 27:6, 43:23, 44:8, 45:7, 16:14 100:1, 100:2 88:10, 88:12, 89:18,
 27:11, 29:8, 29:21, 46:7, 51:21, 52:3, might [8] - 12:8, MOTIONS [1] - 54:23 89:19, 89:20, 89:22,
 56:5 52:9, 52:12, 52:18, 42:13, 66:9, 67:13, motions [5] - 54:25,
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 91:3, 93:9, 93:13, 32:11, 32:23, 38:8 none [2] - 47:14, office [4] - 19:24, 96:25, 97:1, 97:14
 93:19, 93:21, 93:24, nearly [1] - 55:23 76:20 37:11, 52:6, 64:12 operator [1] - 43:4
 93:25, 94:1, 94:2, necessarily [1] - 44:11 nonnatural [1] - 28:20 Officer [1] - 20:9 opiates [1] - 29:6
 94:4, 94:6, 95:4, need [15] - 4:14, 8:14, nonnegotiable [1] - officers [1] - 15:15 opinion [1] - 57:19
 95:7, 95:8, 95:9, 19:22, 36:2, 40:21, 13:10 officers's [1] - 38:15 opinions [1] - 12:20
 95:12, 95:13, 95:14, 41:24, 54:8, 60:21, nonopioid [1] - 26:23 Official [2] - 1:24, opioid [1] - 56:11
 95:15, 95:17, 95:19, 62:8, 64:21, 69:1, noon [1] - 85:7 101:11 opioids [1] - 48:17
 95:25, 96:3, 96:4, 69:12, 70:22, 72:24 normal [3] - 29:14, OFFICIALS [1] - 95:21 opportunity [1] - 93:5
 96:5, 96:9, 96:10, needed [4] - 11:20, 29:23, 29:24 often [2] - 11:10, 41:6 opposed [4] - 58:21,
 96:11, 96:12, 96:14, 27:14, 79:23, 89:10 normally [1] - 59:11 okayed [1] - 38:21 59:7, 94:2, 95:15
 97:15, 97:21, 97:22, needs [6] - 8:19, North [2] - 10:22, 19:9 Old [1] - 8:17 Opposed [1] - 96:12
 98:2, 98:4, 98:6, 19:19, 19:21, 28:18, NOT [6] - 86:4, 86:11, old [10] - 8:1, 24:20, opposite [1] - 17:7
 98:8, 98:10, 98:18, 34:8, 39:25 94:10, 94:16, 94:23, 42:10, 42:12, 42:20, OR [11] - 86:6, 86:8,
 98:21, 98:25, 99:5, negative [1] - 27:4 97:13 45:15, 45:17, 64:11, 86:13, 86:15, 94:12,
 99:7, 99:9, 99:11, negotiations [1] - note [2] - 55:8, 92:8 65:15, 72:8 94:14, 94:19, 94:20,
 99:13, 99:15, 99:18, 66:24 noted [1] - 90:19 Olive [1] - 25:2 95:1, 95:2, 97:12
 99:20, 100:2, 100:3 neighbor [1] - 21:1 notes [1] - 101:5 ON [4] - 96:17, 96:22, order [2] - 17:16,
MS [27] - 3:11, 3:13, neighborhood [4] - nothin [1] - 31:10 97:12, 98:11 17:18
 3:15, 3:17, 3:19, 7:5, 10:20, 12:3, 13:11, nothing [4] - 26:5, on-street [1] - 67:3 Order [8] - 3:21, 4:4,
 9:12, 29:3, 36:8, 35:15 27:18, 70:25, 72:16 once [6] - 50:22, 5:14, 54:20, 61:8,
 39:11, 39:16, 41:1, neighborhoods [5] - 50:25, 60:25, 82:16, 73:9, 91:5, 91:6
 nothing's [1] - 19:14
 75:7, 75:9, 75:11, 11:4, 11:17, 12:6, 90:3, 90:14 ORDER [5] - 3:22,
 notice [3] - 5:17,
 75:13, 75:15, 97:24, 35:10, 35:24 54:22, 96:14, 96:16,
 57:10, 89:23 one [61] - 4:18, 5:1,
 98:1, 98:3, 98:5, neighboring [1] - 92:7 99:13
 November [1] - 20:19 5:3, 6:4, 15:17,
 98:7, 99:2, 99:4, neighbors [4] - 14:7, Novembrino [1] - 19:10, 19:17, 20:15, ordinance [32] - 38:2,
 99:6, 99:8, 99:10 15:5, 36:2, 40:12 85:12 21:25, 22:17, 22:21, 38:5, 39:9, 50:18,
Mullins [2] - 8:23, nervous [3] - 6:21, nowhere [2] - 38:8, 24:9, 30:25, 31:3, 50:19, 51:7, 51:12,
 21:15 29:4, 46:12 31:6, 35:9, 35:18, 53:13, 54:3, 54:6,
 40:22
multiple [1] - 87:8 never [10] - 8:11, 21:2, 35:19, 36:4, 40:12, 55:3, 55:10, 57:1,
 nuclear [1] - 15:25
municipal [1] - 79:16 39:19, 39:20, 40:6, 41:9, 42:10, 42:12, 57:23, 59:18, 65:25,
 number [4] - 35:25,
municipalities [4] - 62:16, 66:7, 80:20, 42:14, 42:20, 42:22, 66:4, 67:7, 71:11,
 55:6, 55:24, 64:10
 58:4, 80:1, 92:6, 82:1, 87:11 42:25, 43:18, 43:19, 76:11, 80:11, 80:16,
 numerous [2] - 37:17,
 93:16 New [1] - 18:2 43:23, 44:13, 44:16, 80:24, 87:16, 89:9,
 38:13
municipality [2] - new [11] - 7:22, 22:8, 45:9, 45:16, 45:17, 89:11, 91:2, 91:15,
 16:8, 82:20 26:18, 42:12, 42:25, 49:22, 55:17, 56:23, 99:15, 99:16, 99:20,
murders [1] - 15:7 O
 45:16, 65:11, 65:18, 59:20, 62:1, 62:3, 99:21
must [3] - 12:14, 70:8, 72:7, 87:20 O'MALLEY [4] - 36:8, 62:5, 63:9, 63:23, ORDINANCE [3] -
 18:11, 19:11 newer [1] - 45:11 39:11, 39:16, 41:1 64:5, 65:18, 66:14, 86:1, 94:7, 96:20
 newest [1] - 20:18 O'Malley [2] - 36:9, 67:15, 68:13, 68:15, ordinances [6] -
 N news [1] - 23:17 61:13 69:22, 70:13, 71:6, 50:10, 52:1, 78:7,
 newspaper [2] - 9:23, obligation [2] - 50:9, 75:18, 76:2, 77:6, 89:25, 92:9, 99:23
name [7] - 5:24, 10:11, 84:3, 84:22 original [1] - 28:11
 35:21 50:16
 17:1, 30:13, 36:9, one-fourth [1] - 31:6 originally [1] - 36:13
 next [19] - 7:3, 10:9, occasions [1] - 38:13
 47:21, 49:15 one-on-one [1] -
 13:19, 13:21, 13:25, occupancy [1] - 51:13 originated [1] - 34:17
Nancy [4] - 20:9, 56:23
 16:25, 20:1, 20:23, occur [2] - 50:24, 57:4 OTHER [1] - 95:21
 20:10, 20:17, 20:21 one-shot [1] - 35:9
 21:17, 23:13, 24:3, occurred [1] - 74:4 ourself [1] - 53:9
Nancy's [1] - 20:17 ones [3] - 53:12,
 24:23, 59:15, 62:11, OCCURRING [1] - outcome [2] - 48:9,
Nate [1] - 10:9 62:13, 65:18, 69:2, 77:24, 92:22
 97:12 48:11
national [1] - 80:18 69:4, 69:12 online [1] - 4:17
 odd [1] - 50:4 outcomes [1] - 47:10
nationally [1] - 12:9 nice [3] - 9:15, 36:3, open [11] - 11:4, 15:3,
 OF [21] - 1:1, 3:25, outgoing [1] - 90:22
natural [9] - 26:3, 68:19 26:8, 66:17, 84:22,
 86:2, 86:9, 86:16, outside [1] - 33:20
 26:4, 27:17, 29:10, night [3] - 57:10, 84:23, 85:6, 85:7,
 94:8, 94:15, 94:22, overdose [1] - 55:22
 33:1, 34:15, 48:12, 62:24, 100:4 85:9, 85:11, 85:17
 96:18, 96:19, 96:21, overreach [1] - 93:4
 59:6 nine [1] - 29:5 opening [1] - 85:6
 96:22, 96:24, 97:4, overtime [2] - 7:16,
naturally [1] - 79:11 NO [5] - 96:18, 96:19, openings [2] - 84:25,
 97:5, 97:7, 97:14, 73:17
nature [2] - 42:3, 98:12, 99:14, 99:19 85:20
 98:13, 99:14, 99:18 own [8] - 7:11, 11:8,
 80:12 no?” [1] - 50:10 OPER [1] - 97:5
 offense [1] - 60:3 19:20, 28:2, 42:14,
Navy [1] - 5:25 nobody [1] - 20:6 operated [1] - 41:6
 offenses [1] - 60:5 57:7, 57:24, 68:20
Nay [2] - 85:13, 85:16 nonaddictive [1] - operates [1] - 80:22
 offer [2] - 12:20, 13:17 owner [4] - 66:2,
near [4] - 16:17, 27:7 OPERATING [3] -
 offhand [1] - 9:11 66:14, 69:23, 70:11
 10

owners [2] - 64:13, participate [1] - 13:15 18:19, 19:22, 21:4, place [6] - 44:12, 58:2, 79:15
 66:12 Participation [1] - 22:4, 22:25, 23:2, 57:14, 59:21, 80:5, potent [4] - 47:22,
ownership [1] - 64:24 33:14 24:4, 24:5, 26:10, 84:3, 92:24 79:4, 80:3
owns [1] - 40:9 participation [1] - 27:3, 27:24, 28:15, placed [2] - 39:5, potential [2] - 58:3,
 5:15 28:23, 33:14, 33:24, 45:12 61:2
 P parties [1] - 16:21 35:6, 38:14, 39:19, placement [2] - 64:17, potentially [3] - 46:21,
 partisan [1] - 15:23 40:1, 40:11, 46:13, 83:15 48:24, 92:22
p.m [2] - 5:4, 85:7 PARTNERSHIP [1] - 46:16, 46:18, 46:21, places [1] - 19:10 pothole [2] - 11:2,
PA [1] - 58:10 95:24 47:4, 47:9, 48:13, plain [2] - 6:8, 6:14 52:23
packaging [1] - 79:22 parts [1] - 77:1 48:15, 48:16, 49:1, PLAN [1] - 98:14 powder [4] - 27:20,
Pad [1] - 85:12 pass [7] - 28:13, 49:5, 53:5, 55:4, plan [8] - 44:2, 60:25, 27:21, 47:22
pad [2] - 84:22, 85:14 49:12, 54:3, 58:24, 55:6, 58:19, 59:5, 74:7, 74:8, 74:10, powders [1] - 79:3
pads [1] - 85:15 82:1, 92:9, 92:15 60:20, 68:2, 68:18, 84:2, 84:12, 84:16 power [1] - 64:8
page [1] - 28:15 passage [3] - 91:6, 72:10, 77:3, 78:10, plans [1] - 84:14 powers [2] - 58:16,
pages [2] - 27:2, 28:14 97:20, 98:23 78:21, 84:24, 91:11 plant [5] - 26:7, 26:24, 72:25
paid [4] - 14:19, 14:20, passed [5] - 3:6, people's [1] - 14:10 28:11, 28:23, 34:20 PPL [1] - 64:10
 19:2, 19:3 55:21, 81:13, 89:9, per [3] - 5:2, 42:21, play [1] - 50:20 practically [1] - 59:19
paige [1] - 18:21 89:14 47:2 played [1] - 78:18 practice [2] - 51:14,
Paige [1] - 19:5 past [7] - 4:19, 46:22, percent [1] - 36:4 playground [1] - 57:4
pain [35] - 25:10, 53:22, 55:6, 63:21, PERFORM [1] - 95:23 85:22 pray [1] - 16:19
 25:12, 25:13, 25:15, 76:19, 78:12 perhaps [1] - 59:3 Pledge [1] - 3:1 praying [1] - 20:20
 25:16, 25:18, 25:23, Pat [1] - 87:10 PERIOD [1] - 96:22 PLOT [1] - 98:15 pre [1] - 43:25
 26:4, 26:15, 26:23, patch [1] - 42:17 period [3] - 25:11, plowing [1] - 33:3 precipice [1] - 15:24
 27:6, 27:11, 27:14, patient [1] - 57:11 72:3, 74:4 plus [3] - 6:9, 42:5, pregnant [1] - 17:14
 28:3, 29:8, 30:17, patients [4] - 55:25, permanent [1] - 37:3 75:3 PREPARATION [1] -
 30:20, 30:21, 30:24, 56:10, 56:12, 56:15 permeate [1] - 91:19 pocket [1] - 68:20 97:13
 31:8, 31:11, 31:13, PATRICK [1] - 2:3 person [8] - 13:3, podium [1] - 33:18 prepared [1] - 74:2
 31:19, 31:23, 32:2, pave [10] - 11:2, 24:3, 15:2, 29:24, 36:18, point [2] - 66:10, 75:2 presalt [1] - 44:10
 34:19, 46:19, 47:9, 75:19, 76:5, 76:14, 49:23, 55:20, 68:3, pointing [1] - 37:6 prescribe [3] - 31:15,
 56:1, 56:3, 56:5, 76:18, 76:25, 77:2, 68:13 poison [1] - 14:13 31:16, 56:5
 56:8, 78:15 77:23, 83:25 personally [2] - 41:19, pole [4] - 64:11, 64:13, prescribed [1] - 25:12
Pain [1] - 55:25 paved [7] - 24:12, 44:19 64:17 prescription [1] -
painful [2] - 10:4, 24:15, 24:17, 77:6, perspective [2] - poles [4] - 63:24, 46:24
 25:21 77:11, 77:24 57:21, 68:13 64:11, 64:25 present [5] - 3:14,
painkiller [1] - 34:18 paves [1] - 24:12 perspectives [1] - police [7] - 11:18, 3:16, 3:20, 29:13,
painted [1] - 70:10 paving [7] - 41:23, 78:22 15:13, 15:15, 38:13, 71:12
painting [1] - 70:14 75:22, 75:24, 75:25, pet [1] - 90:7 38:15, 65:12, 89:10 presented [2] - 58:17,
paper [5] - 4:15, 14:4, 76:2, 77:2, 77:17 Pharma [1] - 29:9 Police [4] - 20:9, 87:24
 14:7, 71:25, 77:5 pay [3] - 10:3, 48:24, pharmaceutical [1] - 59:23, 61:14, 92:20 presently [1] - 39:3
papers [2] - 42:1, 48:25 29:6 policy [1] - 11:6 President [4] - 10:13,
 75:24 paying [5] - 14:18, Philadelphia [1] - pool [3] - 84:22, 22:12, 83:15, 88:20
paragraph [2] - 8:4 18:10, 19:23, 70:6 31:20 84:25, 85:9 PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2,
park [2] - 40:2, 40:22 PDF [2] - 8:2, 8:3 phone [1] - 37:18 pools [5] - 84:18, 2:3
Park [5] - 67:16, 84:3, PENALTIES [1] - phones [1] - 5:9 85:5, 85:6, 85:11, press [4] - 55:11,
 85:10, 85:11, 85:22 86:17 physiatrist [2] - 25:14, 85:15 57:9, 89:24, 90:1
Parker [1] - 18:16 penalties [1] - 80:14 26:16 poor [1] - 72:2 pressure [1] - 27:10
parking [23] - 36:10, pending [1] - 63:25 physical [1] - 55:23 Poplar [2] - 4:25, 5:5 pretty [8] - 26:16,
 36:13, 37:6, 37:10, PennDOT [4] - 18:22, pick [1] - 4:18 positive [5] - 25:4, 37:1, 41:8, 43:11,
 37:15, 37:19, 38:14, 18:23, 19:2, 23:18 picking [1] - 72:12 47:10, 48:9, 48:11, 43:20, 45:18, 89:23
 39:4, 39:17, 39:19, Pennoni [1] - 83:25 pickup [2] - 4:16, 4:23 48:14 previous [1] - 47:16
 40:10, 40:20, 66:8, Pennsylvania [4] - picture [1] - 64:6 positives [1] - 92:2 previously [3] - 55:15,
 66:20, 66:21, 66:25, 81:8, 81:11, 81:18, piece [6] - 18:15, possess [1] - 34:7 57:7, 65:15
 67:3, 69:21, 70:3, 81:22 60:13, 61:1, 89:13, POSSESSION [2] - printers [1] - 5:8
 70:6, 70:12, 70:23 pension [1] - 7:23 90:16, 91:20 86:9, 94:15 printing [1] - 72:1
parks [1] - 84:18 people [63] - 7:7, 7:17, pieces [1] - 58:13 possession [4] - 34:1, prioritize [1] - 12:2
part [8] - 10:15, 13:19, 9:21, 10:2, 10:3, Pike [1] - 14:17 34:3, 34:8, 34:24 prison [1] - 14:20
 22:10, 46:12, 65:20, 10:16, 10:19, 11:7, pill [6] - 30:25, 31:3, possibly [1] - 87:25 prisons [1] - 15:8
 66:24, 73:25, 76:15 11:16, 13:13, 13:23, 31:6, 31:19, 31:24, post [1] - 43:25 proactive [2] - 13:1,
partial [1] - 35:11 14:20, 14:25, 15:7, 32:3 posted [2] - 7:23, 8:6 91:21
participants [1] - 9:7 16:21, 17:3, 17:22, pills [2] - 31:1, 31:13 potency [3] - 47:25, problem [5] - 15:21,
 11

 17:21, 40:7, 41:21, 81:4 quality [3] - 10:24, recommend [2] - remember [4] - 16:16,
 44:10 Protection [1] - 6:7 13:11, 51:12 97:19, 98:22 32:13, 76:10, 87:6
problems [3] - 6:15, PROTECTION [4] - quarter [1] - 35:4 recommendation [3] - remind [1] - 87:6
 11:22, 51:2 98:15, 98:16, 98:17 quarters [1] - 42:16 6:6, 97:16, 98:19 removal [2] - 32:8,
proceedings [1] - protein [1] - 27:21 questions [18] - 49:10, recommended [1] - 75:3
 101:3 protocol [1] - 87:23 49:21, 50:7, 50:11, 27:24 removed [2] - 38:7,
process [5] - 57:14, proud [1] - 13:14 50:14, 51:5, 51:18, recovery [4] - 57:22, 67:5
 65:20, 66:19, 81:15, proudly [1] - 12:15 51:22, 52:25, 53:6, 78:19, 81:3, 88:23 removing [1] - 33:19
 82:2 provide [1] - 75:21 53:7, 53:18, 57:23, Recovery [1] - 35:3 renovation [1] - 85:22
product [5] - 26:4, Providence [1] - 18:15 59:11, 59:13, 83:24, recycling [2] - 4:11, rent [1] - 48:25
 28:20, 48:1, 48:20, provides [1] - 68:18 91:7, 91:8 5:7 rental [2] - 51:6, 51:11
 80:22 PROVIDING [1] - quick [1] - 43:24 Red [1] - 31:20 rented [1] - 18:23
PRODUCTION [1] - 86:16 quickly [3] - 60:8, red [1] - 4:15 renting [2] - 18:16,
 94:22 provisions [2] - 99:16, 88:12, 89:16 reelected [2] - 17:12, 25:8
productive [3] - 29:14, 99:21 quite [6] - 14:3, 18:11, 19:25 repairs [1] - 11:2
 29:20, 29:22 PROVISIONS [1] - 42:9, 80:9, 88:25, referring [1] - 67:7 replace [1] - 8:3
products [13] - 33:25, 86:16 92:18 reflect [1] - 44:3 replaced [2] - 35:9,
 34:15, 34:19, 48:2, PTSD [2] - 6:18, 78:16 reflection [2] - 3:4, 35:16
 48:6, 48:10, 58:14, Public [4] - 4:25, 5:5, R 73:25 report [4] - 39:13,
 78:25, 79:13, 80:2, 98:20, 98:22 refuses [1] - 18:21 63:20, 68:7, 74:10
 80:13, 91:25 public [18] - 10:24, radio [1] - 65:16 regard [2] - 7:6, 83:15 REPORT [1] - 4:1
professional [1] - 11:15, 11:16, 13:9, Railroad [1] - 20:14 regarding [7] - 36:10, reported [1] - 64:14
 55:22 33:17, 35:18, 58:9, rainfall [2] - 32:20, 37:18, 58:9, 62:12, Reporter [2] - 1:24,
PROFESSIONAL [2] - 60:9, 64:4, 64:14, 33:1 64:10, 65:6, 66:21 101:11
 97:8, 97:11 64:19, 65:21, 84:1, raised [1] - 79:9 regardless [1] - 80:18 reporter [1] - 101:25
professionals [1] - 85:1, 91:15, 91:22, raising [1] - 11:8 regards [1] - 75:22 reports [1] - 27:9
 55:20 93:7, 99:24 ran [1] - 90:8 registration [2] - 51:6, representatives [1] -
professor [1] - 26:21 PUBLIC [2] - 97:8, range [1] - 79:3 51:11 8:22
progress [1] - 11:22 98:11 rapes [1] - 15:7 regular [1] - 44:5 represents [1] - 17:5
prohibited [1] - 51:13 publicly [1] - 80:19 ratcheted [1] - 14:25 regularly [2] - 13:2, reproduction [1] -
prohibiting [1] - 58:15 PUGLIESE [6] - 41:2, rather [2] - 27:17, 48:22 101:23
PROHIBITING [3] - 44:4, 44:9, 45:13, 60:13 regulate [1] - 79:17 request [5] - 67:14,
 86:9, 94:14, 94:21 45:15, 45:20 reach [1] - 76:23 regulated [4] - 28:19, 68:22, 68:25, 71:13,
prohibits [1] - 66:5 Pugliese [2] - 41:3, reached [3] - 25:25, 58:1, 59:19, 82:4 71:16
Project [1] - 84:12 41:4 67:19, 70:11 regulates [1] - 80:12 requested [3] - 39:6,
project [8] - 23:14, pull [2] - 43:25, 44:1 read [4] - 14:6, 66:23, REGULATING [2] - 69:22, 84:13
 23:21, 24:10, 35:5, pulled [1] - 40:13 75:2, 87:2 86:1, 94:7 require [1] - 39:9
 64:12, 76:16, 76:18, punished [1] - 15:17 reading [2] - 14:3, regulating [2] - 67:3, requirement [1] -
 90:7 purchase [1] - 36:22 77:4 80:21 73:12
project's [1] - 76:8 purchased [1] - 87:19 readings [1] - 87:8 regulations [1] - 82:23 requirements [2] -
PROJECTS [1] - 98:17 pure [1] - 82:17 real [1] - 68:16 regulatory [5] - 78:24, 79:8, 79:23
projects [1] - 23:19 push [2] - 8:14, 30:2 reality [1] - 78:22 80:15, 80:22, 81:6, research [9] - 26:13,
promise [1] - 76:5 pushing [1] - 46:1 really [14] - 14:10, 81:21 28:12, 28:24, 29:11,
promised [1] - 10:14 put [21] - 7:20, 14:19, 25:17, 25:19, 26:7, Reilly [3] - 24:11, 39:5 57:24, 59:16, 87:12,
proof [1] - 4:24 15:2, 15:11, 22:13, 27:9, 38:18, 48:14, RELATED [6] - 86:3, 88:7, 89:1
proper [3] - 86:20, 23:7, 32:16, 35:19, 57:11, 66:7, 68:6, 86:10, 94:9, 94:16, researched [2] - 29:7,
 95:6, 96:2 36:20, 40:1, 42:15, 68:7, 68:10, 68:19, 94:23, 97:11 36:21
properly [1] - 11:19 43:18, 44:21, 44:22, 76:3 related [5] - 33:18, researching [1] -
properties [2] - 9:21, 59:4, 63:10, 80:5, rearview [1] - 45:2 66:5, 66:20, 99:17, 88:16
 63:8 82:13, 87:11, 88:25, reason [3] - 24:1, 99:22 residency [1] - 4:24
property [3] - 10:5, 92:16 28:1, 62:21 release [2] - 89:24, resident [15] - 5:20,
 11:3, 18:23 Putin's [1] - 16:1 reasonableness [1] - 90:1 10:18, 20:4, 25:3,
proposed [3] - 58:23, puts [1] - 6:8 64:16 relief [4] - 26:23, 30:8, 30:9, 30:12,
 59:2, 78:7 putting [5] - 22:8, reasons [1] - 48:14 46:19, 46:23, 56:4 30:16, 36:16, 38:10,
proposing [1] - 8:10 22:9, 32:15, 44:15, rebuild [1] - 11:25 relieve [1] - 28:3 49:9, 54:19, 67:19,
pros [1] - 17:7 65:18 receive [1] - 4:19 relieving [1] - 34:19 70:2
Prospect [1] - 63:10 RECEIVED [1] - 3:23 remain [5] - 3:3, residential [1] - 5:6
protect [2] - 14:10, Q received [4] - 4:4, 64:25, 66:17, 78:11, residents [26] - 5:19,
 91:22 37:17, 55:9, 62:25 85:7 9:25, 10:1, 10:14,
protecting [2] - 14:7, QR [1] - 4:13 recently [1] - 67:1 remains [1] - 64:12 11:1, 11:11, 11:22,
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  12:2, 12:11, 13:18, Robert [3] - 14:14, 45:11, 45:12, 45:15, 49:9, 49:19, 54:19, - 86:6, 86:13, 94:18,
  19:22, 30:7, 35:19, 41:3, 41:4 45:22 59:23, 60:20, 61:14, 94:25
  36:7, 37:19, 40:21, rock [2] - 32:25, 33:9 sanctuary [1] - 17:17 78:23, 79:19, 80:1, Senate [3] - 6:4, 6:5,
  46:9, 53:8, 69:14, role [1] - 78:19 save [2] - 19:1, 28:25 81:5, 82:5, 82:15, 81:8
  70:18, 73:21, 74:3, roll [4] - 3:10, 4:6, saved [2] - 25:6, 27:23 82:21, 84:4, 85:3, Senator [1] - 21:13
  74:13, 77:15, 81:4, 75:6, 99:1 saving [2] - 92:3, 92:4 88:24, 89:9, 89:14, send [1] - 57:1
  82:12 Roll [1] - 97:23 sawdust [1] - 19:5 92:20, 99:17, 99:22 sending [1] - 63:8
RESOLUTION [2] - rolls [2] - 9:22, 10:5 SB [2] - 58:12 SCRANTON [2] - 1:1, sent [3] - 19:4, 51:22,
  95:20, 98:12 Ron [1] - 16:25 scanners [1] - 5:8 3:25 54:15
resolve [1] - 64:23 room [5] - 17:11, schedule [2] - 52:10, SCRANTON'S [1] - sentiment [1] - 91:4
resolved [1] - 40:19 17:22, 28:22, 40:3, 57:12 98:13 series [2] - 10:15,
respect [2] - 57:18, 42:17 scheduled [1] - 85:4 scrap [1] - 43:20 13:19
  78:20 Rosan [1] - 10:9 school [4] - 85:2, screens [1] - 5:10 service [3] - 3:5, 7:1,
respond [1] - 59:10 Roshman [1] - 30:5 85:4, 91:17, 91:19 se [1] - 47:2 75:22
responders [1] - 13:22 Rothchild [6] - 3:11, School [1] - 85:3 sealing [1] - 85:18 SERVICES [2] - 97:9,
response [8] - 62:21, 54:24, 75:7, 88:14, school-age [1] - 91:17 Sean [6] - 3:13, 5:24, 97:11
  62:25, 65:20, 66:23, 97:24, 99:2 schools [1] - 91:19 61:5, 75:9, 98:1, services [2] - 10:25,
  69:1, 73:11, 74:8, ROTHCHILD [15] - SCHUSTER [75] - 2:2, 99:4 11:18
  84:21 2:5, 3:12, 55:1, 69:6, 3:3, 3:20, 4:2, 4:9, SEAN [34] - 2:6, 3:14, serving [1] - 26:14
responses [2] - 59:16, 69:9, 69:18, 75:8, 5:12, 6:23, 7:3, 9:10, 6:25, 43:23, 44:8, session [2] - 81:15,
  63:22 92:12, 94:3, 95:16, 10:8, 13:25, 16:24, 45:7, 46:7, 51:21, 81:24
responsibility [3] - 96:8, 97:18, 97:25, 20:1, 22:16, 22:20, 52:3, 52:9, 52:12, set [1] - 79:19
  37:1, 50:23, 60:16 98:24, 99:3 24:23, 29:1, 30:4, 52:18, 52:24, 53:5, seven [2] - 44:22, 50:7
responsible [3] - roughly [1] - 42:21 30:11, 32:6, 36:6, 53:16, 54:8, 54:14, SEVENTH [1] - 96:16
  36:25, 77:23, 79:18 round [1] - 85:10 38:25, 39:14, 40:25, 61:7, 61:25, 62:3, several [1] - 91:11
responsive [1] - 11:24 route [3] - 53:20, 54:1 43:22, 45:9, 45:14, 62:7, 63:2, 63:6, severe [1] - 25:9
responsiveness [1] - RPR [2] - 1:24, 101:10 45:19, 46:5, 46:8, 63:15, 75:10, 86:22, shame [2] - 9:24, 10:6
  11:13 run [1] - 19:13 49:8, 49:14, 49:17, 86:24, 93:13, 93:19, Shapiro [1] - 32:1
rest [2] - 72:18, 90:10 running [2] - 19:24, 50:13, 51:16, 54:18, 93:24, 95:12, 96:9, share [4] - 67:18,
restate [1] - 60:18 41:22 54:24, 61:4, 63:17, 98:2, 99:5 70:16, 70:20, 77:15
restoration [1] - 76:8 rush [1] - 90:18 74:15, 74:18, 75:16, seat [3] - 41:24, 68:3, shared [1] - 67:10
restricting [1] - 91:24 rushed [5] - 87:15, 78:3, 83:2, 83:12, 68:12 shares [1] - 10:18
restrictions [1] - 58:22 87:16, 87:17, 87:23, 83:17, 83:20, 83:23, second [8] - 74:16, Shawn [1] - 5:22
result [1] - 60:5 88:2 84:8, 86:18, 86:23, 74:17, 86:22, 93:10,
 shed [7] - 42:7, 42:9,
resulting [1] - 66:25 88:10, 89:18, 89:20, 93:11, 96:4, 97:21,
 42:25, 43:10, 45:11,
 91:3, 93:9, 93:21, 98:24
results [1] - 12:4 S Second [1] - 95:8
 45:12, 45:15
retaining [3] - 22:9, 94:2, 94:4, 95:4, shelter [1] - 68:5
  22:14, 22:15 safe [2] - 11:3, 60:20 95:9, 95:15, 95:17, secondly [1] - 57:20
 shelters [1] - 68:15
reversed [1] - 42:13 safer [1] - 70:25 95:25, 96:5, 96:12, secret [1] - 75:23
 sheriffs [1] - 15:14
reversing [1] - 62:14 SAFETY [2] - 95:23, 97:15, 97:22, 98:8, section [2] - 9:3,
 shocked [1] - 32:10
review [6] - 55:13, 98:12 98:18, 98:25, 99:11, 35:12
 shops [1] - 79:2
  56:2, 68:22, 68:24, safety [12] - 10:24, 99:15, 99:20, 100:3 Section [1] - 10:21
 short [2] - 40:23,
  84:10, 87:25 11:16, 13:9, 14:8, Schuster [7] - 3:19, secure [1] - 11:17
 90:24
reviewed [1] - 39:4 14:11, 33:5, 64:4, 10:13, 37:24, 75:15, secured [1] - 35:11
 shortly [2] - 37:2, 50:3
rib [1] - 42:21 64:14, 64:19, 65:1, 88:20, 98:7, 99:10 see [18] - 7:22, 8:6,
 shot [1] - 35:9
ribs [1] - 42:19 70:1, 82:14 sciatica [2] - 30:16, 8:11, 9:24, 12:20,
 shoved [1] - 90:21
rid [1] - 65:1 Safety [2] - 98:20, 30:17 14:22, 19:12, 19:18,
 shovelling [1] - 16:5
Ridge [4] - 10:22, 98:22 scoop [1] - 32:17 24:7, 34:2, 35:3,
 show [3] - 20:16,
  23:14, 23:21, 23:24 sake [1] - 70:1 Scranton [57] - 4:24, 42:23, 60:16, 65:2,
 20:22, 35:18
right-of-way [1] - sale [4] - 28:9, 34:23, 5:19, 5:20, 7:6, 8:17, 70:17, 77:21, 84:5,
 showed [1] - 22:6
  64:18 80:13, 80:21 9:25, 10:11, 10:14, 85:21
 showing [1] - 11:22
Rik [2] - 14:1, 14:2 SALE [2] - 86:2, 94:8 10:15, 10:16, 10:21, seeing [3] - 6:15,
 Shuster [1] - 22:12
 sales [3] - 58:15, 80:6, 10:22, 12:5, 12:14, 79:12, 91:18
risk [1] - 64:19 Side [1] - 10:21
 81:23 13:3, 13:13, 13:14, seem [2] - 58:21, 59:5
river [2] - 32:22, 32:23 SIDE [1] - 98:15
 salt [22] - 32:18, 13:17, 13:20, 13:23, sees [2] - 53:7, 68:16
River [1] - 41:13 side [6] - 25:21, 27:8,
 32:21, 32:25, 33:8, 15:16, 16:22, 22:11, select [1] - 4:16
riverbanks [1] - 32:12 27:12, 43:10, 48:12,
 33:9, 42:7, 42:8, 29:15, 30:2, 30:7, selling [1] - 29:18
road [2] - 23:8, 43:18 50:5
 42:14, 42:16, 42:24, 30:9, 30:11, 32:14, SEMI [5] - 86:6, 86:13,
roads [6] - 11:8, sides [2] - 43:5, 43:11
 43:2, 43:6, 43:10, 34:13, 34:14, 41:3, 94:12, 94:18, 94:25
  11:24, 16:6, 24:12, sidewalks [2] - 22:8,
 44:12, 44:14, 44:19, 46:8, 46:11, 48:6, SEMI-SYNTHETIC [4]
  64:20, 67:24
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 64:20 SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 79:21 STORM [1] - 97:12 Sunday [4] - 5:4, 20:8,
sign [26] - 5:2, 22:12, solid [2] - 90:16, 90:25 standing [1] - 3:4 stormwater [1] - 35:5 55:12, 87:2
 22:14, 36:10, 36:13, someone [4] - 10:18, standpoint [3] - 79:16, story [2] - 46:25, 50:6 Sunshine [1] - 56:24
 36:16, 36:20, 36:21, 38:20, 57:21, 60:1 92:25, 93:1 strategically [1] - super [1] - 48:18
 37:3, 37:5, 37:16, sometimes [3] - stands [1] - 82:20 84:25 supervision [1] -
 38:10, 38:16, 38:18, 48:24, 53:23, 69:25 start [2] - 28:15, 40:15 strategy [1] - 65:11 101:24
 39:4, 39:22, 61:12, son [3] - 20:17, 20:19, started [1] - 40:16 stream [2] - 33:7, 33:9 supplement [1] -
 61:21, 61:23, 62:1, 25:25 starting [1] - 85:23 street [14] - 10:10, 27:23
 62:4, 62:5, 62:10, soon [2] - 84:17, 89:5 starts [2] - 13:16, 17:8, 36:15, 36:19, supplements [1] -
 62:18, 66:8, 84:4 sooner [2] - 56:17, 81:15 39:3, 40:8, 40:9, 56:3
signage [3] - 39:25, 59:4 state [26] - 6:3, 8:14, 40:13, 40:22, 44:24, support [6] - 46:13,
 66:5, 70:15 sorry [2] - 6:21, 32:5 8:22, 8:24, 13:20, 46:24, 61:15, 67:3, 47:14, 47:19, 49:2,
signed [4] - 5:18, sounds [1] - 69:17 14:23, 16:9, 24:24, 76:19 71:14, 75:6
 62:16, 62:20, 81:14 sources [1] - 26:23 30:1, 34:2, 41:11, Street [13] - 18:16, supported [1] - 11:19
significantly [1] - 42:9 South [5] - 10:21, 41:12, 41:13, 45:21, 22:1, 22:2, 22:3, supporting [1] - 92:10
signify [3] - 93:23, 36:11, 37:16, 61:12, 49:15, 58:5, 58:23, 22:21, 23:9, 23:14, supposed [6] - 30:25,
 95:10, 96:6 84:9 59:2, 59:3, 64:1, 23:21, 23:24, 24:6, 31:5, 38:20, 54:2,
signs [9] - 36:22, SOUTH [1] - 98:14 71:21, 71:22, 73:13, 25:2, 41:14, 83:8 72:6, 76:14
 36:25, 38:22, 39:2, space [1] - 40:23 78:14, 82:5, 93:18 Street's [1] - 85:21 surprised [2] - 20:6,
 39:3, 61:15, 61:16, speaker [2] - 5:22, 7:3 State [4] - 10:15, street's [2] - 77:6, 56:16
 66:21, 67:2 speaking [1] - 69:20 58:10, 81:8, 81:10 77:17 sustainability [1] -
silent [1] - 3:4 speaks [1] - 28:22 statement [1] - 60:13 streets [5] - 76:1, 16:8
silt [1] - 33:7 spearheading [1] - states [2] - 58:6, 92:5 77:1, 77:2, 77:22, swears [1] - 24:22
similar [5] - 10:24, 57:22 States [2] - 5:25, 84:3 SWIM [1] - 95:24
 47:7, 80:15, 92:6, specifically [3] - 6:12, 26:11 strength [1] - 12:5 swim [1] - 17:24
 92:9 51:12, 57:17 statesmen [1] - 16:2 strengthens [1] - swimming [1] - 9:1
simply [1] - 79:16 SPECIOSA [5] - 86:3, statewide [4] - 8:15, 12:13 switched [2] - 29:12
single [1] - 61:23 86:10, 94:9, 94:15, 8:20, 21:12, 21:16 strictly [1] - 80:14 Syndrome [1] - 55:25
sister [1] - 36:21 94:22 stating [2] - 93:23, strikingly [1] - 10:23 synopsis [2] - 73:18,
sit [1] - 82:6 spent [3] - 9:6, 74:23, 96:7 strong [1] - 87:13 74:1
sitting [2] - 59:14, 75:1 station [1] - 19:10 stronger [1] - 11:2 SYNTHETIC [10] -
 77:3 spills [1] - 43:5 stations [1] - 79:2 strongly [2] - 78:10, 86:6, 86:13, 94:12,
situation [3] - 37:18, Spindler [2] - 20:2, status [2] - 35:22, 88:7 94:18, 94:25
 50:23, 74:24 20:4 84:18 structure [1] - 81:6 synthetic [7] - 6:10,
six [3] - 13:19, 44:22, SPINDLER [3] - 20:3, stay [2] - 7:10, 65:3 struggle [1] - 12:6 6:12, 27:19, 28:9,
 50:11 22:19, 22:22 stayed [3] - 7:18, struggles [1] - 68:16 58:1, 58:8, 60:19
SIXTH [1] - 96:14 spinner [1] - 44:16 72:10, 72:11 struggling [1] - 81:2 synthetics [1] - 58:14
size [2] - 26:14, 76:17 Splash [1] - 85:12 step [1] - 91:21 studies [1] - 28:16 system [1] - 24:21
skipped [1] - 53:23 splash [3] - 84:22, steps [1] - 42:6 study [1] - 39:8
slave [1] - 29:9 85:14, 85:15 stewardship [1] - stuff [4] - 15:22, 16:2, T
small [2] - 11:23, spoken [3] - 37:9, 13:16 16:11, 90:20
 79:11 55:15, 58:20 stigmatizing [1] - 81:2 stupid [1] - 31:21 table [7] - 61:2, 68:3,
smaller [1] - 42:10 spot [2] - 39:24, 39:25 still [17] - 4:18, 9:24, style [1] - 6:6 68:12, 71:24, 88:1,
smoke [1] - 79:2 spots [13] - 5:1, 37:9, 18:18, 39:14, 40:2, substance [3] - 55:18, 93:8, 93:10
snow [4] - 16:5, 32:8, 37:10, 38:3, 38:7, 42:17, 49:13, 52:8, 82:10, 93:5 tabled [1] - 99:23
 32:19, 75:3 38:14, 38:16, 38:17, 60:18, 64:6, 64:7, substances [2] - tablets [1] - 5:9
snowstorm [1] - 72:15 39:8, 40:20, 40:24, 73:18, 77:16, 92:17, 60:21, 79:17 talks [1] - 68:17
soaks [1] - 32:19 69:21, 69:22 92:18, 93:2, 93:7 sucked [1] - 35:14 tank [1] - 41:11
sober [1] - 47:2 spread [1] - 44:21 stimulant [1] - 32:4 sudden [1] - 50:2 targets [1] - 6:12
sobriety [2] - 46:20, spreads [1] - 44:12 stole [1] - 35:11 suffered [1] - 46:22 tarp [1] - 43:7
 46:22 spring [1] - 84:20 stone [1] - 25:7 suffering [1] - 47:9 task [6] - 68:4, 68:5,
social [1] - 4:12 stack [2] - 43:2, 45:22 stood [1] - 18:14 suggest [1] - 28:7 69:3, 69:12, 69:14,
society [3] - 29:22, staffed [1] - 11:19 stop [1] - 25:17 suggested [1] - 37:11 73:10
 49:1, 49:6 Stafford [1] - 30:14 stopped [2] - 21:23, suggesting [1] - 80:19 tat [1] - 90:6
SOEL [1] - 95:22 Stan [2] - 24:24, 25:1 27:15 summarize [1] - 7:20 Taurus [1] - 18:6
Soel [1] - 8:25 stand [2] - 31:21, storeowner [1] - 34:6 summer [2] - 23:19, tax [5] - 9:21, 10:5,
sold [1] - 79:1 31:22 stores [6] - 31:18, 84:19 18:4, 18:18, 18:24
solicitor [1] - 56:25 standard [2] - 79:25, 34:1, 34:23, 59:8, summertime [1] - taxes [3] - 10:4, 17:13,
Solicitor [2] - 73:11, 87:23 79:2, 82:11 84:19 18:11
 90:11 standards [2] - 79:7, storm [2] - 43:25, 44:3 Sumner [1] - 24:16 taxpayer [1] - 6:19
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taxpayers [3] - 8:6, 87:6 tread [1] - 35:12 25:20 various [1] - 12:22
  19:2, 74:3 tit [1] - 90:5 treated [1] - 55:24 under [8] - 7:23, vehicle [2] - 40:7,
Taylor [1] - 21:10 TO [12] - 86:4, 86:8, treatments [1] - 20:11 42:18, 58:15, 69:13, 40:10
team [1] - 62:19 86:11, 94:10, 94:17, tree [5] - 18:25, 19:3, 89:12, 90:15, 93:16, vehicles [1] - 40:3
tear [1] - 62:13 94:24, 95:21, 95:23, 27:18, 41:19, 41:20 101:24 version [1] - 28:21
teeth [1] - 82:4 96:23, 97:7, 97:10, trees [5] - 41:18, undergoing [1] - versions [2] - 58:1,
televisions [1] - 5:10 97:11 41:19, 41:23, 83:9, 20:11 58:8
temporarily [1] - 32:16 tobacco [1] - 31:17 83:16 UNFORESEEN [1] - versus [1] - 72:8
tent [1] - 42:18 today [10] - 13:17, tried [5] - 19:1, 31:3, 97:10 vet [1] - 91:8
term [1] - 56:11 21:24, 23:15, 24:10, 52:7, 52:19, 74:20 unfortunate [1] - veteran [1] - 5:25
Terrace [1] - 30:15 51:9, 63:1, 75:24, trigger [1] - 50:23 68:13 veterans [1] - 13:22
terrible [3] - 24:7, 79:13, 83:18, 87:3 Tripp [1] - 84:3 uniform [3] - 7:16, vetted [1] - 92:17
  30:20, 30:21 together [4] - 16:20, truck [6] - 41:5, 41:9, 7:17, 79:7 via [1] - 67:17
testing [3] - 6:10, 72:24, 91:15, 92:16 41:22, 44:19, 46:3, unions [1] - 16:21 VICE [1] - 2:3
  59:21, 79:21 Tom [1] - 32:7 72:14 United [2] - 5:25, video [3] - 29:2, 46:16,
thanking [2] - 78:8, tomorrow [1] - 30:18 trucks [5] - 43:15, 26:11 50:11
  91:11 ton [4] - 25:21, 42:15, 43:17, 43:19, 44:13 unless [2] - 42:22, View [1] - 30:15
THAT [1] - 97:13 42:21, 42:24 true [1] - 21:1 101:24 viewed [1] - 27:22
THE [28] - 1:1, 3:25, tonight [27] - 5:16, truly [1] - 82:3 unregulated [1] - 80:4 violation [1] - 56:23
  86:1, 86:9, 94:7, 5:21, 7:6, 10:14, Trump [1] - 16:12 unsafe [1] - 58:14 VIOLATIONS [1] -
  94:14, 94:21, 95:20, 12:9, 17:4, 23:17, trust [1] - 11:15 unusable [2] - 5:3, 86:17
  96:17, 96:18, 96:19, 32:9, 47:13, 49:2, try [5] - 4:18, 17:3, 43:12 violations [1] - 51:11
  96:21, 96:22, 96:24, 49:5, 55:2, 55:4, 37:25, 52:9, 53:17 up [53] - 4:18, 5:2, visible [1] - 11:23
  96:25, 97:3, 97:7, 55:7, 58:4, 58:18, trying [2] - 19:25, 38:1 5:18, 6:2, 13:25, voice [1] - 13:4
  97:11, 97:13, 97:14, 58:21, 60:25, 61:9, TSF [1] - 97:5 14:19, 16:17, 16:25, voiced [1] - 12:19
  98:11, 98:13, 98:16, 78:9, 82:25, 83:4, TSF-WORKERS' [1] - 17:8, 19:5, 19:23, VOLDENBERG [20] -
  99:14, 99:18 84:1, 85:24, 91:5, 97:5 20:16, 20:22, 23:1, 2:8, 3:22, 39:2,
themselves [2] - 10:6, 92:10, 93:8 Tuesday [2] - 1:7, 85:5 24:6, 24:23, 25:16, 39:12, 54:22, 61:23,
  33:25 tonnage [1] - 42:11 tune [1] - 13:20 25:24, 26:14, 30:12, 62:1, 62:5, 63:13,
therapist [1] - 55:23 took [3] - 27:16, turn [9] - 11:12, 22:5, 31:3, 31:4, 31:21, 70:19, 77:25, 83:10,
thereafter [1] - 50:3 71:23, 72:17 23:3, 23:10, 40:11, 31:22, 32:17, 36:20, 84:7, 85:25, 94:6,
THEREOF [5] - 86:7, tool [1] - 51:8 40:16, 46:24, 47:1, 37:5, 37:25, 38:12, 95:19, 96:14, 98:10,
  86:14, 94:13, 94:20, tools [1] - 80:2 48:16 40:14, 40:15, 41:25, 99:13, 99:18
  95:2 top [1] - 22:15 turned [2] - 47:10, 42:16, 43:2, 44:25, Voldenberg [6] -
THESE [1] - 86:16 topic [1] - 10:16 47:20 45:23, 46:1, 53:6, 37:10, 37:23, 54:21,
they've [2] - 56:4, topics [2] - 12:22, turning [2] - 23:2, 40:7 56:16, 56:17, 57:24, 63:7, 76:23, 83:6
  83:21 61:11 turnout [1] - 28:21 60:2, 61:9, 63:3, volumes [1] - 28:22
thinking [2] - 18:4, topsoil [1] - 42:17 turns [1] - 40:4 65:24, 66:11, 66:16, volunteers [1] - 68:17
  91:14 total [1] - 47:8 68:9, 68:24, 72:12,
 TWENTY [1] - 97:2 vote [4] - 71:10, 71:15,
Third [2] - 3:20, 4:3 totally [1] - 77:24 73:11, 83:5, 83:11
 TWENTY-FOUR [1] - 90:25, 91:1
THIRD [1] - 3:22 towards [1] - 69:6 update [1] - 35:17
 97:2 voted [1] - 38:6
THOMAS [2] - 2:2, trade [1] - 80:18 uptick [1] - 65:7
 twice [1] - 51:4 votes [1] - 57:19
  2:10 traffic [2] - 41:15, 65:9 urge [1] - 12:1
 two [23] - 4:7, 6:5, voting [1] - 75:1
thoughtful [1] - 60:22 tragically [1] - 55:21 urgent [1] - 60:7
 15:15, 19:10, 21:4, vu [1] - 16:18
THOUSAND [1] - 97:2 train [2] - 9:7, 9:13 25:11, 25:24, 31:11, uses [1] - 45:21
three [6] - 6:2, 26:15, trainee [1] - 43:18 utilities [2] - 19:11,
 37:9, 38:2, 39:8,
 77:22
 W
  30:1, 42:16, 44:23, training [4] - 9:1, 40:20, 44:23, 48:24,
  90:16 41:17, 42:3 49:24, 51:4, 55:16, utility [6] - 64:24, wait [3] - 74:5, 82:6,
THREE [1] - 97:1 trance [1] - 29:23 62:17, 66:8, 68:11, 75:20, 76:4, 76:22, 82:12
throats [1] - 90:21 transcript [2] - 101:6, 81:12, 82:22 76:24, 77:11 waiting [4] - 35:6,
Throop [1] - 8:18 101:22 tying [1] - 36:16 utilize [1] - 4:21 39:15, 63:25, 64:7
throughout [3] - 3:5, TRANSFERRING [1] - Tylenol [1] - 31:11 utilized [1] - 56:4 walk [1] - 52:16
  63:24, 88:24 97:1 type [1] - 42:3 utilizing [2] - 4:12, walked [1] - 52:8
throwing [2] - 31:2, transfers [1] - 35:3 types [1] - 46:15 56:8 walking [1] - 11:7
  31:4 transparency [2] - wall [6] - 9:24, 10:6,
tied [1] - 36:14 11:13, 73:5 U V 22:9, 22:14, 25:7,
tighten [1] - 65:24 transparent [2] - 73:1, 43:8
 73:2 unclear [2] - 60:6, Valley [2] - 10:22,
timed [1] - 85:1 walls [2] - 42:25,
 trauma [1] - 78:16 93:2 30:15
timely [2] - 11:1, 73:15 45:10
 uncomfortable [1] - value [1] - 68:12
timing [3] - 50:4, 87:1, travel [1] - 39:23 wants [2] - 33:8, 39:21
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war [2] - 15:25, 16:14 77:13 ZAMORANO [2] -
warmer [1] - 65:6 WINTER [1] - 97:11 5:23, 7:2
washes [1] - 32:21 wish [1] - 30:23 ZERO [1] - 97:3
washing [1] - 33:1 wishes [1] - 67:14 zip [2] - 36:13, 36:16
wasting [1] - 38:15 WITH [1] - 95:22 zombie [1] - 29:23
watch [1] - 33:12 withdrawal [1] - 27:16 zone [5] - 66:22, 67:9,
watching [5] - 33:19, witnessed [1] - 36:15 67:15, 70:3, 70:7
 53:21, 66:23, 67:13, woman [1] - 4:5 zones [3] - 66:16,
 67:20 women [1] - 3:5 69:20, 69:21
WATER [1] - 95:23 wondered [1] - 57:8 zoning [3] - 87:19,
water [3] - 33:6, 33:10, wondering [2] - 38:23, 99:16, 99:21
 35:12 70:9
waterways [1] - 33:5 Wood [1] - 83:8
ways [1] - 29:8 word [1] - 83:10
weak [1] - 65:25 workers [1] - 70:5
wean [1] - 25:22 WORKERS' [1] - 97:5
weaning [1] - 25:20 Works [2] - 4:25, 5:5
weather [4] - 65:7, WORKS [1] - 97:8
 67:22, 71:20, 85:19 works [2] - 16:1, 24:11
website [2] - 4:13, world [1] - 3:5
 7:23 worried [2] - 19:4,
week [23] - 13:19, 34:10
 13:21, 14:3, 21:2, worse [1] - 40:24
 21:3, 21:17, 35:1, worst [3] - 30:21,
 36:9, 37:3, 37:4, 71:5, 77:7
 37:21, 38:21, 62:12, worth [1] - 35:23
 65:4, 66:18, 69:4, wow [1] - 31:14
 74:23, 83:6, 84:11, write [1] - 52:1
 85:6, 88:19, 91:1 writing [2] - 57:1,
weekend [1] - 84:24 62:20
weekly [1] - 12:15 written [4] - 32:3,
weeks [5] - 26:16, 50:10, 59:25, 60:14
 49:23, 51:4, 63:22, wrote [1] - 26:22
 73:6
welcome [1] - 84:4
 Y
welfare [1] - 82:14
WERE [1] - 97:13 year [12] - 18:13,
west [1] - 80:7 18:17, 65:5, 67:23,
West [5] - 10:20, 75:25, 76:20, 81:25,
 10:23, 22:11, 46:11, 85:2, 85:10, 85:12
 84:4 YEAR [1] - 96:25
Weston [3] - 85:9, years [26] - 6:1, 6:18,
 85:10, 85:11 18:7, 18:10, 19:14,
whoa [1] - 66:12 20:10, 25:3, 25:9,
whole [12] - 14:15, 25:11, 25:24, 27:25,
 15:18, 34:5, 37:14, 29:5, 30:16, 32:13,
 41:9, 43:13, 45:3, 35:7, 35:13, 40:5,
 48:19, 71:22, 76:18, 42:14, 53:22, 55:23,
 77:2, 81:15 56:12, 62:17, 66:1,
wide [4] - 15:3, 44:17, 71:6, 81:12, 81:18
 45:17, 79:3 yelling [1] - 40:16
widely [1] - 80:3 yesterday [3] - 21:19,
wider [1] - 45:24 23:16, 57:9
wife [2] - 6:19, 25:25 yesterday's [1] - 55:10
wild [1] - 80:7 York [1] - 18:2
wildlife [1] - 33:6
willing [2] - 28:4, 82:6 Z
willow [2] - 34:17,
 34:18 Zamorano [2] - 5:22,
winter [2] - 71:5, 5:24