COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2026-03-09

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 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON

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

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 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 Ann Marie Regan. Thank

 8 you. Roll call, please.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

16 MR. FLYNN: Here.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Please

19 Dispense with the reading of the minutes.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

21 3-A. LACKAWANNA COUNTY PLANNING

22 COMMISSION SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT

23 EVALUATION REPORTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY 24, 2026.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Are there any

25 comments on any of the Third Order items? If
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 1 not, received and filed.

 2 Do any Council members have any

 3 announcements at this time?

 4 MR. MCANDREW: I got two quick ones.

 5 So it's no secret that the St. Patrick's Day

 6 Parade is next Saturday. And on the police

 7 Facebook page they have -- what they have a

 8 little post which is the parade day parking

 9 restrictions.

10 And, you know, we all know it's

11 Saturday, March 14th. Be advised the listed

12 parking restrictions are in place. Violators

13 will be towed. And this is between 6 a.m. and

14 7 p.m.

15 If you want to see it in greater

16 detail, like I said, it's on their Facebook

17 page. Also which is pretty cool, the

18 firefighters, same day as the parade, have a

19 post that says during the last year, members of

20 the Local 60 have been working on a project

21 that shows our department and union's rich

22 history.

23 We invite anyone that is in the area

24 on parade day between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., to

25 stop by Firefighter Headquarters right next
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 1 door and see the display upstairs that was done

 2 by our members.

 3 There's historical items, equipment

 4 and pictures from various collections are

 5 proudly displayed that members were able to

 6 obtain over the years. A/C Scott and the

 7 B-shift will be working and happy to show

 8 anyone that is interested in the updated living

 9 quarters area.

10 Just come by and look for a member

11 that is on duty to give you a tour. They will

12 also ask if anyone has any challenge coins to

13 add to our growing collection. Please bring

14 them and we will add them to our display. And

15 thank you for your support. That is all I

16 have. Thank you.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, Mr.

18 McAndrew. Are there any other Council members

19 that have any announcements at this time?

20 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, quickly, just

21 trying to pull it up so I have the right

22 information. So Local 60 will -- the

23 firefighters union will be having their

24 inaugural St. Florian Bravery and Service Award

25 ceremony Thursday, March 12th, 2026 at 7 p.m.,
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 1 at the Waldorf Park.

 2 The 2026 award will be awarded

 3 posthumously to Lieutenant Kelly Hopkins for

 4 his 40 years of service to the Scranton Fire

 5 Department. So doors open at 6:00. The

 6 program begins at 7. And there will be music

 7 by Jeff Lewis. So if you could come out and

 8 support, that would be wonderful. Thank you.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other

10 announcements?

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: I have one as well.

12 I know you had already mentioned her. But I

13 want to say my condolences for the Regan family

14 for the passing of Ann Marie Regan who was as

15 her obituary states, a trailblazer in women's

16 politics.

17 And I may not be able to be in the

18 position I am today if it wasn't for women like

19 her. And she I believe is the first elected

20 official within northeast Pennsylvania that was

21 a woman. And she -- she was Recorder of Deeds

22 from 1974 through 1994, I believe.

23 And prior to that she worked in City

24 Hall over multiple administrations. So she was

25 someone very important to Scranton politics and
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 1 to our history. So I know there is many who

 2 mourn her loss and I just want to offer my

 3 condolences.

 4 MR. FLYNN: Sorry, quickly, thank

 5 you, Dr. Rothchild, for bringing that up. I

 6 almost forgot. I would also like to give my

 7 condolences to the Regan family. My mother who

 8 was born and raised right down the street from

 9 here in Bellevue would be very mad at me if I

10 forgot to do it. So I appreciate you bringing

11 it up.

12 Ann Marie was a wonderful woman and

13 gave so much to this community for so many

14 years. A huge loss to our community. I knew

15 her personally for many years. She was best

16 friends with my great aunt. I had many great

17 conversations with her and just a wonderful,

18 wonderful woman who will a be sorely missed in

19 this community and did a lot as Dr. Rothchild

20 discussed trailblazing for women in politics in

21 northeastern Pennsylvania, so condolences to

22 her family.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anything

24 else at this time?

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.
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 1 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Our first speaker

 3 tonight is Lisa August.

 4 MS. AUGUST: How are you doing? My

 5 name is Lisa August. And I'm here because my

 6 human rights are being violated. I was denied

 7 the right to live in a house, to work a job,

 8 and be a productive member of society by the

 9 parole board who made a mistake by saying

10 there's only three reasons why you can't -- you

11 get denied a home plan which is if you have a

12 PFA on somebody or they have a PFA on you or if

13 a person that you are going to live with has

14 existing charges.

15 And the third reason is if they have

16 a PFA on me. So none of those things exist.

17 None of those things are true. The parole

18 board lied and they made a mistake. And they

19 are denying me a job because I went to the

20 agency to get a job. So they are denying me a

21 job.

22 They said that I can't work at the

23 job through -- I went to a care agency. They

24 said I cannot work for that agency. I can work

25 for that agency but I can't work for the man
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 1 who hired me.

 2 Now, I have the Susquehanna Police

 3 Department drawing up the paperwork to prove

 4 that the parole board lied. He doesn't have

 5 any charges on him. There's no PFA. He had a

 6 PFA on a caregiver that mistreated him and that

 7 is the only PFA he has.

 8 So the three things that they said

 9 could have stopped me from getting a home plan

10 did not give me a home plan. I'm trying to be

11 an active member of society. I'm trying to

12 work. He offered me a house to live in. And

13 I'm not being given the ability to do that.

14 I was denied the job. On top of

15 that, not only the home plan; but it was based

16 on facts that are not true. The Susquehanna

17 Police Department can prove all three facts.

18 They are drawing up the paperwork that all

19 three facts aren't true that none of these

20 things exist.

21 So I want to know why I'm being

22 denied. They are telling me they cannot give

23 me an answer why I'm being denied. But those

24 are the only three things that would be

25 stopping me from getting a home plan. And I
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 1 would be taking care of a man that's had many

 2 problems with people abusing him.

 3 He can't get anybody to go out

 4 there. He went to the hospital today. And he

 5 offered me to live in the house. I have been

 6 getting paid $1,500 a week and the parole board

 7 is denying me even to work. So how am I going

 8 to be a productive member of society?

 9 I made my mistakes. There's nothing

10 wrong with the home plan. They made a mistake.

11 I think they made the mistake and they cannot

12 review the evidence. But I have the evidence

13 to prove all three facts are not true.

14 The Susquehanna Police know this man

15 for 20 years. And they are working on the

16 paperwork. I don't know where to turn it in at

17 to prove that there's no PFA, that he hasn't

18 had a charge in 20 years, that he's disabled,

19 that there's no PFA on me.

20 The only PFA that exists is a PFA on

21 a home caregiver that -- that abused him. So I

22 want to know what I can do to fight for my

23 rights because I want to be a productive member

24 of society. And they're not allowing me to. I

25 need to fight for my own rights so I can live
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 2 I made my mistakes and I want to

 3 live. And they are not giving me the ability

 4 to live. So if you have any answers for me,

 5 I'd greatly appreciate it.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I'm not

 7 really sure if we could -- if Council itself

 8 can help you. I'm going to defer to you,

 9 Mr. Gilbride. I don't know if there is

10 anything offhand.

11 MS. AUGUST: I have the evidence to

12 prove that all three facts are not true from

13 the Susquehanna Police Department.

14 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Ma'am, I would

15 suggest you start by first going to the Public

16 Defender's office. Do you live in Lackawanna

17 County?

18 MS. AUGUST: Yeah, but I shouldn't

19 be -- I should not be -- I should have the

20 right to work.

21 ATTY. GILBRIDE: You need to get an

22 attorney to help you through these issues.

23 MS. AUGUST: Okay.

24 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That's all I'm

25 suggesting.
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 1 MS. AUGUST: Okay. Okay. Thank you

 2 very much.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Thank

 4 you, Mr. Gilbride. Our next speaker is Mike

 5 Mancini.

 6 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council

 7 President Schuster. Good evening, Council and

 8 residents of Scranton. Tonight, PA Water; our

 9 streets are being destroyed in slow motion by

10 utility cuts and weak enforcement.

11 Our residents are the ones paying

12 the price. You don't need a traffic study to

13 see it. Drive down almost any major corridor

14 or neighborhood block. The worst stretches of

15 the roads are not the ones that simply got old.

16 They are the ones that have been sliced open,

17 patched badly, and left to sink and crumble.

18 Each trench becomes a crack. Each

19 crack becomes a pothole. Every pothole becomes

20 a repair for the residents and a repaving bill

21 for the city. Let's call it what it is.

22 Transfer of cost and a risk, a risk from

23 powerful utility onto regular people.

24 PA Water under contract has opened

25 our streets to assess their infrastructure.
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 1 That's fine. They provide essential services.

 2 But the second they walk away from a sloppy

 3 patch, the hidden meter starts running on the

 4 taxpayers. We pay for blown tires, damaged

 5 suspensions and emergency patches.

 6 We pay again when the city must

 7 repave the street. Years earlier the plan

 8 because it's been chopped up like swiss cheese.

 9 Right now the message I'm sending the utilities

10 is simple. Cut wherever you want. Patch

11 however you want. If the road fails in a year

12 or two, it's Scranton's problem.

13 The fines are too low. The

14 oversight is too thin and the accountability is

15 almost nonexistent. When the penalty for doing

16 bad work is cheaper than doing good work, you

17 get bad work every time. That must end.

18 I'm asking this Council do three

19 concrete things, first, dramatically increase

20 the fines and restoration requirements for pave

21 cuts. Several cities now tie fees or

22 degradation charges to the damage of a cut that

23 does not -- that does not -- that does to the

24 expected life of a road.

25 So utilities pay more, a new or
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 1 higher quality pavement and lessen older

 2 streets. We should be doing at least that much

 3 more here. If a company knows the cutting of

 4 newly paved street will cost them real money,

 5 they will plan better, coordinate better and

 6 restore better. Increase the fines.

 7 Second, a performance public and

 8 permanent creator public online dashboard that

 9 shows each utility and major contractor, how

10 many streets they made cuts, how many pass

11 inspections, how many fail, and how often are

12 they cited or fined, where residents could see

13 which companies treat our road like assets and

14 which treat them like disposable work zones.

15 Behavior will change.

16 Third, it's day 426 without a DPW

17 contract. I recommend that Council create an

18 ordinance that allows DPW city inspectors to

19 determine the efficient pave cuts. And 82

20 percent of the 2,200 storm drains that are

21 their responsibility of PA Water.

22 PA Water needs to be fined for

23 blocked stormed drains too. A team of inhouse

24 inspectors whose only job is to protect their

25 streets is needed once again. Third party
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 1 out-of-town inspectors do not work.

 2 Scranton prior to this

 3 administration dedicated street cut inspectors

 4 who checked forms before they patched verified

 5 compaction and signed off on final restoration.

 6 We need that again. These inspectors will

 7 report to DPW, not to the utilities.

 8 They would expect every utility cut

 9 at critical stages, not just one when the

10 permit is pulled and long after the patch is

11 failed. Give them that authority to reject

12 substandard work on the spot and require

13 immediate correction.

14 If an inspector sees a trench

15 already starting to sink, that contractor

16 should be fixing it within days, not after a

17 winter of freezing thaw. It turns into a

18 crater. Good example is Ash Street, remember

19 the water main break? Look at the current

20 condition and the equality of their work.

21 There are many just like it. Get it

22 together, PA Water. Thank you, Council. Good

23 evening, Scranton.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

25 And also a reminder, on the 24th, Council asked
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 1 quite some time ago, Pennoni is going to come

 2 in, our third party pave cut inspector.

 3 They'll be in on the 24th for caucus. So we

 4 could ask some of those questions. Next up is

 5 Joan Hodowanitz.

 6 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

 7 Scranton. First, I just want to remind

 8 everybody that the Scranton Public Library book

 9 sale is ongoing at the Marketplace at

10 Steamtown, second floor right in front of

11 Crunch Gym. It runs through Saturday, get some

12 great bargains there.

13 Also, the library is selling a

14 community cookbook. It asked all its library

15 patrons what's your favorite recipe. And they

16 got some winners. So that book is now

17 available for sale. You could pick it up at

18 the Albright Memorial Library and I presume

19 also at Nancy Kay Holmes. It costs $10. But

20 it's well worth it. See what your neighbors

21 are cooking up in their kitchens.

22 DPW, any hope for a contract,

23 please, please, please?

24 MR. SCHUSTER: I'm hopeful for it as

25 well. I do believe there may be a meeting
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 1 tomorrow. That hasn't been officially

 2 confirmed. But I heard there's a possibility

 3 of a meeting tomorrow.

 4 MS. HODOWANITZ: Clock is ticking.

 5 I suspect it's going to end up in arbitration.

 6 But we'll see. Item 5-C, HARB's request that

 7 you deny the demolition of the building at 224

 8 North Washington, the old Mattes Law building.

 9 I saw in the paper and I saw in the

10 backup tonight that the reasons HARB wants to

11 deny it is that, you know, apparently it's

12 going to impact the historic downtown district

13 even though the building is not on the historic

14 register. And it would just create another

15 parking lot.

16 And we don't need another parking

17 lot. We have a parking garage right across the

18 street. And they also complained that Fidelity

19 did not provide any proof as to why it could

20 not be repaired. So I read through the

21 inspection that Reuther and Brown did of that

22 building. And, boy, it's pitiful.

23 You got mold. You got mildew. You

24 got structural problems. You got animals in

25 the building. You got all kinds of issues.
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 1 And they determined that it is not repairable

 2 and that it's a danger to the area. It's

 3 unsafe and it should be demolished. So I hope

 4 you do not approve HARB's recommendation.

 5 It's such a small building. You're

 6 not looking at a massive parking lot, number

 7 one. And number two, the Parking Authority, if

 8 they can't get people to park in their parking

 9 garages, they have their own problems.

10 And I'm just happy that the Electric

11 City -- the Electric City building is going to

12 have an owner. And it's going to be paying

13 taxes. And I don't have a problem with them

14 taking down that building. So think about it.

15 Now, what I'm really here for

16 tonight is, I want a wall of shame downstairs

17 before you get to the double doors that are

18 locked. I went to several PowerPoint

19 presentations that Tyler Technologies did over

20 the course of the reassessment.

21 And one of the comments that they

22 made that made me sit up was they were finding

23 properties that should have been on the tax

24 rolls and weren't. I want the names and the

25 properties of every one of those tax dodgers
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 1 made public on the Scranton's wall of shame

 2 downstairs and Lackawanna County wall of shame

 3 for all of those people in their lobby in the

 4 Government Center.

 5 And I want those tax dodgers to have

 6 to pay delinquent taxes with the highest

 7 possible penalties and interest because I'll

 8 guarantee you, those aren't poor people who

 9 just couldn't pay their taxes.

10 Those are people who knew somebody

11 that their property didn't enter under the tax

12 rolls. So I want Tyler Technologies to provide

13 that information to the county. And I want to

14 see two walls of shame. And I want to see the

15 names of every one of those creeps in the

16 newspaper and on the TV news and on the talk

17 shows.

18 My parents and many other poor

19 people never failed to pay their taxes. Let's

20 get those people. Give them what they deserve.

21 Thank you.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next

23 Amanda Eisenbacher.

24 MS. EISENBACHER: Hello, my name is

25 Amanda Eisenbacher. I'm homeless, Scranton. I
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 1 have three issues I would like to bring to your

 2 attention. While being homeless I've realized

 3 how big of a problem you have.

 4 I'm not sure why you have all this

 5 funding everywhere else if there are only six

 6 beds for women in Scranton and all of

 7 Lackawanna County. That's it. That is not --

 8 and they are all taken. Now, after I leave

 9 here tonight, I'll have nowhere to go.

10 If you could tell me where I could

11 legally sleep tonight, that would be great. My

12 second problem is with Children and Youth.

13 There is no one to report abuse to besides

14 them. If you are neglected by a CYS worker or

15 anything, they don't report -- such as my

16 childhood where I reported my foster father

17 sneaking in our bedroom at night.

18 Our caseworker Brian Walker is under

19 investigation still being paid right now. My

20 case was never heard or anything because he

21 just removed me from the home and left my

22 sister. That affected me for life. If I had

23 somewhere else to report it to, I would have.

24 But I did report it to my caseworker

25 and my supervisor. So that left me no options
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 1 and a lot of mental trauma to carry. And the

 2 third thing is, I had to sell my car to pay

 3 rent last year in November. And to take the

 4 bus it is all cash.

 5 If I have $5 on my card, I got to

 6 walk miles. I have health problems right now.

 7 I don't know if you guys are competent. You

 8 don't see these problems. Have you ever paid

 9 attention to your most vulnerable?

10 Did you know that there is only six

11 beds for women? And it's been like that for

12 quite some time. When you go there -- I did go

13 there to try to stay there one night. And the

14 six women that were already there were giving

15 me dirty looks because they thought that I was

16 going to steal their place to sleep. I'm not

17 sure where the blame is besides the

18 representation of the city. Thank you.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next

20 is Paul Mehall.

21 MR. MEHALL: Good evening, Council,

22 Paul Mehall, City of Scranton, DPW steward. I

23 just want to say about the storm thing that you

24 guys received from the City of Scranton. On

25 Sunday morning we were called in. Saturday we
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 1 were called in for the storm Sunday.

 2 We were all called in for 4 a.m. By

 3 4:15, we were told do not put any salt down on

 4 the roads because they were short on salt. And

 5 we needed the salt to last throughout the

 6 storm. There was no way we were going to get

 7 salt on a Sunday or even a Monday that period.

 8 Salt, when you put down before a

 9 storm, it gives you a little layer. As you see

10 by PennDOT they'll brine the streets first or

11 highway. It gives you an edge for these

12 storms. We were told not to do that because

13 there was not enough salt to get us through the

14 storm. That was strike number one against DPW.

15 Every truck that we had available to

16 drive was on the road. We had plenty of

17 personnel to do it. We had personnel in queue

18 in case other guys had to leave and come back.

19 We worked through the night.

20 There was some guys that went home.

21 The people that called off on Monday were the

22 guys who worked from 4 a.m. through the night

23 until they couldn't do it anymore.

24 I have been a truck driver for a

25 long time. When I get tired, I shut it down
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 1 because that's when mistakes happen, accidents

 2 happen. We don't think properly. The

 3 call-offs Monday, now, there were a few

 4 call-offs from the drivers who had worked all

 5 Sunday night into Monday.

 6 Monday morning we had 15 trucks.

 7 There was 12 garbage trucks and three recycling

 8 trucks. So that's 45 people that had to call

 9 out because they cancelled garbage and

10 recycling. The report was that there was 45

11 call-offs for the DPW and that hindered the

12 removal of the snow, not even close to being

13 factual.

14 We had some of those drivers come

15 from the garbage and recycling to fill in for

16 the drivers who had to go home because they

17 were tired. We had three mechanics on duty

18 from Sunday morning throughout the whole storm.

19 And let me tell you, these guys were

20 incredible. We had breakdowns.

21 You brought the truck in. They came

22 down and they fixed. We had hydraulic leaks.

23 We had plow leaks. We had problems with

24 windshield wipers because the snow was coming

25 up over the plows into -- the temperatures from
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 1 that storm were -- I mean, we all know, it was

 2 like 5 degrees out throughout the whole storm

 3 and we sat through it.

 4 We couldn't get ahead of the storm

 5 because of the temperatures. We weren't able

 6 to get the brine down or the salt down to give

 7 us a little bit of help. And it was over with

 8 the snow. We had problems with people parking

 9 their cars everywhere.

10 Obviously, I mean, it is what it is.

11 The thing that bothers me most is they said

12 that we weren't -- that DPW wasn't sufficient

13 enough and we were. We have plenty of people

14 to do the work. We had all the equipment --

15 any equipment that had a plow on it able to

16 run, we ran it for 24 hours straight.

17 And these guys could attest. They

18 were there with me too. We just got bashed

19 throughout the -- through the city, the people

20 and the citizens and City Council. When the

21 report came back, it felt like we were getting

22 bashed for not doing our job. We did our job.

23 We went above and beyond. That's

24 pretty much all I have to say. But I just want

25 to say -- and again we -- until this day we're
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 1 still not enough salt. They ordered -- they

 2 call it the antiskid. So we're mixing antiskid

 3 with the salt.

 4 This last storm we had, that doesn't

 5 do much. It takes you twice as long for the

 6 salt to work. You're dealing with antiskid.

 7 So now you're having a layer of dirt or pebbles

 8 on the road. I don't know how that's going to

 9 work on an icy road. I don't understand that.

10 But other than that, that's all I got.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much

12 for coming in and telling us. One question I

13 have, Mr. Mehall. I heard the brine truck was

14 out prior to the storm that we got. Do you

15 know if that's correct?

16 MR. MEHALL: It went out yesterday.

17 And they brined all the bridges around the

18 hospitals, around the schools. And, I mean, we

19 didn't get anything. It was all rain. Yeah,

20 we had one brine truck for the whole City of

21 Scranton, for all the bridges, all the hospital

22 areas, all the school areas.

23 It's a large area to cover for one

24 truck and one driver and one laborer. I mean,

25 the laborer is out there spraying sidewalks
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 1 because as you're doing the bridge, you might

 2 as well spray the sidewalks while you're at it.

 3 It's just a lot of area to cover for

 4 one truck for one period. We just got the

 5 brine. We have the brine tank over in our

 6 storage facility. And the tank was down for

 7 months. I guess the pump broke or something

 8 where it couldn't mix the brine well enough.

 9 So that was down for a long period

10 of time. They finally got it to work. They

11 put it up yesterday. We had a driver and a

12 laborer go out all day yesterday. They brined

13 up all the bridges and hospital areas, school

14 zones, whatever. I don't know if it works. I

15 don't know.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Is that something we

17 do every storm or it's been out of commission?

18 MR. MEHALL: We just got the brine

19 truck this year up and working. And I think we

20 have the brine tank also this year up and

21 working. And we had all the supplies for that

22 to fill it and mix it.

23 I think it's our -- our floods

24 department. They come in and they mix the

25 stuff. They're the only ones that know how to
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 1 mix the stuff. But we only have one truck to

 2 do that. If you've seen the truck, it's pretty

 3 old. It works. It works great.

 4 I've driven it a couple times. It

 5 works fantastic and gets the job done what

 6 needed to be done. But it just wasn't used the

 7 previous storm because the tank was down. They

 8 couldn't get the pump for whatever reason. I

 9 don't know why.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Yeah,

11 thank you for that information.

12 MR. HALL: Thank you, guys.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Up next is Lee

14 Morgan.

15 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council,

16 Lee Morgan. Here tonight I just like to say

17 that there were a couple of issues here tonight

18 that highlight violation of public trust. And,

19 you know, I wish people would really learn how

20 to help themselves.

21 The other thing I have here is, I

22 hope the American people and the residents of

23 Scranton seem to realize that we happen to be

24 in a war at this time and four people gave

25 their lives for our country.
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 1 And I think for too long this

 2 country's been kicking a can down the road all

 3 the way from my youth when the Iranians blasted

 4 the Marine barracks in Beirut all the way along

 5 until now.

 6 And I just bring that up today

 7 because of inept government we've had for so

 8 long that it took somebody like President Trump

 9 to come along and start fixing everything.

10 It's amazing.

11 I mean, you know, in my lifetime

12 we've had multitudes of presidents who just

13 couldn't do their job. I mean, the democratic

14 party itself has turned into a cult because

15 people elect Democrats for I really don't know

16 what reason to be really honest with you

17 because I think that everybody that they

18 represent in the end gets hurt by them whatever

19 the -- whatever it might be.

20 You know, you tell all of these

21 children they were born the wrong gender. And

22 now you got children suing and getting

23 multimillion dollar judgements. You did

24 affirmative action for people because allegedly

25 because their gender or their skin color they
 29

 1 couldn't seem to motivate themselves through

 2 life.

 3 And really what happened is their

 4 whole society fell apart. And now we've

 5 reached a point where -- I don't know. It's

 6 hard to believe this, but some women don't even

 7 know what a woman is. I mean, this is -- this

 8 is where the Democrats have taken us.

 9 And when you take a look at where

10 our country is now, we live a very normal life.

11 We wouldn't even realize that we're in a state

12 of war. But, you know, when you pay attention

13 to what goes on in the world like I have all of

14 my life and you see that the Iranians were

15 developing a bomb and Barack Obama gave them a

16 ton of money and made an agreement to allow

17 them to have a bomb.

18 And then Joe Biden wanted to go back

19 in. And then you just watch the barbaric

20 things they've done all over the world, the

21 Iranians and the Democrats supported it right

22 down the pike every single time. And it makes

23 you wonder. I don't know. Is there any

24 counseling to help a Democrat face the

25 realities of life?
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 1 I mean, just see it for what it

 2 really is. The Iranians are the ones that

 3 supported -- I don't know what you'd want

 4 the -- I don't even know how -- the

 5 terminology for what they did to Israel when

 6 they came across that border and butchered

 7 people because it hasn't happened in history

 8 since the second World War.

 9 And yet, you see it. And now what

10 we're going to experience is the Congress and

11 Senate. They're going to come out and swear

12 how the Republicans are bad. But don't forget,

13 the Democrats had a war against police, all

14 right, and no bail releases and citizens being

15 killed by people that belonged in jail.

16 So I want everybody to keep that in

17 their mind. And, you know, I do intend to file

18 a couple things. I just didn't get to it yet.

19 But I really think the best way forward for

20 residents is to give a complaint to the Council

21 members in writing and ask them to do something

22 with it.

23 But we're in a terrible situation

24 here because I don't think the Mayor cares

25 because the Mayor, we elected her at the school
 31

 1 board and she abandoned the students there and

 2 then became a Mayor, just won an election. And

 3 now she wants to be Congressman.

 4 It's almost pathetic. And she has

 5 the citizens locked out of city hall. So the

 6 residents are locked out of their seated

 7 government. They can't even function. That's

 8 not a way to run a government. Thank you.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would

10 anyone else like to address Council?

11 MS. KOLOSKI: Doris Koloski,

12 Scranton resident. I came here mostly tonight.

13 I wanted to thank the Council and probably the

14 former Council because the curb is cut on the

15 corner of Colfax Avenue and Olive Street. And

16 it is beautiful. So thank you, thank you,

17 thank you.

18 Another comment I'm going to make is

19 because of the DPW man that was just speaking.

20 And this has nothing to do with the snow. But

21 I've been a homeowner in the City of Scranton

22 since 1968. We've always used to have a

23 problem when DPW came for our garbage, our cans

24 were rolling down the street.

25 They were thrown over -- thrown and
 32

 1 slammed down and all around. And I do have to

 2 say in the last years that has not happened.

 3 They're setting the cans up nicely after they

 4 empty them. The one day I was running out with

 5 garbage, and one of the guys from the truck

 6 came over and said, let me help you.

 7 And he took my -- the garbage can.

 8 And he took it out and he emptied it and handed

 9 it back to me. So I just want to say --

10 commend them for that. That I know and the

11 same with the recycling guys. They're setting

12 the things right up nicely, not throwing them

13 down in the street where they were rolling

14 around.

15 So I just feel if something happens

16 good, you need to say it. Thank you and good

17 night.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anyone

19 else like to address Council?

20 MR. COYNE: Good evening, Tom Coyne,

21 Minooka. I don't understand why the speakers

22 behind City Council are still not of a quality

23 enough to get the sound out to the people in

24 the audience. We still have to have a speaker

25 side mounted over on the side to give sound.
 33

 1 We paid for a -- we paid for a new

 2 sound system in here. It was meant to assure

 3 that everyone in here could properly hear.

 4 That was expended. It was put out. It was put

 5 in here. And it doesn't seem to be working.

 6 Half the time I don't believe that the speakers

 7 behind you are actually projecting sound out

 8 into the audience.

 9 If we paid for something and we need

10 a -- we need a speaker on a tripod still, what

11 did we pay for? Why aren't they working?

12 Moving on, the paper stated it was that DPW was

13 the issue and the city was evaluating

14 disciplinary actions for the high volume of

15 call-outs during the emergency.

16 Is the city also evaluating one of

17 the larger call-outs during the emergency, the

18 Mayor? You're going to point to DPW workers

19 who were out there taking our trash, hauling

20 our garbage, and working in snow emergencies

21 and talk about disciplinary action for them not

22 being here to do their job while during a snow

23 emergency the Mayor is in Washington, DC at a

24 fundraiser.

25 There's a bit of a disconnect there
 34

 1 of saying that they're not doing their job

 2 because they're not here while she's not here.

 3 I don't really understand how that happens and

 4 how you could throw shade at DPW at the same

 5 time you're doing the same thing.

 6 As of the building next door, moving

 7 onto that, I understand that it may need to be

 8 taken down. I understand that the condition

 9 it's in -- I've talked beforehand about looking

10 in the front of how it looks like it's being --

11 how the building's undercut underneath the

12 sidewalk and you see the metal in the basement

13 from the front sidewalk.

14 That was purchased by the bank

15 through a condemnation and a sale. They

16 purchased it as is. Can you tell me why the

17 bank did not know the condition of the

18 building?

19 Why they didn't know if it was

20 structurally sound or not or if they

21 speculatively bought that property to have it

22 ripped down and put a parking lot there even

23 though parking lots in Center City -- new ones,

24 are in violation of the city's zoning

25 ordinance.
 35

 1 Is the bank and the -- I believe

 2 John T. Cognetti not aware of city zoning?

 3 Considering he is the -- provides insight on

 4 the values in the region and national

 5 commercial real estate markets, I would figure

 6 he would at least know that in Center City

 7 zoning, parking lots can't be put up.

 8 There's a conflict here. There's a

 9 conflict of interest. The city is in a

10 position now where it's buying a building next

11 door and we're in the middle of a purchase.

12 This has been a long going thing.

13 And we have a family member in the

14 bank, a family member in City Hall. And we

15 have a building that got purchased fully

16 knowing or should have been known if they did

17 due diligence that the purpose that they went

18 to for to have it ripped down for a parking lot

19 isn't allowed.

20 I understand if the building has to

21 come down. That's a different subject

22 whatsoever. But as a matter before this body,

23 there's a conflict here. And as much as the

24 building needs to come down, as much as they're

25 arguments back and forth, a decision was made
 36

 1 by the Architectural Board not to allow them to

 2 rip it down and put up a parking lot.

 3 Let them take it to court. Let them

 4 take it to a court where there is not a

 5 conflict of interest. Step out of it because

 6 ethically you shouldn't be in it. Thank you.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

 8 Mr. Gilbride, can you remind me, was that

 9 building offhand -- I believe it was condemned

10 in 2022; is that correct?

11 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That's correct.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank

13 you. Is there anyone else that would like to

14 address Council?

15 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council, Rik

16 Little. Interesting times, I mean, it just

17 goes faster and faster and faster. Everything

18 is going faster. I've been trying to figure

19 out this whole AI thing. And I'm on my phone.

20 And I'm, you know, talking to one AI and it

21 knew all the other AIs.

22 And you ask them complicated

23 questions and you push a button and it's all

24 there. And, you know, legal questions, medical

25 questions, there's really no need for doctors
 37

 1 anymore. I mean, I went to doctors for years.

 2 And they prescribed me poison.

 3 I found out it was

 4 lozanthrofil{phonetic} for my heart was going

 5 180. And you don't need that. You just stop

 6 doing that and you start doing other stuff.

 7 And you could get all of your information on

 8 this internet.

 9 But, you know, what's been happening

10 with the bombing of Iran, I mean, everything is

11 a contract thing. And it becomes like the

12 judicial branch or in the international scale,

13 the United Nations in New York City and rich

14 white men gave the land to United Nations and

15 they have their United Nations law.

16 And, you know, we saw, you know,

17 people getting around the law, you know, the

18 small arms treaty that Obama put in. But, you

19 know, things are going so fast that -- that,

20 you know, I mean, just last week all of these

21 people -- and the answers are there. The

22 answers are there in the Epstein files.

23 It's mind blowing, you know, and

24 like I talked about Ian Carroll's thing to

25 figure out, you know, as fast as you figure it
 38

 1 out, people are onto the next thing. So talk

 2 about Scranton, we can't have data centers

 3 here. That's the end of everything.

 4 That's the end of the water. That's

 5 the end of the electric. And I think in the

 6 next election, you know, people on the red side

 7 are putting candidates together. And I think

 8 people have to look at what's happening,

 9 especially if you look at Jamie Walsh's

10 assessment of Virginia's data centers.

11 Scranton can't handle it. Scranton

12 was -- you know, it's taken over by contracts

13 and the adjudication of these contracts. And

14 it runs into everything. We saw it in the

15 elections in the county. Talking -- thinking

16 about the woman who was up here talking about,

17 you know, the only shelter that's in Scranton,

18 it does have six beds.

19 I've been there many times, six beds

20 for women. But in the media, you know, they

21 talk about, oh, you know, you know, million

22 dollars was given to this place on Olive

23 Street. And then they dismantle and they sell

24 all of their stuff. That's how things are

25 running. That's how things are running with
 39

 1 Fidelity Bank next door.

 2 They buy something big for too much

 3 money and then they -- which is crazy. I mean,

 4 I don't know if these numbers are exact, but,

 5 you know, 1.85 million for the bank, you know,

 6 when the county did assessments of everything

 7 it's 450,000.

 8 And, you know, I look at Doherty

 9 Park. And that costs 10 million dollars. All

10 the numbers don't add up. You know, but no one

11 says anything. It just goes all over

12 everybody's head. But what Scranton needs to

13 do like Lee Morgan was talking about, you have

14 to get back to the things that are Scranton's

15 like Lake Scranton, like Scranton Housing

16 Authority.

17 You know, it's really not in the

18 hands of Scranton anymore. And, you know, I

19 look at the judiciary. You know, they close at

20 4:00. They're paid more than anybody else.

21 And, you know, it's all this nepotism. But for

22 Scranton to survive, the number one thing is no

23 data centers.

24 And, you know, everybody is, you

25 know -- I think it's the British. I remember
 40

 1 1956 the British, you know, when they were

 2 kicked out of Egypt, you know, and that's what

 3 runs the bar association, British Accredited

 4 Registry.

 5 It has to be taught in schools.

 6 That's the first thing so people know what's

 7 going on. Thank you.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, Mr.

 9 Little.

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

11 MOTIONS.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you

13 have any motions or comments?

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

15 I'll start with yesterday. I had attended a

16 finance meeting with the city and just wanted

17 to give a quick overview. We reviewed the

18 financials from 2025 and year to date.

19 And there's some good news from

20 that. It seems that -- it's not audited yet.

21 But once it is, then we'll have a final number.

22 And if there is any additional invoices that

23 come in, it will give us a surplus of 2 million

24 dollars about from 2025.

25 So that was -- I was happy to hear
 41

 1 that. We're on track with our financials. I

 2 appreciate all the work that the finance

 3 department is doing to keep us that way. There

 4 were some larger expense increases that we saw

 5 from 2025 were with healthcare costs, just like

 6 I think with anywhere nowadays that you see

 7 that.

 8 I think it was a bit over a million

 9 dollars of an increase in healthcare costs over

10 the past year. Some of that I think was

11 attributed to the increase in use of GLP 1

12 medications. But as well as, you know,

13 sometimes people just have additional

14 healthcare costs from year to year.

15 So some of that is a bit

16 unpredictable. But those were some of the

17 takeaways that I had from that that we also did

18 discuss the HUP test and the status of that.

19 And there's actually a motion that I'll want to

20 make tonight because they're still having

21 difficulty getting the information that's

22 needed from the county so that we could move

23 forward as a city.

24 And so I would like to motion that

25 City Council comes together and writes a letter
 42

 1 to the county to the Assessor's office. What

 2 we need and what we've been asking for is an

 3 up-to-date and accurate list of the responses

 4 that they've received from the letters that

 5 were sent out.

 6 The letters were sent to nonprofits

 7 in the city to establish their eligibility if

 8 they met that criteria to remain as a nonprofit

 9 and not have to pay taxes to the city.

10 But we need to know the -- what

11 nonprofits, what entities are supposed to be

12 paying taxes and haven't been. So I would like

13 to make that.

14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I'll second it.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. We have a

17 motion and a second on the floor. I'm going to

18 go into on the question. Would that be

19 appropriate, Mr. Gilbride?

20 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Yes.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. We did

22 have that conversation. I'm glad that you made

23 that motion. Mr. Gilbride, were we able to

24 talk with anyone at the county?

25 ATTY. GILBRIDE: No. A call was
 43

 1 made, but I did not receive a response.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Just on

 3 the question, I would be in favor of doing that

 4 letter. It was something that I was going to

 5 suggest after speaking with Mr. Gilbride and

 6 talking with some of the members at the county

 7 to see where we are with that. So we can just

 8 do a roll call.

 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Well, on the

10 question, I also support this. A couple weeks

11 ago. I asked -- I requested a couple weeks in

12 row where are we at with this test. And we

13 were told that they have to send a second

14 letter. And I requested -- well, I want to

15 know who the people are who didn't respond to

16 the first letter. I still want that.

17 And the city's administration said

18 we'll send that to the county to try to find

19 out. So I hope this is part of that letter

20 that we're going to be voting on to send. I'd

21 like that to be a part of it.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yeah, and I know

23 that the city has been pushing the county for

24 those answers too but still has not received

25 them. And so that's why I think it's important
 44

 1 that Council step up and that we ask for those

 2 answers as well. I do want to recognize I know

 3 part of I think their holdup had been

 4 everything going on with reassessment.

 5 But this has been a long time that

 6 this HUP test has been performed since -- since

 7 we initiated here at the city. So we need

 8 to -- we need to continue moving forward with

 9 it.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, this going back

11 to at least 2023. Mr. Gilbride, before we move

12 forward, anything that you think that we need

13 to -- any information that we need to gather

14 from the county before we do this or you think

15 we're all right just to move forward with --

16 ATTY. GILBRIDE: No, I think we have

17 enough to move forward.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Sounds

19 good. Anyone else on the question? Roll call.

20 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.
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 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 2 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. Thank you.

 5 Anything else?

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: I did have just a

 7 couple of additional things. But that was

 8 number one on my list for tonight. I also

 9 wanted to request an update on the latest demo

10 list that the city has and the committee that

11 determines the demolitions.

12 I know there were some properties

13 that may have been on it for the last year that

14 were not taken down. So I want to see if those

15 are still on the list and what they have on

16 there currently. I know one of the properties

17 is a house that's on the 200 block of Harrison

18 Avenue.

19 So I'm wondering about the status of

20 that because I expected that one to be

21 demolished by now. And that's what I have on

22 that one. There are a number of potholes

23 popping up throughout the city, some pretty bad

24 ones this time of year. That could be expected

25 after the winter and the salt and everything on
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 1 the roads, that deterioration.

 2 But there is a pretty bad one on a

 3 main throughway in the city on Mulberry Street

 4 in front of Turkey Hill that I received a

 5 complaint about. And I've hit it a couple

 6 times myself too because I keep forgetting

 7 about it.

 8 And it could really -- I'm worried

 9 each time that it's done damage to my vehicle.

10 So it might have damaged some other vehicles.

11 So if you could send that one forward onto DPW,

12 I would appreciate it.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll see that it

14 gets repaired, Dr. Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. I also

16 wanted to bring up the curb cut for Colfax

17 Avenue. I'm really happy that that was finally

18 completed. I want to thank the DPW on that

19 one. I know that's been a few years that we've

20 been hearing of that needing to be done from

21 Miss Koloski.

22 And I've been bringing up for a good

23 amount of that time, so I'm happy to see that

24 be accomplished. And in line with what I was

25 mentioning earlier about the demo list, there
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 1 was a property that I was sending forward

 2 that's actually pretty close to us over here at

 3 526-528 Mulberry Street.

 4 It was like a previous plumbing

 5 business. And if you ever walk by, you could

 6 see the floor inside is pretty badly sunken in.

 7 So it doesn't seem like it's a stable building.

 8 And it's been condemned for a very long time.

 9 So I've been bringing that to their

10 attention. And that's -- they're going to be

11 reviewing that for potential demolition as

12 well.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's been brought

14 to their attention again, Dr. Rothchild. I'll

15 follow up.

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, thank you for

17 your help with that, Mr. Voldenberg. That's

18 all that I have tonight.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

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

21 comments?

22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes, just some

23 follow-up from questions from last week to

24 start off. I did ask for clarification when

25 the assessment was completed and by who for the
 48

 1 security features at City Hall and the security

 2 plan.

 3 I did ask if we could maybe have an

 4 executive session because it is a security

 5 issue to kind of go over it just so we would

 6 see it. So we don't have -- I don't think we

 7 should get copies of it, but at least be walked

 8 through it.

 9 I did not get the answer from who

10 completed it and when it was completed. But I

11 did get told I would meet with Chief Carroll to

12 answer any questions I have. So I will be in

13 the next few days or next week be trying to set

14 up some time with Chief Carroll.

15 Frank, if you're available to join

16 me for that one, I'd appreciate it.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

18 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Next, I have

19 been asking for a caucus with DPW Director. I

20 originally was told though they'll look into

21 it. You know, I asked last week to, you know,

22 to give us a clear yes or no. The answer we

23 got, they will be available for a caucus on

24 April 7th. So hopefully they'll -- my

25 colleagues agree that they come in and we can
 49

 1 start asking some questions because I'm sure we

 2 have questions in general but also related to

 3 the storm.

 4 I mean, you know, I thank Mr. Mehall

 5 for coming and speaking giving us a different

 6 side of the story and day-to-day stuff which is

 7 very interesting to hear. Just looking at this

 8 report, I have many questions.

 9 I know a lot of it is, you know,

10 calling about -- it's addressing that -- it's a

11 year over year issue with call-outs and

12 attendance. But it's the first time we're

13 hearing of it, right? Why wasn't it brought up

14 or addressed in the last contract, so a lot of

15 questions like that going forward.

16 So look forward to seeing DPW. And

17 I hope it's just the DPW Director and his

18 supervisor. I don't think we need all of City

19 Hall here. But hopefully it's just those guys

20 to come in and answer our questions. I think

21 it will be a great -- great way for us to work

22 together and learn on this and move forward.

23 Next, Mr. Gilbride, I know we talked

24 a little bit before this. Can we get an update

25 from City Hall about the Fidelity building that
 50

 1 we're looking to purchase to see if there is

 2 any updates on the inspections? I know there

 3 was a 30 day extension. Now that the snow has

 4 melted, is there any update on that?

 5 ATTY. GILBRIDE: An e-mail has

 6 already been sent.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Thank

 8 you so much. All right. I'm going to bring up

 9 some questions that we got that I sent over to

10 Frank. Give me one second. All right. So

11 some questions, concerns I got this week.

12 Lafayette Street, the 1900 block vehicles are

13 reported that they are parking on the sidewalk.

14 Frank sent that one in, so hopefully

15 we'll get an update soon. The 200 block of

16 North Van Buren, there's a house that Frank has

17 the house number that trash has been

18 accumulating on the side of the house for

19 several weeks. I think it's an issue with that

20 house in general with some code issues.

21 Frank also sent that in. And the

22 300 block of North Filmore Ave., a utility

23 company completed a pave cut, but the patch is

24 uneven and sinking in. And there's a big dip

25 which I believe you sent over as well, correct?
 51

 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I did, sir.

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Thank you

 3 so much for sending them over. I just wanted

 4 to report that out. My next question is,

 5 airbnbs, Mr. Gilbride, can you give us -- I

 6 mean, I'm new to Council, still learning --

 7 some more information about the ordinances and

 8 airbnbs and how if they're allowed or not

 9 allowed in certain areas because I did have a

10 report on Farr Street there was an airbnb that

11 is in the neighborhood that I believe the

12 police were there for an underage party.

13 There was a lot of kids running up

14 and down the street. I believe they were

15 drinking. Can we actually look into that to

16 see if there is a police report too so we could

17 see what actually was going on over there?

18 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Do you know the

19 date?

20 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: The date, I

21 believe it was Friday. I have the house number

22 I could send that over afterwards.

23 ATTY. GILBRIDE: If I could get the

24 date and the just the address, that would be

25 helpful.
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 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I think it's 519

 2 Farr --

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Sorry, no, it's not.

 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I don't want to

 5 give the wrong one, 1520 I believe it is.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: It might be 1521 or

 7 1519.

 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, and it

 9 came on Friday the 27th. All right. And I

10 believe that is all I have. Everybody have a

11 good week. Thanks.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Mark McAndrew, do

13 you have any motions or comments?

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I have a couple.

15 As I sit here I'm ashamed to say I did not know

16 there's four beds for homeless women in the

17 area or five -- what did she say four or five,

18 the young lady that was here -- six. Well,

19 that's still not enough.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: That doesn't include

21 the Catherine McAuley Center.

22 MR. MCANDREW: Excuse me?

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: That doesn't include

24 the Catherine McAuley Center.

25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right.
 53

 1 Well, it doesn't -- you know what, it's still

 2 not enough. I'm ashamed to say I didn't know

 3 it. This poor girl I feel so -- horrible and

 4 so sad for her. And, you know, she's not the

 5 only one. People come in here since the fall,

 6 way before the weather gets bad and, you know,

 7 telling us the hardships they have and it's

 8 horrific.

 9 And but to only have six beds for

10 women and we have this homeless task force.

11 It's a mystery when they meet. We never get

12 any feedback, very little if we do. We're

13 never told when the next meeting is. People

14 have asked if they could attend the meeting.

15 We don't know if we're going to allow that.

16 Well, I don't care how many times

17 they meet or they said five or it was three. I

18 think six beds should be a priority to work on

19 or rectify for women. Please tell me that

20 that's happening and please send that over to

21 administration to say that's not acceptable.

22 All right. I don't know when they meet.

23 Like I said, we're told they meet.

24 They don't meet. They met a couple of times.

25 We never get any reports back or any
 54

 1 information that occurred, very little. I

 2 know, Dr. Rothchild, you go to a couple of them

 3 and you bring back some stuff. And I'm not

 4 pointing the finger at you.

 5 It's just the committee itself

 6 hasn't produced anything, you know, and this is

 7 probably one of the worst winters we've had in

 8 30 years. I didn't see anything else done

 9 differently or bells ringing or, you know, just

10 the word code blue. And this is every year

11 this stuff is brought to our attention.

12 I didn't know about the six beds.

13 Like I said, I'm sick to my stomach over that.

14 But we need to do better and not wait until the

15 winter of next year to say, oh, yeah, we got a

16 problem. Please, if you could relay that to

17 administration and see if we could get

18 something going.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

20 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. So

21 Elm Street bridge, I got a complaint about

22 that. And it's -- it is a pain. It's a pain

23 for everyone. Let me just -- but this resident

24 wants to know if we're on track because I

25 remember that it was closed February of 2025, a
 55

 1 year ago.

 2 And it was stated then that it would

 3 be completed by the summer of this year. Can

 4 you please find out -- reach out to PennDOT and

 5 see if they're, you know, they're on task that

 6 this is going to be done, you know, because

 7 this affects everybody in the city, not just

 8 South Side, not just West Side.

 9 We know it had to be done. But I

10 just want to know the status of it if they ran

11 into any problems we're unaware of that, you

12 know, we should know now in case this is

13 extended.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr.

15 McAndrew.

16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. All

17 right. And also it was brought to my attention

18 and Mr. Schuster's brought this up as long as

19 he's here about utility poles when new ones are

20 put in, the old ones remain. First of all,

21 it's unsightly. Second of all, it's definitely

22 a public safety issue. There's a reason why

23 they changed the pole, right?

24 So there was on the corner of Ash

25 and Costello Court on February 20th, a car took
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 1 out a pole next to a lady's house. PPL

 2 replaced the pole. But the old one is still

 3 there with some wires connected and she is

 4 concerned it may fall on her house and doesn't

 5 know who to call.

 6 I guess she called PP & L and it was

 7 no help. She even called the Mayor's office

 8 and we were told -- you know how that went. So

 9 I'm afraid too that this might fall on her

10 house or a resident. This is a huge safety

11 issue. Can you please reach out to the, you

12 know, to the departments that have to handle

13 this?

14 I mean, of course, we want you to

15 reach out to PP & L. But this should be part

16 of code enforcement. They should take a look

17 at this. This is a public safety issue. All

18 right?

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

20 MR. MCANDREW: And while they're at

21 it, I want the rationale why some still remain.

22 We never got any explanation as why some poles

23 remain, right?

24 MR. SCHUSTER: I don't believe we --

25 we didn't get an official explanation of why
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 1 they remain. But if there's a sign or if

 2 there's any kind of wires or anything else that

 3 needs to be removed from the pole, the utility

 4 company will keep it in place until that has

 5 been removed.

 6 But I do still think it's a -- if

 7 you want to call it a copout on the utility

 8 company to not remove that pole and inevitably

 9 it may fall on the city for --

10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: That's not a

11 good excuse. That seems like a lame excuse.

12 Because, you know, we have caucuses, we had the

13 American Water in here and they say they want

14 to be partners. They want to be partners with

15 the community. Everything they do is for us.

16 And the other utilities say the same

17 thing, you know, the pave cuts, we take care of

18 them. But they want to be good partners, good

19 neighbors. Well, let's hope that PP & L wants

20 to be too and remove this, you know, it's like

21 garbage. It's up there. It's garbage. Get

22 rid of it.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask about it.

24 MR. MCANDREW: Thank you. Also, the

25 Yeshiva school project, the new school that's
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 1 over between South Side and the mountain, it's

 2 been a project. It's supposed to be done this

 3 month. But residents and neighbors have been

 4 very patient over there.

 5 But, you know, they're working at

 6 night, loud construction. There's kids in

 7 there. They have temporary occupancy. Some of

 8 the neighbors are worried about that. Also a

 9 concern by them was, you know, it's not

10 completed like they said they would and

11 promised the neighborhood, like, you know, the

12 playground, the curb, sidewalks -- I know now's

13 not the time to pour cement.

14 But some of the things they promised

15 to do aren't done because again, neighbors want

16 to be good neighbors. Can you please check

17 with Don King on that? And also, another issue

18 that occurred, two weeks ago we had the coldest

19 weather in 30 years. I had pipes freeze in my

20 house. I know a lot of people did.

21 American Water -- not because of a

22 water break over there, shut the water off

23 because they were working on this new school

24 that affected neighbors who lost pipes that

25 froze, water damage, huge repairs. And I know
 59

 1 that that's an issue that they are going to

 2 deal with themselves, these residents.

 3 But because, you know, they are

 4 incurring all of these costs and it wasn't a

 5 water main break. These residents, their water

 6 was shut off to their house. And when they

 7 turned it back on, all of this occurred.

 8 So I wish I knew that when American

 9 Water was here because that didn't make sense.

10 I guess they're owning up to it. It's somewhat

11 of a mistake. But they never should have shut

12 the water off because -- for a new building. A

13 water main break I get. But that's crazy.

14 All right. But please, this

15 resident wants to know the status or an update

16 as to when this new school is going to be done,

17 you know, completed so the residents have some

18 type of answer and could get on with their

19 lives because they said, you know, they really

20 didn't enjoy their summers and still couldn't

21 sit on their porch, stuff like that.

22 I mean, they said the school is

23 going to be beautiful. And they support it,

24 but they just want to make sure it's going to

25 be done. And that is all I have. Thank you.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr.

 2 Flynn, do you have any motions or comments?

 3 MR. FLYNN: Yes --

 4 MR. MARK MCANDREW: You know what,

 5 I'm sorry. I have one more -- no, I don't.

 6 That's fine. I covered it. Thanks. I

 7 apologize. You don't want to hear anymore from

 8 me anyways.

 9 MR. FLYNN: Thank you. I just have

10 a few things real quick. One is, you know, I

11 asked last week about the process and the

12 timeline when someone reaches out through 311

13 about a failing pave cut or something like

14 that, how long from that point does our third

15 party inspector go out. Do they notify the

16 utilities to when they have to have it fixed?

17 The answer I got really -- they told

18 me, like, what the process is of how they fix

19 them but not what that timeline is. And the

20 reason I ask is because for two months I have

21 been sitting up here and been talking about the

22 failing pave cuts in the Green Ridge section on

23 Electric Street, right, and UGI allegedly they

24 said in one of their responses last week that

25 UGI reached out and e-mailed the city saying we
 61

 1 know it's an issue over there.

 2 The administration has also said now

 3 they are having biweekly meetings with the

 4 utility companies. I have been bringing up

 5 this specific issue for going on eight weeks

 6 now and still Electric Street has not been

 7 touched.

 8 It's bad driving down Electric

 9 Street. And they did come. UGI had their

10 contractor come out and do the 1600 block of

11 Wyoming Avenue but not Electric Street. So

12 what I really want to know from the

13 administration is how long do these utility

14 companies have to come and do these temporary

15 restorations and fix these failing pave cuts

16 until there is something that we as a city

17 could do about it to hold their feet to the

18 fire to get them to do this because obviously

19 whatever we're doing right now is not working.

20 This has been going on for a few

21 months now. Nothing has been touched besides

22 some spray paint around the failing pave cuts

23 that I guess giving you an opportunity to

24 swerve before your tire goes falling into it.

25 So I would really like to know time,
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 1 what the time is from the time 311 or some

 2 other entity however the administration figures

 3 out that this is happening to the third party

 4 inspector going out to the companies being on

 5 the hook or the clock starting that they have

 6 to get out there and do some sort of temporary

 7 restoration.

 8 So if we could follow up and get

 9 more clarification on that, Mr. Voldenberg, I'd

10 appreciate it.

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

12 MR. FLYNN: Another thing just

13 because, you know, it was brought up here

14 tonight, Mr. Mehall came up and spoke about the

15 DPW side of things on the storm report. And

16 for a long time after that storm happened, I

17 sat up here on Council and asked a specific

18 question as to were there functioning trucks

19 that could have been out on the road that were

20 not due to lack of personnel.

21 And the answers I got from the

22 administration were yes. There were trucks

23 that could have been out that were not out

24 because of a lack of personnel. And now

25 Mr. Mehall came and spoke here tonight saying
 63

 1 that that is very much not the case. So just

 2 really don't have a question for the

 3 administration.

 4 I'll save my questions for when our

 5 DPW Director comes on April 7th to ask those

 6 questions directly to the Director. But that's

 7 a little concerning to me that, you know, I

 8 understand there were a lot of call-offs.

 9 There could be two issues at once. There was

10 call-offs and also there was personnel there to

11 plow the roads.

12 So I just wanted to address that

13 again, don't have anything else tonight. Thank

14 you.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. A few

16 things to report out and then a couple comments

17 that I have. We did inquire about the Lookout

18 on 307. We know that we received an estimate

19 from our City Engineer I think in the amount of

20 around $325,000. That was done by our City

21 Engineer to just to get an estimate.

22 But right now currently the Lookout

23 is going through a process of being designated

24 as a historic landmark. The administration is

25 working towards that. So it opens up grant
 64

 1 funding. So that provides an opportunity to

 2 get some more grant funding for a site like

 3 that.

 4 It was stated that DPW is going to

 5 investigate and remove the graffiti. At this

 6 point in time, the power washer I was told

 7 couldn't be used. So they're going to be

 8 waiting for nicer weather. But that graffiti

 9 will be removed once we get some nicer weather.

10 Thank you, Mr. Voldenberg. I see

11 our SRA Director is going to be coming in for a

12 caucus I believe March 31st. So it will be

13 nice to see what -- what has been done over the

14 last year and then what we plan on doing moving

15 forward.

16 And then I want to thank you, Mr.

17 Voldenberg. We got the historic pilot

18 payments. So thanks for getting that

19 information to me as well. Later in the

20 meeting we have a piece from the HARB Board

21 that's coming up.

22 And it was brought up in public

23 comment tonight. And it was something that I

24 was going to ask anyway. Because during that

25 meeting it was discussed somewhat. I'm going
 65

 1 to ask you, Mr. Gilbride, if you could take a

 2 look at our -- review our zoning ordinance, the

 3 2023 ordinance.

 4 There is a section on surface

 5 parking. I did take a look at it since that

 6 HARB meeting has occurred and it does seem like

 7 it's possibly open for interpretation. But I

 8 think you might be better at reviewing that.

 9 In that meeting it was discussed that if

10 surface parking could be allowed if was

11 associated with a business or building.

12 So I don't know if it specifically

13 spells that out. But can we just review that

14 to see if that is the case?

15 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Yes.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

17 Let's see -- if we could stay up-to-date with

18 PEL. I know it's been asked in the past. I

19 know PEL is still working on our financial

20 projections. But if we could request that

21 again to keep it on the radar, I'd like to see

22 that as soon as we possibly can because I do

23 worry about what our budget is looking like

24 moving into next year.

25 There's going to be some changes. I
 66

 1 know we heard that a possibility of a 2 million

 2 dollar surplus. I hope that is the case. But

 3 I do fear that some of our expenditures are

 4 going to be larger than they were last year and

 5 we're going to be losing some tax dollars with

 6 the sale of the hospital.

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's correct,

 8 Mr. Schuster. As of yesterday's meeting they

 9 are wrapping up the five-year plan. And we'll

10 have that report shortly.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Did they give any

12 kind of timeline on when it will be completed?

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: No, but I'll find

14 out.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank you

16 very much. That's all I have for tonight.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

18 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - REAPPOINTMENT OF

19 DORIS KOLOSKI AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON HUMAN

20 RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING

21 FEBRUARY 23, 2031.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

23 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

24 into its proper committee.

25 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
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 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

 3 those in favor of introduction signify by

 4 saying aye.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

 7 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

 8 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

10 ayes it and so moved.

11 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

12 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - ACCEPTING THE

13 RECOMMENDATION OF THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL

14 REVIEW BOARD ("HARB") AND DENYING THE

15 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR FIDELITY

16 BANK, 101 NORTH BLAKELY STREET, DUNMORE,

17 PENNSYLVANIA 18512 FOR DEMOLITION OF THE MATTES

18 LAW OFFICE BUILDING AT 324 NORTH WASHINGTON

19 AVENUE, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18503.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

21 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

22 into its proper committee.

23 MR. MARK MCANDREW: So moved.

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?
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 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, on the

 2 question real quick, can we get some

 3 information why there's -- the sidewalk is

 4 blocked off? I know -- I think the timing of

 5 it looks a little weird. I'm sure it's

 6 nothing, but could we just get some

 7 information?

 8 ATTY. GILBRIDE: I could answer that

 9 right now.

10 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Sure, yeah, if

11 you could answer it.

12 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Mr. Coyne is

13 correct. The sidewalk is -- there's basically

14 nothing underneath the sidewalk. There's

15 complete opening that allows water, animals,

16 anything else that chooses to go through that

17 hole to enter right into the building

18 underneath, which is causing some of the

19 structural problems on that portion of the

20 building.

21 The building is -- and, you know,

22 I'm not an engineer, so take this with a grain

23 of salt. But the building is structurally in

24 terrible shape. That situation that you are

25 seeing with the sidewalk is adding to that.
 69

 1 And the sidewalk itself is undermined.

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Thank

 3 you.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you,

 5 Mr. Gilbride. Anyone else on the question?

 6 All right. I did have a few on the question,

 7 so this may be procedural, but the ordinance

 8 itself for HARB states that the same factors

 9 that are considered by the HARB Board should

10 also be considered by Council.

11 So I'm just trying to procedurally

12 help this along. I feel like sometimes

13 communication between HARB and City Council is

14 a little skewed. So could I make a request

15 that Council be given the full application that

16 the HARB Board also received?

17 It was something that we did discuss

18 with the administration. But, Frank, if you

19 could request that officially so just the full

20 application of what the HARB Board had received

21 prior to their March 12 or 13th meeting.

22 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll request that

23 information tomorrow.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

25 And then just a procedural recommendation,
 70

 1 again, it was also discussed but on top of us

 2 receiving that full application that's provided

 3 to the HARB Board, could we also send the

 4 information that we received?

 5 So we did receive an e-mail that had

 6 several different things in it. It had our

 7 resolution. It had the backup documentation.

 8 But can we send that over to the HARB Board

 9 just so they have that information and also

10 include with that that full packet that we

11 received, include that structural and

12 engineering evaluation report?

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

15 All those in favor of introduction signify by

16 saying aye.

17 MR. MARK MCANDREW: So on the

18 question, yeah, I'll introduce this. But we

19 just requested a bunch of more information and

20 it will be tabled anyways for a hearing.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, I think

22 there's -- yeah, I definitely think there's

23 enough time to get that information to them as

24 well as us.

25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Right. Okay.
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 1 Thank you.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Anyone else on the

 3 question?

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I

 5 also look forward to hearing from the

 6 representatives from Fidelity Bank when they

 7 come in for the hearing and that will help me

 8 to make my decision.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

10 All those in favor of introduction signify by

11 saying aye.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

15 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

17 ayes it and so moved.

18 MR. FLYNN: I make a motion to table

19 Item 5-C.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: There's a motion on

22 the floor and a second to table Item 5-C. This

23 resolution is being tabled until a public

24 hearing can be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2026

25 at 5:30 p.m. On the question? All those in
 72

 1 favor signify by saying aye.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 3 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

 4 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

 5 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. The ayes have

 7 it and so moved.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

 9 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AMENDING

10 RESOLUTIONS 180 OF 2019 AND 180 OF 2025 TO

11 ALLOW THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND (MTF)

12 AWARDS OF $1,110,200.00 (PROJECT ID 2020-04-35-

13 098) AND $1,395,860.00 (PROJECT ID

14 202411046274), RESPECTIVELY, TO BE USED FOR THE

15 REPLACEMENT OF THE MYRTLE STREET BRIDGE

16 PROJECT.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

18 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

19 into its proper committee.

20 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

23 those in favor of introduction signify by

24 saying aye.

25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
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 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

 2 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

 3 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

 5 ayes it and so moved.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR

 7 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

 8 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

 9 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH

10 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP TO PERFORM INDEPENDENT

11 AUDIT AND SINGLE AUDIT SERVICES.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

13 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced

14 into its proper committee.

15 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I

19 just want to say also from the meeting that I

20 had yesterday they seemed to be very happy, the

21 city does, with CLA and the work that they've

22 been doing, especially with this past year with

23 our audit finally coming to us on time. That's

24 a major accomplishment.

25 We shouldn't be asking for much
 74

 1 there, but they did it. So happy to vote on

 2 the continuation of a contract with them.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I'll also

 4 recommend -- I'll also mirror that sentiment.

 5 Anyone else on the question?

 6 All those in favor of introduction

 7 signify by saying 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 PUBLIC

18 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO.

19 6, 2026 - APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE

20 ACQUISITION BY EASEMENT AGREEMENTS, DEED IN

21 LIEU OF CONDEMNATION, OR OTHERWISE OF THE

22 NECESSARY RIGHTS, FRANCHISES, LICENSES,

23 EASEMENTS OR TITLES OF LAND REQUIRED FOR

24 PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS IN ORDER TO

25 COMPLETE THE KEYSER VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION
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 1 PROJECT ("THE PROJECT") AND AUTHORIZING THE

 2 FILING OF A DECLARATION OF TAKING PURSUANT TO

 3 SECTION 302 OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN CODE, IF

 4 REQUIRED.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

 6 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 7 Committee on Public Works?

 8 MR. FLYNN: As Chairperson for the

 9 Committee on Public Works, I recommend final

10 passage of Item 7-A.

11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

13 Roll call, please.

14 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

19 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

21 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

24 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR
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 1 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

 2 SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 22,

 3 2026 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER

 4 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO APPROVE THE

 5 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT

 6 REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF

 7 SCRANTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

 8 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDS

 9 ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $269,400.00 FROM

10 THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND GRANT TO BE

11 USED TOWARDS THE INSTALLATION AND UPGRADING OF

12 FIRE STATION WARNING LIGHTS.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

14 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

15 Committee on Public Safety?

16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: As Chairperson

17 for the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

18 final passage of Item 7-B.

19 MR. FLYNN: Second.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

21 Roll call, please.

22 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

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

 2 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

 4 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

 5 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

 7 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR

 9 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

10 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 23,

11 2026 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER

12 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO APPROVE THE

13 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A GRANT

14 REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF

15 SCRANTON AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

16 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDS

17 ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $3,000,000.00

18 FROM THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND GRANT

19 TO BE USED TOWARDS THE ASH STREET BRIDGE

20 REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

22 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

23 Committee on Public Works?

24 MR. FLYNN: As Chairperson for the

25 Committee on Public Works, I recommend final
 78

 1 passage of Item 7-C.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

 4 Roll call, please.

 5 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 7 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

12 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

15 declare Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. No

17 business at this time.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: If there's no further

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

20 MR. FLYNN: Motion to adjourn.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is

22 adjourned. Have a good night.

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 20th [1] - 55:25 administration [11] - 77:11, 77:13, 77:15
$1,110,200.00 [1] - 22 [1] - 76:2 8 15:3, 43:17, 53:21, animals [2] - 17:24,
 72:12 224 [1] - 17:7 54:17, 61:2, 61:13, 68:15
$1,395,860.00 [1] - 23 [2] - 66:21, 77:10 82 [1] - 14:19 62:2, 62:22, 63:3, ann [1] - 7:12
 72:13 24 [2] - 3:23, 24:16 63:24, 69:18 Ann [2] - 3:7, 6:14
$1,500 [1] - 10:6 24th [2] - 15:25, 16:3 9 administrations [1] - announcements [3] -
$10 [1] - 16:19 27th [1] - 52:9 6:24 4:3, 5:19, 6:10
$269,400.00 [1] - 76:9 9 [1] - 4:24 adopted [3] - 75:24, answer [9] - 9:23,
$3,000,000.00 [1] - 3 77:7, 78:15 48:9, 48:12, 48:22,
 77:17 A ADOPTION [3] - 49:20, 59:18, 60:17,
$325,000 [1] - 63:20 3-A [1] - 3:21 74:18, 76:2, 77:10 68:8, 68:11
 30 [3] - 50:3, 54:8, a.m [4] - 4:13, 4:24, advised [1] - 4:11 answers [6] - 11:4,
 58:19 22:2, 22:22 affected [2] - 20:22, 37:21, 37:22, 43:24,
 0 A/C [1] - 5:6
 300 [1] - 50:22 58:24 44:2, 62:21
098 [1] - 72:13 302 [1] - 75:3 abandoned [1] - 31:1 affects [1] - 55:7 antiskid [3] - 25:2,
 307 [1] - 63:18 ability [3] - 9:13, 11:3, afraid [1] - 56:9 25:6
 79:7
 1 311 [2] - 60:12, 62:1
 able [5] - 5:5, 6:17,
 afterwards [1] - 51:22 anyway [1] - 64:24
 31st [1] - 64:12 agency [4] - 8:20, anyways [2] - 60:8,
1 [1] - 41:11 24:5, 24:15, 42:23 8:23, 8:24, 8:25 70:20
 324 [1] - 67:18
1.85 [1] - 39:5 above-cause [1] - ago [4] - 16:1, 43:11, apart [1] - 29:4
 3rd [1] - 1:7
10 [2] - 39:9, 71:24 79:5 55:1, 58:18 apologize [1] - 60:7
101 [1] - 67:16 abuse [1] - 20:13 agree [1] - 48:25 application [3] -
 4 abused [1] - 10:21
12 [2] - 23:7, 69:21 agreement [1] - 29:16 69:15, 69:20, 70:2
12th [1] - 5:25 4 [2] - 22:2, 22:22 abusing [1] - 10:2 AGREEMENT [2] - apply [1] - 79:22
13th [1] - 69:21 40 [1] - 6:4 acceptable [1] - 53:21 76:6, 77:14 appreciate [6] - 7:10,
14th [1] - 4:11 426 [1] - 14:16 ACCEPTING [1] - AGREEMENTS [1] - 11:5, 41:2, 46:12,
15 [1] - 23:6 45 [2] - 23:8, 23:10 67:12 74:20 48:16, 62:10
1519 [1] - 52:7 450,000 [1] - 39:7 accidents [1] - 23:1 ahead [1] - 24:4 APPROPRIATE [3] -
1520 [1] - 52:5 4:00 [1] - 39:20 accomplished [1] - AI [2] - 36:19, 36:20 73:8, 76:4, 77:12
1521 [1] - 52:6 4:15 [1] - 22:3 46:24 airbnb [1] - 51:10 appropriate [1] -
1600 [1] - 61:10 accomplishment [1] - airbnbs [2] - 51:5, 42:19
 73:24
180 [3] - 37:5, 72:10 5 accountability [1] -
 51:8 APPROPRIATENES
18503 [1] - 67:19 AIs [1] - 36:21 S [1] - 67:15
18512 [1] - 67:17 5 [2] - 21:5, 24:2 13:14 Albright [1] - 16:18 APPROVE [2] - 76:4,
1900 [1] - 50:12 5-A [1] - 40:10 Accredited [1] - 40:3 allegedly [2] - 28:24, 77:12
1956 [1] - 40:1 5-B [2] - 66:17, 66:23 accumulating [1] - 60:23 approve [1] - 18:4
1968 [1] - 31:22 5-C [5] - 17:6, 67:11, 50:18 Allegiance [1] - 3:1 APPROVING [1] -
1974 [1] - 6:22 67:21, 71:19, 71:22 accurate [1] - 42:3 ALLOW [1] - 72:11 74:19
1994 [1] - 6:22 5-D [2] - 72:8, 72:18 accurately [1] - 79:4 allow [3] - 29:16, 36:1, APPROXIMATELY [2]
 5-E [2] - 73:6, 73:13 ACQUISITION [1] - 53:15 - 76:9, 77:17
 519 [1] - 52:1 74:20 April [2] - 48:24, 63:5
 2 action [2] - 28:24,
 allowed [4] - 35:19,
 526-528 [1] - 47:3 51:8, 51:9, 65:10 arbitration [1] - 17:5
2 [3] - 4:24, 40:23, 5:30 [1] - 71:25 33:21 allowing [1] - 10:24 ARCHITECTURAL [1]
 66:1 actions [1] - 33:14 allows [2] - 14:18, - 67:13
 active [1] - 9:11
2,200 [1] - 14:20 6 68:15 Architectural [1] -
20 [2] - 10:15, 10:18 add [3] - 5:13, 5:14, almost [4] - 7:6, 36:1
200 [2] - 45:17, 50:15 6 [2] - 4:13, 74:19 39:10 12:13, 13:15, 31:4 area [6] - 4:23, 5:9,
2019 [1] - 72:10 60 [2] - 4:20, 5:22 adding [1] - 68:25 Amanda [2] - 19:23, 18:2, 25:23, 26:3,
2020-04-35 [1] - 72:12 6:00 [1] - 6:5 additional [3] - 40:22, 19:25 52:17
2022 [1] - 36:10 41:13, 45:7 amazing [1] - 28:10 areas [4] - 25:22,
2023 [2] - 44:11, 65:3 7 address [5] - 31:10, AMENDING [1] - 72:9 26:13, 51:9
202411046274 [1] - 32:19, 36:14, 51:24, American [4] - 27:22, arguments [1] - 35:25
 72:14 7 [3] - 4:14, 5:25, 6:6 63:12 57:13, 58:21, 59:8 arms [1] - 37:18
2025 [5] - 40:18, 7-A [3] - 74:16, 75:10, addressed [1] - 49:14 amount [2] - 46:23, AS [1] - 66:19
 40:24, 41:5, 54:25, 75:24 addressing [1] - 49:10 63:19 Ash [2] - 15:18, 55:24
 72:10 7-B [3] - 75:25, 76:18, adjourn [2] - 78:19, AND [17] - 3:22, 67:14, ASH [1] - 77:19
2026 [8] - 1:7, 3:23, 77:7 78:20 72:10, 72:13, 73:8, ashamed [2] - 52:15,
 5:25, 6:2, 71:24, 7-C [3] - 77:8, 78:1, adjourned [1] - 78:22 73:9, 73:11, 74:19, 53:2
 74:19, 76:3, 77:11 78:15 adjudication [1] - 74:24, 75:1, 76:3, assess [1] - 12:25
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assessment [2] - 72:3, 72:4, 72:5, 77:14 British [3] - 39:25, 78:9, 78:11, 78:13
 38:10, 47:25 72:6, 72:25, 73:1, beyond [1] - 24:23 40:1, 40:3 Carroll [2] - 48:11,
assessments [1] - 73:2, 73:3, 73:4, Biden [1] - 29:18 broke [1] - 26:7 48:14
 39:6 74:8, 74:9, 74:10, big [3] - 20:3, 39:2, brought [8] - 23:21, Carroll's [1] - 37:24
Assessor's [1] - 42:1 74:11, 74:12 50:24 47:13, 49:13, 54:11, carry [1] - 21:1
assets [1] - 14:13 ayes [5] - 67:10, bill [1] - 12:20 55:17, 55:18, 62:13, cars [1] - 24:9
ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 71:17, 72:6, 73:5, bit [5] - 24:7, 33:25, 64:22 case [6] - 20:20,
associated [1] - 65:11 74:13 41:8, 41:15, 49:24 Brown [1] - 17:21 22:18, 55:12, 63:1,
association [1] - 40:3 biweekly [1] - 61:3 budget [1] - 65:23 65:14, 66:2
assure [1] - 33:2 B BLAKELY [1] - 67:16 building [23] - 17:7, caseworker [2] -
AT [1] - 67:18 blame [1] - 21:17 17:8, 17:13, 17:22, 20:18, 20:24
attend [1] - 53:14 B-shift [1] - 5:7 blasted [1] - 28:3 17:25, 18:5, 18:11, cash [1] - 21:4
attendance [1] - 49:12 backup [2] - 17:10, block [6] - 12:14, 18:14, 34:6, 34:18, Catherine [2] - 52:21,
attended [1] - 40:15 70:7 45:17, 50:12, 50:15, 35:10, 35:15, 35:20, 52:24
attention [7] - 20:2, bad [7] - 13:16, 13:17, 50:22, 61:10 35:24, 36:9, 47:7, caucus [4] - 16:3,
 21:9, 29:12, 47:10, 30:12, 45:23, 46:2, blocked [2] - 14:23, 49:25, 59:12, 65:11, 48:19, 48:23, 64:12
 47:14, 54:11, 55:17 53:6, 61:8 68:4 68:17, 68:20, 68:21, caucuses [1] - 57:12
attest [1] - 24:17 badly [2] - 12:17, 47:6 blowing [1] - 37:23 68:23 causing [1] - 68:18
attorney [1] - 11:22 bail [1] - 30:14 blown [1] - 13:4 BUILDING [1] - 67:18 cement [1] - 58:13
attributed [1] - 41:11 Bank [2] - 39:1, 71:6 blue [1] - 54:10 building's [1] - 34:11 Center [5] - 19:4,
ATTY [13] - 11:14, bank [5] - 34:14, BOARD [1] - 67:14 bunch [1] - 70:19 34:23, 35:6, 52:21,
 11:21, 11:24, 36:11, 34:17, 35:1, 35:14, board [5] - 8:9, 8:18, Buren [1] - 50:16 52:24
 42:20, 42:25, 44:16, 39:5 9:4, 10:6, 31:1 bus [1] - 21:4 centers [3] - 38:2,
 50:5, 51:18, 51:23, BANK [1] - 67:16 Board [7] - 36:1, business [5] - 47:5, 38:10, 39:23
 65:15, 68:8, 68:12 bar [1] - 40:3 64:20, 69:9, 69:16, 65:11, 74:15, 78:17, ceremony [1] - 5:25
audience [2] - 32:24, Barack [1] - 29:15 69:20, 70:3, 70:8 78:19 certain [1] - 51:9
 33:8 barbaric [1] - 29:19 body [1] - 35:22 butchered [1] - 30:6 CERTIFICATE [1] -
AUDIT [2] - 73:11 bargains [1] - 16:12 bomb [2] - 29:15, button [1] - 36:23 67:15
audit [1] - 73:23 barracks [1] - 28:4 29:17 buy [1] - 39:2 certificate [1] - 79:21
audited [1] - 40:20 based [1] - 9:15 bombing [1] - 37:10 buying [1] - 35:10 certify [1] - 79:3
August [2] - 8:3, 8:5 basement [1] - 34:12 book [2] - 16:8, 16:16 BY [4] - 74:17, 74:20, certifying [1] - 79:24
AUGUST [5] - 8:4, bashed [2] - 24:18, border [1] - 30:6 76:1, 77:9 Chairperson [6] -
 11:11, 11:18, 11:23, 24:22 born [2] - 7:8, 28:21 75:6, 75:8, 76:14,
 12:1 BE [5] - 72:14, 76:9, bothers [1] - 24:11 C 76:16, 77:22, 77:24
aunt [1] - 7:16 76:10, 77:17, 77:19 bought [1] - 34:21 challenge [1] - 5:12
Authority [2] - 18:7, beautiful [2] - 31:16, boy [1] - 17:22 call-offs [5] - 23:3, CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12
 39:16 59:23 branch [1] - 37:12 23:4, 23:11, 63:8, change [1] - 14:15
authority [1] - 15:11 became [1] - 31:2 Bravery [1] - 5:24 63:10 changed [1] - 55:23
AUTHORIZING [5] - becomes [4] - 12:18, call-outs [3] - 33:15, changes [1] - 65:25
 break [4] - 15:19,
 73:7, 74:19, 75:1, 12:19, 37:11 33:17, 49:11 charge [1] - 10:18
 58:22, 59:5, 59:13
 76:3, 77:11 bedroom [1] - 20:17 cancelled [1] - 23:9 charges [3] - 8:14,
 breakdowns [1] -
available [4] - 16:17, beds [8] - 20:6, 21:11, 23:20 candidates [1] - 38:7 9:5, 13:22
 22:15, 48:15, 48:23 38:18, 38:19, 52:16, Brian [1] - 20:18 cannot [3] - 8:24, cheaper [1] - 13:16
Ave [1] - 50:22 53:9, 53:18, 54:12 BRIDGE [2] - 72:15, 9:22, 10:11 check [1] - 58:16
Avenue [4] - 31:15, beforehand [1] - 34:9 77:19 cans [2] - 31:23, 32:3 checked [1] - 15:4
 45:18, 46:17, 61:11 begins [1] - 6:6 bridge [2] - 26:1, car [2] - 21:2, 55:25 cheese [1] - 13:8
AVENUE [1] - 67:19 behavior [1] - 14:15 54:21 card [1] - 21:5 Chief [2] - 48:11,
Award [1] - 5:24 behind [2] - 32:22, bridges [3] - 25:17, care [4] - 8:23, 10:1, 48:14
award [1] - 6:2 33:7 25:21, 26:13 53:16, 57:17 childhood [1] - 20:16
awarded [1] - 6:2 Beirut [1] - 28:4 brine [9] - 22:10, 24:6, caregiver [2] - 9:6, children [2] - 28:21,
AWARDS [1] - 72:12 Bellevue [1] - 7:9 25:13, 25:20, 26:5, 10:21 28:22
aware [1] - 35:2 bells [1] - 54:9 26:8, 26:18, 26:20 cares [1] - 30:24 Children [1] - 20:12
awesome [1] - 50:7 belonged [1] - 30:15 brined [2] - 25:17, CARRERA [26] - 2:9, chooses [1] - 68:16
aye [6] - 67:4, 70:16, best [3] - 7:15, 30:19, 26:12 3:9, 3:11, 3:13, 3:15, chopped [1] - 13:8
 71:11, 72:1, 72:24, 79:6 bring [6] - 5:13, 20:1, 3:17, 44:20, 44:22, cited [1] - 14:12
 74:7 better [5] - 14:5, 14:6, 28:6, 46:16, 50:8, 44:24, 45:1, 45:3,
 cities [1] - 13:21
Aye [25] - 67:5, 67:6, 54:14, 65:8 54:3 75:14, 75:16, 75:18,
 CITIZENS [1] - 8:1
 between [4] - 4:13, bringing [5] - 7:5, 75:20, 75:22, 76:22,
 67:7, 67:8, 67:9, citizens [3] - 24:20,
 4:24, 58:1, 69:13 7:10, 46:22, 47:9, 76:24, 77:1, 77:3,
 71:12, 71:13, 71:14, 30:14, 31:5
 BETWEEN [2] - 76:6, 61:4 77:5, 78:5, 78:7,
 71:15, 71:16, 72:2,
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CITY [8] - 1:1, 2:8, 2:9, 72:19, 73:14 construction [1] - 43:18, 43:23, 44:14 decision [2] - 35:25,
 73:8, 76:4, 76:6, COMMITTEE [3] - 58:6 couple [11] - 27:4, 71:8
 77:12, 77:14 74:17, 76:1, 77:9 contained [1] - 79:4 27:17, 30:18, 43:10, DECLARATION [1] -
City [20] - 6:23, 18:11, Committee [6] - 75:7, continuation [1] - 43:11, 45:7, 46:5, 75:2
 21:22, 21:24, 24:20, 75:9, 76:15, 76:17, 74:2 52:14, 53:24, 54:2, declare [3] - 75:24,
 25:20, 31:21, 32:22, 77:23, 77:25 continue [1] - 44:8 63:16 77:7, 78:15
 34:23, 35:6, 35:14, COMMONWEALTH contract [6] - 12:24, course [2] - 18:20, dedicated [1] - 15:3
 37:13, 41:25, 48:1, [2] - 76:7, 77:15 14:17, 16:22, 37:11, 56:14 DEED [1] - 74:20
 49:18, 49:25, 63:19, communication [1] - 49:14, 74:2 court [2] - 36:3, 36:4 Deeds [1] - 6:21
 63:20, 69:13 69:13 CONTRACT [1] - 73:9 Court [3] - 1:24, Defender's [1] - 11:16
city [24] - 12:21, 13:6, community [6] - 3:7, contractor [3] - 14:9, 55:25, 79:11 defer [1] - 11:8
 14:18, 21:18, 24:19, 7:13, 7:14, 7:19, 15:15, 61:10 cover [2] - 25:23, 26:3 definitely [2] - 55:21,
 31:5, 33:13, 33:16, 16:14, 57:15 contracts [2] - 38:12, covered [1] - 60:6 70:22
 35:2, 35:9, 40:16, compaction [1] - 15:5 38:13 COYNE [1] - 32:20 degradation [1] -
 41:23, 42:7, 42:9, companies [4] - control [1] - 79:23 Coyne [2] - 32:20, 13:22
 43:23, 44:7, 45:10, 14:13, 61:4, 61:14, conversation [1] - 68:12 degrees [1] - 24:2
 45:23, 46:3, 55:7, 62:4 42:22 crack [2] - 12:18, delinquent [1] - 19:6
 57:9, 60:25, 61:16, company [4] - 14:3, conversations [1] - 12:19 demo [2] - 45:9, 46:25
 73:21 50:23, 57:4, 57:8 7:17 crater [1] - 15:18 Democrat [1] - 29:24
city's [2] - 34:24, competent [1] - 21:7 cookbook [1] - 16:14 crazy [2] - 39:3, 59:13 democratic [1] - 28:13
 43:17 complained [1] - cooking [1] - 16:21 create [2] - 14:17, Democrats [4] - 28:15,
CLA [1] - 73:21 17:18 cool [1] - 4:17 17:14 29:8, 29:21, 30:13
clarification [2] - complaint [3] - 30:20, coordinate [1] - 14:5 creator [1] - 14:8 demolished [2] - 18:3,
 47:24, 62:9 46:5, 54:21 copies [1] - 48:7 creeps [1] - 19:15 45:21
clear [1] - 48:22 complete [1] - 68:15 copout [1] - 57:7 criteria [1] - 42:8 DEMOLITION [1] -
CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 COMPLETE [1] - copy [1] - 79:5 critical [1] - 15:9 67:17
CLIFTONLARSONAL 74:25 corner [2] - 31:15, crumble [1] - 12:17 demolition [2] - 17:7,
 LEN [1] - 73:10 completed [9] - 46:18, 55:24 Crunch [1] - 16:11 47:11
clock [2] - 17:4, 62:5 47:25, 48:10, 50:23, correct [7] - 25:15, cult [1] - 28:14 demolitions [1] -
close [3] - 23:12, 55:3, 58:10, 59:17, 36:10, 36:11, 50:25, curb [3] - 31:14, 45:11
 39:19, 47:2 66:12 66:7, 68:13, 79:6 46:16, 58:12 denied [5] - 8:6, 8:11,
closed [1] - 54:25 complicated [1] - correction [1] - 15:13 current [1] - 15:19 9:14, 9:22, 9:23
code [3] - 50:20, 36:22 corridor [1] - 12:13 cut [9] - 13:10, 13:22, deny [2] - 17:7, 17:11
 54:10, 56:16 concern [1] - 58:9 cost [2] - 12:22, 14:4 15:3, 15:8, 16:2, DENYING [1] - 67:14
CODE [1] - 75:3 concerned [1] - 56:4 Costello [1] - 55:25 31:14, 46:16, 50:23, denying [3] - 8:19,
Cognetti [1] - 35:2 concerning [1] - 63:7 costs [6] - 16:19, 39:9, 60:13 8:20, 10:7
coins [1] - 5:12 concerns [1] - 50:11 41:5, 41:9, 41:14, cuts [8] - 12:10, 13:21, DEPARTMENT [2] -
coldest [1] - 58:18 concrete [1] - 13:19 59:4 14:10, 14:19, 57:17, 76:8, 77:16
Colfax [2] - 31:15, condemnation [1] - Council [27] - 4:2, 60:22, 61:15, 61:22 department [3] - 4:21,
 46:16 34:15 5:18, 11:7, 12:6, cutting [1] - 14:3 26:24, 41:3
colleagues [1] - 48:25 CONDEMNATION [1] 12:7, 13:18, 14:17, CYS [1] - 20:14 Department [4] - 6:5,
collection [1] - 5:13 - 74:21 15:22, 15:25, 21:21, 9:3, 9:17, 11:13
collections [1] - 5:4 condemned [2] - 36:9, 24:20, 27:15, 30:20, D departments [1] -
color [1] - 28:25 47:8 31:10, 31:13, 31:14, 56:12
coming [6] - 23:24, condition [3] - 15:20, 32:19, 32:22, 36:14, damage [3] - 13:22, deserve [1] - 19:20
 25:12, 49:5, 64:11, 34:8, 34:17 36:15, 41:25, 44:1, 46:9, 58:25 designated [1] - 63:23
 64:21, 73:23 condolences [4] - 51:6, 62:17, 69:10, damaged [2] - 13:4, destroyed [1] - 12:9
commend [1] - 32:10 6:13, 7:3, 7:7, 7:21 69:13, 69:15 46:10 detail [1] - 4:16
comment [2] - 31:18, confirmed [1] - 17:2 COUNCIL [4] - 1:1, danger [1] - 18:2 deterioration [1] -
 64:23 conflict [4] - 35:8, 1:12, 2:10, 74:18 dashboard [1] - 14:8 46:1
comments [7] - 3:25, 35:9, 35:23, 36:5 counseling [1] - 29:24 data [3] - 38:2, 38:10, determine [1] - 14:19
 18:21, 40:13, 47:21, Congress [1] - 30:10 country [2] - 27:25, 39:23 determined [1] - 18:1
 52:13, 60:2, 63:16 Congressman [1] - 29:10 date [6] - 40:18, 42:3, determines [1] - 45:11
commercial [1] - 35:5 31:3 country's [1] - 28:2 51:19, 51:20, 51:24, developing [1] - 29:15
commission [1] - connected [1] - 56:3 COUNTY [1] - 3:21 65:17 DEVELOPMENT [1] -
 26:17 CONSIDERATION [3] County [3] - 11:17, day-to-day [1] - 49:6 3:22
COMMISSION [2] - - 74:17, 76:1, 77:9 19:2, 20:7 days [2] - 15:16, 48:13 different [3] - 35:21,
 3:22, 66:20 considered [2] - 69:9, county [10] - 19:13, DC [1] - 33:23 49:5, 70:6
committee [6] - 45:10, 69:10 38:15, 39:6, 41:22, deal [1] - 59:2 differently [1] - 54:9
 54:5, 66:24, 67:22, considering [1] - 35:3 42:1, 42:24, 43:6, dealing [1] - 25:6
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difficulty [1] - 41:21 downtown [1] - 17:12 elect [1] - 28:15 32:20 favorite [1] - 16:15
diligence [1] - 35:17 DPW [21] - 14:16, elected [2] - 6:19, everywhere [2] - 20:5, fear [1] - 66:3
dip [1] - 50:24 14:18, 15:7, 16:22, 30:25 24:9 features [1] - 48:1
direct [1] - 79:23 21:22, 22:14, 23:11, election [2] - 31:2, evidence [4] - 10:12, February [2] - 54:25,
directly [1] - 63:6 24:12, 31:19, 31:23, 38:6 11:11, 79:4 55:25
Director [5] - 48:19, 33:12, 33:18, 34:4, elections [1] - 38:15 exact [1] - 39:4 FEBRUARY [2] - 3:23,
 49:17, 63:5, 63:6, 46:11, 46:18, 48:19, Electric [6] - 18:10, example [1] - 15:18 66:21
 64:11 49:16, 49:17, 62:15, 18:11, 60:23, 61:6, excuse [3] - 52:22, feedback [1] - 53:12
dirt [1] - 25:7 63:5, 64:4 61:8, 61:11 57:11 fees [1] - 13:21
dirty [1] - 21:15 Dr [7] - 3:9, 7:5, 7:19, electric [1] - 38:5 EXECUTE [1] - 73:9 feet [1] - 61:17
disabled [1] - 10:18 40:12, 46:14, 47:14, eligibility [1] - 42:7 EXECUTION [2] - fell [1] - 29:4
disciplinary [2] - 54:2 Elm [1] - 54:21 76:5, 77:13 felt [1] - 24:21
 33:14, 33:21 dr [4] - 44:20, 75:14, emergencies [1] - executive [1] - 48:4 few [7] - 23:3, 46:19,
disconnect [1] - 33:25 76:22, 78:5 33:20 exist [2] - 8:16, 9:20 48:13, 60:10, 61:20,
discuss [2] - 41:18, DR [26] - 3:10, 6:11, emergency [4] - 13:5, existing [1] - 8:14 63:15, 69:6
 69:17 40:14, 42:15, 43:22, 33:15, 33:17, 33:23 exists [1] - 10:20 FIDELITY [1] - 67:15
discussed [4] - 7:20, 44:21, 45:6, 46:15, EMINENT [1] - 75:3 expect [1] - 15:8 Fidelity [4] - 17:18,
 64:25, 65:9, 70:1 47:16, 52:20, 52:23, emptied [1] - 32:8 expected [3] - 13:24, 39:1, 49:25, 71:6
dismantle [1] - 38:23 67:1, 67:5, 71:4, empty [1] - 32:4 45:20, 45:24 FIFTH [1] - 40:10
Dispense [1] - 3:19 71:12, 71:20, 72:2, end [6] - 13:17, 17:5, expended [1] - 33:4 fight [2] - 10:22, 10:25
display [2] - 5:1, 5:14 72:21, 72:25, 73:16, 28:18, 38:3, 38:4, expenditures [1] - figure [4] - 35:5,
displayed [1] - 5:5 73:18, 74:8, 75:15, 38:5 66:3 36:18, 37:25
disposable [1] - 14:14 76:23, 78:2, 78:6 enforcement [2] - expense [1] - 41:4 figures [1] - 62:2
district [1] - 17:12 drains [2] - 14:20, 12:10, 56:16 experience [1] - 30:10 FILE [1] - 74:18
 14:23 Engineer [2] - 63:19, EXPIRING [1] - 66:20 file [1] - 30:17
doctors [2] - 36:25,
 dramatically [1] - 63:21 explanation [2] - filed [1] - 4:1
 37:1
 13:19 engineer [1] - 68:22 56:22, 56:25
documentation [1] - files [1] - 37:22
 drawing [2] - 9:3, 9:18 engineering [1] - extended [1] - 55:13
 70:7 FILING [1] - 75:2
dodgers [2] - 18:25, drinking [1] - 51:15 70:12 extension [1] - 50:3 fill [2] - 23:15, 26:22
 19:5 drive [2] - 12:13, 22:16 enjoy [1] - 59:20 Filmore [1] - 50:22
 driven [1] - 27:4
Doherty [1] - 39:8
 driver [3] - 22:24,
 enter [2] - 19:11, F final [5] - 15:5, 40:21,
dollar [2] - 28:23, 66:2 68:17 75:9, 76:18, 77:25
dollars [5] - 38:22, 25:24, 26:11 ENTER [1] - 73:9 face [1] - 29:24 finally [3] - 26:10,
 39:9, 40:24, 41:9, drivers [3] - 23:4, entertain [5] - 66:23, Facebook [2] - 4:7, 46:17, 73:23
 66:5 23:14, 23:16 67:21, 72:18, 73:13, 4:16 finance [2] - 40:16,
DOMAIN [1] - 75:3 driving [1] - 61:8 78:19 facility [1] - 26:6 41:2
Don [1] - 58:17 due [2] - 35:17, 62:20 entities [1] - 42:11 factors [1] - 69:8 financial [1] - 65:19
done [15] - 5:1, 27:5, DUNMORE [1] - 67:16 entity [1] - 62:2 facts [5] - 9:16, 9:17, financials [2] - 40:18,
 27:6, 29:20, 46:9, during [5] - 4:19, Epstein [1] - 37:22 9:19, 10:13, 11:12 41:1
 46:20, 54:8, 55:6, 33:15, 33:17, 33:22, equality [1] - 15:20 factual [1] - 23:13 fine [2] - 13:1, 60:6
 55:9, 58:2, 58:15, 64:24 equipment [3] - 5:3, fail [1] - 14:11 fined [2] - 14:12,
 59:16, 59:25, 63:20, duty [2] - 5:11, 23:17 24:14, 24:15 failed [2] - 15:11, 14:22
 64:13 especially [3] - 3:7, 19:19 fines [3] - 13:13,
door [4] - 5:1, 34:6, E 38:9, 73:22 failing [4] - 60:13, 13:20, 14:6
 35:11, 39:1 ESQ [1] - 2:10 60:22, 61:15, 61:22 finger [1] - 54:4
 e-mail [2] - 50:5, 70:5 fails [1] - 13:11
doors [2] - 6:5, 18:17 essential [1] - 13:1 fire [1] - 61:18
 e-mailed [1] - 60:25 fall [4] - 53:5, 56:4,
DORIS [1] - 66:19 establish [1] - 42:7 FIRE [1] - 76:12
 EASEMENT [1] - 56:9, 57:9
Doris [1] - 31:11 estate [1] - 35:5 Fire [1] - 6:4
 74:20 falling [1] - 61:24
double [1] - 18:17 estimate [2] - 63:18, Firefighter [1] - 4:25
 EASEMENTS [2] - family [5] - 6:13, 7:7,
down [26] - 7:8, 12:13, 63:21 firefighters [2] - 4:18,
 74:23, 74:24 7:22, 35:13, 35:14
 18:14, 22:3, 22:8, ESTIMATED [2] - 5:23
 edge [1] - 22:11 fantastic [1] - 27:5
 22:25, 23:22, 24:6, 76:9, 77:17 first [11] - 6:19, 8:2,
 efficient [1] - 14:19 Farr [2] - 51:10, 52:2
 26:6, 26:9, 27:7, ethically [1] - 36:6 11:15, 13:19, 16:7,
 28:2, 29:22, 31:24, Egypt [1] - 40:2 fast [2] - 37:19, 37:25
 evaluating [2] - 33:13, 22:10, 40:6, 40:14,
 32:1, 32:13, 34:8, eight [1] - 61:5 faster [4] - 36:17,
 33:16 43:16, 49:12, 55:20
 34:22, 35:18, 35:21, EIGHTH [1] - 78:16 36:18
 evaluation [1] - 70:12 five [4] - 52:17, 53:17,
 35:24, 36:2, 45:14, Eisenbacher [2] - father [1] - 20:16
 EVALUATION [1] - 66:9
 51:14, 61:8 19:23, 19:25 favor [7] - 43:3, 67:3,
 3:23 five-year [1] - 66:9
downstairs [2] - eISENBACHER [1] - 70:15, 71:10, 72:1,
 evening [5] - 12:7, fix [2] - 60:18, 61:15
 18:16, 19:2 19:24 72:23, 74:6
 15:23, 21:21, 27:15,
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fixed [2] - 23:22, 60:16 34:10, 34:13, 46:4 guarantee [1] - 19:8 high [1] - 33:14 I
fixing [2] - 15:16, 28:9 froze [1] - 58:25 guess [4] - 26:7, 56:6, higher [1] - 14:1
FLOOD [1] - 74:25 full [4] - 69:15, 69:19, 59:10, 61:23 highest [1] - 19:6 Ian [1] - 37:24
floods [1] - 26:23 70:2, 70:10 guys [11] - 21:7, highlight [1] - 27:18 icy [1] - 25:9
floor [4] - 16:10, fully [2] - 35:15, 79:4 21:24, 22:18, 22:20, highway [1] - 22:11 ID [2] - 72:12, 72:13
  42:17, 47:6, 71:22 function [1] - 31:7 22:22, 23:19, 24:17, Hill [1] - 46:4 IF [1] - 75:3
Florian [1] - 5:24 functioning [1] - 27:12, 32:5, 32:11, hindered [1] - 23:11 immediate [1] - 15:13
FLYNN [23] - 2:3, 3:16, 62:18 49:19 hired [1] - 9:1 impact [1] - 17:12
  5:20, 7:4, 45:2, 60:3, FUND [3] - 72:11, Gym [1] - 16:11 historic [4] - 17:12, important [2] - 6:25,
  60:9, 62:12, 67:8, 76:10, 77:18 17:13, 63:24, 64:17 43:25
  71:15, 71:18, 72:5, funding [3] - 20:5, H HISTORIC [1] - 67:13 IN [2] - 74:20, 74:24
  72:20, 73:3, 73:15, 64:1, 64:2 historical [1] - 5:3 inaugural [1] - 5:24
  74:11, 75:8, 75:21, fundraiser [1] - 33:24 half [1] - 33:6 history [3] - 4:22, 7:1, include [4] - 52:20,
  76:19, 77:4, 77:24, FUNDS [2] - 76:8, Hall [5] - 6:24, 35:14, 30:7 52:23, 70:10, 70:11
  78:12, 78:20 77:16 48:1, 49:19, 49:25 hit [1] - 46:5 increase [4] - 13:19,
flynn [4] - 45:1, 75:20, hall [1] - 31:5 Hodowanitz [2] - 16:5, 14:6, 41:9, 41:11
  77:3, 78:11 G HALL [1] - 27:12 16:6 increases [1] - 41:4
Flynn [3] - 3:15, 60:2, handed [1] - 32:8 HODOWANITZ [2] - incredible [1] - 23:20
  62:11 garage [1] - 17:17 handle [2] - 38:11, 16:6, 17:4 incurring [1] - 59:4
follow [3] - 47:15, garages [1] - 18:9 56:12 hold [1] - 61:17 INDEPENDENT [1] -
  47:23, 62:8 garbage [9] - 23:7, hands [1] - 39:18 holdup [1] - 44:3 73:10
follow-up [1] - 47:23 23:9, 23:15, 31:23, happy [7] - 5:7, 18:10, hole [1] - 68:17 inept [1] - 28:7
FOR [18] - 1:1, 66:17, 32:5, 32:7, 33:20, 40:25, 46:17, 46:23, Holmes [1] - 16:19 inevitably [1] - 57:8
  66:20, 67:11, 67:15, 57:21 73:20, 74:1 home [10] - 8:11, 9:9, information [16] -
  67:17, 72:8, 72:14, gather [1] - 44:13 HARB [11] - 17:10, 9:10, 9:15, 9:25, 5:22, 19:13, 27:11,
  73:6, 74:16, 74:18, gender [2] - 28:21, 64:20, 65:6, 67:14, 10:10, 10:21, 20:21, 37:7, 41:21, 44:13,
  74:23, 75:25, 76:2, 28:25 69:8, 69:9, 69:13, 22:20, 23:16 51:7, 54:1, 64:19,
  76:8, 77:8, 77:10, general [2] - 49:2, 69:16, 69:20, 70:3, homeless [4] - 19:25, 68:3, 68:7, 69:23,
  77:16 50:20 70:8 20:2, 52:16, 53:10 70:4, 70:9, 70:19,
force [1] - 53:10 GILBRIDE [14] - 2:10, HARB's [2] - 17:6, homeowner [1] - 70:23
foregoing [1] - 79:21 11:14, 11:21, 11:24, 18:4 31:21 infrastructure [1] -
forget [1] - 30:12 36:11, 42:20, 42:25, hard [1] - 29:6 honest [1] - 28:16 12:25
forgetting [1] - 46:6 44:16, 50:5, 51:18, hardships [1] - 53:7 hook [1] - 62:5 inhouse [1] - 14:23
forgot [2] - 7:6, 7:10 51:23, 65:15, 68:8, Harrison [1] - 45:17 hope [7] - 16:22, 18:3, initiated [1] - 44:7
former [1] - 31:14 68:12 hauling [1] - 33:19 27:22, 43:19, 49:17, inquire [1] - 63:17
forms [1] - 15:4 Gilbride [9] - 11:9, head [1] - 39:12 57:19, 66:2 inside [1] - 47:6
forth [1] - 35:25 12:4, 36:8, 42:19, Headquarters [1] - hopeful [1] - 16:24 insight [1] - 35:3
forward [13] - 30:19, 43:5, 44:11, 49:23, 4:25 hopefully [3] - 48:24, inspection [1] - 17:21
  41:23, 44:8, 44:12, 51:5, 69:5 health [1] - 21:6 49:19, 50:14 inspections [2] -
  44:15, 44:17, 46:11, gilbride [2] - 42:23, healthcare [3] - 41:5, Hopkins [1] - 6:3 14:11, 50:2
  47:1, 49:15, 49:16, 65:1 41:9, 41:14 horrible [1] - 53:3 inspector [4] - 15:14,
  49:22, 64:15, 71:5 girl [1] - 53:3 hear [4] - 33:3, 40:25, horrific [1] - 53:8 16:2, 60:15, 62:4
foster [1] - 20:16 given [3] - 9:13, 38:22, 49:7, 60:7 hospital [4] - 10:4, inspectors [5] - 14:18,
four [3] - 27:24, 52:16, 69:15 heard [4] - 17:2, 25:21, 26:13, 66:6 14:24, 15:1, 15:3,
  52:17 glad [1] - 42:22 20:20, 25:13, 66:1 hospitals [1] - 25:18 15:6
FOURTH [1] - 7:25 GLP [1] - 41:11 hearing [6] - 46:20, INSTALLATION [1] -
 hours [1] - 24:16
FRANCHISES [1] - Government [1] - 19:4 49:13, 70:20, 71:5, 76:11
 house [14] - 8:7, 9:12,
  74:22 government [3] - 28:7, 71:7, 71:24 intend [1] - 30:17
 10:5, 45:17, 50:16,
FRANK [1] - 2:8 31:7, 31:8 heart [1] - 37:4 interest [3] - 19:7,
 50:17, 50:18, 50:20,
Frank [6] - 48:15, graffiti [2] - 64:5, 64:8 HELD [1] - 1:4 51:21, 56:1, 56:4, 35:9, 36:5
  50:10, 50:14, 50:16, grain [1] - 68:22 held [1] - 71:24 56:10, 58:20, 59:6 interested [1] - 5:8
  50:21, 69:18 GRANT [4] - 76:5, hello [2] - 19:24, 36:15 Housing [1] - 39:15 interesting [2] - 36:16,
freeze [1] - 58:19 76:10, 77:13, 77:18 help [10] - 11:8, 11:22, huge [3] - 7:14, 56:10, 49:7
freezing [1] - 15:17 grant [2] - 63:25, 64:2 24:7, 27:20, 29:24, 58:25 international [1] -
Friday [2] - 51:21, great [7] - 7:16, 16:12, 32:6, 47:17, 56:7, HUMAN [1] - 66:19 37:12
  52:9 20:11, 27:3, 49:21 69:12, 71:7 human [1] - 8:6 internet [1] - 37:8
friends [1] - 7:16 greater [1] - 4:15 helpful [1] - 51:25 HUP [2] - 41:18, 44:6 interpretation [1] -
FROM [2] - 76:9, greatly [1] - 11:5 hereby [4] - 75:23, hurt [1] - 28:18 65:7
  77:18 Green [1] - 60:22 77:6, 78:14, 79:3 hydraulic [1] - 23:22 INTO [1] - 73:9
front [4] - 16:10, growing [1] - 5:13 hidden [1] - 13:3
 6

introduce [1] - 70:18 keep [5] - 30:16, 41:3, leave [2] - 20:8, 22:18 low [1] - 13:13 52:8, 52:14, 52:22,
introduced [4] - 46:6, 57:4, 65:21 Lee [3] - 27:13, 27:16, lozanthrofil{ 52:25, 54:20, 55:16,
  66:23, 67:21, 72:18, Kelly [1] - 6:3 39:13 phonetic [1] - 37:4 56:20, 57:10, 57:24,
  73:13 KEYSER [1] - 74:25 left [3] - 12:17, 20:21, 60:4, 66:25, 67:6,
INTRODUCTION [4] - kicked [1] - 40:2 20:25 M 67:7, 67:23, 67:24,
  66:18, 67:12, 72:9, kicking [1] - 28:2 legal [1] - 36:24 68:1, 68:10, 69:2,
  73:7 kids [2] - 51:13, 58:6 legally [4] - 20:11, ma'am [1] - 11:14 70:17, 70:25, 71:13,
introduction [5] - killed [1] - 30:15 75:24, 77:7, 78:15 mad [1] - 7:9 71:14, 72:3, 72:4,
  67:3, 70:15, 71:10, kind [3] - 48:5, 57:2, lessen [1] - 14:1 mail [2] - 50:5, 70:5 73:1, 73:2, 74:9,
  72:23, 74:6 66:12 letter [5] - 41:25, 43:4, mailed [1] - 60:25 74:10, 75:11, 75:17,
investigate [1] - 64:5 kinds [1] - 17:25 43:14, 43:16, 43:19 main [4] - 15:19, 46:3, 75:19, 76:16, 76:25,
investigation [1] - King [1] - 58:17 letters [2] - 42:4, 42:6 59:5, 59:13 77:2, 78:8, 78:10
  20:19 kitchens [1] - 16:21 Lewis [1] - 6:7 major [3] - 12:13, McAuley [2] - 52:21,
invite [1] - 4:23 knowing [1] - 35:16 Library [2] - 16:8, 14:9, 73:24 52:24
invoices [1] - 40:22 known [1] - 35:16 16:18 man [4] - 8:25, 10:1, McCool [2] - 1:24,
Iran [1] - 37:10 knows [1] - 14:3 library [2] - 16:13, 10:14, 31:19 79:10
Iranians [4] - 28:3, KOLOSKI [2] - 31:11, 16:14 Mancini [1] - 12:5 mean [17] - 24:1,
  29:14, 29:21, 30:2 66:19 LICENSES [1] - 74:22 MANCINI [1] - 12:6 24:10, 25:18, 25:24,
Israel [1] - 30:5 Koloski [2] - 31:11, lied [2] - 8:18, 9:4 March [6] - 1:7, 4:11, 28:11, 28:13, 29:7,
issue [11] - 33:13, 46:21 LIEU [1] - 74:21 5:25, 64:12, 69:21, 30:1, 36:16, 37:1,
  48:5, 49:11, 50:19, lieutenant [1] - 6:3 71:24 37:10, 37:20, 39:3,
  55:22, 56:11, 56:17, Maria [2] - 1:24, 79:10 49:4, 51:6, 56:14,
 L life [6] - 13:24, 20:22,
 59:22
  58:17, 59:1, 61:1, 29:2, 29:10, 29:14, Marie [3] - 3:7, 6:14,
  61:5 laborer [3] - 25:24, 29:25 7:12 means [1] - 79:22
issues [6] - 11:22, 25:25, 26:12 lifetime [1] - 28:11 Marine [1] - 28:4 meant [1] - 33:2
  17:25, 20:1, 27:17, lack [2] - 62:20, 62:24 LIGHTS [1] - 76:12 Mark [6] - 3:13, 44:24, mechanics [1] - 23:17
  50:20, 63:9 LACKAWANNA [1] - line [1] - 46:24 52:12, 75:18, 77:1, media [1] - 38:20
Item [13] - 17:6, 66:23, 3:21 Lisa [2] - 8:3, 8:5 78:9 medical [1] - 36:24
  67:21, 71:19, 71:22, Lackawanna [3] - list [5] - 42:3, 45:8, MARK [22] - 2:4, 3:14, medications [1] -
  72:18, 73:13, 75:10, 11:16, 19:2, 20:7 45:10, 45:15, 46:25 43:9, 44:25, 52:14, 41:12
  75:24, 76:18, 77:7, lady [1] - 52:18 listed [1] - 4:11 52:25, 54:20, 55:16, meet [6] - 48:11,
  78:1, 78:15 lady's [1] - 56:1 LITTLE [1] - 36:15 57:10, 60:4, 67:7, 53:11, 53:17, 53:22,
items [2] - 3:25, 5:3 Lafayette [1] - 50:12 67:23, 70:17, 70:25, 53:23, 53:24
 live [9] - 8:7, 8:13,
itself [5] - 11:7, 28:14, Lake [1] - 39:15 71:14, 72:4, 73:2, meeting [13] - 16:25,
 9:12, 10:5, 10:25,
  54:5, 69:1, 69:8 lame [1] - 57:11 11:3, 11:4, 11:16, 74:10, 75:19, 76:16, 17:3, 40:16, 53:13,
 LAND [2] - 3:22, 74:23 29:10 77:2, 78:10 53:14, 64:20, 64:25,
 J land [1] - 37:14 Marketplace [1] - 16:9 65:6, 65:9, 66:8,
 lives [2] - 27:25, 59:19
 markets [1] - 35:5 69:21, 73:19, 78:21
 landmark [1] - 63:24 living [1] - 5:8
jail [1] - 30:15 massive [1] - 18:6 meetings [1] - 61:3
 large [1] - 25:23 LLP [1] - 73:10
Jamie [1] - 38:9 matter [1] - 35:22 Mehall [6] - 21:20,
 larger [3] - 33:17, lobby [1] - 19:3
Jeff [1] - 6:7 Mattes [1] - 17:8 21:22, 25:13, 49:4,
 41:4, 66:4 Local [2] - 4:20, 5:22
JESSICA [1] - 2:5 MATTES [1] - 67:17 62:14, 62:25
 last [14] - 4:19, 21:3, LOCATION [1] - 1:10
Joan [2] - 16:5, 16:6 MAYOR [3] - 73:8, MEHALL [3] - 21:21,
 22:5, 25:4, 32:2, locked [3] - 18:18,
job [13] - 8:7, 8:19, 76:3, 77:11 25:16, 26:18
 37:20, 45:13, 47:23, 31:5, 31:6
  8:20, 8:21, 8:23, 48:21, 49:14, 60:11, Mayor [5] - 30:24, melted [1] - 50:4
 look [14] - 5:10, 15:19,
  9:14, 14:24, 24:22, 60:24, 64:14, 66:4 30:25, 31:2, 33:18, MEMBER [1] - 66:19
 29:9, 38:8, 38:9,
  27:5, 28:13, 33:22, latest [1] - 45:9 33:23 member [7] - 5:10,
 39:8, 39:19, 48:20,
  34:1 LAW [1] - 67:18 Mayor's [1] - 56:7 8:8, 9:11, 10:8,
 49:16, 51:15, 56:16,
Joe [1] - 29:18 McAndrew [14] - 3:11, 10:23, 35:13, 35:14
 Law [1] - 17:8 65:2, 65:5, 71:5
John [1] - 35:2 3:13, 5:18, 44:22, members [7] - 4:2,
 law [2] - 37:15, 37:17 looking [5] - 18:6,
join [1] - 48:15 44:24, 47:20, 52:12, 4:19, 5:2, 5:5, 5:18,
 lawfully [3] - 75:24, 34:9, 49:7, 50:1,
judgements [1] - 55:15, 75:16, 75:18, 30:21, 43:6
 77:7, 78:15 65:23
  28:23 76:24, 77:1, 78:7, Memorial [1] - 16:18
 layer [2] - 22:9, 25:7 Lookout [2] - 63:17,
judicial [1] - 37:12 78:9 men [2] - 3:5, 37:14
 leaks [2] - 23:22, 63:22
judiciary [1] - 39:19 MCANDREW [52] - mental [1] - 21:1
 23:23 looks [3] - 21:15,
 2:4, 2:6, 3:12, 3:14, mentioned [1] - 6:12
 learn [2] - 27:19, 34:10, 68:5
 K 49:22 losing [1] - 66:5 4:4, 42:14, 43:9, mentioning [1] - 46:25
 learning [1] - 51:6 loss [2] - 7:2, 7:14 44:23, 44:25, 47:22, message [1] - 13:9
KATHY [1] - 2:9 48:18, 50:7, 51:2, met [2] - 42:8, 53:24
 least [4] - 14:2, 35:6, lost [1] - 58:24
Kay [1] - 16:19 51:20, 52:1, 52:4, metal [1] - 34:12
 44:11, 48:7 loud [1] - 58:6
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meter [1] - 13:3 67:10, 67:23, 71:17, 78:8, 78:10, 78:12, 20:20, 53:11, 53:13,
 O
middle [1] - 35:11 72:7, 72:20, 73:5, 78:14, 78:16, 78:18, 53:25, 56:22, 59:11
might [6] - 26:1, 73:15, 74:13 78:20, 78:21 new [9] - 13:25, 33:1, Obama [2] - 29:15,
 28:19, 46:10, 52:6, moving [5] - 33:12, MS [34] - 3:9, 3:11, 34:23, 51:6, 55:19, 37:18
 56:9, 65:8 34:6, 44:8, 64:14, 3:13, 3:15, 3:17, 8:4, 57:25, 58:23, 59:12, obituary [1] - 6:15
Mike [1] - 12:4 65:24 11:11, 11:18, 11:23, 59:16 obtain [1] - 5:6
mildew [1] - 17:23 MR [175] - 3:3, 3:12, 12:1, 16:6, 17:4, New [1] - 37:13 obviously [2] - 24:10,
miles [1] - 21:6 3:14, 3:16, 3:18, 19:24, 31:11, 44:20, newly [1] - 14:4 61:18
million [6] - 38:21, 3:20, 3:24, 4:4, 5:17, 44:22, 44:24, 45:1, news [2] - 19:16, occupancy [1] - 58:7
 39:5, 39:9, 40:23, 5:20, 6:9, 7:4, 7:23, 45:3, 75:14, 75:16, 40:19 occurred [4] - 54:1,
 41:8, 66:1 7:25, 8:2, 11:6, 12:3, 75:18, 75:20, 75:22, newspaper [1] - 19:16 58:18, 59:7, 65:6
mind [2] - 30:17, 12:6, 15:24, 16:24, 76:22, 76:24, 77:1, next [21] - 4:6, 4:25, OF [26] - 1:1, 66:18,
 37:23 19:22, 21:19, 21:21, 77:3, 77:5, 78:5, 12:4, 16:4, 19:22, 66:19, 67:13, 67:15,
Minooka [1] - 32:21 25:11, 25:16, 26:16, 78:7, 78:9, 78:11, 21:19, 27:13, 34:6, 67:17, 72:10, 72:12,
minutes [1] - 3:19 26:18, 27:10, 27:12, 78:13 35:10, 38:1, 38:6, 72:15, 74:18, 74:21,
mirror [1] - 74:4 27:13, 27:15, 31:9, MTF [1] - 72:11 39:1, 48:13, 48:18, 74:23, 75:2, 75:3,
Miss [1] - 46:21 32:18, 32:20, 36:7, Mulberry [2] - 46:3, 49:23, 51:4, 53:13, 76:5, 76:6, 76:7,
missed [1] - 7:18 36:12, 36:15, 40:8, 47:3 54:15, 56:1, 65:24 76:8, 76:11, 77:13,
mistake [5] - 8:9, 8:18, 40:10, 40:12, 42:14, multimillion [1] - nice [1] - 64:13 77:14, 77:15, 77:16
 10:10, 10:11, 59:11 42:16, 42:21, 43:2, 28:23 nicely [2] - 32:3, 32:12 offer [1] - 7:2
mistakes [3] - 10:9, 43:9, 44:10, 44:18, MULTIMODAL [3] - nicer [2] - 64:8, 64:9 offered [2] - 9:12, 10:5
 11:2, 23:1 44:23, 44:25, 45:2, 72:11, 76:10, 77:18 night [8] - 20:17, offhand [2] - 11:10,
 45:4, 46:13, 47:13, multiple [1] - 6:24 21:13, 22:19, 22:22, 36:9
mistreated [1] - 9:6
 47:19, 47:22, 48:17, multitudes [1] - 28:12 23:5, 32:17, 58:6, OFFICE [1] - 67:18
mix [4] - 26:8, 26:22,
 48:18, 50:7, 51:1, music [1] - 6:6 78:22 office [3] - 11:16,
 26:24, 27:1
 51:2, 51:20, 52:1, must [2] - 13:6, 13:17 NO [3] - 74:18, 76:2, 42:1, 56:7
mixing [1] - 25:2
 52:3, 52:4, 52:6, MYRTLE [1] - 72:15 77:10
mold [1] - 17:23 official [2] - 6:20,
 52:8, 52:12, 52:14, mystery [1] - 53:11 none [3] - 8:16, 8:17,
moment [1] - 3:4 56:25
 52:22, 52:25, 54:19, 9:19
Monday [5] - 22:7, Official [2] - 1:24,
 54:20, 55:14, 55:16,
 22:21, 23:3, 23:5,
 56:19, 56:20, 56:24,
 N nonexistent [1] - 79:11
 23:6 13:15 officially [2] - 17:1,
 57:10, 57:23, 57:24, name [2] - 8:5, 19:24 nonprofit [1] - 42:8
money [3] - 14:4, 69:19
 60:1, 60:3, 60:4, names [2] - 18:24, nonprofits [2] - 42:6,
 29:16, 39:3 OFFICIALS [3] - 73:8,
 60:9, 62:11, 62:12, 19:15 42:11
month [1] - 58:3 76:4, 77:12
 63:15, 65:16, 66:7, Nancy [1] - 16:19
months [3] - 26:7, normal [1] - 29:10 offs [5] - 23:3, 23:4,
 66:11, 66:13, 66:15, national [1] - 35:4
 60:20, 61:21 North [3] - 17:8, 23:11, 63:8, 63:10
 66:17, 66:22, 66:25, Nations [3] - 37:13,
Morgan [3] - 27:14, 50:16, 50:22 often [1] - 14:11
 67:2, 67:6, 67:7, 37:14, 37:15
 27:16, 39:13 NORTH [2] - 67:16, old [5] - 12:15, 17:8,
 67:8, 67:9, 67:11, NECESSARY [1] -
MORGAN [1] - 27:15 67:18 27:3, 55:20, 56:2
 67:20, 67:23, 67:24, 74:22
morning [3] - 21:25, northeast [1] - 6:20 older [1] - 14:1
 67:25, 68:1, 68:10, need [19] - 10:25,
 23:6, 23:18 northeastern [1] - Olive [2] - 31:15,
 69:2, 69:4, 69:22, 11:21, 12:12, 15:6,
most [2] - 21:9, 24:11 7:21 38:22
 69:24, 70:13, 70:14, 17:16, 32:16, 33:9,
mostly [1] - 31:12 notes [1] - 79:5 ON [3] - 74:17, 76:1,
 70:17, 70:21, 70:25, 33:10, 34:7, 36:25,
mother [1] - 7:7 nothing [5] - 10:9, 77:9
 71:2, 71:9, 71:13, 37:5, 42:2, 42:10,
motion [13] - 12:9, 31:20, 61:21, 68:6, once [4] - 14:25,
 71:14, 71:15, 71:16, 44:7, 44:8, 44:12,
 41:19, 41:24, 42:17, 68:14 40:21, 63:9, 64:9
 71:18, 71:21, 72:3, 44:13, 49:18, 54:14
 42:23, 66:23, 67:21, notify [1] - 60:15 one [40] - 6:11, 15:9,
 72:4, 72:5, 72:6, needed [4] - 14:25, November [1] - 21:3 18:7, 18:21, 18:25,
 71:18, 71:21, 72:18, 72:8, 72:17, 72:20,
 22:5, 27:6, 41:22 now's [1] - 58:12 19:15, 20:13, 21:13,
 73:13, 78:19, 78:20 72:22, 73:1, 73:2,
 needing [1] - 46:20 nowadays [1] - 41:6 22:14, 25:12, 25:20,
MOTIONS [1] - 40:11 73:3, 73:4, 73:6,
 needs [4] - 14:22, nowhere [1] - 20:9 25:23, 25:24, 26:4,
motions [4] - 40:13, 73:12, 73:15, 73:17,
 35:24, 39:12, 57:3 number [9] - 18:6, 27:1, 32:4, 32:5,
 47:20, 52:13, 60:2 74:3, 74:9, 74:10,
 neglected [1] - 20:14 18:7, 22:14, 39:22, 33:16, 36:20, 39:10,
motivate [1] - 29:1 74:11, 74:12, 74:14,
 neighborhood [3] - 40:21, 45:8, 45:22, 39:22, 45:8, 45:16,
mountain [1] - 58:1 75:5, 75:8, 75:11,
 12:14, 51:11, 58:11 50:17, 51:21 45:20, 45:22, 46:2,
mounted [1] - 32:25 75:12, 75:17, 75:19,
 neighbors [7] - 16:20, numbers [2] - 39:4, 46:11, 46:19, 48:16,
mourn [1] - 7:2 75:21, 75:23, 75:25,
 57:19, 58:3, 58:8, 39:10 50:10, 50:14, 52:5,
move [5] - 41:22, 76:13, 76:16, 76:19,
 58:15, 58:16, 58:24 53:5, 54:7, 56:2,
 44:11, 44:15, 44:17, 76:20, 76:25, 77:2,
 nepotism [1] - 39:21 60:5, 60:10, 60:24
 49:22 77:4, 77:6, 77:8,
 never [7] - 19:19, ones [10] - 4:4, 12:11,
moved [9] - 66:25, 77:21, 77:24, 78:3,
 8

 12:15, 12:16, 26:25, park [1] - 18:8 Pennsylvania [2] - poison [1] - 37:2 21:8, 23:23, 24:8,
 30:2, 34:23, 45:24, parking [16] - 4:8, 6:20, 7:21 pole [5] - 55:23, 56:1, 55:11, 68:19
 55:19, 55:20 4:12, 17:15, 17:16, people [32] - 10:2, 56:2, 57:3, 57:8 procedural [2] - 69:7,
ongoing [1] - 16:9 17:17, 18:6, 18:8, 12:23, 18:8, 19:3, poles [2] - 55:19, 69:25
online [1] - 14:8 24:8, 34:22, 34:23, 19:8, 19:10, 19:19, 56:22 procedurally [1] -
open [3] - 6:5, 12:16, 35:7, 35:18, 36:2, 19:20, 22:21, 23:8, police [4] - 4:6, 30:13, 69:11
 65:7 50:13, 65:5, 65:10 24:8, 24:13, 24:19, 51:12, 51:16 proceedings [1] - 79:3
opened [1] - 12:24 Parking [1] - 18:7 27:19, 27:22, 27:24, Police [4] - 9:2, 9:17, process [3] - 60:11,
opening [1] - 68:15 parole [4] - 8:9, 8:17, 28:15, 28:24, 30:7, 10:14, 11:13 60:18, 63:23
opens [1] - 63:25 9:4, 10:6 30:15, 32:23, 37:17, politics [3] - 6:16, produced [1] - 54:6
opportunity [2] - part [4] - 43:19, 43:21, 37:21, 38:1, 38:6, 6:25, 7:20 productive [3] - 8:8,
 61:23, 64:1 44:3, 56:15 38:8, 40:6, 41:13, poor [3] - 19:8, 19:18, 10:8, 10:23
Opposed [4] - 67:9, PARTICIPATION [1] - 43:15, 53:5, 53:13, 53:3 program [1] - 6:6
 71:16, 73:4, 74:12 8:1 58:20 popping [1] - 45:23 project [3] - 4:20,
options [1] - 20:25 partners [3] - 57:14, percent [1] - 14:20 porch [1] - 59:21 57:25, 58:2
OR [2] - 74:21, 74:23 57:18 PERFORM [1] - 73:10 portion [1] - 68:19 PROJECT [6] - 72:12,
ORDER [7] - 3:20, party [6] - 14:25, 16:2, performance [1] - position [2] - 6:18, 72:13, 72:16, 75:1,
 7:25, 40:10, 74:14, 28:14, 51:12, 60:15, 14:7 35:10 77:20
 74:16, 74:24, 78:16 62:3 performed [1] - 44:6 possibility [2] - 17:2, projecting [1] - 33:7
Order [1] - 3:25 pass [1] - 14:10 period [3] - 22:7, 26:4, 66:1 projections [1] - 65:20
ordered [1] - 25:1 passage [3] - 75:10, 26:9 possible [1] - 19:7 promised [2] - 58:11,
ordinance [5] - 14:18, 76:18, 78:1 PERMANENT [1] - possibly [2] - 65:7, 58:14
 34:25, 65:2, 65:3, passed [1] - 3:6 74:24 65:22 proof [1] - 17:19
 69:7 passing [1] - 6:14 permanent [1] - 14:8 post [2] - 4:8, 4:19 proper [4] - 66:24,
ordinances [1] - 51:7 past [3] - 41:10, 65:18, permit [1] - 15:10 posthumously [1] - 67:22, 72:19, 73:14
originally [1] - 48:20 73:22 person [1] - 8:13 6:3 properly [2] - 23:2,
OTHER [3] - 73:8, patch [4] - 13:3, personally [1] - 7:15 potential [1] - 47:11 33:3
 76:3, 77:11 13:10, 15:10, 50:23 personnel [5] - 22:17, pothole [2] - 12:19 properties [4] - 18:23,
OTHERWISE [1] - patched [2] - 12:17, 62:20, 62:24, 63:10 potholes [1] - 45:22 18:25, 45:12, 45:16
 74:21 15:4 PFA [10] - 8:12, 8:16, pour [1] - 58:13 property [3] - 19:11,
out-of-town [1] - 15:1 patches [1] - 13:5 9:5, 9:6, 9:7, 10:17, power [1] - 64:6 34:21, 47:1
outs [3] - 33:15, pathetic [1] - 31:4 10:19, 10:20 powerful [1] - 12:23 protect [1] - 14:24
 33:17, 49:11 patient [1] - 58:4 phone [1] - 36:19 PowerPoint [1] - PROTECTION [1] -
oversight [1] - 13:14 PATRICK [1] - 2:3 pick [1] - 16:17 18:18 74:25
overview [1] - 40:17 Patrick's [1] - 4:5 pictures [1] - 5:4 PP [3] - 56:6, 56:15, proudly [1] - 5:5
own [2] - 10:25, 18:9 patrons [1] - 16:15 piece [1] - 64:20 57:19 prove [5] - 9:3, 9:17,
owner [1] - 18:12 Paul [2] - 21:20, 21:22 pike [1] - 29:22 PPL [1] - 56:1 10:13, 10:17, 11:12
owning [1] - 59:10 pave [9] - 13:20, pilot [1] - 64:17 prescribed [1] - 37:2 provide [3] - 13:1,
 14:19, 16:2, 50:23, pipes [2] - 58:19, present [3] - 3:12, 17:19, 19:12
 P 57:17, 60:13, 60:22, 58:24 3:14, 3:18 provided [1] - 70:2
 61:15, 61:22 pitiful [1] - 17:22 presentations [1] - provides [2] - 35:3,
p.m [4] - 4:14, 4:24, paved [1] - 14:4 place [4] - 4:12, 21:16, 18:19 64:1
 5:25, 71:25 pavement [1] - 14:1 38:22, 57:4 President [2] - 12:7, PUBLIC [3] - 74:17,
PA [5] - 12:8, 12:24, pay [10] - 13:4, 13:6, plan [11] - 8:11, 9:9, 28:8 76:1, 77:9
 14:21, 14:22, 15:22 13:25, 19:6, 19:9, 9:10, 9:15, 9:25, PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, Public [8] - 11:15,
packet [1] - 70:10 19:19, 21:2, 29:12, 10:10, 13:7, 14:5, 2:3 16:8, 75:7, 75:9,
page [2] - 4:7, 4:17 33:11, 42:9 48:2, 64:14, 66:9 presidents [1] - 28:12 76:15, 76:17, 77:23,
paid [7] - 10:6, 20:19, paying [3] - 12:11, PLANNING [1] - 3:21 presume [1] - 16:18 77:25
 21:8, 33:1, 33:9, 18:12, 42:12 playground [1] - pretty [7] - 4:17, public [8] - 14:7, 14:8,
 39:20 payments [1] - 64:18 58:12 24:24, 27:2, 45:23, 19:1, 27:18, 55:22,
pain [2] - 54:22 pebbles [1] - 25:7 Pledge [1] - 3:1 46:2, 47:2, 47:6 56:17, 64:22, 71:23
paint [1] - 61:22 PEL [2] - 65:18, 65:19 plenty [2] - 22:16, previous [2] - 27:7, pull [1] - 5:21
paper [2] - 17:9, 33:12 penalties [1] - 19:7 24:13 47:4 pulled [1] - 15:10
paperwork [3] - 9:3, penalty [1] - 13:15 plow [3] - 23:23, price [1] - 12:12 pump [2] - 26:7, 27:8
 9:18, 10:16 PennDOT [2] - 22:10, 24:15, 63:11 priority [1] - 53:18 purchase [2] - 35:11,
Parade [1] - 4:6 55:4 plows [1] - 23:25 problem [6] - 13:12, 50:1
parade [3] - 4:8, 4:18, Pennoni [1] - 16:1 plumbing [1] - 47:4 18:13, 20:3, 20:12, purchased [3] - 34:14,
 4:24 PENNSYLVANIA [4] - point [4] - 29:5, 33:18, 31:23, 54:16 34:16, 35:15
parents [1] - 19:18 67:17, 67:19, 76:7, 60:14, 64:6 problems [9] - 10:2, purpose [1] - 35:17
Park [2] - 6:1, 39:9 77:15 pointing [1] - 54:4 17:24, 18:9, 21:6, PURSUANT [1] - 75:2
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push [1] - 36:23 18:20, 44:4 REPLACEMENT [2] - restore [1] - 14:6 safety [3] - 55:22,
pushing [1] - 43:23 receive [2] - 43:1, 70:5 72:15, 77:20 restrictions [2] - 4:9, 56:10, 56:17
put [10] - 22:3, 22:8, RECEIVED [1] - 3:23 report [15] - 15:7, 4:12 SAFETY [1] - 76:2
 26:11, 33:4, 34:22, received [10] - 4:1, 20:13, 20:15, 20:23, Reuther [1] - 17:21 Safety [2] - 76:15,
 35:7, 36:2, 37:18, 21:24, 42:4, 43:24, 20:24, 23:10, 24:21, review [3] - 10:12, 76:17
 55:20 46:4, 63:18, 69:16, 49:8, 51:4, 51:10, 65:2, 65:13 sale [4] - 16:9, 16:17,
putting [1] - 38:7 69:20, 70:4, 70:11 51:16, 62:15, 63:16, REVIEW [1] - 67:14 34:15, 66:6
 receiving [1] - 70:2 66:10, 70:12 reviewed [1] - 40:17 salt [12] - 22:3, 22:4,
 Q recipe [1] - 16:15 reported [2] - 20:16, reviewing [2] - 47:11, 22:5, 22:7, 22:8,
 recognize [1] - 44:2 50:13 65:8 22:13, 24:6, 25:1,
quality [2] - 14:1, recommend [5] - Reporter [2] - 1:24, rich [2] - 4:21, 37:13 25:3, 25:6, 45:25,
 32:22 14:17, 74:4, 75:9, 79:11 rid [1] - 57:22 68:23
quarters [1] - 5:9 76:17, 77:25 reporter [1] - 79:24 Ridge [1] - 60:22 sat [2] - 24:3, 62:17
questions [15] - 16:4, RECOMMENDATION REPORTS [1] - 3:23 RIGHTS [1] - 74:22 Saturday [4] - 4:6,
 36:23, 36:24, 36:25, [1] - 67:13 reports [1] - 53:25 rights [3] - 8:6, 10:23, 4:11, 16:11, 21:25
 47:23, 48:12, 49:1, recommendation [5] - represent [1] - 28:18 10:25 save [1] - 63:4
 49:2, 49:8, 49:15, 18:4, 69:25, 75:6, representation [1] - Rik [1] - 36:15 saw [5] - 17:9, 37:16,
 49:20, 50:9, 50:11, 76:14, 77:22 21:18 ringing [1] - 54:9 38:14, 41:4
 63:4, 63:6 Recorder [1] - 6:21 representatives [1] - rip [1] - 36:2 scale [1] - 37:12
queue [1] - 22:17 rectify [1] - 53:19 71:6 ripped [2] - 34:22, school [8] - 25:22,
quick [4] - 4:4, 40:17, recycling [4] - 23:7, reproduction [1] - 35:18 26:13, 30:25, 57:25,
 60:10, 68:2 23:10, 23:15, 32:11 79:22 risk [2] - 12:22 58:23, 59:16, 59:22
quickly [2] - 5:20, 7:4 red [1] - 38:6 Republicans [1] - road [8] - 13:11, schools [2] - 25:18,
quite [2] - 16:1, 21:12 reflection [1] - 3:4 30:12 13:24, 14:13, 22:16, 40:5
 Regan [4] - 3:7, 6:13, request [6] - 17:6, 25:8, 25:9, 28:2, SCHUSTER [72] - 2:2,
 R 6:14, 7:7 45:9, 65:20, 69:14, 62:19 3:3, 3:18, 3:24, 5:17,
 region [1] - 35:4 69:19, 69:22 roads [4] - 12:15, 6:9, 7:23, 8:2, 11:6,
radar [1] - 65:21 register [1] - 17:14 requested [3] - 43:11, 12:3, 15:24, 16:24,
 22:4, 46:1, 63:11
rain [1] - 25:19 Registry [1] - 40:4 43:14, 70:19 19:22, 21:19, 25:11,
 roll [6] - 3:8, 43:8,
raised [1] - 7:8 regular [1] - 12:23 require [1] - 15:12 44:19, 75:13, 76:21, 26:16, 27:10, 27:13,
ran [2] - 24:16, 55:10 REIMBURSEMENT [2] REQUIRED [2] - 78:4 31:9, 32:18, 36:7,
rationale [1] - 56:21 - 76:6, 77:14 74:23, 75:4 rolling [2] - 31:24, 36:12, 40:8, 40:12,
reach [3] - 55:4, reject [1] - 15:11 requirements [1] - 32:13 42:16, 42:21, 43:2,
 56:11, 56:15 related [1] - 49:2 13:20 rolls [2] - 18:24, 19:12 44:10, 44:18, 45:4,
reached [2] - 29:5, RELATIONS [1] - resident [4] - 31:12, ROTHCHILD [27] - 47:19, 52:3, 52:6,
 60:25 66:20 54:23, 56:10, 59:15 2:5, 3:10, 6:11, 52:12, 56:24, 60:1,
reaches [1] - 60:12 relay [1] - 54:16 residents [11] - 12:8, 40:14, 42:15, 43:22, 63:15, 65:16, 66:11,
read [1] - 17:20 releases [1] - 30:14 12:11, 12:20, 14:12, 44:21, 45:6, 46:15, 66:15, 66:22, 67:2,
reading [1] - 3:19 remain [6] - 3:3, 42:8, 27:22, 30:20, 31:6, 47:16, 52:20, 52:23, 67:9, 67:20, 67:25,
real [4] - 14:4, 35:5, 55:20, 56:21, 56:23, 58:3, 59:2, 59:5, 67:1, 67:5, 71:4, 69:4, 69:24, 70:14,
 60:10, 68:2 57:1 59:17 71:12, 71:20, 72:2, 70:21, 71:2, 71:9,
realities [1] - 29:25 RESOLUTION [6] - 72:21, 72:25, 73:16, 71:16, 71:21, 72:6,
 remember [3] - 15:18,
realize [2] - 27:23, 66:18, 67:12, 72:9, 73:18, 74:8, 75:15, 72:17, 72:22, 73:4,
 39:25, 54:25
 29:11 73:7, 76:2, 77:10 76:23, 78:2, 78:6 73:12, 73:17, 74:3,
 remind [2] - 16:7, 36:8
realized [1] - 20:2 resolution [2] - 70:7, Rothchild [11] - 3:9, 74:12, 75:5, 75:12,
 reminder [1] - 15:25
really [18] - 11:7, 71:23 7:5, 7:19, 40:12, 75:23, 76:13, 76:20,
 removal [1] - 23:12
 18:15, 27:19, 28:15, RESOLUTIONS [1] - 44:20, 46:14, 47:14, 77:6, 77:21, 78:3,
 remove [3] - 57:8,
 28:16, 29:3, 30:2, 72:10 54:2, 75:14, 76:22, 78:14, 78:18, 78:21
 57:20, 64:5
 30:19, 34:3, 36:25, RESPECTIVELY [1] - 78:5 Schuster [7] - 3:17,
 removed [4] - 20:21,
 39:17, 46:8, 46:17, 72:14 row [1] - 43:12 12:7, 45:3, 66:8,
 57:3, 57:5, 64:9
 59:19, 60:17, 61:12, respond [1] - 43:15 RPR [2] - 1:24, 79:10 75:22, 77:5, 78:13
 rent [1] - 21:3
 61:25, 63:2 response [1] - 43:1 run [2] - 24:16, 31:8 Schuster's [1] - 55:18
 repair [1] - 12:20
REAPPOINTMENT [1] responses [2] - 42:3, running [5] - 13:3, Scott [1] - 5:6
 repairable [1] - 18:1
 - 66:18 60:24 32:4, 38:25, 51:13 Scranton [24] - 6:4,
 repaired [2] - 17:20,
reason [5] - 8:15, responsibility [1] - runs [3] - 16:11, 6:25, 12:8, 15:2,
 46:14
 27:8, 28:16, 55:22, 14:21 38:14, 40:3 15:23, 16:7, 16:8,
 repairs [1] - 58:25
 60:20 restoration [3] - 19:25, 20:6, 21:22,
 repave [1] - 13:7
reasons [2] - 8:10, 21:24, 25:21, 27:23,
 repaving [1] - 12:20 13:20, 15:5, 62:7 S 31:12, 31:21, 38:2,
 17:10 restorations [1] -
 replaced [1] - 56:2 38:11, 38:17, 39:12,
reassessment [2] - 61:15 sad [1] - 53:4
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 39:15, 39:18, 39:22 50:21, 50:25 SIXTH [1] - 74:14 starting [2] - 15:15, SUBDIVISION [1] -
SCRANTON [5] - 1:1, sentiment [1] - 74:4 skewed [1] - 69:14 62:5 3:22
 66:19, 67:19, 76:7, service [2] - 3:5, 6:4 skin [1] - 28:25 starts [1] - 13:3 subject [1] - 35:21
 77:15 Service [1] - 5:24 slammed [1] - 32:1 state [1] - 29:11 SUBMISSION [2] -
Scranton's [3] - 13:12, services [1] - 13:1 sleep [2] - 20:11, states [2] - 6:15, 69:8 76:5, 77:13
 19:1, 39:14 SERVICES [1] - 73:11 21:16 STATION [1] - 76:12 substandard [1] -
SEAN [25] - 2:6, 3:12, session [1] - 48:4 sliced [1] - 12:16 status [4] - 41:18, 15:12
 42:14, 44:23, 47:22, set [1] - 48:13 sloppy [1] - 13:2 45:19, 55:10, 59:15 sufficient [1] - 24:12
 48:18, 50:7, 51:2, setting [2] - 32:3, slow [1] - 12:9 stay [2] - 21:13, 65:17 suggest [2] - 11:15,
 51:20, 52:1, 52:4, 32:11 small [2] - 18:5, 37:18 steal [1] - 21:16 43:5
 52:8, 67:6, 67:24, SEVENTH [1] - 74:16 sneaking [1] - 20:17 Steamtown [1] - 16:10 suggesting [1] - 11:25
 68:1, 68:10, 69:2, several [4] - 13:21, snow [7] - 23:12, step [2] - 36:5, 44:1 suing [1] - 28:22
 71:13, 72:3, 73:1, 18:18, 50:19, 70:6 23:24, 24:8, 31:20, steward [1] - 21:22 summer [1] - 55:3
 74:9, 75:11, 75:17, shade [1] - 34:4 33:20, 33:22, 50:3 still [18] - 20:19, 25:1, summers [1] - 59:20
 76:25, 78:8 shame [4] - 18:16, society [5] - 8:8, 9:11, 32:22, 32:24, 33:10, Sunday [5] - 21:25,
Sean [6] - 3:11, 44:22, 19:1, 19:2, 19:14 10:8, 10:24, 29:4 41:20, 43:16, 43:24, 22:1, 22:7, 23:5,
 47:20, 75:16, 76:24, shape [1] - 68:24 SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 45:15, 51:6, 52:19, 23:18
 78:7 shelter [1] - 38:17 someone [2] - 6:25, 53:1, 56:2, 56:21, sunken [1] - 47:6
seated [1] - 31:6 shift [1] - 5:7 60:12 57:6, 59:20, 61:6, supervision [1] -
second [19] - 13:2, short [1] - 22:4 sometimes [2] - 65:19 79:23
 14:7, 16:10, 20:12, shortly [1] - 66:10 41:13, 69:12 stomach [1] - 54:13 supervisor [2] - 20:25,
 30:8, 42:14, 42:17, show [1] - 5:7 somewhat [2] - 59:10, stop [2] - 4:25, 37:5 49:18
 43:13, 50:10, 55:21, shows [3] - 4:21, 14:9, 64:25 stopped [1] - 9:9 supplies [1] - 26:21
 67:1, 67:24, 71:20, 19:17 somewhere [1] - stopping [1] - 9:25 support [4] - 5:15, 6:8,
 71:22, 72:21, 73:16, 20:23 storage [1] - 26:6 43:10, 59:23
 shut [4] - 22:25,
 75:11, 76:19, 78:2 soon [2] - 50:15, storm [17] - 14:20, supported [2] - 29:21,
 58:22, 59:6, 59:11
secret [1] - 4:5 65:22 21:23, 22:1, 22:6, 30:3
 sick [1] - 54:13
section [2] - 60:22, sorely [1] - 7:18 22:9, 22:14, 23:18, supposed [2] - 42:11,
 Side [3] - 55:8, 58:1
 65:4 sorry [3] - 7:4, 52:3, 24:1, 24:2, 24:4, 58:2
 side [6] - 32:25, 38:6,
SECTION [1] - 75:3 60:5 25:4, 25:14, 26:17, surface [2] - 65:4,
 49:6, 50:18, 62:15
security [3] - 48:1, sort [1] - 62:6 27:7, 49:3, 62:15, 65:10
 sidewalk [8] - 34:12,
 48:4 sound [5] - 32:23, 62:16 surplus [2] - 40:23,
 34:13, 50:13, 68:3,
see [32] - 4:15, 5:1, 32:25, 33:2, 33:7, stormed [1] - 14:23 66:2
 68:13, 68:14, 68:25,
 12:13, 14:12, 16:20, 69:1 34:20 storms [1] - 22:12 survive [1] - 39:22
 17:6, 19:14, 21:8, sounds [1] - 44:18 story [1] - 49:6 suspect [1] - 17:5
 sidewalks [3] - 25:25,
 22:9, 29:14, 30:1, South [2] - 55:8, 58:1 straight [1] - 24:16 suspensions [1] -
 26:2, 58:12
 30:9, 34:12, 41:6, STREET [3] - 67:16, 13:5
 sign [1] - 57:1 speaker [4] - 8:2,
 43:7, 45:14, 46:13, 72:15, 77:19 Susquehanna [4] -
 signed [1] - 15:5 12:4, 32:24, 33:10
 46:23, 47:6, 48:6, Street [12] - 15:18, 9:2, 9:16, 10:14,
 signify [6] - 67:3, speakers [2] - 32:21,
 50:1, 51:16, 51:17, 31:15, 38:23, 46:3, 11:13
 70:15, 71:10, 72:1, 33:6
 54:8, 54:17, 55:5, 47:3, 50:12, 51:10,
 72:23, 74:7 speaking [3] - 31:19, swear [1] - 30:11
 64:10, 64:13, 65:14, 54:21, 60:23, 61:6,
 silent [1] - 3:4 43:5, 49:5 swerve [1] - 61:24
 65:17, 65:21 61:9, 61:11
 simple [1] - 13:10 specific [2] - 61:5, swiss [1] - 13:8
seeing [2] - 49:16, street [8] - 7:8, 13:7,
 simply [1] - 12:15 62:17 system [1] - 33:2
 68:25 14:4, 15:3, 17:18,
 SINGLE [1] - 73:11 specifically [1] - 65:12
seem [5] - 27:23, 29:1, 31:24, 32:13, 51:14
 33:5, 47:7, 65:6
 single [1] - 29:22 speculatively [1] - T
 sink [2] - 12:17, 15:15 34:21 streets [6] - 12:9,
sees [1] - 15:14 12:25, 14:2, 14:10, table [2] - 71:18, 71:22
 sinking [1] - 50:24 spells [1] - 65:13
sell [2] - 21:2, 38:23 14:25, 22:10 tabled [2] - 70:20,
 sister [1] - 20:22 spot [1] - 15:12
selling [1] - 16:13 stretches [1] - 12:14 71:23
 sit [3] - 18:22, 52:15, spray [2] - 26:2, 61:22
Senate [1] - 30:11 strike [1] - 22:14 takeaways [1] - 41:17
 59:21 spraying [1] - 25:25
send [8] - 43:13, structural [3] - 17:24, TAKING [1] - 75:2
 site [1] - 64:2 SRA [1] - 64:11
 43:18, 43:20, 46:11, 68:19, 70:11 tank [4] - 26:5, 26:6,
 sitting [1] - 60:21 St [2] - 4:5, 5:24
 51:22, 53:20, 70:3, structurally [2] - 26:20, 27:7
 situation [2] - 30:23, stable [1] - 47:7
 70:8 34:20, 68:23 task [2] - 53:10, 55:5
 68:24 stages [1] - 15:9
sending [3] - 13:9, students [1] - 31:1 taught [1] - 40:5
 six [9] - 20:5, 21:10, standing [1] - 3:4
 47:1, 51:3 study [1] - 12:12
 21:14, 38:18, 38:19, start [6] - 11:15, 28:9, tax [5] - 18:23, 18:25,
sense [1] - 59:9 stuff [8] - 26:25, 27:1, 19:5, 19:11, 66:5
 52:18, 53:9, 53:18, 37:6, 40:15, 47:24,
sent [7] - 42:5, 42:6, 37:6, 38:24, 49:6, taxes [6] - 18:13, 19:6,
 54:12 49:1
 50:6, 50:9, 50:14, 54:3, 54:11, 59:21 19:9, 19:19, 42:9,
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  42:12 tire [1] - 61:24 true [5] - 8:17, 9:16, 62:17, 63:25, 64:21, Waldorf [1] - 6:1
taxpayers [1] - 13:4 tired [2] - 22:25, 23:17 9:19, 10:13, 11:12 64:22, 65:17, 66:9 walk [3] - 13:2, 21:6,
team [1] - 14:23 tires [1] - 13:4 Trump [1] - 28:8 up-to-date [2] - 42:3, 47:5
Technologies [2] - TITLES [1] - 74:23 trust [1] - 27:18 65:17 walked [1] - 48:7
  18:19, 19:12 TO [12] - 72:10, 72:14, try [2] - 21:13, 43:18 update [5] - 45:9, Walker [1] - 20:18
temperatures [2] - 73:8, 73:10, 74:24, trying [6] - 5:21, 9:10, 49:24, 50:4, 50:15, wall [3] - 18:16, 19:1,
  23:25, 24:5 75:2, 76:4, 76:9, 9:11, 36:18, 48:13, 59:15 19:2
temporary [3] - 58:7, 76:10, 77:12, 77:17, 69:11 updated [1] - 5:8 walls [1] - 19:14
  61:14, 62:6 77:19 Tuesday [2] - 1:7, updates [1] - 50:2 Walsh's [1] - 38:9
TEMPORARY [1] - today [3] - 6:18, 10:4, 71:24 UPGRADING [1] - wants [5] - 17:10,
  74:24 28:6 Turkey [1] - 46:4 76:11 31:3, 54:24, 57:19,
TERM [1] - 66:20 together [4] - 15:22, turn [1] - 10:16 upstairs [1] - 5:1 59:15
terminology [1] - 30:5 38:7, 41:25, 49:22 turned [2] - 28:14, USED [3] - 72:14, War [1] - 30:8
terrible [2] - 30:23, Tom [1] - 32:20 59:7 76:11, 77:19 war [3] - 27:24, 29:12,
  68:24 tomorrow [3] - 17:1, turns [1] - 15:17 utilities [5] - 13:9, 30:13
test [3] - 41:18, 43:12, 17:3, 69:23 TV [1] - 19:16 13:25, 15:7, 57:16, WARNING [1] - 76:12
  44:6 ton [1] - 29:16 twice [1] - 25:5 60:16 washer [1] - 64:6
thaw [1] - 15:17 tonight [17] - 8:3, two [7] - 4:4, 13:12, utility [10] - 12:10, WASHINGTON [1] -
THE [33] - 1:1, 66:19, 12:8, 17:10, 18:16, 18:7, 19:14, 58:18, 12:23, 14:9, 15:8, 67:18
  67:12, 67:13, 67:14, 20:9, 20:11, 27:16, 60:20, 63:9 50:22, 55:19, 57:3, Washington [2] -
  67:17, 72:11, 72:14, 27:17, 31:12, 41:20, Tyler [2] - 18:19, 19:12 57:7, 61:4, 61:13 17:8, 33:23
  72:15, 73:7, 74:17, 45:8, 47:18, 62:14, type [1] - 59:18 watch [1] - 29:19
  74:18, 74:19, 74:21, 62:25, 63:13, 64:23, V water [10] - 15:19,
  74:25, 75:1, 75:3, 66:16 U 38:4, 58:22, 58:25,
  76:1, 76:3, 76:4, took [4] - 28:8, 32:7, VALLEY [1] - 74:25 59:5, 59:12, 59:13,
  76:5, 76:6, 76:7, 32:8, 55:25 UGI [3] - 60:23, 60:25, values [1] - 35:4 68:15
  76:10, 76:11, 77:9, top [2] - 9:14, 70:1 61:9 Van [1] - 50:16 Water [8] - 12:8,
  77:11, 77:12, 77:14, touched [2] - 61:7, unaware [1] - 55:11 various [1] - 5:4 12:24, 14:21, 14:22,
  77:15, 77:18, 77:19 61:21 under [4] - 12:24, vehicle [1] - 46:9 15:22, 57:13, 58:21,
themselves [3] - tour [1] - 5:11 19:11, 20:18, 79:23 vehicles [2] - 46:10, 59:9
  27:20, 29:1, 59:2 TOWARDS [2] - 76:11, underage [1] - 51:12 50:12 weak [1] - 12:10
they've [3] - 29:20, 77:19 undercut [1] - 34:11 verified [1] - 15:4 weather [4] - 53:6,
  42:4, 73:21 towards [1] - 63:25 undermined [1] - 69:1 VICE [1] - 2:3 58:19, 64:8, 64:9
thin [1] - 13:14 towed [1] - 4:13 underneath [3] - violated [1] - 8:6 week [9] - 10:6, 37:20,
thinking [1] - 38:15 town [1] - 15:1 34:11, 68:14, 68:18 violation [2] - 27:18, 47:23, 48:13, 48:21,
third [7] - 8:15, 14:16, track [2] - 41:1, 54:24 uneven [1] - 50:24 34:24 50:11, 52:11, 60:11,
  14:25, 16:2, 21:2, traffic [1] - 12:12 union [1] - 5:23 violators [1] - 4:12 60:24
  60:14, 62:3 trailblazer [1] - 6:15 union's [1] - 4:21 Virginia's [1] - 38:10 weeks [5] - 43:10,
THIRD [1] - 3:20 trailblazing [1] - 7:20 United [3] - 37:13, Voldenberg [4] - 43:11, 50:19, 58:18,
Third [1] - 3:25 transcript [2] - 79:6, 37:14, 37:15 47:17, 62:9, 64:10, 61:5
THOMAS [2] - 2:2, 79:21 unless [1] - 79:23 64:17 weird [1] - 68:5
  2:10 transfer [1] - 12:22 unpredictable [1] - VOLDENBERG [25] - West [1] - 55:8
three [12] - 8:10, 9:8, TRANSPORTATION 41:16 2:8, 3:20, 7:25, whatsoever [1] -
  9:17, 9:19, 9:24, [5] - 72:11, 76:8, unsafe [1] - 18:3 40:10, 46:13, 47:13, 35:22
  10:13, 11:12, 13:18, 76:10, 77:16, 77:18 unsightly [1] - 55:21 48:17, 51:1, 54:19, white [1] - 37:14
  20:1, 23:7, 23:17, trash [2] - 33:19, up [51] - 5:21, 7:5, 55:14, 56:19, 57:23, whole [5] - 23:18,
  53:17 50:17 7:11, 9:3, 9:18, 13:8, 62:11, 66:7, 66:13, 24:2, 25:20, 29:4,
throughout [6] - 3:5, trauma [1] - 21:1 16:4, 16:17, 16:21, 66:17, 67:11, 69:22, 36:19
  22:5, 23:18, 24:2, treat [2] - 14:13, 14:14 17:5, 18:22, 19:22, 70:13, 72:8, 73:6, windshield [1] - 23:24
  24:19, 45:23 treaty [1] - 37:18 21:19, 23:25, 26:11, 74:14, 75:25, 77:8, winners [1] - 16:16
throughway [1] - 46:3 trench [2] - 12:18, 26:13, 26:19, 26:20, 78:16 winter [3] - 15:17,
throw [1] - 34:4 15:14 27:13, 28:6, 32:3, volume [1] - 33:14 45:25, 54:15
throwing [1] - 32:12 tripod [1] - 33:10 32:12, 35:7, 36:2, vote [1] - 74:1 winters [1] - 54:7
thrown [2] - 31:25 truck [11] - 22:15, 38:16, 39:10, 42:3, voting [1] - 43:20 wipers [1] - 23:24
Thursday [1] - 5:25 22:24, 23:21, 25:13, 44:1, 45:23, 46:16, vulnerable [1] - 21:9 wires [2] - 56:3, 57:2
ticking [1] - 17:4 25:20, 25:24, 26:4, 46:22, 47:15, 47:23, wish [2] - 27:19, 59:8
tie [1] - 13:21 26:19, 27:1, 27:2, 48:14, 49:13, 50:8, W WITH [1] - 73:9
timeline [3] - 60:12, 32:5 51:13, 55:18, 57:21, woman [5] - 6:21,
  60:19, 66:12 trucks [5] - 23:6, 23:7, 59:10, 60:21, 61:4, wait [1] - 54:14
 7:12, 7:18, 29:7,
timing [1] - 68:4 23:8, 62:18, 62:22 62:8, 62:13, 62:14, waiting [1] - 64:8 38:16
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women [11] - 3:5, 26:14
 6:18, 7:20, 20:6, zoning [4] - 34:24,
 21:11, 21:14, 29:6, 35:2, 35:7, 65:2
 38:20, 52:16, 53:10,
 53:19
women's [1] - 6:15
won [1] - 31:2
wonder [1] - 29:23
wonderful [4] - 6:8,
 7:12, 7:17, 7:18
wondering [1] - 45:19
word [1] - 54:10
worker [1] - 20:14
workers [1] - 33:18
Works [4] - 75:7, 75:9,
 77:23, 77:25
works [4] - 26:14,
 27:3, 27:5
WORKS [2] - 74:18,
 77:10
world [3] - 3:5, 29:13,
 29:20
World [1] - 30:8
worried [2] - 46:8,
 58:8
worry [1] - 65:23
worst [2] - 12:14, 54:7
worth [1] - 16:20
wrapping [1] - 66:9
writes [1] - 41:25
writing [1] - 30:21
Wyoming [1] - 61:11

 Y
year [22] - 4:19, 13:11,
 21:3, 26:19, 26:20,
 40:18, 41:10, 41:14,
 45:13, 45:24, 49:11,
 54:10, 54:15, 55:1,
 55:3, 64:14, 65:24,
 66:4, 66:9, 73:22
years [12] - 5:6, 6:4,
 7:14, 7:15, 10:15,
 10:18, 13:7, 32:2,
 37:1, 46:19, 54:8,
 58:19
Yeshiva [1] - 57:25
yesterday [5] - 25:16,
 26:11, 26:12, 40:15,
 73:20
yesterday's [1] - 66:8
York [1] - 37:13
young [1] - 52:18
Youth [1] - 20:12
youth [1] - 28:3

 Z
zones [2] - 14:14,