COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2026-05-08

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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 Maureen Trently, a long

 8 time employee of the Scranton Single -- or the

 9 Single Tax Office and Adele Pollack. Roll

10 call, please.

11 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

18 MR. FLYNN: Here.

19 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Dispense

21 with the reading of the minutes.

22 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. No

23 business at this time.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Do any Council

25 members have any announcements at this time?
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 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I got --

 2 go ahead, after you.

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: I just wanted to

 4 wish a Happy Mother's Day out there to all moms

 5 this coming Sunday.

 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Okay. So first

 7 off, there's going to be the Armed Forces

 8 Parade Day is a week Saturday. This parade

 9 supports our armed forces veterans, active duty

10 and military and all who have served our nation

11 with honor.

12 The special day is about patriotism,

13 community, and showing appreciation for the men

14 and women who protect our freedoms. We're

15 honored to play a role in helping celebrate

16 their service and sacrifice. So this notice I

17 got is to join us at the parade.

18 And then stay after for the party

19 and concert as we come together celebrating

20 America's 250th anniversary. It starts at 11

21 a.m. Again, it's at the Gino Merli Center and

22 ends at the Courthouse Square. The after party

23 and concert is immediately following the parade

24 from 1 to 4 p.m., in the 500 block of Linden

25 Street downtown.
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 1 There will be live music by Flatland

 2 Ruckus and Toby Keith -- it is a Toby Keith

 3 tribute band. So, of course, all are welcome.

 4 It sounds like a great event. I'd also like to

 5 wish all the mothers out there a very Happy

 6 Mother's Day and those who take the role as

 7 mother.

 8 We all know there's many of them out

 9 there. And I hope it's a great weekend. We

10 know it's always filled of activities and just,

11 you know, a couple weeks from now hang in

12 there, guys, it will be Father's Day for us.

13 And I'd also like to recognize being

14 that it's National Teacher Appreciation Week,

15 recognize my colleagues that I work with every

16 day and all the teachers and educators, even

17 the paraeducators out there that support us on

18 a daily basis to help, you know, educate our

19 youth and prepare them for their futures. And

20 that is all I have. Thank you.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other

22 announcements at this time?

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I just

24 want to also wish all the mothers out there

25 Happy Mother's Day, especially my own. I'm
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 1 very blessed to have a great one, also the God

 2 Mothers and Grandmothers and everybody, also

 3 have a great godmother. So I hope everybody

 4 has a great time celebrating. And it's a

 5 beautiful weekend, so thanks.

 6 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, I'd like to echo

 7 those sentiments, Happy Mother's Day to all the

 8 mothers out there, specifically my wife Kate,

 9 the best mother in the world, my mother Kathy,

10 my mother-in-law Sussie and, you know, it is

11 Teacher Appreciation Week also.

12 I want to give a shoutout to my wife

13 Kate who's a teacher, my sister Maura and

14 excited for the celebrations for Mother's Day

15 this weekend. I also wanted to take a moment

16 to personally give my condolences to the

17 Trently family for the loss of Maureen Trently,

18 my dear friend South Side Johnny Trently on the

19 loss of his beloved wife; my dear friend Nolan

20 Trently on the loss of his mother; and the

21 entire Trently family. I'm so sorry. My

22 thoughts and prayers are with you all. That's

23 all I have.

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, and

25 actually happy Teacher Appreciation Day to you,
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 1 Councilman McAndrew. Thanks for all you do for

 2 our kids at the CTC every day. You do great

 3 things for the community. We always see it

 4 posted in the paper and online. So thank you

 5 for all you do.

 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

 8 Thanks for announcing the Armed Forces Day

 9 Parade. That's something that I've attended

10 since my grandfather was involved with it. And

11 it's great to see that it still goes on.

12 I brought my son each year that it

13 occurs. Happy Mother's Day to all. And my

14 condolences as well to the Trently family.

15 Fourth Order.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

17 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Our first speaker

19 tonight is Joan Hodowanitz.

20 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

21 Scranton. I'm still watching the City's

22 website to find the updated DPW labor contract.

23 It's not there yet. And I'll ask you every

24 week until I see it.

25 But I did see on the website the
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 1 press release on the Mayor's State of the City

 2 address which she gave recently. Now, she gave

 3 this at the University of Scranton. And her

 4 audience consisted of city and community

 5 leaders, local educators, and nonprofit and

 6 business partners.

 7 Apparently the general public was

 8 not invited. Or if they were, I missed the

 9 invitation, probably got lost in the mail.

10 It's a very positive speech as you might

11 expect. And she goes through all the

12 achievements during her six years as Mayor.

13 She gives a passing nod -- she gives

14 tribute to professionals and partners, none of

15 whom she names for the city's financial

16 recovery. But I'd have to tell her that, you

17 know, long before she arrived in the city, a

18 lot of work was done by various predecessors,

19 not the least of which was Jerry Cross from

20 PEL, the Pennsylvania Economy League and Dave

21 Bulzoni, a prior Business Administrator.

22 She doesn't allude or mention any of

23 the challenges that the city is still facing,

24 you know, minor things like homelessness,

25 gangs, crime. I would have been happy to see
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 1 her just mention them saying here's the

 2 progress the city's made in the last six years.

 3 But, no, everything was pollyanna

 4 and rosey, we're doing very well. And, yes,

 5 the city has made progress. I don't deny it.

 6 But here's a radical thought. Why doesn't she

 7 have a town hall meeting open to the general

 8 public and present the same speech and then

 9 take questions from the audience? I dare her.

10 Okey-dokey, well, let's go onto 5-C.

11 This is a resolution to appoint Samuel Kuchwara

12 to the Recreational Authority. Now, I don't

13 know this gentleman. He may be God's gift to

14 municipal authorities or he may be a zero. I

15 have no idea.

16 But I looked at the backup on him.

17 And I was under the impression that you

18 required a resume from people being appointed

19 to authorities and boards. So we're passed for

20 his resume, I would assume, was a picture of

21 him from July of 1967.

22 He looks like a teenager. I assume

23 he is in that picture standing next to George

24 Lowry, the former Superintendent of Nay Aug

25 Park or zoo. And apparently George just shot
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 1 an alligator that had escaped from the zoo.

 2 That is his entire resume. So I would strongly

 3 recommend that you send this back for an

 4 appropriate resume. He may be very qualified

 5 even though, you know, that's what he put

 6 forward.

 7 Also, he's a resident of Dickson

 8 City. Do we not look for Scranton residents

 9 first? But that's up to you guys. And let's

10 see. Oh, I do have something very, very

11 positive.

12 You know, literacy is a topic that

13 the County Commissioners are trying to grapple

14 with because of problems that we have been

15 having throughout the county. And there are

16 various kinds of literacy. There's verbal

17 literacy. There's financial literacy and there

18 is now digital literacy.

19 And for those of you who like me are

20 challenged with digital literacy, there's going

21 to be a presentation at the Scranton Public

22 Library, Saturday, May 9th at 2 p.m., in the

23 Hinkelman Room. It's open to the general

24 public. It's free.

25 It's going to be presented by Shelly
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 1 Pratt McHugh. She's an Associate Professor and

 2 Research Instruction Librarian at Weinberg

 3 Memorial Library at the University of Scranton.

 4 And she is going to explain, open a web browser

 5 or social media app and you find yourself

 6 bombarded with videos, all tools and expensive

 7 production cost and expert content creators

 8 make it hard to distinguish real from fake.

 9 She will help you how to tell the

10 difference. So if you need to learn about

11 digital literacy, join me on Saturday. Thank

12 you.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next is

14 Mike Mancini.

15 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council

16 President Schuster. Good evening, Council and

17 residents of Scranton. Tonight part nine of my

18 series, the State of Scranton, how to fix some

19 major issues.

20 Unresolved issues become scars but

21 more for residents of Scranton. Municipal

22 malpractice creates blighted neighborhoods,

23 unsafe roads, mismanaged funds, and major

24 safety concerns.

25 I have discussed with Council many
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 1 concerns over the years, just to fall on deaf

 2 ears. Last week, a speaker called those chairs

 3 hallow. Prove him and those wrong. While the

 4 administration makes excuses not to act,

 5 Council can and should.

 6 Here are some recommendations, find

 7 out why the administration used the excuse no

 8 teeth ordinance to not fine the utilities for

 9 extremely poor road conditions. They need to

10 quit coddling the utilities while leaving money

11 on the table. This third party, five fine,

12 useless, waste of money company needs to go.

13 We need our own eyes on our own

14 roads. What an insult to the residents and DPW

15 employees. Other municipalities and state have

16 ordinances that include fines to third parties

17 who fail to maintain storm drains properly.

18 These fines range from 100 to $1,000 per day

19 per violation.

20 Scranton's current stormwater

21 ordinance already allows the city to backcharge

22 property owners for the cost of repairs if they

23 fail to maintain their property while PA Water

24 gets municipal malpractice.

25 My recommendation is to update the
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 1 current legislation to include those fines.

 2 Many railroad bridges need replacement due to

 3 the height and age. Each bridge in question is

 4 over 100 years old. I recommend a letter to

 5 each responsible railroad company as a starting

 6 point.

 7 Our residents have many safety

 8 concerns. This administration bypass Council

 9 and residents. They switched the structure of

10 the whole police department. There was no

11 study done to determine that the new department

12 changes exceed our safety concerns and

13 standards.

14 I strongly recommend one because

15 these needs -- there needs to be one, zero

16 tolerance for gangs, drugs, and unlawful

17 weapons. I had mentioned thousands of warrants

18 outstanding for some serious accusations. The

19 safety issue is concerning because we continue

20 to lose neighborhoods.

21 How many unwanted, unlawful

22 individuals fly under the radar? A pill press,

23 pounds of fentanyl, new designer and other

24 drugs have been introduced to neighborhoods

25 within Scranton.
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 1 We cannot continue to afford safety

 2 malpractice. This Council needs to try to

 3 correct these safety concerns tonight. It

 4 alarms me that this administration has made

 5 little or no attempt to come to an agreement in

 6 principle with PA Ambulance.

 7 I would recommend that this Council

 8 brings in PA Ambulance for a caucus with hopes

 9 that directly working with them for an

10 agreement. Here's what I propose. We have

11 eight fire stations strategically located after

12 studies for the best response times.

13 One has an amazing rescue unit. PA

14 Ambulance should be stationed at every or near

15 every location other than Company 1 on Wyoming

16 Avenue, two certified ALS support trained

17 firefighters on Rescue 1 billing for ALS

18 services.

19 I also recommend that our city

20 operates two ALS SUVs to service our city that

21 relieve each strategic location with an

22 ambulance for BLS or ALS services. This will

23 also help with quicker response times and

24 reduce the number of out of service units.

25 A minimum of five PA Ambulances and
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 1 four city ALS 24/7. Council can enact an

 2 agreement for ambulance services due to the

 3 length of time and safety concerns. While most

 4 swing to make contact off of a tee, those like

 5 me swing for the fences.

 6 I see the good in Scranton, its

 7 residents and I appear weekly for them. Week

 8 after week, month after month, I brought up

 9 many infrastructure and safety concerns with my

10 head down reading from a prepared statement.

11 Next week, we will have a conversation. Stay

12 tuned, the finale of my 10 part series, what do

13 you want to talk about? Good evening, Council,

14 and the good residents of Scranton.

15 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Mr. Mancini, I

16 just want to touch on some of the things you

17 said. I know you made the comments that we're

18 not acting to some of the questions you're

19 asking, but we probably had more caucuses in

20 the last five months than the previous Council

21 did last year.

22 MR. MANCINI: I agree.

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: We brought in

24 and discussed the utility companies. We

25 challenged them on the storm drains to get, you
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 1 know, who owns the drains. We have yet to get

 2 a response yet. Bridges are being fixed. We

 3 are reporting the issues on bridges.

 4 The ambulance, we're trying to get a

 5 caucus for the -- with the ambulance service.

 6 We have stuff to report out now. We're meeting

 7 with the Chief and asking for a caucus on top

 8 of that.

 9 So a lot of these concerns that you

10 are saying we're not addressing, we have proven

11 that we're addressing. And we're still

12 addressing publically, but also privately on

13 our own to try to get answers. So I don't want

14 you to think we're not working on these because

15 I think we have proven we are. And we're going

16 to continue to do so.

17 MR. MANCINI: Well, until you

18 actually answer my questions and acknowledge my

19 concerns, you don't -- you're not doing

20 anything.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: So thank you very

22 much. Mr. Mancini, thank you very much. Up

23 next is Les Spindler.

24 MR. MANCINI: Thank you for your

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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Les

 2 Spindler.

 3 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,

 4 Council, Les Spindler, city resident,

 5 homeowner. I don't know if any of you watched

 6 the news last night, but something very good

 7 happened in Harrisburg yesterday. The State

 8 Senate passed a bill which will raise the

 9 minimum sentence from 7 years to 20 years for

10 people who are convicted of crimes against our

11 law enforcement.

12 And that's why I'm wearing this

13 shirt tonight because Detective Gilmartin was

14 there, along with the several area DAs. And

15 Detective Gilmartin spoke. And I'll tell you

16 what, he's made tremendous strides after what

17 he went through.

18 He spoke very well, looks like he's

19 doing great. But it's about time something was

20 done in Harrisburg for our law enforcement.

21 It's now -- now hopefully the House of

22 Representatives will pass it. It goes to them

23 next.

24 Happy to announce that today Euclid

25 Avenue and two blocks of North Sumner that were
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 1 ripped up by the water company last year were

 2 paved. And it's beautiful. I just drove on it

 3 coming down here.

 4 My question is, who's going to be

 5 the first utility company to come in and dig

 6 them up next week? It always seems to happen.

 7 While we're on streets, Pennoni is not doing a

 8 darn thing. I said this week after week after

 9 week.

10 I talked about 112-114 South Main

11 Avenue. There were pave cuts which became

12 potholes. And they weren't patched recently,

13 but they got to be dug up and done the right

14 way. It's still real bumpy in those spots.

15 They are not doing their job.

16 Also, I spoke about this a few weeks

17 ago. Clearview Street and North Main, there

18 was one pave cut there that is just -- just

19 looked like they threw blacktop down. Now

20 about two weeks ago there was a sewer main

21 break there.

22 It was closed down for a day on Main

23 Avenue. And they just threw blacktop down and

24 filled that in. You have to slow down really

25 slow to go over those pave cuts again. What's
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 1 Pennoni doing? Why are we paying them?

 2 They're not doing their jobs. Something's

 3 got -- something's got to happen. Our streets

 4 are a mess.

 5 Another subject of mine, Green Ridge

 6 Street Bridge Project. The last two Fridays

 7 nothing was done there. This Friday again

 8 along with two weeks ago, I was stuck on the

 9 bridge in traffic, both ways backed up. It's a

10 safety issue.

11 Last year I told about a story I was

12 behind an ambulance that had the sirens and

13 lights going. It couldn't get through. It

14 took a minute or two for that ambulance to get

15 through. Lives are at stake. These people are

16 dragging their feet. PennDOT is dragging their

17 feet.

18 Thursday they put curbs in all the

19 way up to Main Avenue and Green Ridge Street

20 right by where Safe Light Auto -- Safe Auto

21 Glass used to be. Thursday, they're digging up

22 the parking lot where Safe Light Auto was. It

23 had nothing to do with the project.

24 Why are we wasting our time digging

25 up half the lot? And it's inside the curb. It
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 1 made no sense to me at all. Meanwhile, the one

 2 lane of the bridge isn't even open yet.

 3 There's barriers on the one side. The whole

 4 bridge isn't even open yet. And they're

 5 dragging their feet. It's unbelievable.

 6 Yesterday, coming home, made the

 7 turn off Main Avenue to go up Euclid the way

 8 I'm supposed to go. Second time in a week a

 9 car is coming down the wrong way. I didn't

10 back up. I yelled at the guy even though his

11 windows were closed. I pointed at the sign.

12 It's one way. It says do not enter. It's

13 ridiculous. This plan wasn't thought through.

14 It's a terrible idea. Does anybody -- is that

15 part of the Streetscape Project?

16 MR. SCHUSTER: It is part of the

17 Streetscape Project.

18 MR. SPINDLER: That's another

19 terrible idea along with the stop signs

20 replacing traffic lights, never should have

21 been pushed through. But the Mayor knew that

22 she had three people on Council who don't have

23 a mind of their own and listen to her. So they

24 passed it. It's a terrible project.

25 Lastly, walking my dog yesterday a
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 1 neighbor of mine who lives on Dorothy Street

 2 asked me to sign a petition. They want to make

 3 Dorothy Street a one way. I said, well, that

 4 was supposed to happen when the new school was

 5 being built, but somehow it didn't happen.

 6 So I don't know what's going on.

 7 But I hope -- I hope they make it one way.

 8 Thank you for your time.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Just to

10 clarify, it's not part of downtown streetscape.

11 It's a streetscape project that's happening

12 there in West Side. So I did send in a

13 question about that area.

14 Some of the neighbors there were

15 very concerned about the traffic patterns for

16 exactly what Mr. Spindler had said. There's

17 drivers coming on the newly posted one-way

18 street. The administration did give back an

19 answer and it's that it's a traffic enforcement

20 issue.

21 The police department is suggesting

22 additional signage to improve the safety in

23 that area. And DPW is going to go in and

24 install those. Thank you. Next up is Elaine

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 1 MS. DONNELLY: Sorry about my phone.

 2 I'm notorious for that. And I did turn the

 3 volume down I thought. So anyway, first of

 4 all, I'm Elaine Donnelly, and I live at 211

 5 Karen Drive up on East Mountain.

 6 And I just want to compliment -- I

 7 don't know who, the city, because we have the

 8 greatest park up there. And there's so many

 9 children that live up there and so many of

10 the -- not only the neighborhoods but the

11 apartment buildings. And it's always well

12 used. So it's great. Thank you.

13 So I'm here to talk about trees

14 because, yes, I'm a tree hugger. And I don't

15 apologize for that. And I have been watching

16 in the 10 years that I've lived up there --

17 almost 10 years, that so many trees being cut

18 down.

19 And there are two properties in

20 particular where it's just heartbreaking. So I

21 have questions. And I don't know how to go

22 about this. Last time I spoke to City Council

23 I had brown hair. That's how long it's been.

24 But are there laws that enforce like a Shade

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 1 I Googled it. And I think there is

 2 one. And they meet four times a year. And

 3 Mr. Santoli I think is in charge of it. But I

 4 wasn't really sure whether it enforced laws for

 5 just public properties or it also pertained to

 6 private properties because they talked about

 7 topping trees and cutting trees and you should

 8 get a permit from the city.

 9 And I don't know whether any of that

10 is being enforced. And but, you know, I

11 watched a tree -- just a little story that this

12 property was clearcut up there. It was being

13 flipped. And they cut down this tree where

14 pileated woodpecker lives. And I don't know if

15 any of you've ever seen them.

16 And they're huge and they're so

17 Woody Woodpecker. And twice after that tree

18 was cut down I saw him sitting on the stump.

19 And, you know, it really does matter to our

20 environment to have respect and a protection of

21 our land, you know, it's a bucolic setting.

22 It's right in our city. A lot of

23 cities don't have anything like that. So I

24 don't know about that. And I don't know when

25 the commission was revised or updated or
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 1 whether it's been modelled after any other

 2 communities.

 3 And I know there is other

 4 communities that have active Shade Tree

 5 Commissions. And I don't know that people in

 6 Scranton even know it exists. So but I'm

 7 watching this whole group of trees that I

 8 believe are going to be cut down.

 9 And they're healthy. All of the

10 trees that I'm watching being cut down up there

11 are healthy. And there is no reason to take

12 them down. And so anyway, so that's -- that's

13 all that I have to say.

14 I kind of fly by the seat of my

15 pants, so I didn't write down any comments.

16 But I just am sick about it. And I would love

17 to be able to, you know, participate in the

18 protection of our communities. I mean, real

19 estate goes down when there's no trees on

20 properties.

21 Did you see a movie with a whole,

22 you know, cityscape where there's no trees?

23 They're all tree lined. Anyway, so I, you

24 know, I would be happy to help. But I don't

25 even know exactly what I'm talking about. And
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 1 I think that's a part of the problem.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Could you please

 3 leave your contact, an e-mail address or

 4 telephone number?

 5 MS. DONNELLY: Yeah, I'll write it

 6 down and I'll give it to you.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: You could leave it

 8 with Kathy. And the trees that you're talking

 9 about, are they public -- is it public

10 property?

11 MS. DONNELLY: No, they're on

12 private properties. And that's -- but I think

13 the Shade Tree Committee -- or Commission said

14 private property, you know, where they were

15 healthy trees, you know, they should be

16 protected.

17 And, you know, there is one property

18 up there, there's at least 20 trees that have

19 been cut down. And it sits right next to a

20 little wetland. I could go on and on, but I

21 won't.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, if you could

23 leave your contact.

24 MS. DONNELLY: Okay. Thank you very

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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would

 2 anyone else like to address Council? Oh,

 3 sorry, Mr. Morgan. Sorry, you did sign in

 4 tonight. I skipped over it for some --

 5 MR. MORGAN: It doesn't matter.

 6 That's fine. You know, I'd like to say that I

 7 do understand the difference between public

 8 property and property owned by the city. But I

 9 do agree that it's important to protect trees.

10 I've got a couple trees on my property that

11 have been there for over 150 years. And I

12 wouldn't even consider cutting them down.

13 I've got a couple things here. You

14 know, last week there was some discussion about

15 Street Cats. You know, my point in regards to

16 Street Cats is very simple. Those people are

17 doing a phenomenal job with the equipment and

18 the money they have.

19 And I think that the city needs to

20 increase by two the amount of Animal Control

21 employees in this city for one simple reason.

22 Somebody needs to start trapping these cats.

23 The city also needs a dedicated veterinarian or

24 a group that could do these spading and

25 neuterings because the population of feral and
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 1 stray abandoned cats is ridiculous.

 2 And these cats to me are not a

 3 nuisance they are just abandoned. And, you

 4 know, I did hear the discussion about that they

 5 had received an increase of $5,000. But I just

 6 want to say that $5,000 is really nothing,

 7 absolutely nothing. Here, I've got -- I went

 8 out and I got three feral cats fixed adjacent

 9 to my property.

10 I don't remember when, probably late

11 March. That is over $400. They have rabies

12 shots and got neutered or whatever. I don't

13 know if they were male or female. And, you

14 know, my point is, Street Cats can't help me

15 because they're so overwhelmed that it's beyond

16 ridiculous.

17 And somebody needs to step in and

18 fix something because ultimately this is the

19 city's responsibility. And, you know, you got

20 people there volunteering doing the best they

21 can. And you've got to respect that. But if

22 you're their partner, you have to help them.

23 And you have an obligation to the city and the

24 residents to do that.

25 Now, feral cats do perform a very
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 1 important thing. They control rodents. And

 2 some people would be amazed at the amount of

 3 rodents they kill. And I think that's a

 4 benefit to the community. But a lot of people

 5 find them as nuisance because the city hasn't

 6 tried to repurpose them.

 7 If you look at maybe it's Tampa in

 8 Florida, they repurpose them. They get them

 9 jobs. I mean, it sounds stupid to say that,

10 but they do. And we need somebody to really do

11 something about this situation.

12 The other thing I have here is, you

13 know, it's Mother's Day and I appreciate that.

14 And in the time and age we're in, so many

15 people don't know actually what a woman is.

16 And I'd say to every woman and every mother to

17 go and look at what the female researchers have

18 determined a woman is, okay, because politics

19 is and the courts have entered into an awful

20 lot of things.

21 And I think that if they saw this

22 research, it would change the way they see the

23 world. We've allowed politics to trespass into

24 too many things. And it's really destroying

25 our culture and our communities. So, you know,
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 1 I just hope you look into that and hopefully

 2 you'll take serious the requests I make of this

 3 Council. I spent a lot of time in this city.

 4 I know exactly what I'm talking about.

 5 And I don't play politics. But I

 6 hope somebody listens and makes some changes.

 7 And somebody has to do something about the

 8 nonprofits because the burden is way beyond out

 9 of control. And, you know, I can't understand

10 why Councilmen can't do a letter to the PUC

11 asking for reductions in the water and sewer

12 rates.

13 And not only that, the gas

14 distribution charge for moving natural gas,

15 because the people in this city and all over

16 this country are buried. And they need

17 somebody to stand up for them and work for

18 them, not fight for them, but to work. Thank

19 you.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anyone

21 else like to address Council?

22 MR. COYNE: Greetings, Council, Tom

23 Coyne, Minooka. First of all, the gift cards

24 that I've been asking about, I did a little bit

25 of research because I remember it came to this
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 1 body beforehand.

 2 The first time the gift cards

 3 program came before this body actually went

 4 through Council and was approved was for $5,000

 5 for $25 gift cards. That was on July 9 of 2024

 6 when it came before this body, and it was

 7 passed on July 16 of 2024.

 8 Here we are today in 2026. And so

 9 far, we've had the public announcement in a

10 newspaper before an election of one gift card

11 being handed out. So if we have $25 out of

12 $5,000 that this City Council passed, July 16

13 of 2024, where's the $4,975?

14 What's happened to it? Why is it so

15 hidden? Who's handing it out or who's not

16 handing it out?

17 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Excuse me, real

18 quick. I posed that question last week for an

19 update. Unfortunately, I didn't get the answer

20 that you probably want to hear or I wanted to

21 hear. All I got -- the answer I received was

22 another round of Good Neighbor Program gift

23 cards will take place this May.

24 So we didn't get the answer to last

25 year's, and I'll just circle around and for
 31

 1 clare -- you know --

 2 MR. COYNE: Another round of gift

 3 cards from July 16 of 2024, and when getting

 4 passed out sounds like Wimpy, gonna pay for a

 5 hamburger Tuesday for what's been given

 6 today -- given today. He'll pay you later on.

 7 It just seems odd that it's taken a year and a

 8 half and we have one card.

 9 Kratom, the next generation of it is

10 already prepared and ready. They've had

11 articles on it now from the people who've made

12 it. They're all ready for the high potency --

13 the high potency formula, to change it, rebrand

14 it chemically, make it slightly different.

15 It's already manufactured and ready

16 to go on -- on the lines as soon as kratom gets

17 banned in enough areas. This has been a chase

18 the tail. And it's going to continue too. I

19 understand the reasons for trying to get it

20 removed, but designer drugs are always going to

21 be difficult, especially when you use specific

22 bans for specific products because they're just

23 going to change them. And they're going to be

24 back the next week.

25 In the Scranton Times, we had two
 32

 1 articles on the same subject that strike a

 2 different tone. Scranton Times article

 3 headlines where officials celebrate Scranton

 4 School District's literary success. The IA

 5 seemed to temper the excitement down a little

 6 bit with the headline, Scranton School

 7 Teachers, Leaders focus on why literacy with

 8 national -- with the -- literacy with the

 9 national union's help.

10 Leaders focus on literacy is a

11 little bit tempered down from literary success.

12 Behind the fluff what's not said, the

13 Pennsylvania Literary Coalition who did the

14 report shows 66 percent of third graders in

15 Lackawanna County are not reading proficient.

16 So let's translate that. Lackawanna

17 County, eight to nine year olds have about a 34

18 percent proficiency rating. We have by the

19 statistics about 2,510 third grade students in

20 Lackawanna County. So we have 16 -- 1,656

21 third grader students who are not literate and

22 853 who are.

23 Those numbers, the 66 percent are

24 from the Times from VIA, the percentage was

25 quoted was 35.6 percent. Both put the rate at
 33

 1 34 to 36 percent. And if 70 percent is what we

 2 consider a passing grade as it should be for

 3 teachers, though I believe some schools have

 4 reduced it because students couldn't make it

 5 from the 75 percent down to 65 percent,

 6 teachers have missed a passing grade in

 7 educating our students by 36 percent.

 8 We need to bring literacy up to at

 9 least 70 percent as a passing grade for our

10 community. It was mentioned by Karen Keating

11 who became the superintendent last month, I

12 think because of recovery and because of all

13 the other stuff that went on, we haven't been

14 able to focus on that side of the house.

15 How are students not always the

16 focus of the educational side of the house?

17 Last point on this is the proof points. They

18 asked for 50 million in investment from the

19 state and only allocated 5 percent or 2.5

20 million to test to see if the plan is working.

21 Why do we constantly put large

22 amounts of money in to fund new educational

23 techniques and then not funding research to

24 actually see if they work or not? Because we

25 don't want the proof. Thank you and good
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 1 night.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would

 3 anyone else like to address Council?

 4 MS. SCHUMACHER: Excuse me, Marie

 5 Schumacher, resident of the city, I would like

 6 to talk about roads today. I live on one end

 7 of a four block segment. Now, on one side it's

 8 on -- happens to be on 307, there's a big sign

 9 saying no -- no trucks except local deliveries.

10 But there's nothing on the other end

11 to keep it coming from the other direction.

12 And I just don't -- would like to understand

13 why it is that way, I mean, I don't really

14 care, but I think it's crazy. Now, move over

15 to the 1700 block of Wyoming Avenue.

16 Can we get the status of the meadows

17 whatever it's called meadows land? You

18 probably know, Mr. Schuster.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Are you talking about

20 the Meadow Brook?

21 MS. SCHUMACHER: Yeah, there's a --

22 I mean, there's a program on that. And I don't

23 know how it's coming. And I would like to

24 know.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: I think there's a
 35

 1 handful of easements still left to go. We did

 2 have a meeting with them. I believe it was 11

 3 easements that are left to go.

 4 MS. SCHUMACHER: Oh, that's -- okay.

 5 When do you think it will end?

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: As soon as they

 7 secure all of those easements.

 8 MS. SCHUMACHER: Thank you. Clever.

 9 I think -- I think that is all I have. Thank

10 you.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would

12 anyone else like to address Council?

13 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council Rik

14 Little here. Happy Cinco De Mayo. I noticed

15 in the schedule you have a thing about a

16 sinkhole here on Jackson Street, which is

17 understandable because this was a very

18 successful mining town, iron town, steel town,

19 the Electric City.

20 But ever since the initial success,

21 there's been a lot of problems. The railroad

22 strike of '77 and one thing after the other.

23 Everything is really messed up for small towns.

24 And Scranton is a very special small town

25 because the globalist powers have -- are very
 36

 1 intently using it, Joe Biden's hometown.

 2 We got Joe Biden Street and Joe

 3 Biden Expressway. And yet, he's the guy that

 4 destroyed so many things even with opening the

 5 border for four years. And then -- what really

 6 it was for is to mess with the US

 7 Constitutional system of democracy, voting.

 8 We have Juneteenth, a holiday, crazy

 9 holiday in my mind. But the reason they do

10 this is to get votes. And we're coming up on

11 midterms. And everything is divided in this

12 state, you know, they divide the Republican and

13 Democrats and their primaries.

14 And I think it's very important that

15 Rob Bresnahan stay in office because I had

16 years of dealing with his predecessor and

17 seeing how it's all very connected with the

18 courts. And the economy is connected with the

19 courts. And the rules of law are connected

20 with the Courts.

21 And, I mean, I'm walking along the

22 street. And you see all of these potholes.

23 And you push the little yellow thing and it

24 goes wait. That button isn't connected to

25 anything, you know. But I see people pushing
 37

 1 the button all the time.

 2 But, you know, I had -- the song,

 3 The End by the Doors in my mind when I'm

 4 pushing this button. And I'm looking at it,

 5 and I'm realizing, yeah, yeah, I remember

 6 seeing Robbie Krieger. He was the guitar

 7 player in the Doors after a lot of them died.

 8 But then I noticed that -- and

 9 remembering back to the budget of Scranton,

10 it's like 2.5 million for streetscape

11 Lackawanna Avenue, Linden Avenue, all of these

12 different streets. What kind of a budget is

13 this? And what kind of it is, is like people

14 apply for federal grants and they get money.

15 But it's the same company that I see

16 doing all the work, Kriger. And so I did a

17 little research into it. It has lots of

18 different things, architectural, pipes,

19 concrete. But this is the main company working

20 for the data centers in Archbald. They're

21 from Archbald.

22 This is crazy how this works.

23 We're the dividing line between government and

24 the economy. The people that are doing it

25 become -- become the government no matter what
 38

 1 it costs. And this town the judiciary is --

 2 it's a business.

 3 You have to pay -- you have to pay a

 4 lawyer to look into everything. And I was at

 5 the Scranton Housing Authority meeting last

 6 night. And somebody who made a bid for Waste

 7 Management or against Waste Management --

 8 Scranton Housing Authority is accepting Waste

 9 Management, a big globalist company all over

10 the world and knocking out another company.

11 But the legal -- the legal paperwork

12 isn't right. You have to look into the legal

13 paperwork of every single thing do you.

14 Thanks.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

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

17 Motions.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you

19 have any motions or comments?

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

21 received a concern from a resident about

22 potholes that are plentiful on Jefferson

23 Avenue, in particular blocks of 300, 500 and

24 600 Jefferson Avenue. I travel that street a

25 lot as well and have noticed them.
 39

 1 So if we could please get DPW to

 2 check out the potholes and get them filled.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr

 4 Rothchild.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And the

 6 woman who had come up earlier who had spoken

 7 about the Shade Tree Commission, if we can get

 8 the responses for her regarding details of the

 9 Shade Tree Commission when they -- when they're

10 meeting and if they deal with private

11 properties or if it's just on the public side,

12 I'd appreciate that.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. I'll reach

14 out to Don King in Planning and Mr. Santoli.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Great. And since

16 she had brought it up too, the parks that up --

17 are up there on East mountain, Robinson and

18 then Oakmont, we're up there, like every week.

19 My kids love those parks.

20 And they're really amazing. And I

21 love, like, what we've done as a city and what

22 we've invested in the parks. And I have

23 brought up in the past and will continue to

24 bring up the importance of maintaining those

25 improvements that we've made too because I
 40

 1 don't want to see a few years down the road, a

 2 lot of issues with these parks and that we're

 3 not continuing to put the -- put the money into

 4 them that they're really nice right now, which

 5 is a great time for them to be nice for my

 6 children, but for future children they also

 7 need to be maintained that way.

 8 And there were a couple of things

 9 noticed over at Robinson Park that I did want

10 to bring forward to Parks and Rec. So one of

11 them, there's an area a bit closer to the

12 building where there's a drain and surrounding

13 the drain is a bunch of gravel.

14 And the gravel gets kicked onto the

15 playground area and it gets, like, lodged in

16 the playground equipment too. Actually, my son

17 was trying to, like, poke it out of the crates

18 of the playground with the rocks. And then

19 another resident who lives nearby said she

20 actually brings over her leaf blower and will

21 blow them off of the playground.

22 So not sure if maybe something else

23 could be put down there instead of the gravel,

24 but a lot of it is getting onto the playground

25 area. So --
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 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll have the

 2 director look into that.

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And then

 4 there's also near the swings, some of that

 5 mulch is moved out of the way. And so it's a

 6 pretty deep drop there, actually fell myself

 7 the one week not realizing and stepping into,

 8 like, the hole under one of the swings when I

 9 was going to push my son.

10 So perhaps we could have that --

11 that mulch replenished there underneath the

12 swings.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of

14 it.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And

16 something else that I wanted to bring up

17 tonight, so last week I had attended the

18 Unsheltered Task Force meeting that was held

19 virtually that I had mentioned. And they do

20 them -- they look to do those quarterly.

21 It was -- it was hosted by Sherry

22 Frable from our Community Development

23 Department. And a lot of what we discussed was

24 a big like Code Blue recap. And I heard a lot

25 of positive things on there regarding our code
 42

 1 blue and how it went this year.

 2 People, not just from the city, but

 3 from your local community organizations felt

 4 like it had really gone pretty smoothly this

 5 year and was one of the best run code blues

 6 that we've had to date. It was also more used.

 7 There was an increase in the amount of people

 8 that were going to that shelter as well as more

 9 days that the shelter had to be open because of

10 the brutal winter that we had.

11 So it has the Weston Field gym has a

12 capacity for 50 people. There's 50 cots. And

13 on average they were seeing 40 people a night

14 there. So there -- there might need to be some

15 considerations for this coming winter, the next

16 winter, when, if -- if that's going to continue

17 to increase or if we're going to be reaching

18 capacity there at that location.

19 It sounds like Catholic Social

20 Services will still be committed again from --

21 for next year, which -- which I'm excited about

22 because it sounds like it worked really well,

23 and a lot of great staff that was there and

24 worked this past year.

25 So that was some of what was
 43

 1 discussed. I did ask a question about if there

 2 were any gaps in between times that the shelter

 3 had closed and other services, like what CIC

 4 provides, if when those would open up.

 5 And I was assured that they were

 6 opening up early every day to make sure that

 7 there weren't gaps and that people had a place

 8 to go no matter what time of day. So it sounds

 9 like they were working very hard during the

10 winter, especially to help our unsheltered

11 people in the city to be sheltered.

12 And they even at times were

13 providing rides to people. And we even had

14 some days where Weston Field where they were

15 able to stay there during the day too, like,

16 when we had the large snowstorm or some

17 especially cold days.

18 So I was glad to hear that. And we

19 also as a Council did receive an invitation

20 from the CIC, the Community Intervention Center

21 to visit that space to tour it to better

22 understand and be educated on the resources

23 that they have to offer the community.

24 So I will certainly be taking them

25 up on that invitation. And I know the other
 44

 1 council members were -- were interested in that

 2 too. But I really just appreciate all the work

 3 that they did and that the city and other

 4 organizations did to work together over

 5 this -- this winter to help provide shelter

 6 for -- for people in need.

 7 And the Scranton Area Community

 8 Foundation, there will be more on this to come.

 9 And I wasn't able to make the meeting, but

10 Councilman Flynn was. There was a meeting last

11 week held with lot of people it seems like to

12 also discuss not just code blue but services

13 for unsheltered people in general.

14 And I think they're committed to

15 coming up with some better, long term solutions

16 because things like the shelter that's --

17 that's short term. That's to get people

18 somewhere for the night. But that's not

19 helping them in the long term to find housing

20 or transitional housing.

21 So looking forward to what that

22 group comes up with and being engaged with them

23 on this. I think that's everything that I have

24 to cover. Thank you.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
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 1 Mr. Sean McAndrew, any motions or comments?

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a

 3 few things. First, my responses from last

 4 week, last few weeks I've been asking the city

 5 to either put in writing or sit down and meet

 6 with me regarding the -- not having a dedicated

 7 ambulance service.

 8 I also asked that because I've got

 9 no answers, can the Fire Chief and the Mayor

10 come in for a caucus. The response I got

11 today, Chief Judge is happy to meet in his

12 office with Council member Sean and Mark

13 McAndrew ahead of -- ahead of any public

14 caucus.

15 He is also happy to attend a caucus

16 after the office meeting if that's still deemed

17 necessary. So I know myself and Councilman

18 McAndrew will try to schedule some time to meet

19 with the Chief as soon as possible. But I do

20 think the caucus still will be deemed

21 necessary.

22 I'm just frustrated that it took

23 three attempts just to get a meeting. I'm not

24 trying to, you know, be tough -- too tough on

25 the administration, but this is a serious issue
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 1 where we need to make sure we have a better

 2 ambulance service to make sure we're protected.

 3 God forbid there's emergencies,

 4 there's good response times, whether we do it

 5 internally, we do it externally, we go to

 6 private company, we can hold people

 7 accountable. Right now we can't do that. Ever

 8 since I've been bringing it up, whether I'm out

 9 the grocery store, I'm out anywhere, people

10 have emailed me. People have called me,

11 bringing up their concerns as well, their

12 experiences when they had a call for an

13 emergency service.

14 So I'm looking forward to work with

15 the city. I want to work with the city

16 administration and do what's best for our

17 residents. So hopefully this meeting with

18 myself and Councilman McAndrew is a step in

19 that direction. And then again, we can have

20 them come to caucus for all -- all of us.

21 Every Council member can ask

22 questions. We can have an open dialog in front

23 of everybody to do what's right for our

24 residents and work together. That is all we

25 want to do. So I'm excited to finally start
 47

 1 heading down that path.

 2 Some residents concerns, I recently

 3 was asked to go up Fawnwood over in West Side,

 4 the development up there on Whitetail Drive.

 5 The Keyser Valley stormwater project, I want to

 6 tip my hat off to the administration, the

 7 Mayor. They're doing an excellent job up

 8 there.

 9 They're improving these

10 neighborhoods. And it's long overdue. And I

11 know it's a big hurdle. And it's a big

12 project. So I want to thank them for their

13 efforts. But in this instance, there is a

14 property that they were originally told that

15 the pipe would go from the road through their

16 property all the way down to the road and exit

17 access.

18 Unfortunately at the time, a

19 resident was unsure about signing a waiver.

20 Now, the city representative spoke with this

21 resident who -- who brought these concerns to

22 me that if this isn't done correctly, it's

23 going to impact their -- their yard and their

24 land going forward because they're going to

25 have a gap that there's no pipe.
 48

 1 So from the road to where his pipe

 2 is, there's nothing. So he was told by a

 3 representative of the city -- and I think his

 4 neighbors with him. They looked him in the eye

 5 and said, Either we're gonna get an easement or

 6 we're gonna do eminent domain. We will make

 7 sure it's done properly.

 8 The project has been going on. They

 9 would -- it was not in the plans to run the

10 pipe the full way through. He was very

11 concerned about that. That's why he called me

12 up. In the meantime, the other resident

13 decided, yeah, absolutely, I'll sign the

14 easement.

15 So I thought, oh, this is great.

16 They're just gonna, you know, do a little

17 change back to the original plans and -- and

18 fix it. Unfortunately, they decided not to do

19 that. They said that it's gonna cost over

20 $100,000 to now do that work.

21 And some of that money might have

22 been put to the Keyser Valley pump house,

23 which, again, we need that done as well. So

24 I'm not -- I'm not knocking where the money's

25 going. But I am concerned that why can't we
 49

 1 just find the money for this?

 2 I'm sure it's somewhere -- you know,

 3 we were supposedly running surpluses the last

 4 few years in the budget. There's no concerns

 5 with the budget right now supposedly from what

 6 the administration says.

 7 I ran to protect and fight for our

 8 neighborhoods. This is a long overdue project.

 9 Let's do it right the first time so they don't

10 have to come back and dig this yard up years

11 from now or a couple years from now to fix an

12 issue which we know it's inevitable to happen.

13 So I really hope that the

14 administration finds the money to do this while

15 the project is going on so it doesn't cost us

16 even more later on. You know, we can buy a

17 $1.8 million building next door, you know. But

18 again, let's start focusing on our

19 neighborhoods.

20 I think this is, again, something

21 that hopefully the administration -- we would

22 love to help too to maybe find some money for

23 it, but hopefully they will do what's right.

24 Because when you look somebody in the eye and

25 you tell them this is what's going to happen, I
 50

 1 grew up that's -- you deliver on your word when

 2 you -- when you tell somebody that.

 3 So hopefully that's what they'll do.

 4 I recently was at a meeting with -- I was asked

 5 to come to a meeting with representatives from

 6 the city and the school district and the county

 7 regarding the HUP test.

 8 We're still waiting for some letters

 9 to come back so to get -- we're trying to get

10 the most updated list possible. It's taken a

11 little longer than I think the city and the

12 school district, you know, wanted. I

13 understand the county is very busy with the

14 assessments for the first time in 60 years and

15 the first time they're doing a HUP test

16 probably ever.

17 So it is a little frustrating. But

18 they did say in the last two and a half years

19 the law firm that we have, we spent $14,000.

20 Can, Frank, can you just ask two things? One,

21 can we have a copy of the contract from two and

22 a half years ago? And then number two, just a

23 breakdown of the cost of that project or cost

24 of what we paid the lawyers for?

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I have the
 51

 1 contract, and I'll get the breakdown.

 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. And to

 3 circle back, sorry, I missed this point. On

 4 the thing up in Fawnwood one on the project

 5 there for the stormwater, they're telling me

 6 it's $100,000 plus, you know, engineering costs

 7 and the easement settlement. Can we have a

 8 breakdown, an itemized breakdown of the quote

 9 that's -- what's going to cost the $100,000?

10 I understand they might have that

11 information. Could we just see it? I'm just

12 curious to see what that $100,000 goes to. And

13 I'd be interested to see that.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get that

15 information.

16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you so

17 much. Other residents' concerns, over on

18 Rockwell and McLain Park, I guess last summer

19 there was a lot of disturbance with loud music,

20 people screaming profanities, every -- every

21 Sunday throughout the entire summer starting at

22 10am until dusk at the park.

23 I guess unfortunately, the noise is

24 coming from the baseball field. I'm not sure

25 if it's multiple teams. There's -- the
 52

 1 resident's saying that there is, you know,

 2 bottles on the field, food wrappers, beer

 3 bottles, water bottles, garbage all over.

 4 Can we just have somebody look into

 5 that? I guess it's something that was going on

 6 at the park last year that there's some

 7 concerns about it. I don't think it was

 8 addressed. But can we take a look at it? I

 9 believe it's every Sunday now.

10 Again, we want to have these parks.

11 We want to make sure people utilize them. But

12 also, we do want to make sure the neighborhoods

13 aren't affected by it. So can we just have

14 somebody look into that.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr.

16 McAndrew.

17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Downtown

18 Scranton, 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue, I

19 received an e-mail today, I guess that with a

20 lot of the work they have been doing over there

21 on the roads that there's concerns about

22 crossing the street there.

23 The gentleman who sent me

24 information, I can send over some pictures and

25 all the e-mails with some of his ideas. He
 53

 1 actually works for the engineering company

 2 that's office is right there.

 3 I guess since the construction, the

 4 island is gone. There used to be like a

 5 crosswalk island. There's no signs for a

 6 crosswalk. So I think it's just making sure

 7 people are alerted that that is a crosswalk.

 8 And he said there's a lot of close calls that

 9 he's seen since those changes happen.

10 So I'll forward you over the e-mail

11 and hopefully somebody from the city can go

12 down and inspect that.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: Yeah, I'll have the

14 DPW director, look at it tomorrow.

15 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Thank

16 you. Martin Street, there -- it needs a sign.

17 It's missing a sign at the one intersection. I

18 forget what intersection. I have it in my

19 notes. I'll e-mail that over as well.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: Thank you.

21 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And then

22 finally, 448 Oak Street, I think it's where a

23 new project is going. There's illegal dumping.

24 I kind of got -- I was sent a picture earlier.

25 Can we have somebody go over there and check it
 54

 1 and see if they need to clean up that area?

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

 3 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And that's

 4 everything I have. Thank you so much.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank

 6 you. I think it's a good idea that you're

 7 going to have that meeting with the

 8 administration regarding ambulance services.

 9 Hopefully we get there -- what their concerns

10 are.

11 I think it's a good idea to have

12 that meeting prior to bringing them in for

13 caucus because at that point maybe we address

14 some of those concerns and how we can move

15 forward next. Mr. Mark McAndrew, any motions

16 or comments?

17 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I'd like

18 to comment as well on what I've seen returned

19 to us regarding a meeting. So, you know, okay,

20 we'll take the meeting with Chief Judge, me and

21 my colleague here. But, you know, so we find

22 out what the concerns are regarding the

23 ambulance service or their ideas.

24 But he said he's also happy to

25 attend the caucus if it's still deemed
 55

 1 necessary. Well, I think it will be deemed

 2 necessary because I want him to present what

 3 he's going to present to us, to all of you.

 4 So we'll start that. We'll get that

 5 in motion maybe next week, Councilman McAndrew,

 6 we'll set something up.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, let's set

 8 it up.

 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Great. Thank

10 you. Thank you. Also last week I inquired

11 about what I heard about a pickleball league.

12 And, you know, on a Sunday, and is someone

13 personally benefiting from it and how does, you

14 know, the code written with regards to the Rec

15 Authority, how does it pertain to that if it's

16 allowed?

17 I didn't get any answers back. So

18 I'm just going to circle around. And I know

19 there might be some dialog going on, but I

20 didn't get the answers back. If I'll ask Mr.

21 Voldenberg and our Solicitor, you know, reach

22 out to -- reach out to the Rec Authority and

23 see what's their take on this.

24 Obviously, someone approved it.

25 Let's find out who did. If they did, then, you
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 1 know, the questions that I have, they should be

 2 able to answer or already did. All right?

 3 Thank you. Also, with regards Mr. Coyne's

 4 inquiry was -- was one of mine a few times

 5 about the gift cards. So maybe, maybe I need

 6 my memory refreshed.

 7 But as to the update or the status

 8 of not this year coming, I mean, okay, I'm glad

 9 to see if they're -- it's going to happen

10 again. I know they're based on merit. I know

11 people take pride in their properties. I love

12 to see them recognized with these -- with these

13 cards. But the questions you pose and the ones

14 I have weren't answered.

15 It's just the answer I received is

16 just another round are coming for the good

17 neighbors in 2026. I'm thrilled. So but could

18 we redirect our question or maybe clarify our

19 inquiry with regards to the questions that me

20 and Mr. Coyne posed?

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll follow up.

22 MR. MARK MCANDREW. Thanks, just to

23 you know, let's get the answer -- get an

24 update. That should be simple, so -- yeah, so

25 I'm also -- as Chairman of the Committee on
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 1 Public Safety, I am ecstatic as mister -- as

 2 Les who was here earlier that the State Senate

 3 Bill advanced, a Bill 1284, you know, for the

 4 offense of an officer from as low as 7 years to

 5 20 years mandatory sentence.

 6 Or even our own DA who is doing a

 7 fantastic job stressed in the paper that the

 8 current framework leaves the door open for

 9 lesser sentences. All right, that's

10 unacceptable. So this legislation has to be

11 passed or, you know, we because, you know, our

12 very own motto for the Scranton Police

13 Department is protect and serve.

14 And they do an outstanding, stellar

15 job with this residence and we're very proud of

16 them. But I think we also need to protect and

17 serve them. And as part of our responsibility

18 is advance -- is, you know, finalizing this

19 legislation so -- and so maybe it becomes a

20 deterrent because of the increase of sentences

21 that will protect and serve our own law

22 enforcement, not just in Scranton, but across

23 the state. And that is all I have. Thank you.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr.

25 Flynn, do you have any motions or comments at
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 1 this time?

 2 MR. FLYNN: Yes, Thank you. First,

 3 Mr. Voldenberg, I know yesterday I had messaged

 4 you about the dumping over at 448 Oak Street.

 5 Did we -- did we forward that along? Did we

 6 get any response if they were aware of it or --

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I sent that out and

 8 they -- I believe they assigned someone to go

 9 out today. But I don't have a status.

10 MR. FLYNN: Okay, perfect. Thank

11 you. The other resident concern I have is

12 Bulwer Street, right at the edge at the bottom

13 of the hill when you leave Isaac Tripp where

14 all the -- where all the busses leave from.

15 I know I brought this up over the

16 winter and DPW was great, went right out with

17 some cold patch for a temporary patch. But I

18 know all those potholes have opened back up now

19 and have gotten really bad. So if we could

20 contact DPW about that to maybe go get some hot

21 patch or some more permanent fix over there

22 because from what I've been told, it's not good

23 for the busses as they're leaving and going to

24 school over there.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll report that in
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 1 the morning.

 2 MR. FLYNN: All right. The only

 3 other thing I have is, you know, as I was

 4 looking last week at some of the responses to

 5 the questions and the one around the ambulance

 6 service and the response -- the one response

 7 was we have requested an update from Fitch and

 8 Associates regarding ambulance services in the

 9 city.

10 So I took it upon myself to look up

11 Fitch and Associates, who is this that they're

12 going to get a -- they're going to get an

13 update from what ambulance services are. And

14 you know, going back and looking at some of the

15 prior caucuses that prior Councils had with

16 representatives from PA Ambulance as well as

17 the administration, some of the conversations

18 at that point in time were around the city

19 bringing the ambulance service and the EMT

20 services in house under the fire department.

21 And I found a few articles doing

22 some research. And one of them that really

23 stood out to me was in Fort Worth, Texas. So

24 for 40 years in Fort Worth, they had a company

25 called MedStar that operated the ambulance
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 1 service there, no direct taxpayer subsidy,

 2 completely selfsustaining through insurance

 3 reimbursements. So city officials and Fitch --

 4 Fitch did a study. And it came back that that

 5 promoted the city takeover of the ambulance

 6 services, creating efficiencies, improving

 7 response times.

 8 They repeatedly said response times

 9 would improve, services would become more

10 coordinated, operations would be streamlined,

11 also the city would generate revenue from

12 billing. So basically, the sales pitch was

13 that bringing EMS in house would create an

14 efficient model that would generate revenue for

15 the city. Great. Sounds awesome.

16 So once this was implemented --

17 implemented off the recommendations of Fitch

18 and Associates, the EMS budget was roughly 87

19 to 89 million dollar annually. Now granted,

20 Fort Worth, Texas is a far bigger city than

21 Scranton -- but 87 to 89 million dollar

22 budgeted annually.

23 The revenue generated from this was

24 65 million annually, which leaves a 20 plus

25 million dollar taxpayer gap, right? So the
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 1 other issue is response times when they brought

 2 it in house actually got worse.

 3 The goal was 90 percent of calls

 4 under eight minutes. And what happened was 90

 5 percent of calls ended up being under 11

 6 minutes and 9 seconds, which was an average of

 7 50 seconds slower than when MedStar had the

 8 ambulance contract in Fort Worth, Texas.

 9 The city also, of course, then

10 became responsible for all liabilities, all

11 future costs. You know, once a government

12 absorbs the service, taxpayers inherit every

13 future liability. So what began as a promise

14 of efficiency, revenue generation became a

15 permanent, multi million dollar annual

16 obligation on the backs of the taxpayers.

17 So I'm thrilled that my colleagues

18 are going to have this conversation with Chief

19 Judge. These conversations are continuing to

20 move forward. But what the reality is, is we

21 need a permanent solution for the city of

22 Scranton.

23 I don't believe personally that an

24 in house service, even if that's still on the

25 table is even -- is even possible with -- with
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 1 how much it would cost and the liabilities that

 2 would come with that.

 3 But we really need to start moving

 4 this conversation forward as to what that

 5 permanent solution looks like for both the city

 6 to be able to hold the ambulance provider

 7 accountable, but also for the ambulance

 8 provider to understand that the city is there

 9 with them as well in this.

10 So I'm excited for those

11 conversations to happen. I would like the

12 caucus to happen I believe whether -- however

13 that conversation with my colleagues goes to

14 have that caucus to really put our chips down

15 on the table and see where we're at to move

16 forward. But it -- but just happy they're

17 happening.

18 I just wanted to put that out there

19 that sometimes, you know, a company like this,

20 they could paint a rosy picture. But the grass

21 isn't always greener on the other side. And we

22 need to keep that in mind as we move forward

23 with this. So that's all I have for this

24 evening. Thank you.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
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 1 I was part of this Council when PA Ambulance

 2 came in for caucus. I think they did a great

 3 job that night. And they answered a lot of

 4 questions. And they really enlightened me.

 5 Some of the things that Mr. Flynn said there

 6 are some of the concerns that I had.

 7 I've seen it in the school district.

 8 I've seen it here in the city where companies

 9 come in and they guarantee proficiency or

10 efficiency and it doesn't pan out in the end.

11 So I can't wait to hear what comes out of the

12 meeting that's had. And we'll see what we do

13 about scheduling a caucus moving forward.

14 Prior to coming in tonight I got a

15 complaint or a concern about 925 Lackawanna

16 Avenue. It's a pave cut that is right before

17 St. Francis Cabrini Ave. And it's a pave cut

18 that's starting to fail and sink if we can just

19 send that over to the proper department, Mr.

20 Voldenberg.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: To add onto the gift

23 card inquiries, can we just ask how many gift

24 cards were passed out at this point in time,

25 how many do we have left and then how many they
 64

 1 plan to hand out this May?

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: From some of my

 4 questions from last week, I had asked about --

 5 actually it came from Fourth Order, one of the

 6 residents had asked about the street sign

 7 project. So I had -- we had sent it to the

 8 administration for latest update on our

 9 streets, our street sign project.

10 And it said per the project

11 management office, the street sign project

12 contracted through Mack Signs in 2025 has been

13 completed by this past December -- so December

14 of 2025. DPW Traffic Divisions are going to

15 continue to maintain and replace signs. But

16 that contract has been completed as of

17 December.

18 Another question -- let's see, there

19 was -- I had some concerns from East Mountain

20 about a property across the street. It was at

21 the bottom of East Mountain Road regarding the

22 property across from the Salvation Army. There

23 was overgrowth there.

24 There was some refuse or trash

25 there. And the barriers in the area they
 65

 1 felt -- I guess the residents felt those

 2 barriers could have looked a little nicer.

 3 They felt they were secondhand barriers.

 4 But I asked the -- we sent it over

 5 and asked about if we could find out who owns

 6 this property, any cleanup on the property.

 7 And the answer that I got back was that the

 8 city wasn't going to be replacing any of these

 9 decaying concrete barriers which was not the

10 question that I had asked.

11 I just wanted to find out who --

12 who's the owner of the property and where we

13 could go with cleanup and holding that owner

14 accountable. So if we could just find the

15 owner and hold that piece of -- piece of land

16 accountable for cleanup.

17 We did have a piece of legislation

18 about the 3100 block of Cedar Avenue turning

19 that into a one way. A lot of questions did

20 arise from that and then Mr. Voldenberg has

21 been going back and forth and getting some of

22 those answers.

23 Some of the last questions to be

24 asked are -- so a concern that Crane Street is

25 narrow. So if we could just ask the City
 66

 1 Engineer to take a look at this and see about

 2 the measurement of the street on Crane Avenue

 3 to see if it's too narrow.

 4 There's an intersecting --

 5 intersection there that's a three way stop.

 6 And can we just find out from the City Engineer

 7 if that three way stop is going to be modified

 8 or if it's going to remain the way it is.

 9 And then if the City Engineer is

10 adding additional signs including those for the

11 church that was stated last week, if we could

12 find out if that -- if the legislation or the

13 report is going to be amended or they're going

14 to revise that legislation before it passes.

15 I also had -- it's a five year

16 permit for this building project. Do we know

17 when the developer is going to be breaking

18 ground? And then the last question I had was

19 in the permitting. So we did get some

20 communication from the developer that the last

21 piece of the permitting process was that

22 the -- this condition be cleared up before they

23 get their permit.

24 So can we find out who put the

25 condition of the one-way street being part of
 67

 1 their permitting process?

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Last one

 4 would be, thank you, Mr. Voldenberg. We sent

 5 over some inquiries about the 400 block of

 6 Colfax Avenue about street lighting. So thank

 7 you very much for sending that over. We didn't

 8 get anything back on that yet, did we, Frank?

 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: No. They have to

10 look at that. But it looks like it will be

11 done.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. Thank you.

13 And then there was a condemned property at 421

14 Colfax Avenue that you also forwarded over as

15 well as a handicap ramp that was starting to

16 pool water. So the City Engineer is going to

17 send someone from the team over to assess that

18 situation. So thank you for sending those over

19 about that area on Colfax Avenue.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: You're welcome,

21 sir.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: And I believe that is

23 all I have for tonight.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

25 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - AUTHORIZING THE
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 1 EXECUTION OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT

 2 AGREEMENT FOR PARCEL LOCATED AT 2709 JACKSON

 3 STREET SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE SINKHOLE

 4 REPAIR PROJECT.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

 7 into its proper committee.

 8 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

11 those in favor of introduction signify by

12 saying aye.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

16 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

18 ayes it and so moved.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

20 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

21 SAMUEL KUCHWARA AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON

22 MUNICIPAL RECREATION AUTHORITY TO REPLACE DYLAN

23 CAWLEY FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31,

24 2027.

25 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
 69

 1 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

 2 into its proper committee.

 3 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

 6 those in favor of introduction signify by

 7 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: 5-D. FOR

15 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

16 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

17 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN

18 ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY TO PERFORM CITY OF

19 SCRANTON'S SPRING PAVING.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

21 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

22 into its proper committee.

23 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

25 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

 2 those in favor of introduction signify by

 3 saying aye.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

 7 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

 9 ayes it and so moved.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR

11 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING A

12 DONATION TO THE CITY OF SCRANTON FROM CRAYOLA,

13 LLC.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

15 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced

16 into its proper committee.

17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: So moved.

18 MR. FLYNN: Second.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

20 those in favor of introduction signify by

21 saying aye.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

24 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

25 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

 2 ayes it and so moved.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR

 4 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

 5 APPROVAL OF A LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE

 6 OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TRUSTEE AND

 7 MAHER DUESSEL FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL

 8 INDEPENDENT AUDIT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF

 9 SCRANTON OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TRUST.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll

11 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced

12 into its proper committee.

13 MR. FLYNN: So moved.

14 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All

16 those in favor of introduction signify by

17 saying aye.

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

19 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.

20 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.

21 MR. FLYNN: Aye.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The

23 ayes it and so moved.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No

25 business at this time.
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 1 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR

 2 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR

 3 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 44, 2026 -

 4 APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH LOFTUS AS A MEMBER OF THE

 5 SCRANTON MUNICIPAL RECREATION AUTHORITY TO

 6 REPLACE NORMA JEFFRIES FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON

 7 JUNE 17, 2029.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for

 9 the Committee on Rules, I recommend final

10 passage of Item 7-A.

11 MR. FLYNN: Second.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I just want to

14 thank Mr. Loftus for volunteering. It's --

15 he's a great guy. I think he'll do a great job

16 and be a great asset to the board.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

18 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I would like to

19 welcome him aboard. I know he'll do a

20 fantastic job. He's demonstrated that through

21 his whole life his devotion to his community.

22 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, I'd echo those

23 sentiments to Joe, great guy. I know him well.

24 He will be a great asset to this board. I'm so

25 excited to have him aboard.
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 1 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. I'll also

 2 echo those sentiments. Anyone else on the

 3 question? Roll call, please.

 4 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

11 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

14 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

16 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY

17 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 45,

18 2026 - RESOLUTION FOR PLAN REVISION FOR NEW

19 LAND DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 1721 N MAIN AVENUE.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the

21 recommendation of the Chairperson from the

22 Committee on Community Development?

23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: As Chairperson

24 for the Committee on Community Development, I

25 recommend final passage of Item 7-B.
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 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?

 3 Roll call, please.

 4 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.

 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.

 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.

11 MR. FLYNN: Yes.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby

14 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER.

16 8-A. FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 7,

17 2026.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance amends

19 provisions to the zoning ordinance of the City

20 of Scranton related to data centers.

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

22 COUNCIL NO. 8, 2026.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance amends

24 provisions to the zoning ordinance for the City

25 of Scranton related to data centers. These
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 1 ordinances have been tabled until a public

 2 hearing can be held at a later date.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-C. FILE OF

 4 COUNCIL NO. 12, 2026.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance

 6 regulates the sale and/or distribution of

 7 kratom or chemically modified derivatives for

 8 human consumption or ingestion by minors.

 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-D. FILE OF THE

10 COUNCIL NO. 13, 2026.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: And this ordinance

12 regulates the sale and/or distribution of

13 kratom or chemically modified derivatives for

14 human consumption or ingestion.

15 These ordinances have been tabled

16 for additional input and information currently

17 in process with both the city and Lackawanna

18 County.

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

20 entertain a motion to adjourn.

21 MR. FLYNN: Motion to adjourn.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is

23 adjourned. Have a Happy Mother's Day.

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1721 [1] - 73:19 8:12 amazing [2] - 14:13, 39:12, 44:2
1967 [1] - 9:21 60 [1] - 50:14 acknowledge [1] - 39:20 appreciation [1] - 4:13
 600 [1] - 38:24 16:18 Ambulance [5] - 14:6, Appreciation [3] -
 2 65 [2] - 33:5, 60:24 act [1] - 12:4 14:8, 14:14, 59:16, 5:14, 6:11, 6:25
 66 [2] - 32:14, 32:23 acting [1] - 15:18 63:1 appropriate [1] - 10:4
2 [1] - 10:22 active [2] - 4:9, 24:4 ambulance [19] - APPROPRIATE [1] -
2,510 [1] - 32:19 7 activities [1] - 5:10 14:22, 15:2, 16:4, 69:16
2.5 [2] - 33:19, 37:10 add [1] - 63:22 16:5, 19:12, 19:14, APPROVAL [1] - 71:5
20 [4] - 17:9, 25:18, 7 [3] - 17:9, 57:4, adding [1] - 66:10 45:7, 46:2, 54:8, approved [2] - 30:4,
 57:5, 60:24 74:16 additional [3] - 21:22, 54:23, 59:5, 59:8, 55:24
2024 [4] - 30:5, 30:7, 7-A [3] - 72:1, 72:10, 66:10, 75:16 59:13, 59:19, 59:25, Archbald [2] - 37:20,
 30:13, 31:3 73:14 address [7] - 8:2, 60:5, 61:8, 62:6, 37:21
2025 [2] - 64:12, 64:14 7-B [3] - 73:15, 73:25, 25:3, 26:2, 29:21, 62:7 architectural [1] -
2026 [9] - 1:7, 30:8, 74:14 34:3, 35:12, 54:13 Ambulances [1] - 37:18
 56:17, 72:3, 73:18, 70 [2] - 33:1, 33:9 addressed [1] - 52:8 14:25 area [9] - 17:14, 21:13,
 74:17, 74:22, 75:4, 75 [1] - 33:5 addressing [3] - amended [1] - 66:13 21:23, 40:11, 40:15,
 75:10 16:10, 16:11, 16:12 amends [2] - 74:18, 40:25, 54:1, 64:25,
2027 [1] - 68:24 8 Adele [1] - 3:9 74:23 67:19
2029 [1] - 72:7 adjacent [1] - 27:8 America's [1] - 4:20 Area [1] - 44:7
211 [1] - 22:4 8 [1] - 74:22 adjourn [2] - 75:20, AMERICAN [1] - 69:17 areas [1] - 31:17
24/7 [1] - 15:1 8-A [1] - 74:16 75:21 amount [3] - 26:20, arise [1] - 65:20
250th [1] - 4:20 8-B [1] - 74:21 adjourned [1] - 75:23 28:2, 42:7 Armed [2] - 4:7, 7:8
2709 [1] - 68:2 8-C [1] - 75:3 administration [14] - amounts [1] - 33:22 armed [1] - 4:9
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Army [1] - 64:22 68:17, 69:8, 69:9, bigger [1] - 60:20 60:18 celebrate [2] - 4:15,
arrived [1] - 8:17 69:10, 69:11, 69:12, Bill [2] - 57:3 budgeted [1] - 60:22 32:3
article [1] - 32:2 70:4, 70:5, 70:6, bill [1] - 17:8 building [3] - 40:12, celebrating [2] - 4:19,
articles [3] - 31:11, 70:7, 70:8, 70:22, billing [2] - 14:17, 49:17, 66:16 6:4
 32:1, 59:21 70:23, 70:24, 70:25, 60:12 buildings [1] - 22:11 celebrations [1] - 6:14
AS [2] - 68:21, 72:4 71:1, 71:18, 71:19, bit [4] - 29:24, 32:6, built [1] - 21:5 Center [2] - 4:21,
ASPHALT [1] - 69:18 71:20, 71:21, 71:22 32:11, 40:11 Bulwer [1] - 58:12 43:20
assess [1] - 67:17 ayes [5] - 68:18, blacktop [2] - 18:19, Bulzoni [1] - 8:21 centers [3] - 37:20,
assessments [1] - 69:13, 70:9, 71:2, 18:23 bumpy [1] - 18:14 74:20, 74:25
 50:14 71:23 blessed [1] - 6:1 bunch [1] - 40:13 certainly [1] - 43:24
asset [2] - 72:16, blighted [1] - 11:22 burden [1] - 29:8 certificate [1] - 76:21
 72:24 B block [6] - 4:24, 34:7, buried [1] - 29:16 certified [1] - 14:16
assigned [1] - 58:8 34:15, 52:18, 65:18, business [5] - 3:23, certify [1] - 76:3
ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 backcharge [1] - 67:5 8:6, 38:2, 71:25, certifying [1] - 76:24
Associate [1] - 11:1 12:21 blocks [2] - 17:25, 75:19 Chairman [1] - 56:25
 backed [1] - 19:9 38:23 Business [1] - 8:21 Chairperson [3] -
Associates [3] - 59:8,
 59:11, 60:18 backs [1] - 61:16 blow [1] - 40:21 busses [2] - 58:14, 72:8, 73:21, 73:23
assume [2] - 9:20, backup [1] - 9:16 blower [1] - 40:20 58:23 chairs [1] - 12:2
 9:22 bad [1] - 58:19 BLS [1] - 14:22 busy [1] - 50:13 challenged [2] -
assured [1] - 43:5 band [1] - 5:3 Blue [1] - 41:24 button [3] - 36:24, 10:20, 15:25
AT [2] - 68:2, 73:19 banned [1] - 31:17 blue [2] - 42:1, 44:12 37:1, 37:4 challenges [1] - 8:23
attempt [1] - 14:5 bans [1] - 31:22 blues [1] - 42:5 buy [1] - 49:16 CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12
attempts [1] - 45:23 barriers [5] - 20:3, board [2] - 72:16, BY [2] - 72:2, 73:16 change [4] - 28:22,
attend [2] - 45:15, 64:25, 65:2, 65:3, 72:24 bypass [1] - 13:8 31:13, 31:23, 48:17
 54:25 65:9 boards [1] - 9:19 changes [3] - 13:12,
 baseball [1] - 51:24
attended [2] - 7:9,
 based [1] - 56:10
 body [3] - 30:1, 30:3, C 29:6, 53:9
 41:17 30:6 charge [2] - 23:3,
audience [2] - 8:4, 9:9 basis [1] - 5:18 bombarded [1] - 11:6 Cabrini [1] - 63:17 29:14
AUDIT [1] - 71:8 beautiful [2] - 6:5, border [1] - 36:5 cannot [1] - 14:1 chase [1] - 31:17
Aug [1] - 9:24 18:2 bottles [3] - 52:2, 52:3 capacity [2] - 42:12, check [2] - 39:2, 53:25
authorities [2] - 9:14, became [4] - 18:11, bottom [2] - 58:12, 42:18 chemically [3] - 31:14,
 9:19 33:11, 61:10, 61:14 64:21 car [1] - 20:9 75:7, 75:13
AUTHORITY [2] - become [4] - 11:20, break [1] - 18:21 card [3] - 30:10, 31:8, Chief [6] - 16:7, 45:9,
 68:22, 72:5 37:25, 60:9 breakdown [4] - 63:23 45:11, 45:19, 54:20,
Authority [5] - 9:12, becomes [1] - 57:19 50:23, 51:1, 51:8 cards [8] - 29:23, 61:18
 38:5, 38:8, 55:15, beer [1] - 52:2 breaking [1] - 66:17 30:2, 30:5, 30:23, children [3] - 22:9,
 55:22 beforehand [1] - 30:1 Bresnahan [1] - 36:15 31:3, 56:5, 56:13, 40:6
AUTHORIZING [3] - began [1] - 61:13 bridge [4] - 13:3, 19:9, 63:24 chips [1] - 62:14
 67:25, 69:15, 71:4 behind [2] - 19:12, 20:2, 20:4 care [2] - 34:14, 41:13 church [1] - 66:11
Auto [3] - 19:20, 19:22 32:12 Bridge [1] - 19:6 CARRERA [16] - 2:9, CIC [2] - 43:3, 43:20
Ave [1] - 63:17 beloved [1] - 6:19 bridges [3] - 13:2, 3:11, 3:13, 3:15, Cinco [1] - 35:14
Avenue [18] - 14:16, benefit [1] - 28:4 16:2, 16:3 3:17, 3:19, 73:4, circle [3] - 30:25, 51:3,
 17:25, 18:11, 18:23, benefiting [1] - 55:13 bring [4] - 33:8, 39:24, 73:6, 73:8, 73:10, 55:18
 19:19, 20:7, 34:15, BENEFITS [2] - 71:6, 40:10, 41:16 73:12, 74:4, 74:6, cities [1] - 23:23
 37:11, 38:23, 38:24, 71:9 bringing [5] - 46:8, 74:8, 74:10, 74:12 CITIZEN [1] - 7:17
 52:18, 63:16, 65:18, best [6] - 6:9, 14:12, 46:11, 54:12, 59:19, Catholic [1] - 42:19 CITY [7] - 1:1, 2:8, 2:9,
 66:2, 67:6, 67:14, 27:20, 42:5, 46:16, 60:13 Cats [3] - 26:15, 69:16, 69:18, 70:12,
 67:19 76:6 brings [2] - 14:8, 26:16, 27:14 71:8
AVENUE [1] - 73:19 better [3] - 43:21, 40:20 cats [5] - 26:22, 27:1, City [11] - 8:1, 10:8,
average [2] - 42:13, 44:15, 46:1 Brook [1] - 34:20 27:2, 27:8, 27:25 22:22, 30:12, 35:19,
 61:6 between [3] - 26:7, brought [8] - 7:12, caucus [14] - 14:8, 65:25, 66:6, 66:9,
aware [1] - 58:6 37:23, 43:2 15:8, 15:23, 39:16, 16:5, 16:7, 45:10, 67:16, 74:19, 74:24
Awesome [2] - 51:2, BETWEEN [1] - 71:5 39:23, 47:21, 58:15, 45:14, 45:15, 45:20, city [47] - 8:4, 8:17,
 53:15 beyond [2] - 27:15, 61:1 46:20, 54:13, 54:25, 8:23, 9:5, 12:21,
awesome [1] - 60:15 29:8 brown [1] - 22:23 62:12, 62:14, 63:2, 14:19, 14:20, 15:1,
awful [1] - 28:19 bid [1] - 38:6 browser [1] - 11:4 63:13 17:4, 22:7, 23:8,
aye [5] - 68:12, 69:7, Biden [2] - 36:2, 36:3 brutal [1] - 42:10 caucuses [2] - 15:19, 23:22, 26:8, 26:19,
 70:3, 70:21, 71:17 Biden's [1] - 36:1 bucolic [1] - 23:21 59:15 26:21, 26:23, 27:23,
Aye [25] - 68:13, big [5] - 34:8, 38:9, budget [5] - 37:9, CAWLEY [1] - 68:23 28:5, 29:3, 29:15,
 68:14, 68:15, 68:16, 41:24, 47:11 37:12, 49:4, 49:5, Cedar [1] - 65:18 34:5, 39:21, 42:2,
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 43:11, 44:3, 45:4, 69:2, 69:22, 70:16, 36:18, 36:19, 36:24 35:13, 43:19, 45:12, 26:12
 46:15, 47:20, 48:3, 71:12 consider [2] - 26:12, 46:21, 63:1
 50:6, 50:11, 53:11, COMMITTEE [2] - 33:2 COUNCIL [7] - 1:1, D
 59:9, 59:18, 60:3, 72:2, 73:16 CONSIDERATION [2] 1:12, 2:10, 74:16,
 60:5, 60:11, 60:15, Committee [5] - - 72:2, 73:16 74:22, 75:4, 75:10 DA [1] - 57:6
 60:20, 61:9, 61:21, 25:13, 56:25, 72:9, considerations [1] - council [1] - 44:1 daily [1] - 5:18
 62:5, 62:8, 63:8, 73:22, 73:24 42:15 Councilman [5] - 7:1, dare [1] - 9:9
 65:8, 75:17 communication [1] - consisted [1] - 8:4 44:10, 45:17, 46:18, darn [1] - 18:8
City's [1] - 7:21 66:20 constantly [1] - 33:21 55:5 DAs [1] - 17:14
city's [3] - 8:15, 9:2, communities [4] - Constitutional [1] - Councilmen [1] - data [3] - 37:20, 74:20,
 27:19 24:2, 24:4, 24:18, 36:7 29:10 74:25
cityscape [1] - 24:22 28:25 construction [1] - Councils [1] - 59:15 date [2] - 42:6, 75:2
clare [1] - 31:1 community [9] - 3:7, 53:3 country [1] - 29:16 Dave [1] - 8:20
clarify [2] - 21:10, 4:13, 7:3, 8:4, 28:4, CONSTRUCTION [1] - county [4] - 10:13, days [3] - 42:9, 43:14,
 56:18 33:10, 42:3, 43:23, 68:1 10:15, 50:6, 50:13 43:17
clean [1] - 54:1 72:21 consumption [2] - County [4] - 32:15, De [1] - 35:14
cleanup [3] - 65:6, Community [5] - 75:8, 75:14 32:17, 32:20, 75:18 deaf [1] - 12:1
 65:13, 65:16 41:22, 43:20, 44:7, contact [4] - 15:4, couple [5] - 5:11, deal [1] - 39:10
clearcut [1] - 23:12 73:22, 73:24 25:3, 25:23, 58:20 26:10, 26:13, 40:8, dealing [1] - 36:16
cleared [1] - 66:22 COMMUNITY [1] - contained [1] - 76:4 49:11 dear [2] - 6:18, 6:19
clearview [1] - 18:17 73:16 content [1] - 11:7 course [2] - 5:3, 61:9 decaying [1] - 65:9
CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 companies [2] - continue [7] - 13:19, Court [2] - 1:24, 76:11 DECEMBER [1] -
clever [1] - 35:8 15:24, 63:8 14:1, 16:16, 31:18, Courthouse [1] - 4:22 68:23
close [1] - 53:8 company [12] - 12:12, 39:23, 42:16, 64:15 courts [3] - 28:19, December [3] - 64:13,
closed [3] - 18:22, 13:5, 18:1, 18:5, continuing [2] - 40:3, 36:18, 36:19 64:17
 20:11, 43:3 37:15, 37:19, 38:9, 61:19 Courts [1] - 36:20 decided [2] - 48:13,
closer [1] - 40:11 38:10, 46:6, 53:1, contract [5] - 7:22, cover [1] - 44:24 48:18
Coalition [1] - 32:13 59:24, 62:19 50:21, 51:1, 61:8, Coyne [2] - 29:23, declare [2] - 73:14,
coddling [1] - 12:10 COMPANY [1] - 69:18 64:16 56:20 74:14
Code [1] - 41:24 Company [1] - 14:15 CONTRACT [1] - COYNE [2] - 29:22, dedicated [2] - 26:23,
code [4] - 41:25, 42:5, complaint [1] - 63:15 69:17 31:2 45:6
 44:12, 55:14 completed [2] - 64:13, contracted [1] - 64:12 Coyne's [1] - 56:3 deemed [4] - 45:16,
cold [2] - 43:17, 58:17 64:16 control [3] - 28:1, Crane [2] - 65:24, 66:2 45:20, 54:25, 55:1
Colfax [3] - 67:6, completely [1] - 60:2 29:9, 76:23 crates [1] - 40:17 deep [1] - 41:6
 67:14, 67:19 compliment [1] - 22:6 Control [1] - 26:20 CRAYOLA [1] - 70:12 deliver [1] - 50:1
colleague [1] - 54:21 concern [4] - 38:21, conversation [4] - crazy [3] - 34:14, 36:8, deliveries [1] - 34:9
colleagues [3] - 5:15, 58:11, 63:15, 65:24 15:11, 61:18, 62:4, 37:22 democracy [1] - 36:7
 61:17, 62:13 concerned [3] - 21:15, 62:13 create [1] - 60:13 Democrats [1] - 36:13
coming [14] - 4:5, 48:11, 48:25 conversations [3] - creates [1] - 11:22 demonstrated [1] -
 18:3, 20:6, 20:9, concerning [1] - 13:19 59:17, 61:19, 62:11 creating [1] - 60:6 72:20
 21:17, 34:11, 34:23, concerns [21] - 11:24, convicted [1] - 17:10 creators [1] - 11:7 deny [1] - 9:5
 36:10, 42:15, 44:15, 12:1, 13:8, 13:12, coordinated [1] - crime [1] - 8:25 department [5] -
 51:24, 56:8, 56:16, 14:3, 15:3, 15:9, 60:10 crimes [1] - 17:10 13:10, 13:11, 21:21,
 63:14 16:9, 16:19, 46:11, copy [2] - 50:21, 76:5 Cross [1] - 8:19 59:20, 63:19
comment [1] - 54:18 47:2, 47:21, 49:4, correct [2] - 14:3, 76:6 crossing [1] - 52:22 Department [2] -
comments [6] - 15:17, 51:17, 52:7, 52:21, correctly [1] - 47:22 crosswalk [3] - 53:5, 41:23, 57:13
 24:15, 38:19, 45:1, 54:9, 54:14, 54:22, cost [8] - 11:7, 12:22, 53:6, 53:7 derivatives [2] - 75:7,
 54:16, 57:25 63:6, 64:19 48:19, 49:15, 50:23, CTC [1] - 7:2 75:13
commission [1] - concert [2] - 4:19, 51:9, 62:1 culture [1] - 28:25 designer [2] - 13:23,
 23:25 4:23 costs [3] - 38:1, 51:6, 31:20
 curb [1] - 19:25
Commission [4] - concrete [2] - 37:19, 61:11 destroyed [1] - 36:4
 curbs [1] - 19:18
 22:25, 25:13, 39:7, 65:9 cots [1] - 42:12 destroying [1] - 28:24
 curious [1] - 51:12
 39:9 condemned [1] - Council [27] - 3:24, details [1] - 39:8
 current [3] - 12:20,
commissioners [1] - 67:13 11:15, 11:16, 11:25, Detective [2] - 17:13,
 13:1, 57:8
 10:13 condition [2] - 66:22, 12:5, 13:8, 14:2, 17:15
 cut [9] - 18:18, 22:17,
Commissions [1] - 66:25 14:7, 15:1, 15:13, determine [1] - 13:11
 23:13, 23:18, 24:8,
 24:5 conditions [1] - 12:9 15:20, 17:4, 20:22, determined [1] - 28:18
 24:10, 25:19, 63:16,
committed [2] - 42:20, condolences [2] - 22:22, 26:2, 29:3, deterrent [1] - 57:20
 63:17
 44:14 6:16, 7:14 29:21, 29:22, 30:4, developer [2] - 66:17,
 cuts [2] - 18:11, 18:25
committee [5] - 68:7, connected [4] - 36:17, 30:12, 34:3, 35:12, 66:20
 cutting [2] - 23:7,
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development [1] - door [2] - 49:17, 57:8 easement [3] - 48:5, ENGAGEMENT [1] - eye [2] - 48:4, 49:24
 47:4 Doors [2] - 37:3, 37:7 48:14, 51:7 71:5 eyes [1] - 12:13
Development [3] - Dorothy [2] - 21:1, easements [3] - 35:1, Engineer [4] - 66:1,
 41:22, 73:22, 73:24 21:3 35:3, 35:7 66:6, 66:9, 67:16 F
DEVELOPMENT [2] - down [29] - 15:10, East [4] - 22:5, 39:17, engineering [2] - 51:6,
 73:17, 73:19 18:3, 18:19, 18:22, 64:19, 64:21 53:1 facing [1] - 8:23
devotion [1] - 72:21 18:23, 18:24, 20:9, echo [3] - 6:6, 72:22, enlightened [1] - 63:4 fail [3] - 12:17, 12:23,
dialog [2] - 46:22, 22:3, 22:18, 23:13, 73:2 enter [1] - 20:12 63:18
 55:19 23:18, 24:8, 24:10, Economy [1] - 8:20 ENTER [1] - 69:17 fake [1] - 11:8
Dickson [1] - 10:7 24:12, 24:15, 24:19, economy [2] - 36:18, entered [1] - 28:19 fall [1] - 12:1
died [1] - 37:7 25:6, 25:19, 26:12, 37:24 entertain [6] - 68:6, family [3] - 6:17, 6:21,
difference [2] - 11:10, 32:5, 32:11, 33:5, ecstatic [1] - 57:1 69:1, 69:21, 70:15, 7:14
 26:7 40:1, 40:23, 45:5, edge [1] - 58:12 71:11, 75:20 fantastic [2] - 57:7,
different [4] - 31:14, 47:1, 47:16, 53:12, educate [1] - 5:18 entire [3] - 6:21, 10:2, 72:20
 32:2, 37:12, 37:18 62:14 educated [1] - 43:22 51:21 far [2] - 30:9, 60:20
difficult [1] - 31:21 downtown [3] - 4:25, educating [1] - 33:7 environment [1] - Father's [1] - 5:12
dig [2] - 18:5, 49:10 21:10, 52:17 educational [2] - 23:20 favor [5] - 68:11, 69:6,
digging [2] - 19:21, DPW [8] - 7:22, 12:14, 33:16, 33:22 equipment [2] - 26:17, 70:2, 70:20, 71:16
 19:24 21:23, 39:1, 53:14, educators [2] - 5:16, 40:16 Fawnwood [2] - 47:3,
digital [3] - 10:18, 58:16, 58:20, 64:14 8:5 escaped [1] - 10:1 51:4
 10:20, 11:11 dr [2] - 73:4, 74:4 efficiencies [1] - 60:6 especially [5] - 3:7, federal [1] - 37:14
direct [2] - 60:1, 76:23 Dr [3] - 3:11, 38:18, efficiency [2] - 61:14, 5:25, 31:21, 43:10, feet [3] - 19:16, 19:17,
direction [2] - 34:11, 39:3 63:10 43:17 20:5
 46:19 DR [17] - 3:12, 4:3, efficient [1] - 60:14 ESQ [1] - 2:10 fell [1] - 41:6
directly [1] - 14:9 38:20, 39:5, 39:15, efforts [1] - 47:13 estate [1] - 24:19 felt [4] - 42:3, 65:1,
director [2] - 41:2, 41:3, 41:15, 68:13, eight [3] - 14:11, Euclid [2] - 17:24, 65:3
 53:14 69:8, 69:24, 70:4, 32:17, 61:4 20:7 female [2] - 27:13,
discuss [1] - 44:12 70:22, 71:14, 71:18, EIGHTH [1] - 74:15 evening [4] - 11:16, 28:17
discussed [4] - 11:25, 73:5, 74:1, 74:5 either [1] - 45:5 15:13, 17:3, 62:24 fences [1] - 15:5
 15:24, 41:23, 43:1 dragging [3] - 19:16, Either [1] - 48:5 event [1] - 5:4 fentanyl [1] - 13:23
discussion [2] - 20:5 Elaine [2] - 21:24, evidence [1] - 76:4 feral [3] - 26:25, 27:8,
 26:14, 27:4 drain [2] - 40:12, 22:4 exactly [3] - 21:16, 27:25
Dispense [1] - 3:20 40:13 election [1] - 30:10 24:25, 29:4 few [7] - 18:16, 40:1,
distinguish [1] - 11:8 drains [3] - 12:17, Electric [1] - 35:19 exceed [1] - 13:12 45:3, 45:4, 49:4,
distribution [3] - 15:25, 16:1 emailed [1] - 46:10 excellent [1] - 47:7 56:4, 59:21
 29:14, 75:6, 75:12 Drive [2] - 22:5, 47:4 emergencies [1] - except [1] - 34:9 field [2] - 51:24, 52:2
district [3] - 50:6, drivers [1] - 21:17 46:3 excited [5] - 6:14, Field [2] - 42:11, 43:14
 50:12, 63:7 drop [1] - 41:6 emergency [1] - 46:13 42:21, 46:25, 62:10, FIFTH [1] - 38:16
District's [1] - 32:4 drove [1] - 18:2 eminent [1] - 48:6 72:25 fight [2] - 29:18, 49:7
disturbance [1] - drugs [3] - 13:16, employee [1] - 3:8 excitement [1] - 32:5 FILE [4] - 74:16,
 51:19 13:24, 31:20 employees [2] - 12:15, excuse [2] - 12:7, 74:21, 75:3, 75:9
divide [1] - 36:12 due [2] - 13:2, 15:2 26:21 30:17 filled [3] - 5:10, 18:24,
divided [1] - 36:11 DUESSEL [1] - 71:7 EMPLOYMENT [2] - Excuse [1] - 34:4 39:2
dividing [1] - 37:23 dug [1] - 18:13 71:6, 71:9 excuses [1] - 12:4 final [2] - 72:9, 73:25
Divisions [1] - 64:14 dumping [2] - 53:23, EMS [2] - 60:13, 60:18 EXECUTE [1] - 69:17 finale [1] - 15:12
dog [1] - 20:25 58:4 EMT [1] - 59:19 EXECUTION [1] - 68:1 finalizing [1] - 57:18
dokey [1] - 9:10 during [3] - 8:12, 43:9, enact [1] - 15:1 exists [1] - 24:6 finally [2] - 46:25,
dollar [4] - 60:19, 43:15 End [1] - 37:3 exit [1] - 47:16 53:22
 60:21, 60:25, 61:15 dusk [1] - 51:22 end [4] - 34:6, 34:10, expect [1] - 8:11 financial [2] - 8:15,
domain [1] - 48:6 duty [1] - 4:9 35:5, 63:10 expensive [1] - 11:6 10:17
Don [1] - 39:14 DYLAN [1] - 68:22 ended [1] - 61:5 experiences [1] - fine [3] - 12:8, 12:11,
DONATION [1] - 70:12 ends [1] - 4:22 46:12 26:6
done [10] - 8:18, E enforce [1] - 22:24 expert [1] - 11:7 fines [3] - 12:16,
 13:11, 17:20, 18:13, enforced [2] - 23:4, EXPIRE [2] - 68:23, 12:18, 13:1
 e-mail [4] - 25:3, Fire [1] - 45:9
 19:7, 39:21, 47:22, 23:10 72:6
 52:19, 53:10, 53:19 fire [2] - 14:11, 59:20
 48:7, 48:23, 67:11 enforcement [4] - explain [1] - 11:4
 e-mails [1] - 52:25 firefighters [1] - 14:17
Donnelly [2] - 21:25, 17:11, 17:20, 21:19, Expressway [1] - 36:3
 early [1] - 43:6 firm [1] - 50:19
 22:4 57:22 externally [1] - 46:5
 ears [1] - 12:2 First [3] - 38:20, 45:3,
DONNELLY [4] - 22:1, engaged [1] - 44:22 extremely [1] - 12:9
 25:5, 25:11, 25:24 EASEMENT [1] - 68:1 58:2
 5

first [10] - 4:6, 7:18, FOURTH [1] - 7:16 godmother [1] - 6:3 hang [1] - 5:11 21:7, 29:1, 29:6,
  10:9, 18:5, 22:3, Frable [1] - 41:22 gonna [5] - 31:4, 48:5, happy [9] - 6:25, 8:25, 49:13
  29:23, 30:2, 49:9, framework [1] - 57:8 48:6, 48:16, 48:19 17:24, 24:24, 35:14, hopefully [7] - 17:21,
  50:14, 50:15 Francis [1] - 63:17 Googled [1] - 23:1 45:11, 45:15, 54:24, 29:1, 46:17, 49:21,
Fitch [5] - 59:7, 59:11, Frank [2] - 50:20, 67:8 government [3] - 62:16 49:23, 50:3, 53:11
  60:3, 60:4, 60:17 FRANK [1] - 2:8 37:23, 37:25, 61:11 Happy [6] - 4:4, 5:5, Hopefully [1] - 54:9
five [4] - 12:11, 14:25, free [1] - 10:24 grade [4] - 32:19, 5:25, 6:7, 7:13, hopes [1] - 14:8
  15:20, 66:15 freedoms [1] - 4:14 33:2, 33:6, 33:9 75:23 hosted [1] - 41:21
fix [5] - 11:18, 27:18, Friday [1] - 19:7 grader [1] - 32:21 hard [2] - 11:8, 43:9 hot [1] - 58:20
  48:18, 49:11, 58:21 Fridays [1] - 19:6 graders [1] - 32:14 Harrisburg [2] - 17:7, house [7] - 33:14,
fixed [2] - 16:2, 27:8 friend [2] - 6:18, 6:19 grandfather [1] - 7:10 17:20 33:16, 48:22, 59:20,
Flatland [1] - 5:1 FROM [1] - 70:12 Grandmothers [1] - hat [1] - 47:6 60:13, 61:2, 61:24
flipped [1] - 23:13 front [1] - 46:22 6:2 head [1] - 15:10 House [1] - 17:21
Florida [1] - 28:8 frustrated [1] - 45:22 granted [1] - 60:19 heading [1] - 47:1 housing [2] - 44:19,
fluff [1] - 32:12 frustrating [1] - 50:17 grants [1] - 37:14 headline [1] - 32:6 44:20
fly [2] - 13:22, 24:14 full [1] - 48:10 grapple [1] - 10:13 headlines [1] - 32:3 Housing [2] - 38:5,
flynn [2] - 73:10, 74:10 fully [1] - 76:4 grass [1] - 62:20 healthy [3] - 24:9, 38:8
FLYNN [21] - 2:3, 3:18, fund [1] - 33:22 gravel [3] - 40:13, 24:11, 25:15 huge [1] - 23:16
  6:6, 58:2, 58:10, funding [1] - 33:23 40:14, 40:23 hear [5] - 27:4, 30:20, hugger [1] - 22:14
  59:2, 68:8, 68:16, funds [1] - 11:23 Great [1] - 60:15 30:21, 43:18, 63:11 human [2] - 75:8,
  69:3, 69:11, 69:23, future [3] - 40:6, great [21] - 5:4, 5:9, heard [2] - 41:24, 75:14
  70:7, 70:18, 70:25, 61:11, 61:13 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 7:2, 55:11 HUP [2] - 50:7, 50:15
  71:13, 71:21, 72:11, futures [1] - 5:19 7:11, 17:19, 22:12, hearing [1] - 75:2 hurdle [1] - 47:11
  72:22, 73:11, 74:11, 39:15, 40:5, 42:23, heartbreaking [1] -
  75:21 48:15, 55:9, 58:16, 22:20 I
Flynn [4] - 3:17,
 G
 63:2, 72:15, 72:16, height [1] - 13:3
  44:10, 57:25, 63:5 gangs [2] - 8:25, 72:23, 72:24 HELD [1] - 1:4 IA [1] - 32:4
focus [4] - 32:7, 13:16 greatest [1] - 22:8 held [3] - 41:18, 44:11, idea [5] - 9:15, 20:14,
  32:10, 33:14, 33:16 gap [2] - 47:25, 60:25 Green [2] - 19:5, 19:19 75:2 20:19, 54:6, 54:11
focusing [1] - 49:18 gaps [2] - 43:2, 43:7 greener [1] - 62:21 hello [1] - 35:13 ideas [2] - 52:25,
follow [1] - 56:21 garbage [1] - 52:3 Greetings [1] - 29:22 help [10] - 5:18, 11:9, 54:23
following [1] - 4:23 gas [2] - 29:13, 29:14 grew [1] - 50:1 14:23, 24:24, 27:14, illegal [1] - 53:23
food [1] - 52:2 general [4] - 8:7, 9:7, grocery [1] - 46:9 27:22, 32:9, 43:10, immediately [1] - 4:23
FOR [18] - 1:1, 67:24, 10:23, 44:13 ground [1] - 66:18 44:5, 49:22 impact [1] - 47:23
  68:2, 68:3, 68:19, generate [2] - 60:11, group [3] - 24:7, helping [2] - 4:15, implemented [2] -
  68:23, 69:14, 70:10, 60:14 26:24, 44:22 44:19 60:16, 60:17
  71:3, 71:7, 71:8, generated [1] - 60:23 guarantee [1] - 63:9 hereby [3] - 73:13, importance [1] - 39:24
  72:1, 72:2, 72:6, generation [2] - 31:9, guess [6] - 51:18, 74:13, 76:3 important [3] - 26:9,
  73:15, 73:17, 73:18 61:14 51:23, 52:5, 52:19, hidden [1] - 30:15 28:1, 36:14
forbid [1] - 46:3 gentleman [2] - 9:13, 53:3, 65:1 high [2] - 31:12, 31:13 impression [1] - 9:17
Force [1] - 41:18 52:23 guitar [1] - 37:6 hill [1] - 58:13 improve [2] - 21:22,
Forces [2] - 4:7, 7:8 George [2] - 9:23, guy [4] - 20:10, 36:3, Hinkelman [1] - 10:23 60:9
forces [1] - 4:9 9:25 72:15, 72:23 Hodowanitz [2] - 7:19, improvements [1] -
foregoing [1] - 76:21 gift [10] - 9:13, 29:23, guys [2] - 5:12, 10:9 7:20 39:25
forget [1] - 53:18 30:2, 30:5, 30:10, gym [1] - 42:11 HODOWANITZ [1] - improving [2] - 47:9,
former [1] - 9:24 30:22, 31:2, 56:5, 7:20 60:6
formula [1] - 31:13 63:22, 63:23 H hold [3] - 46:6, 62:6, include [2] - 12:16,
Fort [4] - 59:23, 59:24, GILBRIDE [1] - 2:10 65:15 13:1
  60:20, 61:8 Gilmartin [2] - 17:13, hair [1] - 22:23 holding [1] - 65:13 including [1] - 66:10
forth [1] - 65:21 17:15 half [4] - 19:25, 31:8, hole [1] - 41:8 increase [5] - 26:20,
forward [13] - 10:6, Gino [1] - 4:21 50:18, 50:22 holiday [2] - 36:8, 27:5, 42:7, 42:17,
  40:10, 44:21, 46:14, given [2] - 31:5, 31:6 hall [1] - 9:7 36:9 57:20
  47:24, 53:10, 54:15, glad [2] - 43:18, 56:8 hallow [1] - 12:3 home [1] - 20:6 INDEPENDENT [1] -
  58:5, 61:20, 62:4, Glass [1] - 19:21 hamburger [1] - 31:5 homelessness [1] - 71:8
  62:16, 62:22, 63:13 globalist [2] - 35:25, hand [1] - 64:1 8:24 individuals [1] - 13:22
forwarded [1] - 67:14 38:9 handed [1] - 30:11 homeowner [1] - 17:5 inevitable [1] - 49:12
Foundation [1] - 44:8 goal [1] - 61:3 handful [1] - 35:1 hometown [1] - 36:1 information [4] -
four [4] - 15:1, 23:2, God [2] - 6:1, 46:3 handicap [1] - 67:15 honor [1] - 4:11 51:11, 51:15, 52:24,
  34:7, 36:5 God's [1] - 9:13 handing [2] - 30:15, honored [1] - 4:15 75:16
Fourth [2] - 7:15, 64:5 30:16 hope [7] - 5:9, 6:3, infrastructure [1] -
 6

  15:9 37:11, 52:18, 63:15, letters [1] - 50:8 lose [1] - 13:20
 J
ingestion [2] - 75:8, 75:17 liabilities [2] - 61:10, loss [3] - 6:17, 6:19,
  75:14 Jackson [1] - 35:16 land [4] - 23:21, 34:17, 62:1 6:20
inherit [1] - 61:12 JACKSON [1] - 68:2 47:24, 65:15 liability [1] - 61:13 lost [1] - 8:9
initial [1] - 35:20 Jefferson [2] - 38:22, LAND [1] - 73:19 Librarian [1] - 11:2 loud [1] - 51:19
input [1] - 75:16 38:24 lane [1] - 20:2 Library [2] - 10:22, love [5] - 24:16, 39:19,
inquired [1] - 55:10 JEFFRIES [1] - 72:6 large [2] - 33:21, 11:3 39:21, 49:22, 56:11
inquiries [2] - 63:23, Jerry [1] - 8:19 43:16 life [1] - 72:21 low [1] - 57:4
  67:5 JESSICA [1] - 2:5 Last [1] - 33:17 Light [2] - 19:20, Lowry [1] - 9:24
inquiry [2] - 56:4, Joan [2] - 7:19, 7:20 last [30] - 9:2, 12:2, 19:22
  56:19 job [8] - 18:15, 26:17, 15:20, 15:21, 17:6, lighting [1] - 67:6 M
inside [1] - 19:25 47:7, 57:7, 57:15, 18:1, 19:6, 19:11, lights [2] - 19:13,
inspect [1] - 53:12 63:3, 72:15, 72:20 22:22, 26:14, 30:18, 20:20 Mack [1] - 64:12
install [1] - 21:24 jobs [2] - 19:2, 28:9 30:24, 33:11, 38:5, Linden [2] - 4:24, MAHER [1] - 71:7
instance [1] - 47:13 Joe [4] - 36:1, 36:2, 41:17, 44:10, 45:3, 37:11 mail [5] - 8:9, 25:3,
instead [1] - 40:23 72:23 45:4, 49:3, 50:18, line [1] - 37:23 52:19, 53:10, 53:19
Instruction [1] - 11:2 Johnny [1] - 6:18 51:18, 52:6, 55:10, lined [1] - 24:23 mails [1] - 52:25
insult [1] - 12:14 join [2] - 4:17, 11:11 59:4, 64:4, 65:23, lines [1] - 31:16 Main [5] - 18:10,
insurance [1] - 60:2 JOSEPH [1] - 72:4 66:11, 66:18, 66:20, list [1] - 50:10 18:17, 18:22, 19:19,
intently [1] - 36:1 Judge [3] - 45:11, 67:3 listen [1] - 20:23 20:7
interested [2] - 44:1, 54:20, 61:19 lastly [1] - 20:25 listens [1] - 29:6 MAIN [1] - 73:19
  51:13 judiciary [1] - 38:1 late [1] - 27:10 literacy [11] - 10:12, main [2] - 18:20, 37:19
internally [1] - 46:5 July [5] - 9:21, 30:5, latest [1] - 64:8 10:16, 10:17, 10:18, maintain [3] - 12:17,
intersecting [1] - 66:4 30:7, 30:12, 31:3 law [6] - 6:10, 17:11, 10:20, 11:11, 32:7, 12:23, 64:15
intersection [3] - JUNE [1] - 72:7 17:20, 36:19, 50:19, 32:8, 32:10, 33:8 maintained [1] - 40:7
  53:17, 53:18, 66:5 Juneteenth [1] - 36:8 57:21 literary [2] - 32:4, maintaining [1] -
Intervention [1] - lawfully [2] - 73:14, 32:11 39:24
 74:14 Literary [1] - 32:13 major [2] - 11:19,
  43:20 K laws [2] - 22:24, 23:4
INTO [1] - 69:17 literate [1] - 32:21 11:23
introduced [6] - Karen [2] - 22:5, 33:10 lawyer [1] - 38:4 LITTLE [1] - 35:13 male [1] - 27:13
  13:24, 68:6, 69:1, Kate [2] - 6:8, 6:13 lawyers [1] - 50:24 live [4] - 5:1, 22:4, malpractice [3] -
  69:21, 70:15, 71:11 KATHY [1] - 2:9 Leaders [2] - 32:7, 22:9, 34:6 11:22, 12:24, 14:2
INTRODUCTION [5] - Kathy [2] - 6:9, 25:8 32:10 lived [1] - 22:16 management [1] -
  67:25, 68:20, 69:15, Keating [1] - 33:10 leaders [1] - 8:5 lives [4] - 19:15, 21:1, 64:11
  70:11, 71:4 keep [2] - 34:11, 62:22 leaf [1] - 40:20 23:14, 40:19 Management [3] -
introduction [5] - Keith [2] - 5:2 league [1] - 55:11 LLC [1] - 70:13 38:7, 38:9
  68:11, 69:6, 70:2, Keyser [2] - 47:5, League [1] - 8:20 local [3] - 8:5, 34:9, Mancini [3] - 11:14,
  70:20, 71:16 48:22 learn [1] - 11:10 42:3 15:15, 16:22
invested [1] - 39:22 kicked [1] - 40:14 least [3] - 8:19, 25:18, located [1] - 14:11 MANCINI [4] - 11:15,
investment [1] - 33:18 kids [2] - 7:2, 39:19 33:9 LOCATED [2] - 68:2, 15:22, 16:17, 16:24
invitation [3] - 8:9, kill [1] - 28:3 leave [5] - 25:3, 25:7, 73:19 mandatory [1] - 57:5
  43:19, 43:25 kind [4] - 24:14, 37:12, 25:23, 58:13, 58:14 LOCATION [1] - 1:10 manufactured [1] -
invited [1] - 8:8 37:13, 53:24 leaves [2] - 57:8, location [3] - 14:15, 31:15
involved [1] - 7:10 kinds [1] - 10:16 60:24 14:21, 42:18 March [1] - 27:11
iron [1] - 35:18 King [1] - 39:14 leaving [2] - 12:10, lodged [1] - 40:15 Maria [2] - 1:24, 76:10
Isaac [1] - 58:13 knocking [2] - 38:10, 58:23 LOFTUS [1] - 72:4 Marie [1] - 34:4
island [2] - 53:4, 53:5 48:24 left [3] - 35:1, 35:3, Loftus [1] - 72:14 Mark [5] - 3:15, 45:12,
issue [6] - 13:19, kratom [4] - 31:9, 63:25 look [16] - 10:8, 28:7, 54:15, 73:8, 74:8
  19:10, 21:20, 45:25, 31:16, 75:7, 75:13 legal [3] - 38:11, 38:12 28:17, 29:1, 38:4, MARK [17] - 2:4, 3:16,
  49:12, 61:1 Krieger [1] - 37:6 legally [2] - 73:14, 38:12, 41:2, 41:20, 4:1, 4:6, 7:6, 30:17,
issues [4] - 11:19, Kriger [1] - 37:16 74:14 49:24, 52:4, 52:8, 54:17, 55:9, 56:22,
  11:20, 16:3, 40:2 KUCHWARA [1] - legislation [6] - 13:1, 52:14, 53:14, 59:10, 68:15, 69:10, 70:6,
Item [9] - 68:6, 69:1, 68:21 57:10, 57:19, 65:17, 66:1, 67:10 70:24, 71:20, 72:18,
  69:21, 70:15, 71:11, Kuchwara [1] - 9:11 66:12, 66:14 looked [4] - 9:16, 73:9, 74:9
  72:10, 73:14, 73:25, length [1] - 15:3 18:19, 48:4, 65:2 Martin [1] - 53:16
 Les [4] - 16:23, 17:1, matter [4] - 23:19,
  74:14 L looking [5] - 37:4,
itemized [1] - 51:8 17:4, 57:2 44:21, 46:14, 59:4, 26:5, 37:25, 43:8
 labor [1] - 7:22 lesser [1] - 57:9 59:14 Maura [1] - 6:13
 Lackawanna [7] - letter [2] - 13:4, 29:10 looks [4] - 9:22, 17:18, Maureen [2] - 3:7,
 32:15, 32:16, 32:20, LETTER [1] - 71:5 62:5, 67:10 6:17
 7

Mayo [1] - 35:14 memory [1] - 56:6 Mother's [7] - 4:4, 5:6, 68:8, 68:9, 68:10, need [18] - 11:10,
Mayor [4] - 8:12, men [2] - 3:5, 4:13 5:25, 6:7, 7:13, 68:14, 68:15, 68:16, 12:9, 12:13, 13:2,
 20:21, 45:9, 47:7 mention [2] - 8:22, 9:1 28:13, 75:23 68:17, 68:19, 68:25, 28:10, 29:16, 33:8,
MAYOR [1] - 69:16 mentioned [3] - 13:17, mother's [1] - 6:14 69:3, 69:4, 69:5, 40:7, 42:14, 44:6,
Mayor's [1] - 8:1 33:10, 41:19 mother-in-law [1] - 69:9, 69:10, 69:11, 46:1, 48:23, 54:1,
McAndrew [14] - 3:13, merit [1] - 56:10 6:10 69:12, 69:14, 69:20, 56:5, 57:16, 61:21,
 3:15, 7:1, 45:1, Merli [1] - 4:21 mothers [3] - 5:5, 69:23, 70:1, 70:5, 62:3, 62:22
 45:13, 45:18, 46:18, mess [2] - 19:4, 36:6 5:24, 6:8 70:6, 70:7, 70:8, needs [9] - 12:12,
 52:16, 54:15, 55:5, messaged [1] - 58:3 Mothers [1] - 6:2 70:10, 70:14, 70:17, 13:15, 14:2, 26:19,
 73:6, 73:8, 74:6, messed [1] - 35:23 motion [8] - 55:5, 70:18, 70:19, 70:23, 26:22, 26:23, 27:17,
 74:8 midterms [1] - 36:11 68:6, 69:1, 69:21, 70:24, 70:25, 71:1, 53:16
MCANDREW [44] - might [5] - 8:10, 70:15, 71:11, 75:20, 71:3, 71:10, 71:13, Neighbor [1] - 30:22
 2:4, 2:6, 3:14, 3:16, 42:14, 48:21, 51:10, 75:21 71:15, 71:19, 71:20, neighbor [1] - 21:1
 4:1, 4:6, 5:23, 6:24, 55:19 motions [5] - 38:17, 71:21, 71:22, 71:24, neighborhoods [8] -
 7:6, 15:15, 15:23, Mike [1] - 11:14 38:19, 45:1, 54:15, 72:8, 72:11, 72:12, 11:22, 13:20, 13:24,
 30:17, 45:2, 51:2, military [1] - 4:10 57:25 72:13, 72:17, 72:18, 22:10, 47:10, 49:8,
 51:16, 52:17, 53:15, motto [1] - 57:12 72:22, 73:1, 73:7, 49:19, 52:12
 million [9] - 33:18,
 53:21, 54:3, 54:17, mountain [1] - 39:17 73:9, 73:11, 73:13, neighbors [3] - 21:14,
 33:20, 37:10, 49:17,
 55:7, 55:9, 56:22, Mountain [3] - 22:5, 73:15, 73:20, 73:23, 48:4, 56:17
 60:19, 60:21, 60:24,
 68:9, 68:14, 68:15, 64:19, 64:21 74:2, 74:7, 74:9, neutered [1] - 27:12
 60:25, 61:15
 69:4, 69:9, 69:10, move [5] - 34:14, 74:11, 74:13, 74:15, neuterings [1] - 26:25
 mind [4] - 20:23, 36:9,
 69:25, 70:5, 70:6, 54:14, 61:20, 62:15, 74:18, 74:21, 74:23, never [1] - 20:20
 37:3, 62:22
 70:17, 70:23, 70:24, 62:22 75:3, 75:5, 75:9, NEW [1] - 73:18
 mine [3] - 19:5, 21:1,
 71:19, 71:20, 72:13, moved [11] - 41:5, 75:11, 75:21, 75:22 new [5] - 13:11, 13:23,
 56:4
 72:18, 73:7, 73:9, 68:8, 68:18, 69:3, MS [24] - 3:11, 3:13, 21:4, 33:22, 53:23
 minimum [2] - 14:25,
 73:23, 74:7, 74:9 69:13, 69:23, 70:9, 3:15, 3:17, 3:19, newly [1] - 21:17
 17:9
McCool [2] - 1:24, 70:17, 71:2, 71:13, 7:20, 22:1, 25:5, news [1] - 17:6
 mining [1] - 35:18
 76:10 71:23 25:11, 25:24, 34:4, newspaper [1] - 30:10
 Minooka [1] - 29:23
McHugh [1] - 11:1 movie [1] - 24:21 34:21, 35:4, 35:8,
 minor [1] - 8:24 next [15] - 9:23, 11:13,
McLain [1] - 51:18 moving [3] - 29:14, 73:4, 73:6, 73:8,
 minors [1] - 75:8 15:11, 16:23, 17:23,
Meadow [1] - 34:20 62:3, 63:13 73:10, 73:12, 74:4,
 minute [1] - 19:14 18:6, 21:24, 25:19,
meadows [2] - 34:16, 74:6, 74:8, 74:10,
 minutes [3] - 3:21, MR [161] - 3:3, 3:14, 31:9, 31:24, 42:15,
 34:17 74:12
 61:4, 61:6 3:16, 3:18, 3:20, 42:21, 49:17, 54:15,
mean [6] - 24:18, 28:9, mulch [2] - 41:5,
 mismanaged [1] - 3:22, 3:24, 4:1, 4:6, 55:5
 34:13, 34:22, 36:21, 5:21, 5:23, 6:6, 6:24, 41:11
 11:23 nice [2] - 40:4, 40:5
 56:8 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:18, multi [1] - 61:15
 missed [3] - 8:8, 33:6, nicer [1] - 65:2
means [1] - 76:22 11:13, 11:15, 15:15, multiple [1] - 51:25
 51:3 night [6] - 17:6, 34:1,
meantime [1] - 48:12 15:22, 15:23, 16:17, municipal [3] - 9:14,
 missing [1] - 53:17 38:6, 42:13, 44:18,
meanwhile [1] - 20:1 16:21, 16:24, 17:1, 11:21, 12:24 63:3
 mister [1] - 57:1
measurement [1] - 17:3, 20:16, 20:18, MUNICIPAL [2] - nine [2] - 11:17, 32:17
 model [1] - 60:14
 66:2 21:9, 25:2, 25:7, 68:22, 72:5
 modelled [1] - 24:1 NO [6] - 72:3, 73:17,
media [1] - 11:5 25:22, 26:1, 26:5, municipalities [1] -
 modified [3] - 66:7, 74:16, 74:22, 75:4,
MedStar [2] - 59:25, 29:20, 31:2, 34:2, 12:15 75:10
 75:7, 75:13 music [2] - 5:1, 51:19
 61:7 34:19, 34:25, 35:6, noise [1] - 51:23
 moment [2] - 3:4, 6:15
meet [4] - 23:2, 45:5, 35:11, 35:13, 38:15, Nolan [1] - 6:19
 moms [1] - 4:4
 45:11, 45:18
 money [10] - 12:10,
 38:16, 38:18, 39:3, N none [1] - 8:14
meeting [19] - 9:7, 39:13, 41:1, 41:13, nonprofit [1] - 8:5
 12:12, 26:18, 33:22, names [1] - 8:15
 16:6, 35:2, 38:5, 44:25, 45:2, 50:25, nonprofits [1] - 29:8
 37:14, 40:3, 48:21, narrow [2] - 65:25,
 39:10, 41:18, 44:9, 51:2, 51:14, 51:16, NORMA [1] - 72:6
 49:1, 49:14, 49:22 66:3
 44:10, 45:16, 45:23, 52:15, 52:17, 53:13, North [2] - 17:25,
 money's [1] - 48:24 nation [1] - 4:10
 46:17, 50:4, 50:5, 53:15, 53:20, 53:21, 18:17
 month [3] - 15:8, National [1] - 5:14
 54:7, 54:12, 54:19, 54:2, 54:3, 54:5, notes [2] - 53:19, 76:5
 33:11 national [2] - 32:8,
 54:20, 63:12, 75:22 54:17, 55:7, 55:9,
 months [1] - 15:20 nothing [6] - 19:7,
MEMBER [2] - 68:21, 56:21, 56:22, 57:24, 32:9
 Morgan [1] - 26:3 19:23, 27:6, 27:7,
 72:4 58:2, 58:7, 58:10, natural [1] - 29:14
 MORGAN [1] - 26:5 34:10, 48:2
member [2] - 45:12, 58:25, 59:2, 62:25, Nay [1] - 9:24
 morning [1] - 59:1 notice [1] - 4:16
 46:21 63:21, 63:22, 64:2, near [2] - 14:14, 41:4
 most [2] - 15:3, 50:10 noticed [4] - 35:14,
members [2] - 3:25, 64:3, 67:2, 67:3, nearby [1] - 40:19
 mother [6] - 5:7, 6:9, 37:8, 38:25, 40:9
 44:1 67:9, 67:12, 67:20, necessary [4] - 45:17,
 6:10, 6:20, 28:16 notorious [1] - 22:2
Memorial [1] - 11:3 67:22, 67:24, 68:5, 45:21, 55:1, 55:2
 nuisance [2] - 27:3,
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 28:5 opening [2] - 36:4, 5:17 8:20, 32:13 play [2] - 4:15, 29:5
number [3] - 14:24, 43:6 PARCEL [1] - 68:2 People [2] - 42:2, player [1] - 37:7
 25:4, 50:22 operated [1] - 59:25 Park [3] - 9:25, 40:9, 46:10 playground [5] -
numbers [1] - 32:23 operates [1] - 14:20 51:18 people [31] - 9:18, 40:15, 40:16, 40:18,
 operations [1] - 60:10 park [3] - 22:8, 51:22, 17:10, 19:15, 20:22, 40:21, 40:24
 O Opposed [5] - 68:17, 52:6 24:5, 26:16, 27:20, Pledge [1] - 3:1
 69:12, 70:8, 71:1, parking [1] - 19:22 28:2, 28:4, 28:15, plentiful [1] - 38:22
Oak [2] - 53:22, 58:4 71:22 parks [5] - 39:16, 29:15, 31:11, 36:25, plus [2] - 51:6, 60:24
Oakmont [1] - 39:18 Order [2] - 7:15, 64:5 39:19, 39:22, 40:2, 37:13, 37:24, 42:7, point [8] - 13:6, 26:15,
obligation [2] - 27:23, ORDER [6] - 3:22, 52:10 42:12, 42:13, 43:7, 27:14, 33:17, 51:3,
 61:16 7:16, 38:16, 71:24, Parks [1] - 40:10 43:11, 43:13, 44:6, 54:13, 59:18, 63:24
Obviously [1] - 55:24 72:1, 74:15 part [9] - 11:17, 15:12, 44:11, 44:13, 44:17, pointed [1] - 20:11
occurs [1] - 7:13 ORDINANCE [1] - 20:15, 20:16, 21:10, 46:6, 46:9, 51:20, points [1] - 33:17
odd [1] - 31:7 67:25 25:1, 57:17, 63:1, 52:11, 53:7, 56:11 poke [1] - 40:17
OF [16] - 1:1, 68:1, ordinance [8] - 12:8, 66:25 per [3] - 12:18, 12:19, Police [1] - 57:12
 68:20, 68:21, 69:18, 12:21, 74:18, 74:19, participate [1] - 24:17 64:10 police [2] - 13:10,
 70:12, 71:5, 71:7, 74:23, 74:24, 75:5, PARTICIPATION [1] - percent [13] - 32:14, 21:21
 71:8, 72:4, 74:16, 75:11 7:17 32:18, 32:23, 32:25, politics [3] - 28:18,
 74:21, 75:3, 75:9 ordinances [3] - particular [2] - 22:20, 33:1, 33:5, 33:7, 28:23, 29:5
offense [1] - 57:4 12:16, 75:1, 75:15 38:23 33:9, 33:19, 61:3, Pollack [1] - 3:9
offer [1] - 43:23 organizations [2] - parties [1] - 12:16 61:5 pollyanna [1] - 9:3
office [5] - 36:15, 42:3, 44:4 partner [1] - 27:22 percentage [1] - 32:24 pool [1] - 67:16
 45:12, 45:16, 53:2, original [1] - 48:17 partners [2] - 8:6, 8:14 perfect [1] - 58:10 poor [1] - 12:9
 64:11 originally [1] - 47:14 party [3] - 4:18, 4:22, perform [1] - 27:25 population [1] - 26:25
Office [1] - 3:9 OTHER [3] - 69:16, 12:11 PERFORM [1] - 69:18 pose [1] - 56:13
officer [1] - 57:4 71:6, 71:9 pass [1] - 17:22 PERFORMANCE [1] - posed [2] - 30:18,
Official [2] - 1:24, outstanding [2] - passage [2] - 72:10, 71:7 56:20
 76:11 13:18, 57:14 73:25 perhaps [1] - 41:10 positive [3] - 8:10,
officials [2] - 32:3, overdue [2] - 47:10, passed [9] - 3:6, 9:19, permanent [4] - 58:21, 10:11, 41:25
 60:3 49:8 17:8, 20:24, 30:7, 61:15, 61:21, 62:5 possible [3] - 45:19,
OFFICIALS [1] - 69:16 overgrowth [1] - 30:12, 31:4, 57:11, permit [3] - 23:8, 50:10, 61:25
okey [1] - 9:10 64:23 63:24 66:16, 66:23 POST [2] - 71:6, 71:9
okey-dokey [1] - 9:10 overwhelmed [1] - passes [1] - 66:14 permitting [3] - 66:19, POST-
old [1] - 13:4 27:15 passing [4] - 8:13, 66:21, 67:1 EMPLOYMENT [2] -
olds [1] - 32:17 own [8] - 5:25, 12:13, 33:2, 33:6, 33:9 personally [3] - 6:16, 71:6, 71:9
ON [4] - 68:23, 72:2, 16:13, 20:23, 57:6, past [3] - 39:23, 42:24, 55:13, 61:23 posted [2] - 7:4, 21:17
 72:6, 73:16 57:12, 57:21 64:13 pertain [1] - 55:15 potency [2] - 31:12,
once [2] - 60:16, 61:11 owned [1] - 26:8 patch [3] - 58:17, pertained [1] - 23:5 31:13
One [1] - 50:20 owner [3] - 65:12, 58:21 petition [1] - 21:2 potholes [5] - 18:12,
one [33] - 6:1, 13:14, 65:13, 65:15 patched [1] - 18:12 phenomenal [1] - 36:22, 38:22, 39:2,
 13:15, 14:13, 18:18, owners [1] - 12:22 path [1] - 47:1 26:17 58:18
 20:1, 20:3, 20:12, owns [2] - 16:1, 65:5 PATRICK [1] - 2:3 phone [1] - 22:1 pounds [1] - 13:23
 21:3, 21:7, 21:17, patriotism [1] - 4:12 pickleball [1] - 55:11 powers [1] - 35:25
 23:2, 25:17, 26:21, P patterns [1] - 21:15 picture [4] - 9:20, Pratt [1] - 11:1
 30:10, 31:8, 34:6, pave [5] - 18:11, 9:23, 53:24, 62:20 prayers [1] - 6:22
 34:7, 35:22, 40:10, p.m [2] - 4:24, 10:22 18:18, 18:25, 63:16, pictures [1] - 52:24 predecessor [1] -
 41:7, 41:8, 42:5, PA [7] - 12:23, 14:6, 63:17 piece [4] - 65:15, 36:16
 51:4, 53:17, 56:4, 14:8, 14:13, 14:25, paved [1] - 18:2 65:17, 66:21 predecessors [1] -
 59:5, 59:6, 59:22, 59:16, 63:1 PAVING [2] - 69:18, pileated [1] - 23:14 8:18
 64:5, 65:19, 66:25, paid [1] - 50:24 69:19 pill [1] - 13:22 prepare [1] - 5:19
 67:3 paint [1] - 62:20 pay [4] - 31:4, 31:6, pipe [4] - 47:15, 47:25, prepared [2] - 15:10,
one-way [2] - 21:17, pan [1] - 63:10 38:3 48:1, 48:10 31:10
 66:25 pants [1] - 24:15 paying [1] - 19:1 pipes [1] - 37:18 present [6] - 3:14,
ones [1] - 56:13 paper [2] - 7:4, 57:7 PEL [1] - 8:20 pitch [1] - 60:12 3:16, 3:20, 9:8, 55:2,
online [1] - 7:4 paperwork [2] - 38:11, PennDOT [1] - 19:16 place [2] - 30:23, 43:7 55:3
open [9] - 9:7, 10:23, 38:13 Pennoni [2] - 18:7, PLAN [1] - 73:18 presentation [1] -
 11:4, 20:2, 20:4, Parade [2] - 4:8, 7:9 19:1 plan [3] - 20:13, 33:20, 10:21
 42:9, 43:4, 46:22, parade [3] - 4:8, 4:17, PENNSYLVANIA [1] - 64:1 presented [1] - 10:25
 57:8 4:23 68:3 Planning [1] - 39:14 President [1] - 11:16
opened [1] - 58:18 paraeducators [1] - Pennsylvania [2] - plans [2] - 48:9, 48:17
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PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, 26:9, 49:7, 57:13, range [1] - 12:18 refuse [1] - 64:24 residence [1] - 57:15
 2:3 57:16, 57:21 rate [1] - 32:25 regarding [9] - 39:8, resident [9] - 10:7,
press [2] - 8:1, 13:22 protected [2] - 25:16, rates [1] - 29:12 41:25, 45:6, 50:7, 17:4, 34:5, 38:21,
pretty [2] - 41:6, 42:4 46:2 RATIFYING [1] - 70:11 54:8, 54:19, 54:22, 40:19, 47:19, 47:21,
previous [1] - 15:20 protection [2] - 23:20, rating [1] - 32:18 59:8, 64:21 48:12, 58:11
pride [1] - 56:11 24:18 reach [3] - 39:13, regards [4] - 26:15, resident's [1] - 52:1
primaries [1] - 36:13 proud [1] - 57:15 55:21, 55:22 55:14, 56:3, 56:19 residents [14] - 10:8,
principle [1] - 14:6 prove [1] - 12:3 reaching [1] - 42:17 regulates [2] - 75:6, 11:17, 11:21, 12:14,
private [5] - 23:6, proven [2] - 16:10, reading [3] - 3:21, 75:12 13:7, 13:9, 15:7,
 25:12, 25:14, 39:10, 16:15 15:10, 32:15 reimbursements [1] - 15:14, 27:24, 46:17,
 46:6 provide [1] - 44:5 ready [3] - 31:10, 60:3 46:24, 47:2, 64:6,
privately [1] - 16:12 provider [2] - 62:6, 31:12, 31:15 related [2] - 74:20, 65:1
problem [1] - 25:1 62:8 real [4] - 11:8, 18:14, 74:25 residents' [1] - 51:17
problems [2] - 10:14, provides [1] - 43:4 24:18, 30:17 release [1] - 8:1 RESOLUTION [7] -
 35:21 providing [1] - 43:13 reality [1] - 61:20 relieve [1] - 14:21 68:20, 69:15, 70:11,
proceedings [1] - 76:3 provisions [2] - 74:19, realizing [2] - 37:5, remain [2] - 3:3, 66:8 71:4, 72:3, 73:17,
process [3] - 66:21, 74:24 41:7 remember [3] - 27:10, 73:18
 67:1, 75:17 Public [2] - 10:21, really [20] - 18:24, 29:25, 37:5 resolution [1] - 9:11
production [1] - 11:7 57:1 23:4, 23:19, 27:6, remembering [1] - resources [1] - 43:22
products [1] - 31:22 public [11] - 8:7, 9:8, 28:10, 28:24, 34:13, 37:9 respect [2] - 23:20,
profanities [1] - 51:20 10:24, 23:5, 25:9, 35:23, 36:5, 39:20, removed [1] - 31:20 27:21
professionals [1] - 26:7, 30:9, 39:11, 40:4, 42:4, 42:22, REPAIR [1] - 68:4 response [11] - 14:12,
 8:14 45:13, 75:1 44:2, 49:13, 58:19, repairs [1] - 12:22 14:23, 16:2, 45:10,
Professor [1] - 11:1 publically [1] - 16:12 59:22, 62:3, 62:14, repeatedly [1] - 60:8 46:4, 58:6, 59:6,
proficiency [2] - PUC [1] - 29:10 63:4 REPLACE [2] - 68:22, 60:7, 60:8, 61:1
 32:18, 63:9 pump [1] - 48:22 reason [3] - 24:11, 72:6 responses [3] - 39:8,
proficient [1] - 32:15 push [2] - 36:23, 41:9 26:21, 36:9 replace [1] - 64:15 45:3, 59:4
program [2] - 30:3, pushed [1] - 20:21 reasons [1] - 31:19 replacement [1] - 13:2 responsibility [2] -
 34:22 pushing [2] - 36:25, rebrand [1] - 31:13 replacing [2] - 20:20, 27:19, 57:17
Program [1] - 30:22 37:4 Rec [3] - 40:10, 55:14, 65:8 responsible [2] - 13:5,
progress [2] - 9:2, 9:5 put [12] - 10:5, 19:18, 55:22 replenished [1] - 61:10
project [16] - 19:23, 32:25, 33:21, 40:3, recap [1] - 41:24 41:11 resume [4] - 9:18,
 20:24, 21:11, 47:5, 40:23, 45:5, 48:22, receive [1] - 43:19 report [4] - 16:6, 9:20, 10:2, 10:4
 47:12, 48:8, 49:8, 62:14, 62:18, 66:24 received [5] - 27:5, 32:14, 58:25, 66:13 returned [1] - 54:18
 49:15, 50:23, 51:4, 30:21, 38:21, 52:19, Reporter [2] - 1:24, revenue [4] - 60:11,
 53:23, 64:7, 64:9, Q 56:15 76:11 60:14, 60:23, 61:14
 64:10, 64:11, 66:16 recently [4] - 8:2, reporter [1] - 76:24 revise [1] - 66:14
Project [3] - 19:6, qualified [1] - 10:4 18:12, 47:2, 50:4 reporting [1] - 16:3 revised [1] - 23:25
 20:15, 20:17 quarterly [1] - 41:20 recognize [2] - 5:13, representative [2] - REVISION [1] - 73:18
PROJECT [1] - 68:4 questions [13] - 9:9, 5:15 47:20, 48:3 rides [1] - 43:13
promise [1] - 61:13 15:18, 16:18, 22:21, recognized [1] - 56:12 Representatives [1] - Ridge [2] - 19:5, 19:19
promoted [1] - 60:5 46:22, 56:1, 56:13, recommend [7] - 10:3, 17:22 ridiculous [3] - 20:13,
proof [2] - 33:17, 56:19, 59:5, 63:4, 13:4, 13:14, 14:7, representatives [2] - 27:1, 27:16
 33:25 64:4, 65:19, 65:23 14:19, 72:9, 73:25 50:5, 59:16 Rik [1] - 35:13
proper [6] - 63:19, quick [1] - 30:18 recommendation [2] - reproduction [1] - ripped [1] - 18:1
 68:7, 69:2, 69:22, quicker [1] - 14:23 12:25, 73:21 76:22 Road [1] - 64:21
 70:16, 71:12 quit [1] - 12:10 recommendations [2] Republican [1] - 36:12 road [5] - 12:9, 40:1,
properly [2] - 12:17, quote [1] - 51:8 - 12:6, 60:17 repurpose [2] - 28:6, 47:15, 47:16, 48:1
 48:7 quoted [1] - 32:25 recovery [2] - 8:16, 28:8 roads [4] - 11:23,
properties [7] - 22:19, 33:12 requested [1] - 59:7 12:14, 34:6, 52:21
 23:5, 23:6, 24:20, R RECREATION [2] - requests [1] - 29:2 Rob [1] - 36:15
 25:12, 39:11, 56:11 68:22, 72:5 required [1] - 9:18 Robbie [1] - 37:6
property [18] - 12:22, rabies [1] - 27:11 Recreational [1] - rescue [1] - 14:13 Robinson [2] - 39:17,
 12:23, 23:12, 25:10, radar [1] - 13:22 9:12 Rescue [1] - 14:17 40:9
 25:14, 25:17, 26:8, radical [1] - 9:6 redirect [1] - 56:18 research [5] - 28:22, rocks [1] - 40:18
 26:10, 27:9, 47:14, railroad [3] - 13:2, reduce [1] - 14:24 29:25, 33:23, 37:17, Rockwell [1] - 51:18
 47:16, 64:20, 64:22, 13:5, 35:21 reduced [1] - 33:4 59:22 rodents [2] - 28:1,
 65:6, 65:12, 67:13 raise [1] - 17:8 reductions [1] - 29:11 Research [1] - 11:2 28:3
propose [1] - 14:10 ramp [1] - 67:15 reflection [1] - 3:4 researchers [1] - role [2] - 4:15, 5:6
protect [6] - 4:14, ran [1] - 49:7 refreshed [1] - 56:6 28:17 roll [3] - 3:9, 73:3,
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 74:3 74:12 61:7 24:4, 25:13, 39:7, Social [1] - 42:19
Room [1] - 10:23 SCHUSTER [60] - 2:2, secure [1] - 35:7 39:9 Solicitor [1] - 55:21
rosey [1] - 9:4 3:3, 3:20, 3:24, 5:21, see [27] - 7:3, 7:11, Shelly [1] - 10:25 SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10
rosy [1] - 62:20 7:7, 7:18, 11:13, 7:24, 7:25, 8:25, shelter [5] - 42:8, solution [2] - 61:21,
Rothchild [5] - 3:11, 16:21, 17:1, 20:16, 10:10, 15:6, 24:21, 42:9, 43:2, 44:5, 62:5
 38:18, 39:4, 73:4, 21:9, 25:2, 25:7, 28:22, 33:20, 33:24, 44:16 solutions [1] - 44:15
 74:4 25:22, 26:1, 29:20, 36:22, 36:25, 37:15, sheltered [1] - 43:11 someone [4] - 55:12,
ROTHCHILD [18] - 34:2, 34:19, 34:25, 40:1, 51:11, 51:12, Sherry [1] - 41:21 55:24, 58:8, 67:17
 2:5, 3:12, 4:3, 38:20, 35:6, 35:11, 38:15, 51:13, 54:1, 55:23, shirt [1] - 17:13 something's [2] -
 39:5, 39:15, 41:3, 38:18, 44:25, 54:5, 56:9, 56:12, 62:15, short [1] - 44:17 19:2, 19:3
 41:15, 68:13, 69:8, 57:24, 62:25, 63:22, 63:12, 64:18, 66:1, shot [1] - 9:25 sometimes [1] - 62:19
 69:24, 70:4, 70:22, 64:3, 67:3, 67:12, 66:3 shots [1] - 27:12 somewhere [2] -
 71:14, 71:18, 73:5, 67:22, 68:5, 68:10, seeing [3] - 36:17, shoutout [1] - 6:12 44:18, 49:2
 74:1, 74:5 68:17, 68:25, 69:5, 37:6, 42:13 showing [1] - 4:13 son [3] - 7:12, 40:16,
roughly [1] - 60:18 69:12, 69:20, 70:1, segment [1] - 34:7 shows [1] - 32:14 41:9
round [3] - 30:22, 70:8, 70:14, 70:19, selfsustaining [1] - sick [1] - 24:16 song [1] - 37:2
 31:2, 56:16 71:1, 71:10, 71:15, 60:2 side [6] - 20:3, 33:14, soon [3] - 31:16, 35:6,
RPR [2] - 1:24, 76:10 71:22, 72:8, 72:12, Senate [2] - 17:8, 57:2 33:16, 34:7, 39:11, 45:19
Ruckus [1] - 5:2 72:17, 73:1, 73:13, send [5] - 10:3, 21:12, 62:21 sorry [5] - 6:21, 22:1,
rules [1] - 36:19 73:20, 74:2, 74:13, 52:24, 63:19, 67:17 Side [3] - 6:18, 21:12, 26:3, 51:3
Rules [1] - 72:9 74:23, 75:5, 75:11, sending [2] - 67:7, 47:3 sounds [6] - 5:4, 28:9,
RULES [1] - 72:2 75:22 67:18 31:4, 42:19, 42:22,
 sign [10] - 20:11, 21:2,
run [2] - 42:5, 48:9 SCRANTON [6] - 1:1, sense [1] - 20:1 43:8
 26:3, 34:8, 48:13,
running [1] - 49:3 68:3, 68:21, 70:12, sent [6] - 52:23, 53:24, 53:16, 53:17, 64:6, Sounds [1] - 60:15
 71:9, 72:5 58:7, 64:7, 65:4, 64:9, 64:11 South [2] - 6:18, 18:10
 Scranton [29] - 3:8, 67:4
 S 7:21, 8:3, 10:8,
 signage [1] - 21:22 space [1] - 43:21
 sentence [2] - 17:9, signify [5] - 68:11, spading [1] - 26:24
sacrifice [1] - 4:16 10:21, 11:3, 11:17, 57:5 69:6, 70:2, 70:20, speaker [2] - 7:18,
Safe [3] - 19:20, 19:22 11:18, 11:21, 13:25, sentences [2] - 57:9, 71:16 12:2
safety [10] - 11:24, 15:6, 15:14, 24:6, 57:20 signing [1] - 47:19 special [2] - 4:12,
 13:7, 13:12, 13:19, 31:25, 32:2, 32:3, sentiments [3] - 6:7, signs [4] - 20:19, 53:5, 35:24
 14:1, 14:3, 15:3, 32:6, 35:24, 37:9, 72:23, 73:2 64:15, 66:10 specific [2] - 31:21,
 15:9, 19:10, 21:22 38:5, 38:8, 44:7, series [2] - 11:18, Signs [1] - 64:12 31:22
Safety [1] - 57:1 52:18, 57:12, 57:22, 15:12 silent [1] - 3:4 specifically [1] - 6:8
sale [2] - 75:6, 75:12 60:21, 61:22, 74:20, serious [3] - 13:18, simple [3] - 26:16, speech [2] - 8:10, 9:8
 74:25 29:2, 45:25
sales [1] - 60:12 26:21, 56:24 spent [2] - 29:3, 50:19
 Scranton's [1] - 12:20 serve [3] - 57:13,
Salvation [1] - 64:22 single [1] - 38:13 Spindler [4] - 16:23,
 SCRANTON'S [1] - 57:17, 57:21
Samuel [1] - 9:11 Single [2] - 3:8, 3:9 17:2, 17:4, 21:16
 69:19 served [1] - 4:10
SAMUEL [1] - 68:21 sink [1] - 63:18 SPINDLER [2] - 17:3,
 screaming [1] - 51:20 service [14] - 3:5,
santoli [1] - 23:3 sinkhole [1] - 35:16 20:18
 SEAN [27] - 2:6, 3:14, 4:16, 14:20, 14:24,
Santoli [1] - 39:14 SINKHOLE [1] - 68:3 spoken [1] - 39:6
 5:23, 6:24, 15:15, 16:5, 45:7, 46:2,
Saturday [3] - 4:8, sirens [1] - 19:12 spots [1] - 18:14
 15:23, 45:2, 51:2, 46:13, 54:23, 59:6,
 10:22, 11:11 sister [1] - 6:13 SPRING [1] - 69:19
 51:16, 52:17, 53:15, 59:19, 60:1, 61:12,
saw [2] - 23:18, 28:21 sit [1] - 45:5 Square [1] - 4:22
 53:21, 54:3, 55:7, 61:24
scars [1] - 11:20 sits [1] - 25:19 St [1] - 63:17
 68:9, 68:14, 69:4, Services [1] - 42:20
schedule [2] - 35:15, sitting [1] - 23:18 staff [1] - 42:23
 69:9, 69:25, 70:5, services [11] - 14:18,
 45:18 situation [2] - 28:11, stake [1] - 19:15
 70:17, 70:23, 71:19, 14:22, 15:2, 43:3,
scheduling [1] - 63:13 67:18 stand [1] - 29:17
 72:13, 73:7, 73:23, 44:12, 54:8, 59:8,
School [2] - 32:4, 32:6 six [2] - 8:12, 9:2 standards [1] - 13:13
 74:7 59:13, 59:20, 60:6,
school [5] - 21:4, SIXTH [1] - 71:24 standing [2] - 3:4,
 Sean [5] - 3:13, 45:1, 60:9
 50:6, 50:12, 58:24, skipped [1] - 26:4 9:23
 45:12, 73:6, 74:6 SERVICES [1] - 71:8
 63:7 slightly [1] - 31:14 start [5] - 26:22,
 seat [1] - 24:14 set [2] - 55:6, 55:7
schools [1] - 33:3 slow [2] - 18:24, 18:25 46:25, 49:18, 55:4,
 second [8] - 20:8, setting [1] - 23:21
SCHUMACHER [4] - slower [1] - 61:7 62:3
 68:9, 69:4, 69:24,
 34:4, 34:21, 35:4, settlement [1] - 51:7
 69:25, 70:18, 72:11, small [2] - 35:23, starting [4] - 13:5,
 35:8 SEVENTH [1] - 72:1
 74:1 35:24 51:21, 63:18, 67:15
Schumacher [1] - 34:5 several [1] - 17:14 starts [1] - 4:20
 Second [1] - 71:14 smoothly [1] - 42:4
sCHUSTER [1] - 74:18 sewer [2] - 18:20, State [4] - 8:1, 11:18,
 secondhand [1] - 65:3 snowstorm [1] - 43:16
Schuster [5] - 3:19, 29:11 17:7, 57:2
 seconds [2] - 61:6, social [1] - 11:5
 11:16, 34:18, 73:12, Shade [5] - 22:24,
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state [4] - 12:15, students [5] - 32:19, 6:11, 6:25 44:4, 46:24 turn [2] - 20:7, 22:2
 33:19, 36:12, 57:23 32:21, 33:4, 33:7, teacher [1] - 6:13 tolerance [1] - 13:16 turning [1] - 65:18
statement [1] - 15:10 33:15 Teachers [1] - 32:7 Tom [1] - 29:22 twice [1] - 23:17
stationed [1] - 14:14 studies [1] - 14:12 teachers [3] - 5:16, tomorrow [1] - 53:14 two [14] - 14:16,
stations [1] - 14:11 study [2] - 13:11, 60:4 33:3, 33:6 tone [1] - 32:2 14:20, 17:25, 18:20,
statistics [1] - 32:19 stuff [2] - 16:6, 33:13 team [1] - 67:17 tonight [8] - 7:19, 19:6, 19:8, 19:14,
status [3] - 34:16, stump [1] - 23:18 teams [1] - 51:25 11:17, 14:3, 17:13, 22:19, 26:20, 31:25,
 56:7, 58:9 stupid [1] - 28:9 techniques [1] - 33:23 26:4, 41:17, 63:14, 50:18, 50:20, 50:21,
stay [4] - 4:18, 15:11, subject [2] - 19:5, tee [1] - 15:4 67:23 50:22
 36:15, 43:15 32:1 teenager [1] - 9:22 took [3] - 19:14,
steel [1] - 35:18 subsidy [1] - 60:1 teeth [1] - 12:8 45:22, 59:10 U
stellar [1] - 57:14 success [3] - 32:4, telephone [1] - 25:4 tools [1] - 11:6
step [2] - 27:17, 46:18 32:11, 35:20 temper [1] - 32:5 top [1] - 16:7 ultimately [1] - 27:18
stepping [1] - 41:7 successful [1] - 35:18 tempered [1] - 32:11 topic [1] - 10:12 unacceptable [1] -
still [12] - 7:11, 7:21, suggesting [1] - 21:21 TEMPORARY [1] - topping [1] - 23:7 57:10
 8:23, 16:11, 18:14, summer [2] - 51:18, 68:1 touch [1] - 15:16 unbelievable [1] -
 35:1, 42:20, 45:16, 51:21 temporary [1] - 58:17 tough [2] - 45:24 20:5
 45:20, 50:8, 54:25, Sumner [1] - 17:25 term [3] - 44:15, tour [1] - 43:21 under [7] - 9:17,
 61:24 Sunday [4] - 4:5, 44:17, 44:19 town [6] - 9:7, 35:18, 13:22, 41:8, 59:20,
stood [1] - 59:23 51:21, 52:9, 55:12 TERM [2] - 68:23, 72:6 35:24, 38:1 61:4, 61:5, 76:23
stop [3] - 20:19, 66:5, Superintendent [1] - terrible [3] - 20:14, towns [1] - 35:23 underneath [1] -
 66:7 9:24 20:19, 20:24 Traffic [1] - 64:14 41:11
store [1] - 46:9 superintendent [1] - test [3] - 33:20, 50:7, traffic [4] - 19:9, understandable [1] -
storm [2] - 12:17, 33:11 50:15 20:20, 21:15, 21:19 35:17
 15:25 supervision [1] - Texas [3] - 59:23, trained [1] - 14:16 Unfortunately [2] -
stormwater [3] - 76:23 60:20, 61:8 transcript [2] - 76:6, 47:18, 48:18
 12:20, 47:5, 51:5 support [2] - 5:17, THE [16] - 1:1, 67:25, 76:21 unfortunately [2] -
story [2] - 19:11, 14:16 68:3, 68:21, 69:15, transitional [1] - 44:20 30:19, 51:23
 23:11 supports [1] - 4:9 70:12, 71:4, 71:5, translate [1] - 32:16 union's [1] - 32:9
strategic [1] - 14:21 supposed [2] - 20:8, 71:7, 71:8, 72:2, trapping [1] - 26:22 unit [1] - 14:13
strategically [1] - 21:4 72:4, 73:16, 74:16, trash [1] - 64:24 units [1] - 14:24
 14:11 supposedly [2] - 49:3, 74:21, 75:9 travel [1] - 38:24 University [2] - 8:3,
stray [1] - 27:1 49:5 They've [1] - 31:10 tree [5] - 22:14, 23:11, 11:3
streamlined [1] - surpluses [1] - 49:3 THIRD [1] - 3:22 23:13, 23:17, 24:23 unlawful [2] - 13:16,
 60:10 surrounding [1] - third [5] - 12:11, Tree [5] - 22:25, 24:4, 13:21
Street [16] - 4:25, 40:12 12:16, 32:14, 32:19, 25:13, 39:7, 39:9 unless [1] - 76:23
 18:17, 19:6, 19:19, Sussie [1] - 6:10 32:21 trees [13] - 22:13, unresolved [1] - 11:20
 21:1, 21:3, 26:15, SUVs [1] - 14:20 THOMAS [2] - 2:2, 22:17, 23:7, 24:7, unsafe [1] - 11:23
 26:16, 27:14, 35:16, swing [2] - 15:4, 15:5 2:10 24:10, 24:19, 24:22, Unsheltered [1] -
 36:2, 53:16, 53:22, swings [3] - 41:4, thoughts [1] - 6:22 25:8, 25:15, 25:18, 41:18
 58:4, 58:12, 65:24 41:8, 41:12 thousands [1] - 13:17 26:9, 26:10 unsheltered [2] -
STREET [1] - 68:3 switched [1] - 13:9 three [5] - 20:22, 27:8, tremendous [1] - 43:10, 44:13
street [11] - 21:18, system [1] - 36:7 45:23, 66:5, 66:7 17:16 unsure [1] - 47:19
 36:22, 38:24, 52:22, threw [2] - 18:19, Trently [7] - 3:7, 6:17, unwanted [1] - 13:21
 64:6, 64:9, 64:11, up [55] - 10:9, 15:8,
 T 18:23 6:18, 6:20, 6:21,
 64:20, 66:2, 66:25, thrilled [2] - 56:17, 7:14 16:22, 18:1, 18:6,
 67:6 table [3] - 12:11, 61:17 trespass [1] - 28:23 18:13, 19:9, 19:19,
streets [4] - 18:7, 61:25, 62:15 throughout [3] - 3:5, tribute [2] - 5:3, 8:14 19:21, 19:25, 20:7,
 19:3, 37:12, 64:9 tabled [2] - 75:1, 10:15, 51:21 tried [1] - 28:6 20:10, 21:24, 22:5,
Streetscape [2] - 75:15 Thursday [2] - 19:18, Tripp [1] - 58:13 22:8, 22:9, 22:16,
 20:15, 20:17 tail [1] - 31:18 19:21 trucks [1] - 34:9 23:12, 24:10, 25:18,
streetscape [3] - takeover [1] - 60:5 tip [1] - 47:6 TRUST [1] - 71:9 29:17, 33:8, 35:23,
 21:10, 21:11, 37:10 Tampa [1] - 28:7 TO [7] - 68:22, 68:23, 36:10, 39:6, 39:16,
 TRUSTEE [1] - 71:6
stressed [1] - 57:7 Task [1] - 41:18 69:16, 69:18, 70:12, 39:17, 39:18, 39:23,
 try [3] - 14:2, 16:13,
strides [1] - 17:16 Tax [1] - 3:9 72:5, 72:6 39:24, 41:16, 43:4,
 45:18
strike [2] - 32:1, 35:22 taxpayer [2] - 60:1, Toby [2] - 5:2 43:6, 43:25, 44:15,
 trying [6] - 10:13,
strongly [2] - 10:2, 60:25 today [8] - 17:24, 30:8, 44:22, 46:8, 46:11,
 16:4, 31:19, 40:17,
 13:14 taxpayers [2] - 61:12, 47:3, 47:4, 47:7,
 31:6, 34:6, 45:11, 45:24, 50:9
structure [1] - 13:9 61:16 48:12, 49:10, 50:1,
 52:19, 58:9 Tuesday [2] - 1:7, 31:5
stuck [1] - 19:8 51:4, 54:1, 55:6,
 Teacher [3] - 5:14, together [3] - 4:19, tuned [1] - 15:12
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 55:8, 56:21, 58:15, 38:8 works [2] - 37:22, 53:1
 58:18, 59:10, 61:5, waste [1] - 12:12 world [4] - 3:5, 6:9,
 66:22 wasting [1] - 19:24 28:23, 38:10
update [7] - 12:25, watched [2] - 17:5, worse [1] - 61:2
 30:19, 56:7, 56:24, 23:11 Worth [4] - 59:23,
 59:7, 59:13, 64:8 watching [4] - 7:21, 59:24, 60:20, 61:8
updated [3] - 7:22, 22:15, 24:7, 24:10 wrappers [1] - 52:2
 23:25, 50:10 water [4] - 18:1, 29:11, write [2] - 24:15, 25:5
US [1] - 36:6 52:3, 67:16 writing [1] - 45:5
useless [1] - 12:12 Water [1] - 12:23 written [1] - 55:14
utilities [2] - 12:8, ways [1] - 19:9 Wyoming [2] - 14:15,
 12:10 weapons [1] - 13:17 34:15
utility [2] - 15:24, 18:5 wearing [1] - 17:12
utilize [1] - 52:11 web [1] - 11:4 Y
 website [2] - 7:22,
 V 7:25 yard [2] - 47:23, 49:10
 Week [2] - 5:14, 6:11 year [14] - 7:12, 15:21,
Valley [2] - 47:5, 48:22 week [24] - 4:8, 7:24, 18:1, 19:11, 23:2,
various [2] - 8:18, 12:2, 15:7, 15:8, 31:7, 32:17, 42:1,
 10:16 15:11, 18:6, 18:8, 42:5, 42:21, 42:24,
verbal [1] - 10:16 18:9, 20:8, 26:14, 52:6, 56:8, 66:15
veterans [1] - 4:9 30:18, 31:24, 39:18, year's [1] - 30:25
veterinarian [1] - 41:7, 41:17, 44:11, years [21] - 8:12, 9:2,
 26:23 45:4, 55:5, 55:10, 12:1, 13:4, 17:9,
VIA [1] - 32:24 59:4, 64:4, 66:11 22:16, 22:17, 26:11,
VICE [1] - 2:3 weekend [3] - 5:9, 6:5, 36:5, 36:16, 40:1,
videos [1] - 11:6 6:15 49:4, 49:10, 49:11,
violation [1] - 12:19 weekly [1] - 15:7 50:14, 50:18, 50:22,
virtually [1] - 41:19 weeks [5] - 5:11, 57:4, 57:5, 59:24
visit [1] - 43:21 18:16, 18:20, 19:8, yelled [1] - 20:10
Voldenberg [5] - 45:4 yellow [1] - 36:23
 55:21, 58:3, 63:20, Weinberg [1] - 11:2 yesterday [4] - 17:7,
 65:20, 67:4 welcome [3] - 5:3, 20:6, 20:25, 58:3
VOLDENBERG [33] - 67:20, 72:19 yourself [1] - 11:5
 2:8, 3:22, 7:16, West [2] - 21:12, 47:3 youth [1] - 5:19
 38:16, 39:3, 39:13, Weston [2] - 42:11,
 41:1, 41:13, 50:25, 43:14 Z
 51:14, 52:15, 53:13, wetland [1] - 25:20
 53:20, 54:2, 56:21, Whitetail [1] - 47:4 zero [2] - 9:14, 13:15
 58:7, 58:25, 63:21, who've [1] - 31:11 zoning [2] - 74:19,
 64:2, 67:2, 67:9, whole [5] - 13:10, 74:24
 67:20, 67:24, 68:19, 20:3, 24:7, 24:21, zoo [2] - 9:25, 10:1
 69:14, 70:10, 71:3, 72:21
 71:24, 73:15, 74:15, wife [3] - 6:8, 6:12,
 74:21, 75:3, 75:9 6:19
volume [1] - 22:3 Wimpy [1] - 31:4
volunteering [2] - windows [1] - 20:11
 27:20, 72:14 winter [6] - 42:10,
votes [1] - 36:10 42:15, 42:16, 43:10,
voting [1] - 36:7 44:5, 58:16
 wish [3] - 4:4, 5:5,
 W 5:24
 WITH [1] - 69:17
wait [2] - 36:24, 63:11 woman [4] - 28:15,
waiting [1] - 50:8 28:16, 28:18, 39:6
waiver [1] - 47:19 women [2] - 3:5, 4:14
walking [2] - 20:25, woodpecker [2] -
 36:21 23:14, 23:17
warrants [1] - 13:17 woody [1] - 23:17
Waste [3] - 38:6, 38:7, word [1] - 50:1