COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
Date: 2025-12-11

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 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON

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 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT
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 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT
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 JESSICA ROTHCHILD - via phone
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 THOMAS SCHUSTER
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 WILLIAM KING
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 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK
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 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR
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 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.)

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 3 MR. SMURL: Please remain standing

 4 for a moment of silent reflection for our

 5 service men and women throughout the world and

 6 for those who have passed away in our

 7 community, especially Jim Moran, James Maroni,

 8 and Michael Palmitessa. Thank you. Roll call,

 9 please.

10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

11 MR. KING: Here.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

13 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.

14 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

17 MR. MCANDREW: Present.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

19 MR. SMURL: Here.

20 MR. KING: I make a motion to take

21 from the table file to Council No. 102 of 2025.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

23 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

24 floor and a second to take from the table File

25 of Council No. 102 of 2025 and place it in
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 1 Seventh Order for a final vote. This ordinance

 2 is the 2026 city operating budget. All those

 3 in favor signify by saying aye.

 4 MR. KING: Aye.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 7 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 8 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 9 have it and so moved.

10 MR. KING: I'd like to make a motion

11 to take from the table file to Council No. 104

12 of 2025.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

14 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the

15 floor and a second to take from the table File

16 of Council No. 104, 2025 and place it in

17 Seventh Order for a final vote. This

18 legislation amends the zoning ordinance. All

19 those in favor signify by saying aye.

20 MR. KING: Aye.

21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

22 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed?

23 MR. MCANDREW: No.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

25 MR. SMURL: Ayes have it and so
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 1 moved. Dispense with the reading of the

 2 minutes.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

 4 3-A. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED

 5 NOVEMBER 24, 2025, FROM CITY BUSINESS

 6 ADMINISTRATION, REGARDING OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT

 7 BENEFITS TRUST 3RD QUARTER 2025 INVESTMENT

 8 PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

 9 3-B. AGENDA FOR THE SCRANTON PARKING

10 AUTHORITY DECEMBER 10, 2025 MEETING RECEIVED

11 DECEMBER 4, 2025.

12 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments

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

14 received and filed.

15 Do any Council members have any

16 announcements at this time? Fourth Order.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

18 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.

19 MR. SMURL: First, Joan Hodowanitz.

20 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

21 Scranton. First, I want to thank IT for

22 putting back on the City's websites the

23 collective bargaining agreements of the various

24 unions and the audits from the city.

25 They're back online if anyone would
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 1 care to access them. Do we have any progress

 2 on a collective bargaining agreement for DPW?

 3 MR. SMURL: I think they met Friday

 4 or Monday. They met recently.

 5 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Is next week

 6 going to be your last Council meeting for the

 7 year?

 8 MR. SMURL: I believe it is.

 9 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Should I

10 bring in a cake? We'll celebrate the first

11 anniversary of DPW not having a contract. I

12 could bring in a cake if you bring in the

13 candles.

14 MR. SMURL: I'll bring in the

15 candles.

16 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. And no

17 progress yet on a director for DPW?

18 MR. SMURL: I believe I seen -- oh,

19 that's the parks.

20 MS. HODOWANITZ: I saw one for Parks

21 and Rec but not DPW. Although you keep in mind

22 that there's an $8,000 pay raise in the budget

23 for that position. And speaking of the budget,

24 I don't know if you all pay attention to the

25 County Commissioners' meeting.
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 1 But they did not yet pass their

 2 budget for 2026. Dave Bulzoni recommended that

 3 they pause until the next meeting on December

 4 17th because basically they are trying to get a

 5 firm figure on what they can expect to pay for

 6 electricity in 2026.

 7 And so they are anticipating

 8 significant increase in the rates which is why

 9 I refer you to page 27 of your proposed budget.

10 Under the general expenditures summary, you'll

11 see electrical. Last year was for -- or for

12 this year 2025, it was $350,000. And next year

13 it's also $350,000.

14 Does the city not think that the

15 rates are going up? I think, you know, that

16 may not be a reason to pause passing the

17 budget. But I don't think that you're going to

18 get away with no rise in the cost of

19 electricity for next year.

20 So I hope that when you go through

21 the legislation for tonight, don't feel

22 compelled to rush through. I saw ironically in

23 one of the legislations where they're updating

24 the Administrative Code that you get August off

25 and December 18th to the end of the year off.
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 1 But if you have legislation that is

 2 pending, I would expect that you would come

 3 back even if it's after December 18th. Thank

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 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Joan. Next

 6 on the sign-in is Megan from CMC -- on the

 7 other one. Okay, Mike Mancini.

 8 MR. MANCINI: Good evening,

 9 Scranton. Prayers to Officer Tallo, Officer

10 Grippo and the rest of our amazing Scranton

11 Police Department after the loss of canine

12 Gunner and canine Scout. And also prayers to

13 the stabbing victims regarding the machete

14 incident at the Hotel Jermyn a little over an

15 hour ago.

16 Four level one victims were rushed

17 to GCMC. One male is in custody. Tonight I

18 will talk to the people of Scranton since their

19 City Council refuses to engage of our safety

20 concerns. I do not blame them for not

21 engaging.

22 They lack the intellect to resolve

23 issues like safety and homelessness within our

24 city. You get what you vote for and you expect

25 the best and you get mediocre crickets.
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 1 I asked about the unhoused task

 2 force meeting which could be -- which should be

 3 public like the one I attended in April of

 4 2024. Like-minded individual were also

 5 present, including Jim Lockwood from the Times.

 6 At that meeting we learned there was a counting

 7 system in place for the homeless.

 8 A survey is not the answer. The

 9 last meeting was in October with the next one

10 to be held in secret in January. Ninety days

11 without a meeting and still no plan in place.

12 It seems as if woke is broke.

13 Those meetings should be held in a

14 public setting with input from concerned

15 citizens. Last week Council struggled to

16 understand my concerns which have been the same

17 concerns I've asked for months regarding our

18 safety.

19 I was even given a piece of paper

20 from Chair for Public Safety. And I quote,

21 "Here. Here's the answers that you've asked

22 for from the administration." They were not

23 answers. Do not expect Mark McAndrew to seek

24 those answers and has shown week after week,

25 month after month, crickets.
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 1 I have the right to request that our

 2 concerns be addressed before Council. I even

 3 had to read verbatim the responsibility for the

 4 Chair on Public Safety as if he did not know,

 5 but will have his hand out for that raise.

 6 Games people play, safety and

 7 homelessness are not a game. They are

 8 individuals being impacted without compassion.

 9 Morality from our local leaders, sent right to

10 knows to both the city and the county.

11 One of the questions I asked was how

12 many subpoenas have been requested of

13 electronic devices of those who passed away due

14 to the very concerning opioid crisis? Since

15 our City Council lacks the basis skills to

16 address important concerns, once received, I

17 will make these issues public and hand them out

18 to all my media sources.

19 Council's become part of the

20 problem, not the solution. There are those

21 that care about others and those that just care

22 about themselves. The four in front of me and

23 the other one dialled in are perfect examples

24 of just about themselves.

25 They think our city is safe, our
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 1 homelessness issues are at a minimum, wrong

 2 wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong to the one who

 3 dialled in. What is also wrong is the way that

 4 GCMC expansion is being handled. It should go

 5 before zoning.

 6 Council does not have the skill set

 7 to ask the proper questions. When you need to

 8 legally abstain -- one of you needs to legally

 9 abstain. Mr. Smurl, you're here, you have a

10 brother who works for GCMC which is a conflict

11 of interest.

12 I'm 100 percent in favor of this

13 well-needed expansion. However, it needs to be

14 handled just like any other zoning issue.

15 Zoning knows the questions to ask and what to

16 look for. I care about my hometown, its

17 people, and our safety.

18 I will continue to call a spade a

19 spade. I will continue to call out our shitty

20 Council and local elected officials because we

21 deserve more than just mediocre. God bless our

22 citizens, our first responders and our city.

23 Good evening, Scranton.

24 MR. SMURL: Les Spindler.

25 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,
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 1 Council, Les Spindler, city resident and

 2 homeowner. First of all, I have to give a

 3 shoutout to the DPW refuse collectors. My

 4 daughter recently moved out of the apartment

 5 next to my house.

 6 And between herself and my wife and

 7 I for the last two weeks we put a lot of old

 8 broken furniture out, old dressers and old box

 9 springs. And they picked up everything. They

10 did a great job, so kudos to them.

11 Next thing, Mike already talked

12 about it, but as a dog lover and dog owner, my

13 heart was saddened last week when I heard of

14 the cop passing of canine Scout. They said it

15 was a medical emergency. It's just a shame

16 because I guess he just joined the police force

17 recently and it's a shame. I'm sure he'll be

18 missed.

19 Also on the news last Wednesday,

20 Hazleton is having free parking in their

21 downtown until Christmas. Why don't we do

22 that? You want to get people down town, give

23 them free parking. But, no, this city wants to

24 bleed every penny from the taxpayers that they

25 could get.
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 1 I don't know when it was, it was

 2 quite a few years ago that we also did do that

 3 for one Christmas. We gave the residents free

 4 parking. We should do it again. Hazleton can

 5 do it, why can't we do it? It would be a good

 6 thing to do. But this city doesn't do the

 7 right thing.

 8 Well, lastly more about GCMC.

 9 That's my hospital. My doctors are from GCMC.

10 I support them 100 percent. But there's got to

11 be a -- got to be compromise. And you people

12 should not vote on it tonight. I know you will

13 because when Geppetto pulls your strings. The

14 three of you vote the way she wants you to

15 vote.

16 And Councilwoman Rothchild, I know

17 you're going to be the swing vote. I just hope

18 you could look at your neighbors when you vote

19 yes. And it shows you don't care about your

20 neighbors. And that's all I have tonight.

21 Thank you for your time.

22 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else

23 wish to speak?

24 MR. SPINDLER: Happy holidays to

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 1 MS. AUGUSTINI: Laura Augustini from

 2 the Green Ridge Neighborhood Association. I'm

 3 going to address a couple more things about

 4 Geisinger GCMC. What we're all looking for is

 5 transparency. Mr. Smurl, you talked about spot

 6 zoning the last time.

 7 The civic zoning for Regional and

 8 Moses went into place when all of those

 9 residences had already been purchased and those

10 lots were empty. There were no neighbors or

11 residents bordering that civic zone.

12 I have a question about what's in

13 the old nursing school. Why can't CMC do

14 something to expand into that building that's

15 right next to their garage. Geisinger needs to

16 show that they have skin in the game. They

17 haven't.

18 All they're doing is asking. They

19 aren't giving anything. I hear a lot about --

20 I hear a lot about the need for healthcare.

21 Geisinger CMC is my hospital. I go there for

22 everything. I appreciate everything that they

23 do. But why does the Hill, why do the

24 neighbors of the Hill have to sacrifice for the

25 rest of the county?
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 1 I just don't know that that's

 2 appropriate. The biggest thing for me on this

 3 issue is that it is being rammed through. I

 4 think it is totally inappropriate for something

 5 that is this monumental to be taking -- to be

 6 voted on in this quick of a fashion with --

 7 and while we have -- obviously had a very

 8 extensive public hearing tonight. I just don't

 9 think that that's the answer.

10 When we -- when the zoning ordinance

11 was put into effect three years ago, there was

12 over -- over a year of discussion with the

13 neighborhood association, never mind what had

14 been done previously with the Planning

15 Commission and other people.

16 We went through a year of meetings

17 to look at the zoning ordinance for everything

18 that was going on. And while I'm not

19 suggesting that this should take a year, I do

20 think it needs more than the four weeks that

21 we've had if only to make sure that the

22 community benefit agreement is put into place

23 before this zoning change is approved.

24 Again, that's a legal document that

25 needs -- that I think is very important to
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 1 alleviate the concerns of the neighbors of the

 2 Hill. Thank you.

 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Everybody, Sean

 5 McAndrew, taxpayer. I'm here tonight because

 6 of the vote of the Fidelity Bank Building. It

 7 has major implications for our taxpayers and

 8 responsible budget for the next few years.

 9 Recently I had a great meeting with

10 the Mayor. During that meeting, I asked what

11 is the biggest concern coming up. And it was

12 the 2026 budget just like probably any other

13 city or borough or even a school district.

14 It's always -- it's always a concern.

15 And the concern was possibly raising

16 tax increases depending on how things go, which

17 is legitimate. So my question is, if we're

18 facing a reality of possibly raising taxes in a

19 climate that we are in everywhere, then why are

20 we rushing into possibly buying a multimillion

21 dollar building right now?

22 So tonight I have some questions for

23 Council. They're very simple questions, very

24 reasonable questions. My first question, has

25 Council received any written plans at all, not
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 1 verbal ideas, not concept, actual plans what

 2 the city intends to do the building, the

 3 renovation or relocate anything from here into

 4 the Fidelity Bank?

 5 MR. MCANDREW: No.

 6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Yeah,

 7 because some of the conversations I've had with

 8 several members, the answer appears to be no.

 9 Second, have you been provided appraisals? I

10 know they were listed in the paper. But if

11 Council is being asked to vote on spending over

12 1.8 million dollars just to purchase a building

13 and much -- probably much more in renovations,

14 design and reconfigurations that are added in,

15 you should at a minimum have the appraisal

16 packages in front of you. Have you received

17 them from the city?

18 MR. MCANDREW: We received answers

19 to questions that were --

20 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: But not the

21 physical appraisal.

22 MR. MCANDREW: The physical

23 document?

24 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.

25 MR. MCANDREW: No, just amount.
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 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. And has a

 2 feasibility study been completed, not just on

 3 the bank building but also City Hall itself?

 4 Before buying anything, every responsible

 5 organization examines the condition, needs and

 6 potential of what they already own.

 7 Has this been done here? If there

 8 is a study, where is it? If there isn't one,

 9 why not? Okay. Mr. King, I know you work in

10 construction the last few years. And you're

11 very good at it. I've heard very good things.

12 As a successful person in that

13 industry, would you ever recommend to a client

14 or anybody that buying a building, any building

15 without a feasibility study, without renovation

16 cost estimates, without architectural plans and

17 without a clear scope of work, that's what I

18 feel like is going on here.

19 I'm not saying it's a bad idea. I

20 just don't ]think we have all of the pieces of

21 the puzzle and all the plans to find out what

22 the real cost is and what the real plan is.

23 Right now it's an idea, not a plan.

24 In that meeting with the Mayor, she

25 told me that there's, you know, if it is
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 1 purchased, possibly building a bridge that

 2 connects the building like the firehouse.

 3 That's going to be very expensive. Another

 4 part of it was leasing space to the school

 5 district.

 6 I just got off the school board on

 7 Friday. We have a plan in place. It's

 8 actually looking at purchasing buildings. But

 9 what we're doing is, we're waiting for a

10 construction manager to come to give us

11 estimates. What's it going to cost if we buy

12 this building to convert it into what we need

13 to be done?

14 And that's all I'm kind of asking

15 here. You know, there's a lot more costs just

16 than, you know, purchasing the building. And

17 we have to work on it for future budgeting and

18 how we're going to pay for that. So you guys

19 are in a tough spot with voting on it right

20 now.

21 You're being asked to approve a

22 major real estate deal with no plans, no firm

23 cost projections, no contract or architectural

24 consultants on this idea they have and no

25 long-term financial analysis tied to the
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 1 upcoming budget.

 2 I don't really think this is

 3 transparency. It's not really fair to the

 4 taxpayers right now. I'm not saying, you know,

 5 this shouldn't happen or it's a good idea or a

 6 bad idea. I just think the process needs to be

 7 slowed down. This is not forever.

 8 But until actual information exists

 9 so the public could see it and you guys could

10 have it to make, you know, the best vote on it.

11 So I know you guys you have a hard

12 job up there. You know, I've been through it

13 on the school board, so I appreciate all you

14 do. And I hope you all have a good holiday, so

15 thank you.

16 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

17 MR. ARGENTA: Good evening, Council,

18 Virgil Argenta, Scranton. My condolences to

19 canine officers Matt Grippo and Scout and Jerry

20 Tallo and Gunner. Tonight I want to voice my

21 outrage about what happened Sunday night on the

22 3200 block of Cedar Avenue in Minooka.

23 ]Thankfully no one lost their life,

24 but the damage was severe. It is unacceptable

25 that a functional fire hydrant was unavailable
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 1 for more than 35 minutes especially since this

 2 hydrant was directly across the street from the

 3 destroyed house.

 4 As a concerned citizen I demand

 5 answers on how a fire hydrant located less than

 6 40 feet from the fire failed to provide water

 7 when needed most. Firefighters need water to

 8 fight fires. Pennsylvania American Water

 9 Company's fire hydrant inspections were

10 insufficient and failed in this instance.

11 For the record, I respectfully

12 request that this Council obtain reports

13 regarding pressure inspections and all

14 maintenance records for the hydrant in

15 question, plus for all fire hydrants in all

16 sections of the city.

17 It is necessary to hold Pennsylvania

18 American Water Company accountable for their

19 involvement in this incident as the safety and

20 well-being of Scranton residents are at stake.

21 Will this issue lead to increased insurance

22 rates for residents and businesses in our

23 community?

24 It's unconscionable that

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 1 negligence could lead to higher insurance costs

 2 for all of us. This issue goes beyond the

 3 single fire and highlights ongoing problems

 4 with Pennsylvania American Water Company that

 5 we've been talking about for several years now.

 6 While service rates keep raising,

 7 the quality of service fails to improve. For

 8 example, pave cuts are often left subpar and

 9 improperly restored. Neighborhood catch basins

10 remain damaged and blocked due to insufficient

11 preventative maintenance.

12 Additionally, there's confusion

13 about which basins are city owned and

14 maintained versus those under Pennsylvania

15 American Water Company's responsibility. Most

16 concerning of all is the quality of our water.

17 Where is this accountability? They're looking

18 for another rate increase.

19 As a former Council candidate and a

20 community advocate, I would expect better from

21 Pennsylvania American Water Company. This fire

22 could have posed serious danger to both

23 firefighters and residents. Our first

24 responders put their lives on the line daily.

25 They deserve reliable equipment and full
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 1 support from our utility partners.

 2 As for Council members, including

 3 those newly elected, I hope you will ask tough

 4 questions of Pennsylvania American Water

 5 Company and you will stand up for our community

 6 and refuse to be silenced.

 7 This elderly gentleman lost

 8 everything except for the ashes of his wife.

 9 Let us work together to ensure that this does

10 not happen again. Thank you, Council. Have a

11 nice holiday.

12 MR. SMURL: Mr. Argenta?

13 MR. ARGENTA: Yes, sir.

14 MR. SMURL: Will you leave Kathy

15 your e-mail address? I did have the same

16 concerns. I spoke with Chief Judge today and

17 before I got here. I received this about 4:30.

18 It's the answers to pretty much every -- I'll

19 e-mail this to you. If you wait until the end

20 of the meeting, I'll give a copy.

21 MR. ARGENTA: Okay. Thanks, Mr.

22 Smurl.

23 MR. MCANDREW: Also on Monday I had

24 Mr. Voldenberg contact American Water with the

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 1 MR. ARGENTA: Thank you. I

 2 appreciate that.

 3 MR. MCANDREW: -- with regards to

 4 the failure of the fire hydrant in the 3200

 5 block.

 6 MR. ARGENTA: Thank you. I'm just

 7 concerned that it doesn't affect our insurance

 8 rates.

 9 MR. MCANDREW: It's in motion.

10 These concerns are in motion. I'm checking

11 them all.

12 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka.

13 First off, again, two more cans for the food

14 bank. It would be nice if before the last

15 session at least one council member brought in

16 a can of food to add to it -- to add to the

17 hopefully growing cans of food for the poor and

18 the hungry in our community.

19 One person adding one can builds to

20 another, builds to another which can start a

21 flow of food to the hungry and people who need

22 it. So hopefully someone will step up and add

23 to it.

24 For next week it is the last

25 session. I hope that Mr. Smurl will bring his
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 1 key in to Nay Aug Park since he no longer needs

 2 it since he's no longer associated and will no

 3 longer be on the City Council, he should turn

 4 that key in.

 5 The 3200 block which we were just

 6 talking about, that's a 30 second walk from

 7 where my house is. The city zoning -- the City

 8 Planning Board just approved a multi-apartment

 9 building across from the church -- two of them

10 actually right off Davis Street.

11 We don't have any wastewater, catch

12 basins in that section at all from Cedar Avenue

13 down. Water pools right next to where they're

14 putting the apartment building complexes. And

15 we're putting a multi-apartment building, two

16 of them, right in a place where fire hydrants

17 don't work and where there is no runoff catch

18 basins. There's a problem. And a burning

19 house does put a light on it.

20 I'm glad that the cold shelter is

21 opened up. I'm glad that we finally got that

22 done before winter was opened by pressure

23 because it needed to be because I've walked

24 outside and with that wind it's bitter.

25 And I can't imagine being outside
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 1 for any period of time in that cold or spending

 2 two hours walking from a day shelter that

 3 closes to a night shelter that opens up and

 4 having to stand outside for two hours in that

 5 bitterness.

 6 You obviously hide behind the corner

 7 of the buildings just to keep yourself out of

 8 the wind and it's not reasonable and it's not

 9 ]humane. There's food insufficiency in our

10 community. We've got to remember that just as

11 much we remembered to put up street signs

12 because street signs are important, but so is

13 people's actual lives.

14 PP&L had a meeting up at the

15 University of Scranton for the rate -- for the

16 rate change. How come we were never notified?

17 The Mayor was up there. I don't know if any of

18 you actually made it because I didn't know it

19 was happening.

20 How come it wasn't brought up at the

21 last Council session so the community could

22 talk with and voice about the rate changes?

23 Either Council is left in the dark again when

24 the Mayor obviously knew or something happened

25 where we had a three-day notice that a meeting
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 1 was going to be held at the University and

 2 public just weren't wanted up at it. It's a

 3 communication problem.

 4 And we've talked about due diligence

 5 and with Geisinger. I think it's setting a bad

 6 precedent. The building next door, everything

 7 that's come before this body has had study

 8 after study after study and been studied to

 9 death for projects in this city.

10 How come we don't have one single

11 study on this building and next door? We've

12 had studies to study studies. But we need to

13 rush that through now with nothing but words

14 that we need it. Every other action required

15 plans.

16 You're required an outlook,

17 financial, none of that is done with this. Why

18 are we unaccountable for spending city money on

19 city projects when we are throwing money away

20 ]right and left for studies on everything else

21 in creation and hundreds of thousands of

22 dollars? And now we want to spend 1.8 million

23 dollars and let people starve. Something is

24 wrong. Good night.

25 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?
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 1 MS. KOLOSKI: Doris Koloski, Hill

 2 Section. I just want to remind you again

 3 before you vote that none of the neighbors are

 4 against expanded healthcare. We all want

 5 healthcare. We just want it done in a way

 6 that benefits both Geisinger and the

 7 neighborhood. Thank you.

 8 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Doris.

 9 Anyone else?

10 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Scranton, Rik

11 Little. I think there has to be a lot more

12 vision and future planning going into the

13 future. I've looked at this a lot. I've

14 looked at how the government's working. And

15 it's not working right.

16 It seems to me that this whole thing

17 for expanding City Hall, next door is a

18 railroad. It seems like the Geisinger thing is

19 a railroad and especially the data center thing

20 in Archbald is a railroad. It's just -- you

21 know, like somebody just said, you know,

22 there's a study -- all of these studies.

23 There has to be a vision. I think

24 we've lost it in this entire area. And we've

25 lost it through the Home Rule Charter because
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 1 justice goes out the window with the Home Rule

 2 Charter. The Home Rule Charter was made legal

 3 in like 1856 in the state of Iowa by one judge

 4 and it has expanded all over the place.

 5 And I've looked at many cities and

 6 every city and every county that accepts this

 7 as democracy or rule of law. It's been going

 8 down a real long time. And I see the main

 9 problem with it all is that, you know, we had a

10 plan.

11 We had a constitutional governance

12 based on the rule of law from the Bible.

13 That's how our government was set up. And

14 somehow they've inched it in and inched it in

15 that -- that it's not that, especially after

16 1871 when they, you know, all -- all people are

17 equal.

18 That's what it said in the

19 Declaration of Independence. Once they get to

20 the 14th Amendment, that's what we're going

21 through now especially in all of these deep

22 blue states, Dearborn, Michigan, Minneapolis,

23 Los Angeles that, you know, freedom of speech

24 you could say anything now.

25 And the things that's happening with
 30

 1 Omar and they're getting positions in our

 2 federal government. And we're in the era now

 3 of mashing of teeth. It's freezing outside.

 4 And here in Scranton I watch how the boards

 5 work.

 6 And, you know, I keep seeing on the

 7 schedule that somebody's supposed to be

 8 appointed to the Scranton Housing Authority

 9 Board and it's a procedural thing or something

10 like that. But I've watched that board and a

11 lot of boards way before.

12 And they've all been fudging on

13 quorum and the democracy that's supposed to

14 happen. I mean, you're going to vote but on

15 stuff like next door and people don't really

16 know what's going on.

17 I mean, I read in the paper, hey,

18 it's 185,000 to buy the Fidelity Bank and

19 another article it says, well, the price was

20 175. And in another -- another thing, well, it

21 was 200 or 2 million dollars-something. But we

22 just went through this recertification thing

23 and it's less than $500,000 for that building.

24 So what's the truth? No one knows

25 what's going on. And it seems to be, oh, you
 31

 1 know, rush right before Christmas we have to

 2 vote on this life-changing thing like the

 3 hospital and the bank building. It's too much.

 4 There has to be a slowing down and not a

 5 slowing down from some outside study.

 6 You know, there has to be community.

 7 There probably should be a community vote on

 8 whether there's going to be a zoning change up

 9 on the Hill. And I hope people start to

10 realize that because things are changing fast,

11 very fast across the world. And I wish you

12 all a Merry Christmas.

13 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

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

15 MOTIONS.

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

17 any motions or comments?

18 MR. KING: No, I'll speak to some of

19 these items as they come in the agenda. Thank

20 you.

21 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Mr.

22 Schuster, do you have any motions or comments?

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I'm just going

24 to make one comment. I want to thank

25 Mr. Gilbride and Mr. Voldenberg. At the end of
 32

 1 the meeting last week I did ask about the

 2 community benefits agreement. I asked them to

 3 reach out to see if there was an appetite from

 4 the city Law Department or administration about

 5 it.

 6 And we did get an answer back. So

 7 I'm just going to read that answer out. So

 8 they thanked us for reaching out. The Law

 9 Department's opinion is that the city cannot

10 legally enter into a community benefits

11 agreement with Geisinger as the conditions of

12 amending the city's zoning map.

13 Pennsylvania law categorizes --

14 categorically prohibits contract zoning which

15 includes condition zoning map amendments or

16 private agreements between municipalities and

17 property owners. And this is coming from the

18 city's attorney, Andrew Cutillo.

19 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has

20 held that the police power of a municipality

21 cannot be subjected to agreement which

22 respective condition zoning district

23 classification to participate -- or to a

24 particular problem -- properties and rezoning

25 constitutes legislative act that cannot be
 33

 1 conditioned upon contractual agreement. So

 2 that cannot occur.

 3 I don't know, Mr. Gilbride, if there

 4 is anything else you would like to say on that.

 5 But what we're getting from the Law Department

 6 is that that cannot occur.

 7 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That was their

 8 answer, sir.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. And thank

10 you, guys, for reaching out to them and getting

11 that answer. That's all I have for Fifth Order

12 tonight. And I'll speak to everything else on

13 the question.

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

15 Dr. Rothchild, do you have any motions or

16 comments?

17 DR. ROTHCHILD: I just want to say

18 that (inaudible.)

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Is her microphone on?

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: -- my colleagues to

21 call in tonight instead. It's, you know,

22 really not preferred and not convenient. So I

23 don't want anyone to think that I was taking a

24 way out of this. But it still is very

25 important for me to participate. And I've
 34

 1 stayed present and watched throughout --

 2 throughout the hearing and the meeting.

 3 I will have a lot to say and speak

 4 more when it comes to the -- some of the votes

 5 that we have coming in up. That's all. Thank

 6 you.

 7 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Mr.

 8 McAndrew, do you have any motions or comments?

 9 MR. MCANDREW: No, I'll reserve mine

10 for the actual legislation.

11 MR. SMURL: Okay.

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

13 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - AMENDING THE

14 CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO UPDATE PROVISIONS

15 REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH; THE EXECUTIVE

16 BRANCH; BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES;

17 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; FISCAL AFFAIRS; ETHICS;

18 AND MISCELLANEOUS.

19 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

20 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

21 into its proper committee. We don't have it

22 moved, so motion fails.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

24 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

25 DANA FORCE TO THE POSITION OF PARKS AND
 35

 1 RECREATION DIRECTOR.

 2 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 3 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

 4 into its proper committee.

 5 MR. KING: So moved.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 7 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 8 those in favor of introduction signify by

 9 saying aye.

10 MR. KING: Aye.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

13 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

14 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

15 have it and so moved.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

17 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

18 JODI LA COE AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

19 HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR A

20 TERM FROM JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,

21 2030.

22 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

23 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

24 into its proper committee.

25 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
 36

 1 MR. KING: Second.

 2 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 3 those in favor of introduction signify by

 4 saying aye.

 5 MR. KING: Aye.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 8 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 9 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

10 have it and so moved.

11 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR

12 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

13 VITO SCOCOZZO AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

14 HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR A

15 TERM FROM JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,

16 2029.

17 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

18 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced

19 into its proper committee.

20 MR. KING: So moved.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

22 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

23 those in favor of introduction signify by

24 saying aye.

25 MR. KING: Aye.
 37

 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 3 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 4 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 5 have it and so moved.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR

 7 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AMENDING BOARD

 8 APPOINTMENT RESOLUTIONS TO BRING TERMS INTO

 9 COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW FOR THE SCRANTON

10 PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHORITY.

11 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

12 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced

13 into its proper committee.

14 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

15 MR. KING: Second.

16 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

17 those in favor of introduction signify by

18 saying aye.

19 MR. KING: Aye.

20 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

22 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

23 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

24 have it and so moved.

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-G. FOR
 38

 1 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - REAPPOINTMENT OF

 2 GLYNIS JOHNS AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON PUBLIC

 3 LIBRARY AUTHORITY FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY

 4 5, 2031.

 5 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-G be introduced

 7 into its proper committee.

 8 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 9 MR. KING: Second.

10 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

11 those in favor of introduction signify by

12 saying aye.

13 MR. KING: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

17 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

18 have it and so moved.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-H. FOR

20 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

21 SHANNON ROCHE CUSICK AS A MEMBER OF THE

22 SCRANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHORITY TO FILL THE

23 SEAT INITIALLY HELD BY REES WARRING, FOR A TERM

24 BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING JANUARY 5,

25 2031.
 39

 1 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 2 entertain a motion that Item 5-H be introduced

 3 into its proper committee.

 4 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 6 MR. KING: Second.

 7 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 8 those in favor of introduction signify by

 9 saying aye.

10 MR. KING: Aye.

11 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

13 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

14 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

15 have it and so moved.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-I. FOR

17 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

18 CONOR KELLY O'BRIEN AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON

19 PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHORITY TO FILL THE SEAT

20 INITIALLY HELD BY EMILY PERRY, FOR A TERM

21 BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING JANUARY 2,

22 2028.

23 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

24 entertain a motion that Item 5-I be introduced

25 into its proper committee.
 40

 1 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 2 MR. KING: Second.

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 4 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 5 those in favor of introduction signify by

 6 saying aye.

 7 MR. KING: Aye.

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

10 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

11 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

12 have it and so moved.

13 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-J. FOR

14 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

15 THOMAS MCLANE AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE

16 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL TO FILL THE

17 UNEXPIRED TERM OF LAUREL DOWNS, BEGINNING

18 IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING MAY 31, 2026.

19 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

20 entertain a motion that Item 5-J be introduced

21 into its proper committee.

22 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

24 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

25 those in favor of introduction signify by
 41

 1 saying aye.

 2 MR. KING: Aye.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 5 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 6 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 7 have it and so moved.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5 K. FOR

 9 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPOINTMENT OF

10 DORIS KOLOSKI AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON HUMAN

11 RELATIONS COMMISSION TO REPLACE MICHAEL VILLA

12 FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE ON FEBRUARY 23, 2026.

13 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

14 entertain a motion that Item 5-K be introduced

15 into its proper committee.

16 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

17 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

18 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

19 those in favor of introduction signify by

20 saying aye.

21 MR. KING: Aye.

22 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

24 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

25 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
 42

 1 have it and so moved.

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER.

 3 6-A. READING BY TITLE - FILE OF THE

 4 COUNCIL NO. 107, 2025 - AN ORDINANCE - LEVYING

 5 THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE FOR THE YEAR 2026.

 6 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

 7 title of Item 6-A. What is your pleasure?

 8 MR. King: Mr. Chairman, I move that

 9 Item 6-A pass reading by title.

10 MR. MCANDREW: Second.

11 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

12 those in favor signify by saying aye.

13 MR. KING: Aye.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

17 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

18 have it and so moved.

19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-B. READING BY

20 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 108, 2025 -

21 AN ORDINANCE - AMENDING PROVISIONS OF PARKING

22 OR STANDING OF TRUCKS IN RESIDENCE DISTRICTS

23 (ARTICLE XII, CHAPTER 439) TO REGULATE THE

24 PARKING OF DETACHED SEMITRAILERS ON PUBLIC

25 STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF SCRANTON.
 43

 1 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

 2 title of Item 6-B. What is your pleasure?

 3 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I move

 4 that Item 6-B pass reading by title.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

 6 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 7 those in favor signify by saying aye.

 8 MR. KING: Aye.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

11 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

12 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

13 have it and so moved.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-C. READING BY

15 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 109, 2025 -

16 AN ORDINANCE - AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE

17 PROVISIONS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN

18 DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION (CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE

19 VII OF CITY CODE) TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION.

20 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

21 title of Item 6-C. What is your pleasure?

22 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I move

23 that Item 6-C pass reading by title.

24 MR. KING: Second.

25 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
 44

 1 those in favor signify by saying aye.

 2 MR. KING: Aye.

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 5 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 6 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 7 have it and so moved.

 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-D. READING BY

 9 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 110, 2025 -

10 AN ORDINANCE - AMENDING FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO.

11 31, 2024, AN ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED

12 "APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE CITY OF SCRANTON

13 CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES A CAPITAL

14 RESERVE FUND SPENDING PLAN, FOR THE YEAR 2025

15 PURSUANT TO SECTION 904 OF THE CITY'S HOME RULE

16 CHARTER AND FILE OF COUNCIL NO. 11 OF 2024," BY

17 ADDING A NEW LINE ITEM IN THE 2025 CAPITAL

18 BUDGET AND IN THE 2025 CAPITAL RESERVE FUND

19 SPENDING PLAN FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT TOWARD THE

20 PURCHASE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 334-336 NORTH

21 WASHINGTON AVENUE IN SCRANTON, PA.

22 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

23 title of Item 6-D. What is your pleasure?

24 MR. KING: Mr. Chairman, I move that

25 Item 6-D pass reading by title.
 45

 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 2 MR. SMURL: On the question?

 3 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, I'll

 4 be voting no to the down payment of the

 5 building next door. I'll speak further in

 6 Seventh Order.

 7 MR. MCANDREW: Same for me also.

 8 MR. SMURL: All those in favor

 9 signify by saying aye.

10 MR. KING: Aye.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

12 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed?

13 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

14 MR. MCANDREW: No.

15 MR. SMURL: The ayes have it and so

16 moved.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: SEVENTH ORDER.

18 7-A. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE

19 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF

20 THE COUNCIL NO. 106, 2025 - TRANSFERRING FUNDS

21 FROM, CLOSING AND ABOLISHING INACTIVE SPECIAL

22 CITY ACCOUNTS; AMENDING ACCOUNT

23 120-29541-000-000-000000; AND CREATING AND

24 ESTABLISHING A NEW ACCOUNT

25 120-29643-000-000-000000 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
 46

 1 PARKS AND RECREATION TO RECEIVE AND DISBURSE

 2 DONATIONS TO ALL CITY PARKS.

 3 MR. SMURL: What is the

 4 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 5 Committee on Finance?

 6 MR. KING: As Chairperson for the

 7 Committee on Finance, I recommend final passage

 8 of Item 7-A.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

10 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

11 call please.

12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

13 MR. KING: Yes.

14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

15 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

16 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

19 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

21 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

22 Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR

24 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

25 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 310,
 47

 1 2025 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER

 2 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER

 3 INTO A CONTRACT WITH KRIGER CONSTRUCTION INC.

 4 TO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE BIDEN STREET

 5 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

 6 MR. SMURL: What is the

 7 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 8 Committee on Public Works?

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for

10 the Committee on Public Works, I recommend

11 final passage of Item 7-B.

12 MR. KING: Second.

13 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

14 call, please.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

16 MR. KING: Yes.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

19 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

22 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

24 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

25 Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.
 48

 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR

 2 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC

 3 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 311,

 4 2025 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER

 5 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER

 6 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RLE ENTERPRISES TO PERFORM

 7 SERVICES FOR THE EAST MOUNTAIN STORMWATER

 8 IMPROVEMENTS (CONTRACT 2) PROJECT.

 9 MR. SMURL: What is the

10 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

11 Committee on Public Works?

12 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for

13 the Committee on Public Works, I recommend

14 final passage of Item 7-C.

15 MR. KING: Second.

16 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

17 call, please.

18 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

19 MR. KING: Yes.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

21 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

25 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.
 49

 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

 2 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

 3 Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. FOR

 5 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - FOR

 6 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 312, 2025 -

 7 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE

 8 CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO ANY

 9 ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO PURCHASE CERTAIN

10 PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY SITUATED AT 334-336

11 NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE IN SCRANTON,

12 PENNSYLVANIA (PARCEL 156.28-010-003).

13 MR. SMURL: What is the

14 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

15 Committee on Finance?

16 MR. KING: As Chairperson for the

17 Committee on Finance, I recommend final passage

18 of Item 7-D.

19 MR. SMURL: On the question?

20 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Mr. President, you

21 need a second.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

23 MR. SMURL: Roll call, please.

24 MR. MCANDREW: Now on the question.

25 MR. SMURL: On the question?
 50

 1 MR. MCANDREW: Okay, this vote comes

 2 down to two things for me, need to have versus

 3 nice to have because the Mayor and her

 4 administration say on paper that we might be

 5 able to afford it and buy it, it doesn't mean

 6 that we could afford to maintain it.

 7 And second is conflict. Huge

 8 campaign contributions from the CEO and board

 9 members including a relative of her husband to

10 exceed $15,000 just for the last primary

11 election and also for prior runs.

12 All right. There's been donations

13 from prior runs. And I know people are saying,

14 well, this has been -- this has been an idea

15 and this building purchase has been -- has been

16 a process. Well, when this purchase was tossed

17 around in previous capital budgets, no Council

18 person had an appetite for it.

19 So to say it's been in the works,

20 it's been a dream maybe with administration;

21 but it hasn't been in the works with us. This

22 is another example of a rush job. It was

23 presented in part of the budget hearing -- the

24 budget meeting process only two weeks ago.

25 We had to beg for information like
 51

 1 appraisals. We had to beg for all of this.

 2 There was zero communication, collaboration,

 3 none. And so and especially now that, you

 4 know, I can't, you know, in good conscience and

 5 on behalf of the residents I represent, a yes

 6 vote would be giving a blessing to this type of

 7 behavior.

 8 I can't, you know, I can't wrap my

 9 head around especially with regards to the

10 donations that have been here for quite some

11 time during this whole process say when it was

12 supposedly in the works. So I'll be voting no.

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

14 Anyone else on the question?

15 MR. SCHUSTER: So on the question,

16 Mr. McAndrew just brought up maintenance. So

17 moving in the next year our ARPA funds are

18 going to be allocated. They're going to be

19 spent. We did spending on parks improvements

20 which we're going to need -- need to maintain.

21 We did improvements on pools which

22 we're going to need to maintain. We have the

23 Serrenti Center which we're going to need to

24 maintain. Also included in the capital budget

25 and improvement plans are the training center
 52

 1 that they discussed at the CTC.

 2 These are all expansions of city

 3 government that we're going to need to

 4 maintain. As I've said leading up to last

 5 week, I'm happy with city finances. We're in a

 6 good position. We're in our footprint. We've

 7 had our bond ratings and credit ratings

 8 improved.

 9 We don't have to do a yearly TAN.

10 And I like where we're at budgetarily and

11 financially. I find it dangerous that we're

12 looking to spend 1.8 million dollars. We were

13 looking to float some kind of loan of up to 3

14 million dollars.

15 And I could see us getting into a

16 position where we purchase this building for

17 1.8. We do three to however many millions of

18 dollars of improvements and we find ourself in

19 a budget shortfall in a few years.

20 I find it also dangerous that not

21 only are we taking off of our revenue side by

22 taking a property off of the tax rolls, but

23 we're also adding to our expenditure side, very

24 big concern of mine.

25 You know, I've seen projects like
 53

 1 this that have had runaway costs that end up

 2 costing -- everything always costs more than it

 3 was expected to cost in the beginning. It

 4 happens each and every time. You know, it was

 5 brought up about an actual plan.

 6 You know, the questions that I asked

 7 last week I did get answers here. The

 8 questions I asked last week were asked by Jim

 9 Lockwood and the Scranton Times and I received

10 my answers in that article in the paper over

11 the weekend in the Scranton Times about, you

12 know, appraisals, about everything -- I don't

13 know, everything that I asked last week was

14 answered in that article in the Scranton Times.

15 But I've never seen anything on

16 paper. I've never seen anything as an official

17 plan yet. You know, I've heard some things

18 about ADA compliance that it might cost a lot

19 of money to bring this building up to ADA

20 compliance.

21 We just did City Hall renovations.

22 It should have been considered at that point in

23 time. I also have a long enough memory that I

24 remember Mayor Cognetti talking about in the

25 virtual phase during Covid that, you know, we
 54

 1 could offshore all of our offices and we could

 2 downsize City Hall and now we're at the point

 3 in time where we're expanding City Hall.

 4 So, I mean, that's not something I

 5 forgot. It was something I remembered from

 6 that time. I'm going to be voting no for this.

 7 I don't want to be expanding our footprint.

 8 And I don't want to see us with budget

 9 shortfalls in a year or two. Thank you.

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

11 Anyone else on the question?

12 MR. KING: On the question, I know

13 that our ]Police Chief Tom Carroll with

14 Scranton Police Department, there's talk about

15 putting a Real Time Crime Center in the newer

16 building next door. We have -- it is ADA

17 accessible.

18 It would be nice to be in a

19 situation where individuals with disabilities

20 would actually be able to enter the building

21 from street level in the front, not have to

22 struggle in an alley up a ramp up the back and

23 try to ring a buzzer.

24 I just think it would add a lot more

25 accessibility and really provide some options
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 1 for the city in terms of people want to come in

 2 and get permits and things like. There's an

 3 elevator in there. We're adding 35 parking

 4 spots for employees. So that's why I'm

 5 supporting this.

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

 7 Anyone else? Roll call --

 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: I just wanted to add

 9 on the question, I agree with what Councilman

10 King had said regarding the crime center that

11 would be up on the second floor. But probably

12 the biggest thing for me is the accessibility

13 to the building.

14 And I know one of the other Council

15 members had mentioned need to haves. And I

16 think we do need to have an ADA accessible

17 building, which right now we're -- our current

18 City Hall is not under compliance with what --

19 what should be required for that accessibility.

20 So this building would give us that.

21 And that's probably the biggest selling point

22 for me to make it easier for people to come

23 into City Hall or to the building next door to

24 get some of the services that they need. So

25 that's why I'll be voting for this.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.

 2 Rothchild. Roll call, please.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

 4 MR. KING: Yes.

 5 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

 7 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

10 MR. MCANDREW: No.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

12 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

13 Item 7-D legally and lawfully adopted.

14 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-E. PREVIOUSLY

15 TABLED - FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON

16 FINANCE FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO.

17 102, 2025 - APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE

18 EXPENSES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE PERIOD

19 COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 TO

20 AND INCLUDING DECEMBER 31, 2026 BY THE ADOPTION

21 OF THE GENERAL CITY OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE

22 YEAR 2026.

23 MR. SMURL: What is the

24 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

25 Committee on Finance?
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 1 MR. KING: As Chairperson for the

 2 Committee on Finance, I recommend final passage

 3 of Item 7-E.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 5 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

 6 call, please.

 7 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

 8 MR. KING: Yes.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

11 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

14 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

16 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

17 Item 7-E legally and lawfully adopted.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-F. PREVIOUSLY

19 TABLED - FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON

20 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION -- FILE

21 OF THE COUNCIL NO. 104, 2025 - AMENDING THE

22 ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO

23 AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO HOSPITALS AND

24 OFF-STREET PARKING AND TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP.

25 MR. SMURL: What is the
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 1 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 2 Committee on Community Development?

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for

 4 the Committee on Community Development, I

 5 recommend final passage of Item 7-F.

 6 MR. KING: Second.

 7 MR. SMURL: On the question?

 8 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, I'll

 9 start off. This is the hospital zoning. I

10 just want to start off by saying I'm not

11 against hospital expansion. What we tried to

12 do here is to have a compromise between

13 residents and hospital.

14 This has been a long process. It's

15 been going on since 2021 leading up 2023. One

16 of the concerns of the neighborhood at that

17 point in time was that the hospital wasn't

18 communicating with them. It's been two and a

19 half years since the 2023 ordinance passed.

20 And I think one of the same concerns

21 for the residents is that the hospital isn't

22 communicating with them. There is a process.

23 The zoning ordinance is in place. The hospital

24 can expand. They're saying we're not going to

25 go up to 100 feet which is what the zoning
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 1 allows.

 2 And it was said if this passes here,

 3 Council or the neighborhood is not going to

 4 have a say in what happens from today on out.

 5 Last week there was some questions answered. I

 6 know it was brought up in public comment. We

 7 said would you agree to this.

 8 They said, yes. And I, you know,

 9 asked how are we going to keep them to this?

10 How do we keep them to this is the process.

11 It's the Zoning Hearing Board. That's how we

12 keep them to this. I want to thank Miss Nolan

13 who stated in our preamble to be a trustee of

14 the people.

15 And when I got into politics in the

16 first place, that was my goal. So you've made

17 my dream come true tonight by saying that. I'm

18 going to be voting no on this tonight. If we

19 vote no, the hospital still has another day to

20 bring a plan. They still have another day to

21 expand.

22 You still have another day to

23 expand. If we vote yes on this tonight, it's

24 over for what the neighborhood wants in terms

25 of a seat at the table and compromise. And
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 1 that's what they're asking for is a seat at the

 2 table and compromise.

 3 That's all I have. I've been

 4 speaking about it since 2011 when Audubon

 5 School passed through the Planning Commission

 6 and I voted no on the rezoning of Audubon

 7 School. So it's been quite a long time I've

 8 been speaking about this. But thank you.

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

10 Anyone else on the question?

11 MR. MCANDREW: Yeah, on the

12 question, so first of all, I was thrilled to

13 see the chambers filled to the rafters because

14 it doesn't normally happen. But you know what

15 it means to me when it does, everybody in this

16 room cares about something, whether it's their

17 vocation, whether it's their employer, whether

18 it's their union brothers, whether it's their

19 neighbors.

20 But none of them here tonight or the

21 past couple weeks is against quality healthcare

22 or the increase of it thereof. Period. I

23 think we're all in agreement with that, right?

24 Do I really have a dog in this fight or am I

25 taking sides? I'm accused of it.
 61

 1 But I'm a man, procedure, process

 2 compromise. I have three daughters and I'm a

 3 teacher. I compromise every day of my life,

 4 all right? And do -- have I benefited greatly

 5 from the great healthcare that Geisinger or

 6 whether it was CMC before that, absolutely.

 7 There was a Dr. Salazar that took

 8 care of my daughter in the neonatal unit. He

 9 was a legend. And her and another one of my

10 daughters were unfortunately were flown -- life

11 flighted to Hershey, like I think I mentioned

12 before, and Danville.

13 And then you had the cardiologist

14 speak tonight, Dr. Ierovante, guess what? A

15 couple weeks ago I had a cardiac event. He

16 provided me excellent care in the lab. He's

17 exceptional. The pre and post was an

18 exceptional experience that I had.

19 And I think -- I had two stents. I

20 think I'm good for another hundred thousand

21 miles. I don't know. He left before I could

22 ask him. But in no way am I against the

23 expansion of the healthcare.

24 And Mrs. Nolan down there is making

25 a point like, you know what, I'm sure we all
 62

 1 want to get along and compromise. But some

 2 people are making this whole -- this whole

 3 process if you vote no you're the devil. You

 4 hate healthcare. You don't care about our

 5 community which is nonsense.

 6 This piece of legislation never

 7 should have came before us. Period. And it

 8 was done for a reason. I've been on here six

 9 plus years. I know when I see a rush job -- a

10 legislation rush job. Guess what, this one of

11 them.

12 There was actually three on our

13 agenda tonight. But this is one of them. I

14 know when it's rush job, trust me. All right.

15 So the Mayor's amendment is a clear

16 circumvention of fair procedural processes.

17 Period -- processes.

18 We have boards and authorities for a

19 reason. Planning and zoning boards are one

20 example where the public is notified for their

21 input and a fair process takes place if one

22 entity seeks a variance or special exception.

23 Every one from big developers to mom

24 and pop operations to even the excited first

25 time home buyers with young families that might
 63

 1 want to expand for their expanding family,

 2 guess what they all have in common? They all

 3 follow the city procedure and protocol.

 4 You go to planning. You go to

 5 zoning, no special treatment or amendment

 6 ordinance or amended ordinances for them. I

 7 told you guys the past couple weeks you're not

 8 thrilled you're here and I get it. But this

 9 isn't anything personal. But it's about being

10 fair. All right?

11 So everyone has to follow the

12 process without special treatment. This

13 amendment is clearly a special treatment that

14 might be precedent making. I'm concerned about

15 that because I'm going to be here. Some

16 members are leaving, right, I'm going to be

17 left holding the bag where this might be a

18 precedent that we have to deal with.

19 Yes, I'm for the expansion of

20 quality healthcare. I can't say it any more

21 and services. But my role as your Councilman

22 is to make sure that every resident of this

23 city is treated fairly and that their needs and

24 interest are a priority to me or for me.

25 This no vote is not a vote against
 64

 1 improved quality healthcare, but a vote for

 2 fairness, procedure, and process.

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

 4 MR. KING: On the question, I put a

 5 tremendous amount -- tremendous amount of

 6 thought into this critically important decision

 7 before me this evening. It's important to note

 8 that my decision is my decision alone, not the

 9 Mayor's decision, not Geisinger's decision.

10 It's my decision. It's my vote. My vote.

11 It's nobody else's vote. I've

12 weighed all the pros and cons. I've read the

13 e-mails from neighbors. I've listened to

14 concerns for the past few weeks along with

15 listening to Geisinger representatives,

16 constituents within the community, supporters

17 for and against change who spoke here this

18 evening.

19 While I'm empathetic with the

20 concerns of the neighbors surrounding Geisinger

21 and Nay Aug Park, I'm even more concerned about

22 the future of healthcare for the nearly 77,000

23 residents of the entire City of Scranton.

24 When the zoning change was

25 considered just over two years ago, the threat
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 1 of losing both Moses Taylor and Regional

 2 hospitals was not as pressing as it is today.

 3 Now, while Tenor Health is in the process of

 4 trying to fund a potential purchase of these

 5 two local hospitals, there's no guarantee that

 6 this is going to happen.

 7 I felt the proposed project two

 8 years ago seemed to be more focused on parking

 9 rather than expanding healthcare services. The

10 new plans for Geisinger expansion project

11 include addition of 84 more hospital beds

12 greatly needed, NICU expansion and will add an

13 additional 120 professional healthcare

14 positions among other additional services.

15 I do not want to gamble with the

16 future of healthcare in our great city. On a

17 personal level, all three of my daughters were

18 born in Geisinger. And as recent as two and a

19 half years ago, I was diagnosed with having

20 prostate cancer by a Geisinger doctor.

21 And while my surgery did not

22 actually occur at Geisinger, those doctors and

23 nurses there took care of my preop, MRIs and

24 stress tests, various other tests needed prior

25 to my surgery. And I'm just one of thousands
 66

 1 and thousands of patients who benefit from the

 2 topnotch healthcare Geisinger CMC doctors and

 3 nurses here in our city.

 4 But they're overcrowded and they're

 5 out of space. As indicated last week, there is

 6 no designation between city institutional which

 7 is 45 feet and civic which is 100 feet. If

 8 approved, Geisinger has assured everyone on the

 9 record that they will not exceed 75 feet.

10 I feel as though the new Geisinger

11 leadership team this time is far more

12 transparent. They're willing to show up to

13 neighborhood meetings which they have

14 consistently to listen to concerns.

15 They've also offered to include at

16 least one member of the neighborhood

17 association to serve on their planning team. I

18 hope they include more. They said in these

19 chambers that they will be mindful of lighting,

20 noise concerns along with esthetics on the

21 exterior of the building including landscaping.

22 It's important to note that all

23 plans will have to be approved and vetted by

24 City Planning Commission. So there are still

25 many safeguards in place to ensure they will
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 1 follow through with all local planning

 2 requirements.

 3 When elected to City Council, my

 4 main goal was to improve our city and make

 5 things better for residents of the City of

 6 Scranton. Overall, I'm proud of my record

 7 including improving city parks such as Nay Aug

 8 Park where we've infused over 4 million dollars

 9 in the park for park improvements, including

10 swimming pool, pickleball courts, tennis

11 courts, basketball court and more planned.

12 I ran for Council to help people,

13 not hurt them. I will be supporting the zoning

14 change presented to us by the Mayor for the

15 betterment of all citizens of this great city.

16 Thank you.

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

18 Anyone else on the question?

19 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have a great

20 deal to say on this and hopefully everyone can

21 hear me clearly. So over the last month or so

22 I've taken the time to listen to the concerns,

23 read your e-mails, meet with neighbors, meet

24 with representatives from Geisinger.

25 I do not make my decision tonight
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 1 lightly. I am in a particularly difficult and

 2 unique position as the only Council member who

 3 is a resident of the Hill Section and the only

 4 Council member who is a healthcare provider.

 5 I understand where my neighbors are

 6 coming from. I get their frustrations and

 7 worries about this process and changes to our

 8 neighborhood. And I appreciate the fight they

 9 have put into this. I also understand the

10 realities of healthcare and the implications

11 that this legislation will have on our

12 healthcare in our region.

13 As it has been mentioned earlier

14 multiple times that Geisinger is our only

15 trauma center. It, in fact, is a level two

16 trauma center. There's -- there's five levels

17 to a trauma center as one being the highest

18 level of care that someone can receive.

19 And many of those hospitals have

20 included a lot of research and teaching and

21 comprehensive care. And then the second is the

22 next level where you still have 24/7 surgeons

23 and that they're able to care for all injuries.

24 But, I mean, you still could potentially be

25 transferred out to a level one.
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 1 And then you have -- so level one

 2 around us we do have Geisinger, Wyoming Valley

 3 Geisinger, Danville, and Lehigh Valley Health

 4 Network and Cedar Crest Hospital. But then

 5 other ones nearby so the Lehigh Valley Hospital

 6 in Hazleton and Wayne Memorial are the level

 7 four hospitals.

 8 So you would be transferred out of

 9 those for more serious care. So it's easy

10 enough for people to say that you can travel to

11 those other hospitals, but many people cannot

12 and should not have to travel when they

13 suffered a trauma or need immediate care.

14 I know that we had two experiences

15 in the past when our daughter was a baby, and

16 we had to take her to the ED at Geisinger. And

17 we were so relieved and grateful to have a

18 hospital just a few blocks away that we could

19 bring her to.

20 I know that we are asking for a leap

21 of faith that Geisinger will do this right and

22 in a way that's respectful to the neighbors,

23 especially when honestly many of your concerns

24 have not previously been met. And our options

25 on Council here are limited.
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 1 Geisinger has determined that it is

 2 not feasible for them to go through the zoning

 3 board and they have been transparent that their

 4 plan B if this was not to go through does not

 5 include Scranton.

 6 And I voted two and a half years ago

 7 in hopes that they would find other options for

 8 expansion and they did come to us with a

 9 different option. This is different plan than

10 what was initially proposed. I believe it is

11 more reasonable and a better plan than from

12 what we've seen originally.

13 And I think that it is more of the

14 compromise that we would be looking for. This

15 vote in zoning change will give them -- would

16 give them more height to build up to. But

17 there's still much of this process that would

18 have to move forward. There's the Planning

19 Commission and permit process.

20 I don't agree that this is a blank

21 check. And I've also stated that I don't want

22 to see those homes on Colfax that have been

23 sold and demolished all for nothing. I don't

24 think that it should just remain an empty lot.

25 I do want them -- to see them be able to expand
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 1 on that property even though I was also very

 2 sad to see those homes go.

 3 Their plans include accommodation of

 4 a hospital expansion for a clinical space that

 5 they've stated their case for needing as well

 6 as a parking garage to accommodate the new

 7 clinical space. And that would be the parking

 8 that would be required for having additional

 9 rooms.

10 They've committed to regular

11 meetings with neighbors, to complete traffic

12 and lighting studies and to developing a

13 community benefits agreement. We are committed

14 to making sure that they follow through with

15 their promises.

16 I think that there's this notion and

17 some Council members had brought that this will

18 be just the end of it and there won't be

19 anything else that we could do from here. And

20 I really don't believe that's the case.

21 I do agree with Miss Hodowanitz's

22 suggestion about having a town hall meeting as

23 well as a long-term healthcare plan for our

24 area. And for me, there is no motivating

25 political factor. There is also no financial
 72

 1 factor.

 2 I've never been employed by

 3 Geisinger. I'm trying to balance the

 4 healthcare needs for our city along with the

 5 neighbors' quality of life. And we've been

 6 asked tonight to consider the needs of our

 7 residents.

 8 And the health -- their health and

 9 safety are the highest needs that I could think

10 of. I've also been asked to vote with my gut

11 which was -- is what I'll be doing tonight as I

12 always have done. And my gut's telling me that

13 if I vote no on this and this fails to pass,

14 our city will be at a major loss and our

15 healthcare will greatly suffer.

16 I cannot have that on my conscience.

17 I'll be voting yes on the proposed amendment.

18 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.

19 Rothchild. Roll call, please.

20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

21 MR. KING: Yes.

22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

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

 2 MR. MCANDREW: No.

 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

 4 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

 5 Item 7-F legally and lawfully adopted.

 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER.

 7 8-A. File of the Council No. 102

 8 2025.

 9 MR. SMURL: This ordinance was taken

10 from the table and placed in Seventh Order for

11 a final vote this evening.

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. Resolution

13 No. 301, 2025.

14 MR. SMURL: Can you please have just

15 a little respect? Nobody overspoke when you

16 were talking. Okay, Frank, proceed.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. Resolution

18 No. 301, 2025.

19 MR. SMURL: This resolution is the

20 appointment of Anna Campbell to the Board of

21 the Scranton Housing Authority for a five year

22 term. It has been tabled pending further

23 review.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-C. File of

25 Council No. 104, 2025.
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 1 MR. SMURL: This ordinance was taken

 2 from the table and placed in Seventh Order for

 3 a final vote this evening.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-D. Resolution

 5 No. 307, 2025.

 6 MR. SMURL: This resolution is the

 7 HARB denial of the installation of a fence at

 8 301-303 Penn Avenue. It has been tabled until

 9 a public hearing can be held.

10 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-E. Resolution No.

11 299, 2025.

12 MR. SMURL: This resolution is a

13 reappointment of Melinda Krokus as an alternate

14 member of the Environmental Advisory Council

15 for a three-year term. It has been tabled

16 pending further review.

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

18 entertain a motion to adjourn.

19 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn.

20 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting

21 is adjourned.

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 439 [1] - 42:23 - 5:6 72:17
 2
 45 [1] - 66:7 administration [4] - amendments [1] -
2 [3] - 30:21, 39:21, 4:30 [1] - 23:17 A 9:22, 32:4, 50:4, 32:15
 48:8 50:20 amends [1] - 4:18
 ability [1] - 75:7
200 [1] - 30:21 5 able [4] - 50:5, 54:20,
 Administrative [1] - American [8] - 21:8,
2011 [1] - 60:4 7:24 21:18, 21:25, 22:4,
 68:23, 70:25
2021 [1] - 58:15 5 [3] - 38:4, 38:24, ADMINISTRATIVE [2] 22:15, 22:21, 23:4,
 ABOLISHING [1] -
2023 [2] - 58:15, 58:19 41:8 - 34:14, 43:16 23:24
 45:21
2024 [3] - 9:4, 44:11, 5-A [1] - 31:14 adopted [6] - 46:22, amount [3] - 17:25,
 above-cause [1] -
 44:16 5-B [2] - 34:12, 34:20 47:25, 49:3, 56:13, 64:5
 75:5
2025 [29] - 1:7, 3:21, 5-C [2] - 34:23, 35:3 57:17, 73:5 AN [9] - 34:13, 35:18,
 absolutely [1] - 61:6
 3:25, 4:12, 4:16, 5:5, 5-D [2] - 35:16, 35:23 ADOPTION [7] - 36:13, 40:15, 42:4,
 abstain [2] - 11:8,
 5:7, 5:10, 5:11, 7:12, 5-E [2] - 36:11, 36:18 45:19, 46:25, 48:3, 42:21, 43:16, 44:10,
 11:9
 42:4, 42:20, 43:15, 5-F [2] - 37:6, 37:12 49:6, 56:16, 56:20, 44:11
 ACCEPTING [1] -
 44:9, 44:14, 44:17, 5-G [2] - 37:25, 38:6 57:20 analysis [1] - 19:25
 44:12
 44:18, 45:20, 47:1, 5-H [2] - 38:19, 39:2 Advisory [1] - 74:14 AND [25] - 34:16,
 accepts [1] - 29:6
 48:4, 49:6, 56:17, 5-I [2] - 39:16, 39:24 ADVISORY [1] - 40:16 34:17, 34:18, 34:25,
 access [1] - 6:1
 57:21, 73:8, 73:13, 5-J [2] - 40:13, 40:20 advocate [1] - 22:20 38:24, 39:21, 40:18,
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 43:17, 44:12, 44:16, 24:6 38:13, 38:14, 38:15, between [4] - 12:6, budgets [1] - 50:17
 44:18, 45:21, 45:23, Argenta [2] - 20:18, 38:16, 38:17, 39:10, 32:16, 58:12, 66:6 build [1] - 70:16
 46:1, 47:1, 47:2, 23:12 39:11, 39:12, 39:13, beyond [1] - 22:2 building [29] - 14:14,
 48:4, 48:5, 49:7, ARPA [1] - 51:17 39:14, 40:7, 40:8, Bible [1] - 29:12 16:21, 17:2, 17:12,
 49:8, 56:20, 57:23, article [3] - 30:19, 40:9, 40:10, 40:11, BIDEN [1] - 47:4 18:3, 18:14, 19:1,
 57:24 53:10, 53:14 41:2, 41:3, 41:4, big [2] - 52:24, 62:23 19:2, 19:12, 19:16,
Andrew [1] - 32:18 ARTICLE [2] - 42:23, 41:5, 41:6, 41:21, biggest [4] - 15:2, 25:9, 25:14, 25:15,
Angeles [1] - 29:23 43:18 41:22, 41:23, 41:24, 16:11, 55:12, 55:21 27:6, 27:11, 30:23,
Anna [1] - 73:20 AS [8] - 35:18, 36:13, 41:25, 42:13, 42:14, bitter [1] - 25:24 31:3, 45:5, 50:15,
anniversary [1] - 6:11 38:2, 38:21, 39:18, 42:15, 42:16, 42:17, bitterness [1] - 26:5 52:16, 53:19, 54:16,
announcements [1] - 40:15, 41:10, 44:11 43:8, 43:9, 43:10, blame [1] - 8:20 54:20, 55:13, 55:17,
 5:16 ashes [1] - 23:8 43:11, 43:12, 44:2, blank [1] - 70:20 55:20, 55:23, 66:21
answer [7] - 9:8, 15:9, ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 44:3, 44:4, 44:5, bleed [1] - 12:24 Building [1] - 16:6
 17:8, 32:6, 32:7, associated [1] - 25:2 44:6, 45:10, 45:11, bless [1] - 11:21 buildings [2] - 19:8,
 33:8, 33:11 Association [1] - 14:2 45:12 blessing [1] - 51:6 26:7
answered [2] - 53:14, association [2] - ayes [15] - 4:8, 4:25, block [3] - 20:22, 24:5, builds [2] - 24:19,
 59:5 15:13, 66:17 35:14, 36:9, 37:4, 25:5 24:20
answers [9] - 9:21, assured [1] - 66:8 37:23, 38:17, 39:14, Bulzoni [1] - 7:2
 blocked [1] - 22:10
 9:23, 9:24, 17:18, AT [2] - 44:20, 49:10 40:11, 41:6, 41:25, burning [1] - 25:18
 blocks [1] - 69:18
 21:5, 23:18, 23:25, attended [1] - 9:3 42:17, 43:12, 44:6, BUSINESS [1] - 5:5
 blue [1] - 29:22
 53:7, 53:10 attention [1] - 6:24 45:15 business [1] - 74:17
 BOARD [3] - 35:19,
anticipating [1] - 7:7 attorney [1] - 32:18 36:14, 37:7 businesses [1] -
ANY [1] - 49:8 ATTY [2] - 33:7, 49:20 B board [5] - 19:6, 21:22
apartment [4] - 12:4, audits [1] - 5:24 20:13, 30:10, 50:8, buy [3] - 19:11, 30:18,
 25:8, 25:14, 25:15 baby [1] - 69:15
 Audubon [2] - 60:4, 70:3 50:5
appetite [2] - 32:3, bad [3] - 18:19, 20:6,
 60:6 Board [4] - 25:8, 30:9, buyers [1] - 62:25
 50:18 27:5
 Aug [3] - 25:1, 64:21, 59:11, 73:20 buying [3] - 16:20,
apply [1] - 75:23 bag [1] - 63:17
 67:7 boards [4] - 30:4, 18:4, 18:14
appointed [1] - 30:8 balance [1] - 72:3
 August [1] - 7:24 30:11, 62:18, 62:19 buzzer [1] - 54:23
appointment [1] - Bank [3] - 16:6, 17:4,
 AUGUSTINI [1] - 14:1 BOARDS [1] - 34:16 BY [14] - 38:23, 39:20,
 73:20 30:18
 Augustini [1] - 14:1 body [1] - 27:7 42:3, 42:19, 43:14,
APPOINTMENT [8] - bank [3] - 18:3, 24:14, 44:8, 44:16, 45:18,
 authorities [1] - 62:18 bond [1] - 52:7
 34:24, 35:17, 36:12, 31:3 46:24, 48:2, 49:5,
 AUTHORITIES [1] - bordering [1] - 14:11
 37:8, 38:20, 39:17, bargaining [2] - 5:23, 56:15, 56:20, 57:19
 34:16 born [1] - 65:18
 40:14, 41:9 6:2
 Authority [2] - 30:8, borough [1] - 16:13
 based [1] - 29:12
appraisal [2] - 17:15, 73:21
 basins [4] - 22:9,
 box [1] - 12:8 C
 17:21 AUTHORITY [5] - BRANCH [2] - 34:15,
appraisals [3] - 17:9, 22:13, 25:12, 25:18 cake [2] - 6:10, 6:12
 5:10, 37:10, 38:3, 34:16
 51:1, 53:12 basis [1] - 10:15 campaign [1] - 50:8
 38:22, 39:19 bridge [1] - 19:1
appreciate [4] - 14:22, basketball [1] - 67:11 Campbell [1] - 73:20
 AUTHORIZING [3] - BRING [1] - 37:8
 20:13, 24:2, 68:8 become [1] - 10:19 cancer [1] - 65:20
 47:1, 48:4, 49:7 bring [8] - 6:10, 6:12,
APPROPRIATE [3] - beds [1] - 65:11 candidate [1] - 22:19
 AVENUE [2] - 44:21, 6:14, 24:25, 53:19,
 47:2, 48:5, 49:7 beg [2] - 50:25, 51:1 candles [2] - 6:13,
 49:11 59:20, 69:19
appropriate [1] - 15:2 BEGINNING [3] - 6:15
 Avenue [3] - 20:22, broke [1] - 9:12
APPROPRIATING [1] 38:24, 39:21, 40:17 canine [4] - 8:11, 8:12,
 25:12, 74:8 broken [1] - 12:8
 - 56:17 beginning [1] - 53:3 12:14, 20:19
 aye [15] - 4:3, 4:19, brother [1] - 11:10
approve [1] - 19:21 behalf [1] - 51:5 cannot [7] - 32:9,
 35:9, 36:4, 36:24, brothers [1] - 60:18
approved [4] - 15:23, behavior [1] - 51:7 32:21, 32:25, 33:2,
 37:18, 38:12, 39:9, brought [6] - 24:15,
 25:8, 66:8, 66:23 behind [1] - 26:6 33:6, 69:11, 72:16
 40:6, 41:1, 41:20, 26:20, 51:16, 53:5,
APPROVING [1] - 42:12, 43:7, 44:1, benefit [2] - 15:22, cans [2] - 24:13, 24:17
 59:6, 71:17
 44:12 45:9 66:1 CAPITAL [4] - 44:13,
 budget [14] - 4:2,
April [1] - 9:3 Aye [71] - 4:4, 4:5, 4:6, benefited [1] - 61:4 44:17, 44:18
 6:22, 6:23, 7:2, 7:9,
Archbald [1] - 28:20 4:7, 4:8, 4:20, 4:21, BENEFITS [1] - 5:7 capital [2] - 50:17,
 7:17, 16:8, 16:12,
architectural [2] - 4:22, 35:10, 35:11, benefits [4] - 28:6, 51:24
 20:1, 50:23, 50:24,
 18:16, 19:23 35:12, 35:13, 35:14, 32:2, 32:10, 71:13 cardiac [1] - 61:15
 51:24, 52:19, 54:8
ARCHITECTURAL [3] 36:5, 36:6, 36:7, best [3] - 8:25, 20:10, cardiologist [1] -
 BUDGET [3] - 44:13,
 - 35:19, 36:14, 43:17 36:8, 36:9, 36:25, 75:6 61:13
 44:18, 56:21
area [2] - 28:24, 71:24 37:1, 37:2, 37:3, better [3] - 22:20, care [14] - 6:1, 10:21,
 budgetarily [1] - 52:10
ARGENTA [5] - 20:17, 37:4, 37:19, 37:20, 67:5, 70:11 11:16, 13:19, 61:8,
 budgeting [1] - 19:17
 23:13, 23:21, 24:1, 37:21, 37:22, 37:23, betterment [1] - 67:15 61:16, 62:4, 65:23,
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 68:18, 68:21, 68:23, check [1] - 70:21 Code [1] - 7:24 22:4, 22:21, 23:5 47:3
 69:9, 69:13 checking [1] - 24:10 COE [1] - 35:18 Company's [3] - 21:9, construction [2] -
cares [1] - 60:16 Chief [2] - 23:16, Cognetti [1] - 53:24 21:25, 22:15 18:10, 19:10
CARRERA [36] - 2:9, 54:13 cold [2] - 25:20, 26:1 compassion [1] - 10:8 consultants [1] -
 3:10, 3:12, 3:14, Christmas [4] - 12:21, Colfax [1] - 70:22 compelled [1] - 7:22 19:24
 3:16, 3:18, 46:12, 13:3, 31:1, 31:12 collaboration [1] - complete [1] - 71:11 contact [1] - 23:24
 46:14, 46:16, 46:18, church [1] - 25:9 51:2 completed [1] - 18:2 contained [1] - 75:4
 46:20, 47:15, 47:17, circumvention [1] - colleagues [1] - 33:20 complexes [1] - 25:14 continue [2] - 11:18,
 47:19, 47:21, 47:23, 62:16 collective [2] - 5:23, COMPLIANCE [1] - 11:19
 48:18, 48:20, 48:22, cities [1] - 29:5 6:2 37:9 contract [3] - 6:11,
 48:24, 49:1, 56:3, CITIZEN [1] - 5:18 collectors [1] - 12:3 compliance [3] - 19:23, 32:14
 56:5, 56:7, 56:9, citizen [1] - 21:4 coming [4] - 16:11, 53:18, 53:20, 55:18 CONTRACT [3] - 47:3,
 56:11, 57:7, 57:9, citizens [3] - 9:15, 32:17, 34:5, 68:6 comprehensive [1] - 48:6, 48:8
 57:11, 57:13, 57:15, 11:22, 67:15 COMMENCING [1] - 68:21 contractual [1] - 33:1
 72:20, 72:22, 72:24, City [15] - 8:19, 10:15, 56:19 compromise [8] - contributions [1] -
 73:1, 73:3 18:3, 25:3, 25:7, comment [2] - 31:24, 13:11, 58:12, 59:25, 50:8
Carroll [1] - 54:13 28:17, 53:21, 54:2, 59:6 60:2, 61:2, 61:3, control [1] - 75:24
case [2] - 71:5, 71:20 54:3, 55:18, 55:23, comments [5] - 5:12, 62:1, 70:14 convenient [1] - 33:22
catch [3] - 22:9, 25:11, 64:23, 66:24, 67:3, 31:17, 31:22, 33:16, concept [1] - 17:1 conversations [1] -
 25:17 67:5 34:8 concern [4] - 16:11, 17:7
categorically [1] - city [35] - 4:2, 5:24, COMMISSION [2] - 16:14, 16:15, 52:24 convert [1] - 19:12
 32:14 7:14, 8:24, 10:10, 41:11, 43:18 concerned [5] - 9:14, cop [1] - 12:14
categorizes [1] - 10:25, 11:22, 12:1, Commission [4] - 21:4, 24:7, 63:14, copy [2] - 23:20, 75:5
 32:13 12:23, 13:6, 16:13, 15:15, 60:5, 66:24, 64:21 corner [1] - 26:6
Cedar [3] - 20:22, 17:2, 17:17, 21:16, 70:19 concerning [2] - correct [1] - 75:6
 25:12, 69:4 22:13, 25:7, 27:9, Commissioners' [1] - 10:14, 22:16 CORRESPONDENC
celebrate [1] - 6:10 27:18, 27:19, 29:6, 6:25 concerns [16] - 8:20, E [1] - 5:4
Center [2] - 51:23, 32:4, 32:9, 52:2, COMMISSIONS [1] - 9:16, 9:17, 10:2, cost [7] - 7:18, 18:16,
 54:15 52:5, 55:1, 63:3, 34:16 10:16, 16:1, 23:16, 18:22, 19:11, 19:23,
center [6] - 28:19, 63:23, 65:16, 66:3, committed [2] - 71:10, 24:10, 58:16, 58:20, 53:3, 53:18
 51:25, 55:10, 68:15, 66:6, 67:4, 67:7, 71:13 64:14, 64:20, 66:14, costing [1] - 53:2
 68:16, 68:17 67:15, 72:4, 72:14 COMMITTEE [6] - 66:20, 67:22, 69:23 costs [4] - 19:15, 22:1,
CEO [1] - 50:8 CITY [15] - 1:1, 2:8, 45:19, 46:24, 48:2, condition [3] - 18:5, 53:1, 53:2
CERTAIN [1] - 49:9 2:9, 5:5, 42:25, 49:5, 56:15, 57:19 32:15, 32:22 council [1] - 24:15
certificate [1] - 75:22 43:19, 44:12, 45:22, Committee [12] - 46:5, conditioned [1] - 33:1 COUNCIL [13] - 1:1,
certify [1] - 75:3 46:2, 47:2, 48:5, 46:7, 47:8, 47:10, conditions [1] - 32:11 1:12, 2:10, 40:16,
certifying [1] - 75:25 49:8, 56:18, 56:21, 48:11, 48:13, 49:15, condolences [1] - 42:4, 42:20, 43:15,
Chair [2] - 9:20, 10:4 57:22 49:17, 56:25, 57:2, 20:18 44:9, 44:10, 44:16,
Chairman [4] - 42:8, City's [1] - 5:22 58:2, 58:4 conflict [2] - 11:10, 45:20, 56:16, 57:21
 43:3, 43:22, 44:24 city's [2] - 32:12, committee [10] - 50:7 Council [36] - 3:21,
Chairperson [12] - 32:18 34:21, 35:4, 35:24, confusion [1] - 22:12 3:25, 4:11, 4:16,
 46:4, 46:6, 47:7, CITY'S [2] - 34:14, 36:19, 37:13, 38:7, connects [1] - 19:2 5:15, 6:6, 8:19, 9:15,
 47:9, 48:10, 48:12, 44:15 39:3, 39:25, 40:21, CONOR [1] - 39:18 10:2, 10:15, 11:6,
 49:14, 49:16, 56:24, civic [3] - 14:7, 14:11, 41:15 cons [1] - 64:12 11:20, 12:1, 16:23,
 57:1, 58:1, 58:3 66:7 common [1] - 63:2 conscience [2] - 51:4, 16:25, 17:11, 20:17,
chambers [2] - 60:13, classification [1] - communicating [2] - 72:16 21:12, 22:19, 23:2,
 66:19 32:23 58:18, 58:22 consider [1] - 72:6 23:10, 25:3, 26:21,
CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12 clear [2] - 18:17, 62:15 communication [2] - CONSIDERATION [6] 26:23, 50:17, 55:14,
change [7] - 15:23, clearly [2] - 63:13, 27:3, 51:2 - 45:18, 46:24, 48:2, 59:3, 67:3, 67:12,
 26:16, 31:8, 64:17, 67:21 community [15] - 3:7, 49:5, 56:15, 57:19 68:2, 68:4, 69:25,
 64:24, 67:14, 70:15 CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 15:22, 21:23, 22:20, considered [2] - 71:17, 73:7, 73:25,
changes [2] - 26:22, client [1] - 18:13 23:5, 24:18, 26:10, 53:22, 64:25 74:14
 68:7 climate [1] - 16:19 26:21, 31:6, 31:7, consistently [1] - Council's [1] - 10:19
changing [2] - 31:2, clinical [2] - 71:4, 71:7 32:2, 32:10, 62:5, 66:14 Councilman [2] -
 31:10 closes [1] - 26:3 64:16, 71:13 constituents [1] - 55:9, 63:21
CHAPTER [2] - 42:23, CLOSING [1] - 45:21 COMMUNITY [1] - 64:16 Councilwoman [1] -
 43:18 CMC [5] - 8:6, 14:13, 57:20 constitutes [1] - 32:25 13:16
Charter [3] - 28:25, 14:21, 61:6, 66:2 Community [2] - 58:2, constitutional [1] - counting [1] - 9:6
 29:2 CODE [2] - 34:14, 58:4 29:11 County [1] - 6:25
CHARTER [1] - 44:16 43:19 Company [4] - 21:18, CONSTRUCTION [1] - county [3] - 10:10,
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 14:25, 29:6 67:25 DOCUMENTS [1] - 23:19 especially [8] - 3:7,
couple [4] - 14:3, Declaration [1] - 49:9 e-mails [2] - 64:13, 21:1, 28:19, 29:15,
 60:21, 61:15, 63:7 29:19 dog [3] - 12:12, 60:24 67:23 29:21, 51:3, 51:9,
Court [3] - 1:24, declare [6] - 46:21, dollar [1] - 16:21 easier [1] - 55:22 69:23
 32:19, 75:11 47:24, 49:2, 56:12, dollars [8] - 17:12, EAST [1] - 48:7 ESQ [1] - 2:10
court [1] - 67:11 57:16, 73:4 27:22, 27:23, 30:21, easy [1] - 69:9 ESTABLISHING [1] -
courts [2] - 67:10, deep [1] - 29:21 52:12, 52:14, 52:18, ED [1] - 69:16 45:24
 67:11 demand [1] - 21:4 67:8 effect [1] - 15:11 estate [1] - 19:22
Covid [1] - 53:25 democracy [2] - 29:7, dollars-something [1] EIGHTH [1] - 73:6 esthetics [1] - 66:20
COYNE [1] - 24:12 30:13 - 30:21 either [1] - 26:23 estimates [2] - 18:16,
Coyne [1] - 24:12 demolished [1] - donations [2] - 50:12, elderly [1] - 23:7 19:11
CREATING [1] - 45:23 70:23 51:10 elected [3] - 11:20, ETHICS [1] - 34:17
creation [1] - 27:21 denial [1] - 74:7 DONATIONS [1] - 46:2 23:3, 67:3 evening [8] - 8:8,
credit [1] - 52:7 Department [4] - 8:11, done [8] - 15:14, 18:7, election [1] - 50:11 11:23, 11:25, 20:17,
Crest [1] - 69:4 32:4, 33:5, 54:14 19:13, 25:22, 27:17, electrical [1] - 7:11 64:7, 64:18, 73:11,
crickets [2] - 8:25, DEPARTMENT [1] - 28:5, 62:8, 72:12 electricity [2] - 7:6, 74:3
 9:25 45:25 door [7] - 27:6, 27:11, 7:19 event [1] - 61:15
Crime [1] - 54:15 Department's [1] - 28:17, 30:15, 45:5, electronic [1] - 10:13 everywhere [1] -
crime [1] - 55:10 32:9 54:16, 55:23 elevator [1] - 55:3 16:19
crisis [1] - 10:14 deserve [2] - 11:21, DORIS [1] - 41:10 emergency [1] - 12:15 evidence [1] - 75:4
critically [1] - 64:6 22:25 doris [1] - 28:1 EMILY [1] - 39:20 examines [1] - 18:5
CTC [1] - 52:1 design [1] - 17:14 Doris [1] - 28:8 empathetic [1] - 64:19 example [3] - 22:8,
current [1] - 55:17 DESIGN [1] - 43:18 DOWN [1] - 44:19 employed [1] - 72:2 50:22, 62:20
CUSICK [1] - 38:21 designation [1] - 66:6 down [9] - 12:22, 20:7, employees [1] - 55:4 examples [1] - 10:23
custody [1] - 8:17 destroyed [1] - 21:3 25:13, 29:8, 31:4, EMPLOYEES [1] - exceed [2] - 50:10,
Cutillo [1] - 32:18 DETACHED [1] - 31:5, 45:4, 50:2, 34:17 66:9
cuts [1] - 22:8 42:24 61:24 employer [1] - 60:17 excellent [1] - 61:16
 determined [1] - 70:1 DOWNS [1] - 40:17 EMPLOYMENT [1] - except [1] - 23:8
 developers [1] - 62:23 downsize [1] - 54:2 exception [1] - 62:22
 D 5:6
 developing [1] - 71:12 downtown [1] - 12:21 empty [2] - 14:10, exceptional [2] -
daily [1] - 22:24 DEVELOPMENT [1] - DPW [5] - 6:2, 6:11, 70:24 61:17, 61:18
damage [1] - 20:24 57:20 6:17, 6:21, 12:3 end [5] - 7:25, 23:19, excited [1] - 62:24
damaged [1] - 22:10 Development [2] - Dr [12] - 3:14, 33:15, 31:25, 53:1, 71:18 EXECUTE [3] - 47:2,
DANA [1] - 34:25 58:2, 58:4 46:16, 47:19, 48:22, engage [1] - 8:19 48:5, 49:8
danger [1] - 22:22 devices [1] - 10:13 56:1, 56:7, 57:11, engaging [1] - 8:21 EXECUTIVE [1] -
dangerous [2] - 52:11, devil [1] - 62:3 61:7, 61:14, 72:18, ensure [2] - 23:9, 34:15
 52:20 diagnosed [1] - 65:19 72:24 66:25 exists [1] - 20:8
Danville [2] - 61:12, dialled [2] - 10:23, DR [34] - 3:15, 3:22, ENTER [3] - 47:2, expand [6] - 14:14,
 69:3 11:3 4:6, 4:13, 4:21, 48:5, 49:8 58:24, 59:21, 59:23,
dark [1] - 26:23 different [2] - 70:9 33:17, 33:20, 35:6, enter [2] - 32:10, 63:1, 70:25
data [1] - 28:19 difficult [1] - 68:1 35:12, 36:7, 37:2, 54:20 expanded [2] - 28:4,
daughter [3] - 12:4, diligence [1] - 27:4 37:21, 38:15, 39:12, ENTERPRISES [1] - 29:4
 61:8, 69:15 direct [1] - 75:24 40:3, 40:9, 41:4, 48:6 expanding [5] - 28:17,
daughters [3] - 61:2, directly [1] - 21:2 41:23, 42:15, 43:10, entertain [11] - 34:20, 54:3, 54:7, 63:1,
 61:10, 65:17 DIRECTOR [1] - 35:1 44:4, 45:1, 45:11, 35:3, 35:23, 36:18, 65:9
Dave [1] - 7:2 director [1] - 6:17 46:17, 47:20, 48:23, 37:12, 38:6, 39:2, expansion [9] - 11:4,
Davis [1] - 25:10 disabilities [1] - 54:19 49:22, 55:8, 56:8, 39:24, 40:20, 41:14, 11:13, 58:11, 61:23,
DAY [1] - 56:19 57:4, 57:12, 58:3, 74:18 63:19, 65:10, 65:12,
 DISBURSE [1] - 46:1
 67:19, 72:25 entire [2] - 28:24, 70:8, 71:4
days [1] - 9:10 discussed [1] - 52:1
 dream [2] - 50:20, 64:23 expansions [1] - 52:2
deal [3] - 19:22, 63:18, discussion [1] - 15:12
 59:17 ENTITLED [1] - 44:11 expect [5] - 7:5, 8:2,
 67:20 Dispense [1] - 5:1
 dressers [1] - 12:8 entity [1] - 62:22 8:24, 9:23, 22:20
Dearborn [1] - 29:22 district [3] - 16:13,
 due [3] - 10:13, 22:10, Environmental [1] - expected [1] - 53:3
death [1] - 27:9 19:5, 32:22
 27:4 74:14 expenditure [1] -
December [4] - 1:7, DISTRICTS [1] - 42:22
 during [3] - 16:10, ENVIRONMENTAL [1] 52:23
 7:3, 7:25, 8:3 doctor [1] - 65:20
 51:11, 53:25 - 40:16 expenditures [1] -
DECEMBER [5] - 5:10, doctors [3] - 13:9,
 5:11, 35:20, 36:15, 65:22, 66:2 equal [1] - 29:17 7:10
 56:20 document [2] - 15:24, E equipment [1] - 22:25 EXPENSES [1] - 56:18
decision [7] - 64:6, 17:23 era [1] - 30:2 expensive [1] - 19:3
 e-mail [2] - 23:15,
 64:8, 64:9, 64:10, experience [1] - 61:18
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experiences [1] - 73:24 49:5, 56:15, 56:16, Geisinger's [1] - 64:9 13:4, 69:6
 69:14 filed [1] - 5:14 56:17, 56:18, 56:21, GENERAL [1] - 56:21 head [1] - 51:9
EXPIRE [1] - 41:12 FILL [3] - 38:22, 57:19, 57:20 general [1] - 7:10 Health [2] - 65:3, 69:3
EXPIRING [4] - 38:3, 39:19, 40:16 FORCE [1] - 34:25 gentleman [1] - 23:7 health [2] - 72:8
 38:24, 39:21, 40:18 filled [1] - 60:13 force [2] - 9:2, 12:16 Geppetto [1] - 13:13 healthcare [20] -
extensive [1] - 15:8 final [10] - 4:1, 4:17, foregoing [1] - 75:22 GERALD [1] - 2:2 14:20, 28:4, 28:5,
exterior [1] - 66:21 46:7, 47:11, 48:14, forever [1] - 20:7 Gilbride [2] - 31:25, 60:21, 61:5, 61:23,
 49:17, 57:2, 58:5, forgot [1] - 54:5 33:3 62:4, 63:20, 64:1,
 F 73:11, 74:3 former [1] - 22:19 GILBRIDE [3] - 2:10, 64:22, 65:9, 65:13,
 finally [1] - 25:21 forward [1] - 70:18 33:7, 49:20 65:16, 66:2, 68:4,
facing [1] - 16:18 FINANCE [3] - 45:19, four [4] - 8:16, 10:22, given [1] - 9:19 68:10, 68:12, 71:23,
fact [1] - 68:15 49:5, 56:16 15:20, 69:7 glad [2] - 25:20, 25:21 72:4, 72:15
factor [2] - 71:25, 72:1 Finance [6] - 46:5, Fourth [1] - 5:16 GLYNIS [1] - 38:2 hear [3] - 14:19,
failed [2] - 21:6, 21:10 46:7, 49:15, 49:17, FOURTH [1] - 5:17 goal [2] - 59:16, 67:4 14:20, 67:21
fails [3] - 22:7, 34:22, 56:25, 57:2 Frank [1] - 73:16 God [1] - 11:21 heard [7] - 12:13,
  72:13 finances [1] - 52:5 FRANK [1] - 2:8 governance [1] - 18:11, 42:6, 43:1,
failure [1] - 24:4 financial [3] - 19:25, free [3] - 12:20, 12:23, 29:11 43:20, 44:22, 53:17
fair [4] - 20:3, 62:16, 27:17, 71:25 13:3 GOVERNMENT [1] - hearing [4] - 15:8,
  62:21, 63:10 financially [1] - 52:11 freedom [1] - 29:23 56:18 34:2, 50:23, 74:9
fairly [1] - 63:23 fire [9] - 20:25, 21:5, freezing [1] - 30:3 government [3] - Hearing [1] - 59:11
fairness [1] - 64:2 21:6, 21:9, 21:15, Friday [2] - 6:3, 19:7 29:13, 30:2, 52:3 heart [1] - 12:13
faith [1] - 69:21 22:3, 22:21, 24:4, FROM [4] - 5:5, 35:20, government's [1] - height [1] - 70:16
families [1] - 62:25 25:16 36:15, 45:21 28:14 HELD [3] - 1:4, 38:23,
family [1] - 63:1 firefighters [2] - 21:7, front [3] - 10:22, grateful [1] - 69:17 39:20
far [1] - 66:11 22:23 17:16, 54:21 great [6] - 12:10, 16:9, held [5] - 9:10, 9:13,
fashion [1] - 15:6 firehouse [1] - 19:2 frustrations [1] - 68:6 61:5, 65:16, 67:15, 27:1, 32:20, 74:9
fast [2] - 31:10, 31:11 fires [1] - 21:8 fudging [1] - 30:12 67:19 hello [1] - 28:10
favor [16] - 4:3, 4:19, firm [2] - 7:5, 19:22 full [1] - 22:25 greatly [3] - 61:4, help [1] - 67:12
  11:12, 35:8, 36:3, first [11] - 5:19, 5:21, fully [1] - 75:4 65:12, 72:15 hereby [7] - 46:21,
  36:23, 37:17, 38:11, 6:10, 11:22, 12:2, functional [1] - 20:25 Green [1] - 14:2 47:24, 49:2, 56:12,
  39:8, 40:5, 40:25, 16:24, 22:23, 24:13, fund [1] - 65:4 Grippo [2] - 8:10, 57:16, 73:4, 75:3
  41:19, 42:12, 43:7, 59:16, 60:12, 62:24 FUND [2] - 44:14, 20:19 herself [1] - 12:6
  44:1, 45:8 FIRST [1] - 56:19 44:18 growing [1] - 24:17 Hershey [1] - 61:11
feasibility [2] - 18:2, FISCAL [1] - 34:17 FUNDS [2] - 45:20, guarantee [1] - 65:5 hide [1] - 26:6
  18:15 five [2] - 68:16, 73:21 56:17 guess [4] - 12:16, higher [1] - 22:1
feasible [1] - 70:2 flighted [1] - 61:11 funds [1] - 51:17 61:14, 62:10, 63:2 highest [2] - 68:17,
FEBRUARY [1] - float [1] - 52:13 furniture [1] - 12:8 Gunner [2] - 8:12, 72:9
  41:12 floor [3] - 3:24, 4:15, future [5] - 19:17, 20:20 highlights [1] - 22:3
federal [1] - 30:2 55:11 28:12, 28:13, 64:22, gut [1] - 72:10 Hill [6] - 14:23, 14:24,
feet [5] - 21:6, 58:25, flow [1] - 24:21 65:16 gut's [1] - 72:12 16:2, 28:1, 31:9,
  66:7, 66:9 flown [1] - 61:10 guys [5] - 19:18, 20:9, 68:3
felt [1] - 65:7 focused [1] - 65:8 HISTORICAL [2] -
 G 20:11, 33:10, 63:7
fence [1] - 74:7 follow [4] - 63:3, 35:19, 36:14
few [6] - 13:2, 16:8, 63:11, 67:1, 71:14 gamble [1] - 65:15 H Hodowanitz [2] - 5:19,
  18:10, 52:19, 64:14, food [5] - 24:13, game [2] - 10:7, 14:16 5:20
  69:18 24:16, 24:17, 24:21, games [1] - 10:6 half [3] - 58:19, 65:19, HODOWANITZ [5] -
Fidelity [3] - 16:6, 26:9 garage [2] - 14:15, 70:6 5:20, 6:5, 6:9, 6:16,
  17:4, 30:18 footprint [2] - 52:6, 71:6 hall [1] - 71:22 6:20
FIFTH [1] - 31:14 54:7 GCMC [6] - 8:17, 11:4, Hall [7] - 18:3, 28:17, Hodowanitz's [1] -
Fifth [1] - 33:11 FOR [40] - 1:1, 5:9, 11:10, 13:8, 13:9, 53:21, 54:2, 54:3, 71:21
fight [3] - 21:8, 60:24, 34:12, 34:23, 35:16, 14:4 55:18, 55:23 hold [1] - 21:17
  68:8 35:19, 36:11, 36:14, Geisinger [25] - 14:4, hand [2] - 10:5, 10:17 holding [1] - 63:17
figure [1] - 7:5 37:6, 37:9, 37:25, 14:15, 14:21, 27:5, handled [2] - 11:4, holiday [2] - 20:14,
file [3] - 3:21, 4:11, 38:3, 38:19, 38:23, 28:6, 28:18, 32:11, 11:14 23:11
  73:7 39:16, 39:20, 40:13, 61:5, 64:15, 64:20, happy [2] - 13:24, 52:5 holidays [1] - 13:24
FILE [9] - 42:3, 42:20, 41:8, 41:12, 42:5, 65:10, 65:18, 65:20, HARB [1] - 74:7 HOME [1] - 44:15
  43:15, 44:9, 44:10, 44:14, 44:19, 45:18, 65:22, 66:2, 66:8, hard [1] - 20:11 home [1] - 62:25
  44:16, 45:19, 56:16, 45:19, 45:25, 46:23, 66:10, 67:24, 68:14, hate [1] - 62:4 Home [3] - 28:25,
  57:20 46:25, 47:4, 48:1, 69:2, 69:3, 69:16, haves [1] - 55:15 29:1, 29:2
File [3] - 3:24, 4:15, 48:3, 48:7, 49:4, 69:21, 70:1, 72:3 Hazleton [3] - 12:20, homeless [1] - 9:7
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homelessness [3] - [1] - 43:19 inspections [2] - 21:9, JANUARY [6] - 35:20, L
 8:23, 10:7, 11:1 implications [2] - 21:13 36:15, 38:3, 38:24,
homeowner [1] - 12:2 16:7, 68:10 installation [1] - 74:7 39:21, 56:19 LA [1] - 35:18
homes [2] - 70:22, important [7] - 10:16, instance [1] - 21:10 January [1] - 9:10 lab [1] - 61:16
 71:2 15:25, 26:12, 33:25, instead [1] - 33:21 Jermyn [1] - 8:14 lack [1] - 8:22
hometown [1] - 11:16 64:6, 64:7, 66:22 institutional [1] - 66:6 Jerry [1] - 20:19 lacks [1] - 10:15
honestly [1] - 69:23 improperly [1] - 22:9 insufficiency [1] - JESSICA [1] - 2:4 landscaping [1] -
hope [7] - 7:20, 13:17, IMPROVE [1] - 43:19 26:9 Jim [3] - 3:7, 9:5, 53:8 66:21
 20:14, 23:3, 24:25, improve [2] - 22:7, insufficient [2] - Joan [3] - 5:19, 5:20, last [21] - 6:6, 7:11,
 31:9, 66:18 67:4 21:10, 22:10 8:5 9:9, 9:15, 12:7,
hopefully [3] - 24:17, improved [2] - 52:8, insurance [3] - 21:21, job [6] - 12:10, 20:12, 12:13, 12:19, 14:6,
 24:22, 67:20 64:1 22:1, 24:7 50:22, 62:9, 62:10, 18:10, 24:14, 24:24,
hopes [1] - 70:7 improvement [1] - intellect [1] - 8:22 62:14 26:21, 32:1, 50:10,
hospital [13] - 13:9, 51:25 intends [1] - 17:2 JODI [1] - 35:18 52:4, 53:7, 53:8,
 14:21, 31:3, 58:9, IMPROVEMENTS [1] - interest [2] - 11:11, JOHNS [1] - 38:2 53:13, 59:5, 66:5,
 58:11, 58:13, 58:17, 48:8 63:24 joined [1] - 12:16 67:21
 58:21, 58:23, 59:19, improvements [4] - INTO [4] - 37:8, 47:3, Judge [1] - 23:16 lastly [1] - 13:8
 65:11, 69:18, 71:4 51:19, 51:21, 52:18, 48:6, 49:8 judge [1] - 29:3 Laura [1] - 14:1
Hospital [2] - 69:4, 67:9 introduced [10] - justice [1] - 29:1 LAUREL [1] - 40:17
 69:5 improving [1] - 67:7 34:20, 35:3, 35:23, law [3] - 29:7, 29:12,
HOSPITALS [1] - IN [5] - 42:22, 44:17, 36:18, 37:12, 38:6, K 32:13
 57:23 44:18, 44:21, 49:11 39:2, 39:24, 40:20, LAW [1] - 37:9
hospitals [5] - 65:2, INACTIVE [1] - 45:21 41:14 KATHY [1] - 2:9 Law [3] - 32:4, 32:8,
 65:5, 68:19, 69:7, inappropriate [1] - INTRODUCTION [10] - Kathy [1] - 23:14 33:5
 69:11 15:4 34:13, 34:24, 35:17, keep [7] - 6:21, 22:6, lawfully [6] - 46:22,
Hotel [1] - 8:14 inaudible [1] - 33:18 36:12, 37:7, 38:1, 26:7, 30:6, 59:9, 47:25, 49:3, 56:13,
hour [1] - 8:15 INC [1] - 47:3 38:20, 39:17, 40:14, 59:10, 59:12 57:17, 73:5
hours [2] - 26:2, 26:4 inched [2] - 29:14 41:9 KELLY [1] - 39:18 lead [2] - 21:21, 22:1
house [4] - 12:5, 21:3, incident [2] - 8:14, introduction [9] - key [2] - 25:1, 25:4 leaders [1] - 10:9
 25:7, 25:19 21:19 35:8, 36:3, 36:23, kind [2] - 19:14, 52:13 leadership [1] - 66:11
Housing [2] - 30:8, include [5] - 65:11, 37:17, 38:11, 39:8, King [11] - 3:10, 31:16, leading [2] - 52:4,
 73:21 66:15, 66:18, 70:5, 40:5, 40:25, 41:19 42:8, 46:12, 47:15, 58:15
huge [1] - 50:7 71:3 INVESTMENT [1] - 5:7 48:18, 55:6, 55:10, leap [1] - 69:20
HUMAN [1] - 41:10 included [2] - 51:24, involvement [1] - 56:3, 57:7, 72:20 learned [1] - 9:6
humane [1] - 26:9 68:20 21:19 king [2] - 18:9, 67:17 leasing [1] - 19:4
hundred [1] - 61:20 includes [1] - 32:15 Iowa [1] - 29:3 KING [43] - 2:6, 3:11, least [2] - 24:15, 66:16
hundreds [1] - 27:21 INCLUDES [1] - 44:13 ironically [1] - 7:22 3:20, 4:4, 4:10, 4:20, leave [1] - 23:14
hungry [2] - 24:18, including [6] - 9:5, issue [4] - 11:14, 15:3, 31:18, 35:5, 35:10, leaving [1] - 63:16
 24:21 23:2, 50:9, 66:21, 21:21, 22:2 36:1, 36:5, 36:20, left [5] - 22:8, 26:23,
hurt [1] - 67:13 67:7, 67:9 issues [3] - 8:23, 36:25, 37:15, 37:19, 27:20, 61:21, 63:17
husband [1] - 50:9 INCLUDING [1] - 10:17, 11:1 38:9, 38:13, 39:6, legal [2] - 15:24, 29:2
hydrant [6] - 20:25, 56:20 IT [1] - 5:21 39:10, 40:2, 40:7, legally [9] - 11:8,
 21:2, 21:5, 21:9, increase [3] - 7:8, ITEM [1] - 44:17 41:2, 41:21, 42:13, 32:10, 46:22, 47:25,
 21:14, 24:4 22:18, 60:22 Item [30] - 34:20, 35:3, 43:8, 43:24, 44:2, 49:3, 56:13, 57:17,
hydrants [2] - 21:15, increased [1] - 21:21 35:23, 36:18, 37:12, 44:24, 45:10, 46:6, 73:5
 25:16 increases [1] - 16:16 38:6, 39:2, 39:24, 46:13, 47:12, 47:16, legend [1] - 61:9
 Independence [1] - 40:20, 41:14, 42:7, 48:15, 48:19, 49:16, legislation [7] - 4:18,
 42:9, 43:2, 43:4, 54:12, 56:4, 57:1,
 I 29:19 7:21, 8:1, 34:10,
 indicated [1] - 66:5 43:21, 43:23, 44:23, 57:8, 58:6, 64:4, 62:6, 62:10, 68:11
idea [6] - 18:19, 18:23, individual [1] - 9:4 44:25, 46:8, 46:22, 72:21 legislations [1] - 7:23
  19:24, 20:5, 20:6, individuals [2] - 10:8, 47:11, 47:25, 48:14, knows [3] - 10:10, LEGISLATIVE [1] -
  50:14 54:19 49:3, 49:18, 56:13, 11:15, 30:24 34:15
ideas [1] - 17:1 industry [1] - 18:13 57:3, 57:17, 58:5, KOLOSKI [2] - 28:1, legislative [1] - 32:25
Ierovante [1] - 61:14 information [2] - 20:8, 73:5 41:10 legitimate [1] - 16:17
imagine [1] - 25:25 50:25 items [2] - 5:13, 31:19 Koloski [1] - 28:1 Lehigh [2] - 69:3, 69:5
immediate [1] - 69:13 infused [1] - 67:8 itself [1] - 18:3 KRIGER [1] - 47:3 Les [2] - 11:24, 12:1
IMMEDIATELY [3] - INITIALLY [2] - 38:23, Krokus [1] - 74:13 less [2] - 21:5, 30:23
  38:24, 39:21, 40:18 39:20 J kudos [1] - 12:10 level [9] - 8:16, 54:21,
impacted [1] - 10:8 injuries [1] - 68:23 65:17, 68:15, 68:18,
IMPLEMENTATION input [2] - 9:14, 62:21 James [1] - 3:7
 68:22, 68:25, 69:1,
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  69:6 21:14, 22:11, 51:16 MEETING [1] - 5:10 moment [1] - 3:4 35:7, 35:10, 35:11,
levels [1] - 68:16 major [3] - 16:7, meeting [18] - 6:6, Monday [2] - 6:4, 35:13, 35:14, 35:16,
LEVYING [1] - 42:4 19:22, 72:14 6:25, 7:3, 9:2, 9:6, 23:23 35:22, 35:25, 36:1,
LIBRARY [4] - 37:10, male [1] - 8:17 9:9, 9:11, 16:9, money [3] - 27:18, 36:2, 36:5, 36:6,
  38:3, 38:22, 39:19 man [1] - 61:1 16:10, 18:24, 23:20, 27:19, 53:19 36:8, 36:9, 36:11,
life [5] - 20:23, 31:2, manager [1] - 19:10 26:14, 26:25, 32:1, month [3] - 9:25, 36:17, 36:20, 36:21,
  61:3, 61:10, 72:5 Mancini [1] - 8:7 34:2, 50:24, 71:22, 67:21 36:22, 36:25, 37:1,
life-changing [1] - MANCINI [1] - 8:8 74:20 months [1] - 9:17 37:3, 37:4, 37:6,
  31:2 map [2] - 32:12, 32:15 meetings [4] - 9:13, monumental [1] - 15:5 37:11, 37:14, 37:15,
light [1] - 25:19 MAP [1] - 57:24 15:16, 66:13, 71:11 morality [1] - 10:9 37:16, 37:19, 37:20,
lighting [2] - 66:19, Maria [2] - 1:24, 75:10 Megan [1] - 8:6 Moran [1] - 3:7 37:22, 37:23, 37:25,
  71:12 Mark [1] - 9:23 Melinda [1] - 74:13 Moses [2] - 14:8, 65:1 38:5, 38:8, 38:9,
lightly [1] - 68:1 MARK [1] - 2:3 MEMBER [7] - 35:18, most [2] - 21:7, 22:15 38:10, 38:13, 38:14,
like-minded [1] - 9:4 Maroni [1] - 3:7 36:13, 38:2, 38:21, motion [19] - 3:20, 38:16, 38:17, 38:19,
limited [1] - 69:25 mashing [1] - 30:3 39:18, 40:15, 41:10 3:23, 4:10, 4:14, 39:1, 39:4, 39:5,
line [1] - 22:24 member [5] - 24:15, 24:9, 24:10, 34:20, 39:6, 39:7, 39:10,
 Matt [1] - 20:19
LINE [1] - 44:17 66:16, 68:2, 68:4, 34:22, 35:3, 35:23, 39:11, 39:13, 39:14,
 MAY [1] - 40:18
listed [1] - 17:10 74:14 36:18, 37:12, 38:6, 39:16, 39:23, 40:1,
 MAYOR [3] - 47:1,
 members [7] - 5:15, 39:2, 39:24, 40:20, 40:2, 40:4, 40:7,
listen [2] - 66:14, 48:4, 49:7
 17:8, 23:2, 50:9, 41:14, 74:18, 74:19 40:8, 40:10, 40:11,
  67:22 Mayor [7] - 16:10,
 55:15, 63:16, 71:17 MOTIONS [1] - 31:15 40:13, 40:19, 40:22,
listened [1] - 64:13 18:24, 26:17, 26:24,
 Memorial [1] - 69:6 motions [4] - 31:17, 40:23, 40:24, 41:2,
listening [1] - 64:15 50:3, 53:24, 67:14
 memory [1] - 53:23 31:22, 33:15, 34:8 41:3, 41:5, 41:6,
LITTLE [1] - 28:10 Mayor's [2] - 62:15,
 men [1] - 3:5 41:8, 41:13, 41:16,
lives [2] - 22:24, 26:13 64:9 motivating [1] - 71:24
 mentioned [3] - 55:15, 41:17, 41:18, 41:21,
loan [1] - 52:13 McAndrew [13] - 3:16, MOUNTAIN [1] - 48:7
 61:11, 68:13 41:22, 41:24, 41:25,
local [4] - 10:9, 11:20, 9:23, 16:5, 34:8, move [5] - 42:8, 43:3,
 Merry [1] - 31:12 42:2, 42:6, 42:8,
  65:5, 67:1 46:18, 47:21, 48:24, 43:22, 44:24, 70:18
 42:10, 42:11, 42:13,
located [1] - 21:5 51:13, 51:16, 56:9, met [3] - 6:3, 6:4, moved [26] - 4:9, 5:1,
 42:14, 42:16, 42:17,
LOCATED [1] - 44:20 57:13, 64:3, 73:1 69:24 12:4, 34:22, 35:5,
 42:19, 43:1, 43:3,
LOCATION [1] - 1:10 MCANDREW [51] - Michael [1] - 3:8 35:15, 35:25, 36:10,
 43:5, 43:6, 43:8,
Lockwood [2] - 9:5, 2:3, 3:17, 4:7, 4:23, MICHAEL [1] - 41:11 36:20, 37:5, 37:14,
 43:9, 43:11, 43:12,
  53:9 16:4, 17:5, 17:6, Michigan [1] - 29:22 37:24, 38:8, 38:18,
 43:14, 43:20, 43:22,
long-term [2] - 19:25, 17:18, 17:20, 17:22, microphone [1] - 39:4, 39:15, 40:1,
 43:24, 43:25, 44:2,
  71:23 17:24, 17:25, 18:1, 33:19 40:12, 40:22, 41:7,
 44:3, 44:5, 44:6,
look [3] - 11:16, 13:18, 23:23, 24:3, 24:9, might [5] - 50:4, 41:16, 42:1, 42:18,
 44:8, 44:22, 44:24,
  15:17 34:9, 35:13, 35:25, 53:18, 62:25, 63:14, 43:13, 44:7, 45:16
 45:2, 45:3, 45:7,
looked [3] - 28:13, 36:8, 37:3, 37:14, 63:17 moving [1] - 51:17
 45:8, 45:10, 45:12,
  28:14, 29:5 37:22, 38:8, 38:16, Mike [2] - 8:7, 12:11 MR [271] - 3:11, 3:13,
 45:13, 45:14, 45:17,
looking [6] - 14:4, 39:4, 39:13, 40:1, miles [1] - 61:21 3:17, 3:19, 3:20,
 46:3, 46:6, 46:9,
  19:8, 22:17, 52:12, 40:10, 40:22, 41:5, MILLAGE [1] - 42:5 3:23, 4:4, 4:5, 4:7,
 46:10, 46:13, 46:15,
  52:13, 70:14 41:16, 41:24, 42:10, million [6] - 17:12, 4:8, 4:10, 4:14, 4:20,
 46:19, 46:21, 46:23,
Los [1] - 29:23 42:16, 43:3, 43:11, 27:22, 30:21, 52:12, 4:22, 4:23, 4:24,
 47:6, 47:9, 47:12,
losing [1] - 65:1 43:22, 44:5, 45:7, 52:14, 67:8 4:25, 5:3, 5:12, 5:17,
 47:13, 47:16, 47:18,
loss [2] - 8:11, 72:14 45:14, 46:19, 47:22, millions [1] - 52:17 5:19, 6:3, 6:8, 6:14,
 47:22, 47:24, 48:1,
lost [4] - 20:23, 23:7, 48:25, 49:24, 50:1, mind [2] - 6:21, 15:13 6:18, 8:5, 8:8, 11:24,
 48:9, 48:12, 48:15,
  28:24, 28:25 56:10, 57:14, 60:11, minded [1] - 9:4 11:25, 13:22, 13:24,
 48:16, 48:19, 48:21,
 73:2, 74:19 mindful [1] - 66:19 16:3, 16:4, 17:5,
lover [1] - 12:12 48:25, 49:2, 49:4,
 McCool [2] - 1:24, mine [2] - 34:9, 52:24 17:6, 17:18, 17:20,
 49:13, 49:16, 49:19,
 75:10 minimum [2] - 11:1, 17:22, 17:24, 17:25,
 M MCLANE [1] - 40:15 18:1, 20:16, 20:17,
 49:23, 49:24, 49:25,
 17:15 50:1, 51:13, 51:15,
machete [1] - 8:13 mean [5] - 30:14, Minneapolis [1] - 23:12, 23:13, 23:14,
 54:10, 54:12, 55:6,
mail [2] - 23:15, 23:19 30:17, 50:5, 54:4, 29:22 23:21, 23:23, 24:1,
 56:1, 56:4, 56:6,
 68:24 Minooka [2] - 20:22, 24:3, 24:6, 24:9,
mails [2] - 64:13, 56:10, 56:12, 56:14,
 means [2] - 60:15, 24:12 24:12, 27:25, 28:8,
 67:23 56:23, 57:1, 57:5,
 75:23 minutes [2] - 5:2, 21:1 28:10, 31:13, 31:14,
main [2] - 29:8, 67:4 57:8, 57:10, 57:14,
 media [1] - 10:18 31:16, 31:18, 31:21,
maintain [5] - 50:6, MISCELLANEOUS [1] 57:16, 57:18, 57:25,
 medical [1] - 12:15 31:23, 33:9, 33:14,
 51:20, 51:22, 51:24, - 34:18 58:6, 58:7, 58:8,
 mediocre [2] - 8:25, 33:19, 34:7, 34:9,
 52:4 Miss [2] - 59:12, 71:21 60:9, 60:11, 64:3,
 11:21 34:11, 34:12, 34:19,
maintained [1] - 22:14 missed [1] - 12:18 64:4, 67:17, 72:18,
 meet [2] - 67:23 34:23, 35:2, 35:5,
maintenance [3] - mom [1] - 62:23 72:21, 72:23, 73:2,
 8

 73:4, 73:6, 73:9, 15:13, 22:9, 28:7, 66:3 62:21, 62:23, 65:25,
 P
 73:12, 73:14, 73:17, 58:16, 59:3, 59:24, nursing [1] - 14:13 66:16, 68:17, 68:25,
 73:19, 73:24, 74:1, 66:13, 66:16, 68:8 69:1 PA [1] - 44:21
 74:4, 74:6, 74:10, neighbors [13] - O ones [1] - 69:5 packages [1] - 17:16
 74:12, 74:19, 74:20 13:18, 13:20, 14:10, ongoing [1] - 22:3 page [1] - 7:9
MRIs [1] - 65:23 14:24, 16:1, 28:3, O'BRIEN [1] - 39:18 online [1] - 5:25 Palmitessa [1] - 3:8
MS [42] - 3:10, 3:12, 60:19, 64:13, 64:20, obtain [1] - 21:12 opened [2] - 25:21, paper [6] - 9:19,
 3:14, 3:16, 3:18, 67:23, 68:5, 69:22, obviously [3] - 15:7, 25:22 17:10, 30:17, 50:4,
 5:20, 6:5, 6:9, 6:16, 71:11 26:6, 26:24 opens [1] - 26:3 53:10, 53:16
 6:20, 14:1, 28:1, neighbors' [1] - 72:5 occur [3] - 33:2, 33:6, operating [1] - 4:2 PARCEL [1] - 49:12
 46:12, 46:14, 46:16, neonatal [1] - 61:8 65:22 OPERATING [1] - park [2] - 67:9
 46:18, 46:20, 47:15, Network [1] - 69:4 October [1] - 9:9 56:21 Park [3] - 25:1, 64:21,
 47:17, 47:19, 47:21, never [6] - 15:13, OF [44] - 1:1, 34:24, operations [1] - 62:24 67:8
 47:23, 48:18, 48:20, 26:16, 53:15, 53:16, 34:25, 35:17, 35:18, opinion [1] - 32:9 parking [7] - 12:20,
 48:22, 48:24, 49:1, 62:6, 72:2 36:12, 36:13, 38:1, opioid [1] - 10:14 12:23, 13:4, 55:3,
 56:3, 56:5, 56:7, new [3] - 65:10, 66:10, 38:2, 38:20, 38:21, Opposed [15] - 4:8, 65:8, 71:6, 71:7
 56:9, 56:11, 57:7, 71:6 39:17, 39:18, 40:14, 4:22, 35:14, 36:9, PARKING [4] - 5:9,
 57:9, 57:11, 57:13, NEW [2] - 44:17, 45:24 40:15, 40:17, 41:9, 37:4, 37:23, 38:17, 42:21, 42:24, 57:24
 57:15, 72:20, 72:22, newer [1] - 54:15 41:10, 42:3, 42:20, 39:14, 40:11, 41:6, PARKS [3] - 34:25,
 72:24, 73:1, 73:3 newly [1] - 23:3 42:21, 42:22, 42:24, 41:25, 42:17, 43:12, 46:1, 46:2
multi [2] - 25:8, 25:15 news [1] - 12:19 42:25, 43:15, 43:17, 44:6, 45:12 parks [3] - 6:19,
multi-apartment [2] - next [21] - 6:5, 7:3, 43:19, 44:9, 44:10, option [1] - 70:9 51:19, 67:7
 25:8, 25:15 7:12, 7:19, 8:5, 9:9, 44:12, 44:15, 44:16, options [3] - 54:25, Parks [1] - 6:20
multimillion [1] - 12:5, 12:11, 14:15, 44:20, 45:19, 45:25, 69:24, 70:7 part [3] - 10:19, 19:4,
 16:20 16:8, 24:24, 25:13, 49:10, 56:16, 56:18, OR [1] - 42:22 50:23
multiple [1] - 68:14 27:6, 27:11, 28:17, 56:19, 56:21, 57:21, Order [8] - 4:1, 4:17, participate [2] - 32:23,
municipalities [1] - 30:15, 45:5, 51:17, 57:22 5:13, 5:16, 33:11, 33:25
 32:16 54:16, 55:23, 68:22 OFF [1] - 57:24 45:6, 73:10, 74:2 PARTICIPATION [1] -
municipality [1] - nice [4] - 23:11, 24:14, OFF-STREET [1] - ORDER [6] - 5:3, 5:17, 5:18
 32:20 50:3, 54:18 57:24 31:14, 42:2, 45:17, particular [1] - 32:24
 NICU [1] - 65:12 offered [1] - 66:15 73:6 particularly [1] - 68:1
 N night [3] - 20:21, 26:3, Officer [2] - 8:9 ORDINANCE [7] - partners [1] - 23:1
 27:24 officers [1] - 20:19 34:13, 42:4, 42:21, pass [6] - 7:1, 42:9,
Nay [3] - 25:1, 64:21, ninety [1] - 9:10 OFFICERS [1] - 34:17 43:16, 44:10, 44:11, 43:4, 43:23, 44:25,
 67:7 NO [12] - 42:4, 42:20, offices [1] - 54:1 57:22 72:13
nearby [1] - 69:5 43:15, 44:9, 44:10, Official [2] - 1:24, ordinance [9] - 4:1, passage [6] - 46:7,
nearly [1] - 64:22 44:16, 45:20, 46:25, 75:11 4:18, 15:10, 15:17, 47:11, 48:14, 49:17,
NECESSARY [1] - 48:3, 49:6, 56:16, official [1] - 53:16 58:19, 58:23, 63:6, 57:2, 58:5
 49:9 57:21 OFFICIALS [3] - 47:2, 73:9, 74:1 passed [4] - 3:6,
necessary [1] - 21:17 nobody [2] - 64:11, 48:5, 49:8 ordinances [1] - 63:6 10:13, 58:19, 60:5
need [18] - 11:7, 73:15 officials [1] - 11:20 organization [1] - 18:5 passes [1] - 59:2
 14:20, 19:12, 21:7, noise [1] - 66:20 offshore [1] - 54:1 originally [1] - 70:12 passing [2] - 7:16,
 24:21, 27:12, 27:14, Nolan [2] - 59:12, often [1] - 22:8 OTHER [4] - 5:6, 47:1, 12:14
 49:21, 50:2, 51:20, 61:24 old [4] - 12:7, 12:8, 48:4, 49:7 past [4] - 60:21, 63:7,
 51:22, 51:23, 52:3, none [4] - 27:17, 28:3, 14:13 ourself [1] - 52:18 64:14, 69:15
 55:15, 55:16, 55:24, 51:3, 60:20 Omar [1] - 30:1 outlook [1] - 27:16 patients [1] - 66:1
 69:13 nonsense [1] - 62:5 ON [9] - 41:12, 42:24, outrage [1] - 20:21 pause [2] - 7:3, 7:16
needed [5] - 11:13, normally [1] - 60:14 45:19, 46:24, 48:2, outside [5] - 25:24, pave [1] - 22:8
 21:7, 25:23, 65:12, NORTH [2] - 44:20, 49:5, 56:15, 56:19, 25:25, 26:4, 30:3, pay [4] - 6:22, 6:24,
 65:24 49:11 57:19 31:5 7:5, 19:18
needing [1] - 71:5 note [2] - 64:7, 66:22 once [2] - 10:16, 29:19 overall [1] - 67:6 PAYMENT [1] - 44:19
needs [12] - 11:8, notes [1] - 75:5 one [35] - 6:20, 7:23, overcrowded [1] - payment [1] - 45:4
 11:13, 14:15, 15:20, nothing [2] - 27:13, 8:7, 8:16, 8:17, 9:3, 66:4 pending [3] - 8:2,
 15:25, 18:5, 20:6, 70:23 9:9, 10:11, 10:23, overspoke [1] - 73:15 73:22, 74:16
 25:1, 63:23, 72:4, notice [1] - 26:25 11:2, 11:8, 13:3, own [1] - 18:6 Penn [1] - 74:8
 72:6, 72:9 18:8, 20:23, 24:15,
 notified [2] - 26:16, owned [1] - 22:13 Pennsylvania [9] -
negligence [1] - 22:1 24:19, 27:10, 29:3,
 62:20 owner [1] - 12:12 21:8, 21:17, 21:25,
Neighborhood [1] - 30:24, 31:24, 55:14,
 notion [1] - 71:16 owners [1] - 32:17 22:4, 22:14, 22:21,
 14:2 58:15, 58:20, 61:9,
 NOVEMBER [1] - 5:5 23:4, 32:13, 32:19
neighborhood [9] - 62:10, 62:13, 62:19,
 nurses [2] - 65:23, PENNSYLVANIA [1] -
 9

 49:12 play [1] - 10:6 69:24 34:14, 42:21, 43:17, 26:16, 26:22
penny [1] - 12:24 pleasure [4] - 42:7, PREVIOUSLY [2] - 57:23 rates [5] - 7:8, 7:15,
people [19] - 8:18, 43:2, 43:21, 44:23 56:14, 57:18 Public [6] - 9:20, 10:4, 21:22, 22:6, 24:8
 10:6, 11:17, 12:22, Pledge [1] - 3:1 price [1] - 30:19 47:8, 47:10, 48:11, rather [1] - 65:9
 13:11, 15:15, 24:21, plus [2] - 21:15, 62:9 primary [1] - 50:10 48:13 ratings [2] - 52:7
 27:23, 29:16, 30:15, point [5] - 53:22, 54:2, priority [1] - 63:24 PUBLIC [7] - 37:10, reach [1] - 32:3
 31:9, 50:13, 55:1, 55:21, 58:17, 61:25 private [1] - 32:16 38:2, 38:22, 39:19, reaching [2] - 32:8,
 55:22, 59:14, 62:2, police [2] - 12:16, problem [5] - 10:20, 42:24, 46:24, 48:2 33:10
 67:12, 69:10, 69:11 32:20 25:18, 27:3, 29:9, public [9] - 9:3, 9:14, read [5] - 10:3, 30:17,
people's [1] - 26:13 Police [3] - 8:11, 32:24 10:17, 15:8, 20:9, 32:7, 64:12, 67:23
percent [2] - 11:12, 54:13, 54:14 problems [1] - 22:3 27:2, 59:6, 62:20, reading [9] - 5:1, 42:6,
 13:10 political [1] - 71:25 procedural [2] - 30:9, 74:9 42:9, 43:1, 43:4,
perfect [1] - 10:23 politics [1] - 59:15 62:16 pulls [1] - 13:13 43:20, 43:23, 44:22,
PERFORM [2] - 47:4, pool [1] - 67:10 procedure [3] - 61:1, purchase [5] - 17:12, 44:25
 48:6 pools [2] - 25:13, 63:3, 64:2 50:15, 50:16, 52:16, READING [4] - 42:3,
PERFORMANCE [1] - 51:21 proceed [1] - 73:16 65:4 42:19, 43:14, 44:8
 5:8 poor [1] - 24:17 proceedings [1] - 75:3 PURCHASE [2] - Real [1] - 54:15
PERIOD [1] - 56:18 pop [1] - 62:24 process [16] - 20:6, 44:20, 49:9 real [4] - 18:22, 19:22,
period [4] - 26:1, PORTIONS [1] - 49:10 50:16, 50:24, 51:11, purchased [2] - 14:9, 29:8
 60:22, 62:7, 62:17 posed [1] - 22:22 58:14, 58:22, 59:10, 19:1 realities [1] - 68:10
permit [1] - 70:19 POSITION [1] - 34:25 61:1, 62:3, 62:21, purchasing [2] - 19:8, reality [1] - 16:18
permits [1] - 55:2 position [4] - 6:23, 63:12, 64:2, 65:3, 19:16 realize [1] - 31:10
PERRY [1] - 39:20 52:6, 52:16, 68:2 68:7, 70:17, 70:19 PURSUANT [1] - really [7] - 20:2, 20:3,
person [3] - 18:12, positions [2] - 30:1, processes [2] - 62:16, 44:15 30:15, 33:22, 54:25,
 24:19, 50:18 65:14 62:17 put [8] - 12:7, 15:11, 60:24, 71:20
personal [2] - 63:9, possibly [4] - 16:15, professional [1] - 15:22, 22:24, 25:19, reappointment [1] -
 65:17 16:18, 16:20, 19:1 65:13 26:11, 64:4, 68:9 74:13
phase [1] - 53:25 POST [1] - 5:6 progress [2] - 6:1, putting [4] - 5:22, REAPPOINTMENT [1]
phone [1] - 2:4 post [1] - 61:17 6:17 25:14, 25:15, 54:15 - 38:1
physical [2] - 17:21, POST- prohibits [1] - 32:14 puzzle [1] - 18:21 reason [3] - 7:16,
 17:22 EMPLOYMENT [1] - PROJECT [2] - 47:5, 62:8, 62:19
picked [1] - 12:9 5:6 48:8 Q reasonable [3] -
pickleball [1] - 67:10 potential [2] - 18:6, project [2] - 65:7, 16:24, 26:8, 70:11
piece [2] - 9:19, 62:6 65:10 quality [6] - 22:7, Rec [1] - 6:21
 65:4
pieces [1] - 18:20 projections [1] - 19:23 22:16, 60:21, 63:20, RECEIVE [1] - 46:1
 potentially [1] - 68:24
place [13] - 3:25, 4:16, projects [3] - 27:9, 64:1, 72:5 receive [1] - 68:18
 power [1] - 32:20
 9:7, 9:11, 14:8, 27:19, 52:25 QUARTER [1] - 5:7 received [7] - 5:14,
 PP&L [1] - 26:14
 15:22, 19:7, 25:16, promises [1] - 71:15 questions [11] - 10:11, 10:16, 16:25, 17:16,
 prayers [2] - 8:9, 8:12
 29:4, 58:23, 59:16, proper [11] - 11:7, 11:7, 11:15, 16:22, 17:18, 23:17, 53:9
 pre [1] - 61:17
 62:21, 66:25 34:21, 35:4, 35:24, 16:23, 16:24, 17:19, RECEIVED [2] - 5:4,
 preamble [1] - 59:13
placed [2] - 73:10, 36:19, 37:13, 38:7, 23:4, 53:6, 53:8, 5:10
 precedent [3] - 27:6,
 74:2 39:3, 39:25, 40:21, 59:5 recent [1] - 65:18
 63:14, 63:18
PLAN [2] - 44:14, 41:15 quick [1] - 15:6 recently [4] - 6:4,
 preferred [1] - 33:22
 44:19 properties [1] - 32:24 quite [3] - 13:2, 51:10, 12:4, 12:17, 16:9
 preop [1] - 65:23
plan [12] - 9:11, 18:22, PROPERTY [3] - 42:5, 60:7 recertification [1] -
 present [4] - 3:13,
 18:23, 19:7, 29:10, 44:20, 49:10 quorum [1] - 30:13 30:22
 3:17, 9:5, 34:1
 53:5, 53:17, 59:20, property [3] - 32:17, quote [1] - 9:20 recommend [7] -
 presented [2] - 50:23,
 70:4, 70:9, 70:11, 67:14 52:22, 71:1 18:13, 46:7, 47:10,
 71:23 PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, proposed [4] - 7:9, R 48:13, 49:17, 57:2,
planned [1] - 67:11 2:3 65:7, 70:10, 72:17 58:5
 rafters [1] - 60:13
planning [5] - 28:12, President [1] - 49:20 pros [1] - 64:12 recommendation [6] -
 62:19, 63:4, 66:17, railroad [3] - 28:18,
 pressing [1] - 65:2 prostate [1] - 65:20 46:4, 47:7, 48:10,
 67:1 28:19, 28:20
 pressure [2] - 21:13, protocol [1] - 63:3 49:14, 56:24, 58:1
Planning [5] - 15:14, raise [2] - 6:22, 10:5
 25:22 proud [1] - 67:6 recommended [1] -
 25:8, 60:5, 66:24, raising [3] - 16:15, 7:2
 pretty [1] - 23:18 provide [2] - 21:6,
 70:18 16:18, 22:6
 preventative [1] - 54:25 reconfigurations [1] -
plans [10] - 16:25, rammed [1] - 15:3 17:14
 22:11 provided [2] - 17:9,
 17:1, 18:16, 18:21, ramp [1] - 54:22 record [3] - 21:11,
 previous [1] - 50:17 61:16
 19:22, 27:15, 51:25, ran [1] - 67:12 66:9, 67:6
 previously [2] - 15:14, provider [1] - 68:4
 65:10, 66:23, 71:3 rate [4] - 22:18, 26:15, records [1] - 21:14
 PROVISIONS [4] -
 10

RECREATION [2] - residences [1] - 14:9 72:24 31:22, 33:14, 46:14, serve [1] - 66:17
 35:1, 46:1 resident [3] - 12:1, ROTHCHILD [35] - 47:17, 48:20, 54:10, service [3] - 3:5, 22:6,
REES [1] - 38:23 63:22, 68:3 2:4, 3:15, 3:22, 4:6, 56:5, 57:9, 60:9, 22:7
refer [1] - 7:9 residents [11] - 13:3, 4:13, 4:21, 33:17, 72:22 SERVICES [2] - 47:4,
reflection [1] - 3:4 14:11, 21:20, 21:22, 33:20, 35:6, 35:12, SCOCOZZO [1] - 48:7
refuse [2] - 12:3, 23:6 22:23, 51:5, 58:13, 36:7, 37:2, 37:21, 36:13 services [4] - 55:24,
refuses [1] - 8:19 58:21, 64:23, 67:5, 38:15, 39:12, 40:3, scope [1] - 18:17 63:21, 65:9, 65:14
REGARDING [2] - 5:6, 72:7 40:9, 41:4, 41:23, Scout [3] - 8:12, session [3] - 24:15,
 34:15 RESOLUTION [12] - 42:15, 43:10, 44:4, 12:14, 20:19 24:25, 26:21
regarding [4] - 8:13, 34:24, 35:17, 36:12, 45:1, 45:11, 46:17, Scranton [19] - 5:21, set [2] - 11:6, 29:13
 9:17, 21:13, 55:10 37:7, 38:1, 38:20, 47:20, 48:23, 49:22, 8:9, 8:10, 8:18, setting [2] - 9:14, 27:5
regards [2] - 24:3, 39:17, 40:14, 41:9, 55:8, 56:8, 57:4, 11:23, 20:18, 21:20, SEVENTH [1] - 45:17
 51:9 46:25, 48:3, 49:6 57:12, 58:3, 67:19, 26:15, 28:10, 30:4, Seventh [5] - 4:1,
region [1] - 68:12 Resolution [4] - 72:25 30:8, 53:9, 53:11, 4:17, 45:6, 73:10,
Regional [2] - 14:7, 73:12, 73:17, 74:4, RPR [2] - 1:24, 75:10 53:14, 54:14, 64:23, 74:2
 65:1 74:10 RULE [1] - 44:15 67:6, 70:5, 73:21 several [2] - 17:8, 22:5
regular [1] - 71:10 resolution [3] - 73:19, Rule [3] - 28:25, 29:1, SCRANTON [12] - 1:1, severe [1] - 20:24
REGULATE [1] - 74:6, 74:12 29:2 5:9, 37:9, 38:2, shame [2] - 12:15,
 42:23 RESOLUTIONS [1] - rule [2] - 29:7, 29:12 38:22, 39:18, 41:10, 12:17
RELATED [1] - 57:23 37:8 runaway [1] - 53:1 42:25, 44:12, 44:21, SHANNON [1] - 38:21
RELATIONS [1] - resolve [1] - 8:22 runoff [1] - 25:17 49:11, 57:22 shelter [3] - 25:20,
 41:11 respect [1] - 73:15 runs [2] - 50:11, 50:13 SEAN [5] - 16:4, 17:6, 26:2, 26:3
relative [1] - 50:9 respectful [1] - 69:22 rush [7] - 7:22, 27:13, 17:20, 17:24, 18:1 shitty [1] - 11:19
reliable [1] - 22:25 respectfully [1] - 31:1, 50:22, 62:9, Sean [1] - 16:4 shortfall [1] - 52:19
relieved [1] - 69:17 21:11 62:10, 62:14 SEAT [2] - 38:23, shortfalls [1] - 54:9
relocate [1] - 17:3 respective [1] - 32:22 rushed [1] - 8:16 39:19 shoutout [1] - 12:3
remain [3] - 3:3, responders [2] - rushing [1] - 16:20 seat [2] - 59:25, 60:1 show [2] - 14:16,
 22:10, 70:24 11:22, 22:24 Second [8] - 36:21, 66:12
remember [2] - 26:10, responsibility [2] - S 38:9, 39:5, 39:6, shown [1] - 9:24
 53:24 10:3, 22:15 40:2, 41:17, 46:9, shows [1] - 13:19
 responsible [2] - 16:8, sacrifice [1] - 14:24 49:22
remembered [2] - side [2] - 52:21, 52:23
 26:11, 54:5 18:4 sad [1] - 71:2 second [23] - 3:22, sides [1] - 60:25
remind [1] - 28:2 rest [2] - 8:10, 14:25 saddened [1] - 12:13 3:24, 4:13, 4:15, sign [1] - 8:6
renovation [2] - 17:3, restored [1] - 22:9 safe [1] - 10:25 17:9, 25:6, 35:6,
 sign-in [1] - 8:6
 18:15 revenue [1] - 52:21 safeguards [1] - 66:25 36:1, 37:15, 40:3,
 significant [1] - 7:8
 review [2] - 73:23, safety [7] - 8:19, 8:23, 40:23, 42:10, 43:5,
renovations [2] - signify [15] - 4:3, 4:19,
 74:16 9:18, 10:6, 11:17, 43:24, 45:1, 47:12,
 17:13, 53:21 35:8, 36:3, 36:23,
 REVIEW [4] - 5:8, 21:19, 72:9 48:15, 49:21, 50:7,
REPLACE [1] - 41:11 37:17, 38:11, 39:8,
 35:19, 36:14, 43:18 Safety [2] - 9:20, 10:4 55:11, 57:4, 58:6,
Reporter [2] - 1:24, 40:5, 40:25, 41:19,
 rezoning [2] - 32:24, Salazar [1] - 61:7 68:21
 75:11 42:12, 43:7, 44:1,
 60:6 saw [2] - 6:20, 7:22 secret [1] - 9:10
reporter [1] - 75:25 45:9
 Ridge [1] - 14:2 schedule [1] - 30:7 SECTION [1] - 44:15
reports [1] - 21:12 signs [2] - 26:11,
 Rik [1] - 28:10 School [2] - 60:5, 60:7 section [1] - 25:12
represent [1] - 51:5 26:12
 ring [1] - 54:23 school [5] - 14:13, Section [2] - 28:2,
representatives [2] - silenced [1] - 23:6
 rise [1] - 7:18 16:13, 19:4, 19:6, 68:3
 64:15, 67:24 silent [1] - 3:4
 RLE [1] - 48:6 20:13 sections [1] - 21:16
reproduction [1] - simple [1] - 16:23
 ROCHE [1] - 38:21 SCHUSTER [37] - 2:5, see [11] - 7:11, 20:9,
 75:23 single [2] - 22:3, 27:10
 role [1] - 63:21 3:13, 4:5, 4:24, 29:8, 32:3, 52:15,
request [2] - 10:1, SITUATED [1] - 49:10
 roll [6] - 46:10, 49:23, 31:23, 33:9, 33:19, 54:8, 60:13, 62:9,
 21:12 situation [1] - 54:19
 55:7, 56:2, 57:5, 35:11, 36:6, 36:21, 70:22, 70:25, 71:2
requested [1] - 10:12 six [1] - 62:8
 72:19 37:1, 37:20, 38:14, seeing [1] - 30:6
required [4] - 27:14, SIXTH [1] - 42:2
 Roll [3] - 3:8, 47:13, 39:5, 39:11, 40:8, seek [1] - 9:23
 27:16, 55:19, 71:8 skill [1] - 11:6
 48:16 40:23, 41:3, 41:17, seeks [1] - 62:22
requirements [1] - skills [1] - 10:15
 rolls [1] - 52:22 41:22, 42:14, 43:5, selling [1] - 55:21
 67:2 skin [1] - 14:16
 room [1] - 60:16 43:9, 44:3, 45:3, SEMITRAILERS [1] -
research [1] - 68:20 slowed [1] - 20:7
 rooms [1] - 71:9 45:13, 46:9, 46:15, 42:24
reserve [1] - 34:9 slowing [2] - 31:4,
 Rothchild [11] - 3:14, 47:9, 47:18, 48:12, sent [1] - 10:9
RESERVE [2] - 44:14, 31:5
 48:21, 51:15, 56:6, serious [2] - 22:22,
 44:18 13:16, 33:15, 46:16, SMURL [106] - 2:2,
 57:10, 58:8, 72:23 69:9
RESIDENCE [1] - 47:19, 48:22, 56:2, 3:3, 3:19, 3:23, 4:8,
 56:7, 57:11, 72:19, Schuster [11] - 3:12, Serrenti [1] - 51:23
 42:22
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 4:14, 4:22, 4:25, 44:14, 44:19 supervision [1] - 38:2, 38:21, 38:22, Tom [2] - 24:12, 54:13
 5:12, 5:19, 6:3, 6:8, spent [1] - 51:19 75:24 39:18, 39:19, 40:15, tonight [19] - 7:21,
 6:14, 6:18, 8:5, Spindler [2] - 11:24, support [2] - 13:10, 40:16, 41:10, 42:3, 8:17, 13:12, 13:20,
 11:24, 13:22, 16:3, 12:1 23:1 42:5, 42:20, 42:23, 15:8, 16:5, 16:22,
 20:16, 23:12, 23:14, SPINDLER [2] - 11:25, supporters [1] - 64:16 42:25, 43:15, 43:17, 20:20, 33:12, 33:21,
 27:25, 28:8, 31:13, 13:24 supporting [2] - 55:5, 44:9, 44:10, 44:12, 59:17, 59:18, 59:23,
 31:16, 31:21, 33:14, spot [2] - 14:5, 19:19 67:13 44:14, 44:15, 44:17, 60:20, 61:14, 62:13,
 34:7, 34:11, 34:19, spots [1] - 55:4 supposed [2] - 30:7, 44:18, 44:19, 45:18, 67:25, 72:6, 72:11
 35:2, 35:7, 35:14, springs [1] - 12:9 30:13 45:20, 45:25, 46:24, took [2] - 61:7, 65:23
 35:22, 36:2, 36:9, stabbing [1] - 8:13 supposedly [1] - 47:1, 47:4, 48:2, topnotch [1] - 66:2
 36:17, 36:22, 37:4, stake [1] - 21:20 51:12 48:4, 48:7, 49:5, tossed [1] - 50:16
 37:11, 37:16, 37:23, stand [2] - 23:5, 26:4 Supreme [1] - 32:19 49:7, 49:10, 56:15, totally [1] - 15:4
 38:5, 38:10, 38:17, standing [1] - 3:3 surgeons [1] - 68:22 56:16, 56:17, 56:18, tough [2] - 19:19, 23:3
 39:1, 39:7, 39:14, STANDING [1] - 42:22 surgery [2] - 65:21, 56:19, 56:20, 56:21, TOWARD [1] - 44:19
 39:23, 40:4, 40:11, start [4] - 24:20, 31:9, 65:25 57:19, 57:21, 57:22, town [2] - 12:22, 71:22
 40:19, 40:24, 41:6, 58:9, 58:10 surrounding [1] - 57:24 traffic [1] - 71:11
 41:13, 41:18, 41:25, starve [1] - 27:23 64:20 themselves [2] - training [1] - 51:25
 42:6, 42:11, 42:17, survey [1] - 9:8 10:22, 10:24 transcript [2] - 75:6,
 STATE [1] - 37:9
 43:1, 43:6, 43:12, swimming [1] - 67:10 thereof [1] - 60:22 75:22
 state [1] - 29:3
 43:20, 43:25, 44:6, swing [1] - 13:17 they've [5] - 29:14, transferred [2] -
 states [1] - 29:22
 44:22, 45:2, 45:8, 30:12, 66:15, 71:5, 68:25, 69:8
 stayed [1] - 34:1 system [1] - 9:7
 45:12, 45:15, 46:3, 71:10
 stents [1] - 61:19 TRANSFERRING [1] -
 46:10, 46:21, 47:6, THIRD [1] - 5:3
 47:13, 47:24, 48:9,
 step [1] - 24:22 T Third [1] - 5:13
 45:20
 still [9] - 9:11, 33:24, transparency [2] -
 48:16, 49:2, 49:13, table [8] - 3:21, 3:24, THOMAS [3] - 2:5,
 59:19, 59:20, 59:22, 14:5, 20:3
 49:19, 49:23, 49:25, 4:11, 4:15, 59:25, 2:10, 40:15
 66:24, 68:22, 68:24, transparent [2] -
 51:13, 54:10, 55:6, 60:2, 73:10, 74:2 thousand [1] - 61:20
 70:17 66:12, 70:3
 56:1, 56:12, 56:23, TABLED [2] - 56:15, thousands [3] - 27:21,
 STORMWATER [1] - trauma [4] - 68:15,
 57:5, 57:16, 57:25, 57:19 65:25, 66:1
 48:7 68:16, 68:17, 69:13
 58:7, 60:9, 64:3, threat [1] - 64:25
 Street [1] - 25:10 tabled [3] - 73:22, travel [2] - 69:10,
 67:17, 72:18, 73:4, three [8] - 13:14,
 street [4] - 21:2, 74:8, 74:15 69:12
 73:9, 73:14, 73:19, 15:11, 26:25, 52:17,
 26:11, 26:12, 54:21 Tallo [2] - 8:9, 20:20 treated [1] - 63:23
 74:1, 74:6, 74:12, 61:2, 62:12, 65:17,
 STREET [2] - 47:4, TAN [1] - 52:9 treatment [3] - 63:5,
 74:20 74:15
 57:24 task [1] - 9:1 63:12, 63:13
Smurl [11] - 3:18, three-day [1] - 26:25
 STREETS [1] - 42:25 tax [2] - 16:16, 52:22 tremendous [2] - 64:5
 11:9, 14:5, 23:22, three-year [1] - 74:15
 STREETSCAPE [1] - TAX [1] - 42:5 tried [1] - 58:11
 24:25, 46:20, 47:23, thrilled [2] - 60:12,
 47:5 taxes [1] - 16:18 TRUCKS [1] - 42:22
 49:1, 56:11, 57:15, 63:8
 stress [1] - 65:24 taxpayer [1] - 16:5 true [1] - 59:17
 73:3 THROUGH [2] - 35:20,
 strings [1] - 13:13 taxpayers [3] - 12:24, trust [1] - 62:14
sold [1] - 70:23 36:15
 struggle [1] - 54:22 16:7, 20:4 TRUST [1] - 5:7
SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 throughout [3] - 3:5,
 struggled [1] - 9:15 Taylor [1] - 65:1 trustee [1] - 59:13
solution [1] - 10:20 34:1, 34:2
 studied [1] - 27:8 teacher [1] - 61:3 truth [1] - 30:24
someone [2] - 24:22, throwing [1] - 27:19
 studies [5] - 27:12, teaching [1] - 68:20 try [1] - 54:23
 68:18 tied [1] - 19:25
 27:20, 28:22, 71:12 team [2] - 66:11, 66:17 trying [3] - 7:4, 65:4,
sources [1] - 10:18 TITLE [4] - 42:3,
 study [10] - 18:2, 18:8, teeth [1] - 30:3 72:3
space [4] - 19:4, 66:5, 42:20, 43:15, 44:9
 18:15, 27:7, 27:8, tennis [1] - 67:10 Tuesday [1] - 1:7
 71:4, 71:7 title [8] - 42:7, 42:9,
 27:11, 27:12, 28:22, Tenor [1] - 65:3 turn [1] - 25:3
spade [2] - 11:18, 43:2, 43:4, 43:21,
 31:5 term [4] - 19:25, two [18] - 12:7, 24:13,
 11:19 43:23, 44:23, 44:25
 stuff [1] - 30:15 71:23, 73:22, 74:15 25:9, 25:15, 26:2,
speaking [3] - 6:23, TO [23] - 34:14, 34:25,
 subjected [1] - 32:21 TERM [7] - 35:20, 26:4, 50:2, 50:24,
 60:4, 60:8 37:8, 38:22, 39:19,
 subpar [1] - 22:8 36:15, 38:3, 38:23, 54:9, 58:18, 61:19,
SPECIAL [1] - 45:21 40:16, 41:11, 41:12,
 subpoenas [1] - 10:12 39:20, 40:17, 41:12 64:25, 65:5, 65:7,
special [4] - 62:22, 42:23, 43:19, 44:15,
 successful [1] - 18:12 terms [2] - 55:1, 59:24 65:18, 68:15, 69:14,
 63:5, 63:12, 63:13 46:1, 46:2, 47:2,
 suffer [1] - 72:15 TERMS [1] - 37:8 70:6
speech [1] - 29:23 47:4, 48:5, 48:6,
 suffered [1] - 69:13 tests [2] - 65:24 type [1] - 51:6
spend [2] - 27:22, 49:8, 49:9, 56:19,
 suggesting [1] - 15:19 thanked [1] - 32:8
 52:12 57:22, 57:23, 57:24
spending [4] - 17:11, suggestion [1] - 71:22 thankfully [1] - 20:23
 today [3] - 23:16, 59:4,
 U
 26:1, 27:18, 51:19 summary [1] - 7:10 THE [60] - 1:1, 5:9,
 65:2 unacceptable [1] -
 Sunday [1] - 20:21 34:13, 34:15, 34:25,
SPENDING [2] - together [1] - 23:9
 35:18, 36:13, 37:9, 20:24
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unaccountable [1] - 26:22 53:8, 53:13, 59:5,
 Z
 27:18 VOLDENBERG [30] - 66:5
unavailable [1] - 2:8, 5:3, 5:17, 31:14, weekend [1] - 53:11 zero [1] - 51:2
 20:25 34:12, 34:23, 35:16, weeks [7] - 12:7, zone [1] - 14:11
unconscionable [1] - 36:11, 37:6, 37:25, 15:20, 50:24, 60:21, zoning [24] - 4:18,
 21:24 38:19, 39:16, 40:13, 61:15, 63:7, 64:14 11:5, 11:14, 11:15,
under [4] - 7:10, 41:8, 42:2, 42:19, weighed [1] - 64:12 14:6, 14:7, 15:10,
 22:14, 55:18, 75:24 43:14, 44:8, 45:17, well-being [1] - 21:20 15:17, 15:23, 25:7,
UNEXPIRED [1] - 46:23, 48:1, 49:4, well-needed [1] - 31:8, 32:12, 32:14,
 40:17 56:14, 57:18, 73:6, 11:13 32:15, 32:22, 58:9,
unfortunately [1] - 73:12, 73:17, 73:24, WHICH [1] - 44:13 58:23, 58:25, 62:19,
 61:10 74:4, 74:10 whole [4] - 28:16, 63:5, 64:24, 67:13,
unhoused [1] - 9:1 Voldenberg [2] - 51:11, 62:2 70:2, 70:15
union [1] - 60:18 23:24, 31:25 wife [2] - 12:6, 23:8 ZONING [2] - 57:22,
unions [1] - 5:24 vote [31] - 4:1, 4:17, WILLIAM [1] - 2:6 57:24
unique [1] - 68:2 8:24, 13:12, 13:14, willing [1] - 66:12 Zoning [1] - 59:11
unit [1] - 61:8 13:15, 13:17, 13:18, wind [2] - 25:24, 26:8
University [2] - 26:15, 16:6, 17:11, 20:10, window [1] - 29:1
 27:1 28:3, 30:14, 31:2, winter [1] - 25:22
unless [1] - 75:24 31:7, 50:1, 51:6, wish [2] - 13:23, 31:11
up [30] - 7:15, 12:9, 59:19, 59:23, 62:3, WITH [3] - 37:9, 47:3,
 16:11, 20:12, 23:5, 63:25, 64:1, 64:10, 48:6
 24:22, 25:21, 26:3, 64:11, 70:15, 72:10, WITHIN [1] - 42:25
 26:11, 26:14, 26:17, 72:13, 73:11, 74:3
 woke [1] - 9:12
 26:20, 27:2, 29:13, voted [3] - 15:6, 60:6,
 women [1] - 3:5
 31:8, 34:5, 51:16, 70:6
 words [1] - 27:13
 52:4, 52:13, 53:1, votes [1] - 34:4
 WORKS [2] - 46:25,
 53:5, 53:19, 54:22, voting [7] - 19:19,
 48:3
 55:11, 58:15, 58:25, 45:4, 51:12, 54:6,
 works [4] - 11:10,
 59:6, 66:12, 70:16 55:25, 59:18, 72:17
 50:19, 50:21, 51:12
upcoming [1] - 20:1 Works [4] - 47:8,
UPDATE [1] - 34:14 W 47:10, 48:11, 48:13
updating [1] - 7:23 world [2] - 3:5, 31:11
 wait [1] - 23:19
URBAN [1] - 43:17 worries [1] - 68:7
 waiting [1] - 19:9
utility [1] - 23:1 wrap [1] - 51:8
 walk [1] - 25:6
 written [1] - 16:25
 walked [1] - 25:23
 V walking [1] - 26:2
 Wyoming [1] - 69:2

Valley [3] - 69:2, 69:3, wants [3] - 12:23,
 69:5 13:14, 59:24 X
variance [1] - 62:22 WARRING [1] - 38:23
 XII [1] - 42:23
various [2] - 5:23, WASHINGTON [2] -
 65:24 44:21, 49:11
 wastewater [1] - 25:11
 Y
verbal [1] - 17:1
verbatim [1] - 10:3 watch [1] - 30:4 year [13] - 6:7, 7:11,
versus [2] - 22:14, watched [2] - 30:10, 7:12, 7:19, 7:25,
 50:2 34:1 15:12, 15:16, 15:19,
vetted [1] - 66:23 water [4] - 21:6, 21:7, 51:17, 54:9, 73:21,
via [1] - 2:4 22:16, 25:13 74:15
VICE [1] - 2:3 Water [8] - 21:8, YEAR [3] - 42:5,
victims [2] - 8:13, 8:16 21:18, 21:25, 22:4, 44:14, 56:22
VII [1] - 43:19 22:15, 22:21, 23:4, yearly [1] - 52:9
VILLA [1] - 41:11 23:24 years [12] - 13:2,
Virgil [1] - 20:18 Wayne [1] - 69:6 15:11, 16:8, 18:10,
virtual [1] - 53:25 websites [1] - 5:22 22:5, 52:19, 58:19,
vision [2] - 28:12, Wednesday [1] - 62:9, 64:25, 65:8,
 28:23 12:19 65:19, 70:6
VITO [1] - 36:13 week [13] - 6:5, 9:15, young [1] - 62:25
vocation [1] - 60:17 9:24, 12:13, 24:24, yourself [1] - 26:7
 32:1, 52:5, 53:7,
voice [2] - 20:20,