COUNCIL

1 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON 2 3 4 HELD: 5 6 7 Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 8 9 10 LOCATION: 11 12 COUNCIL CHAMBERS 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Maria McCool, RPR Official Court Reporter 25  2 1 C O U N C I L M E M B E R S: 2 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT 3 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT - absent 4 JESSICA ROTHCHILD 5 THOMAS SCHUSTER 6 WILLIAM KING - absent 7 8 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK 9 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK 10 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.) 2 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 Gerard McNally and Robert 8 Roach. Thank you. 9 Before we do roll call this evening, 10 we have changed our meeting from Tuesday 11 evening because of Election Day. And to be 12 fair to everyone else, we moved it to Thursday. 13 But because of that, two Council members were 14 unable to attend. 15 Mr. McAndrew tonight is at his 16 senior -- CTC Senior Award and graduation 17 ceremony at school. So naturally, I wish them 18 well there. And, you know, that's his senior 19 so he should be there. 20 And Mr. King already had a previous 21 engagement. So they are excused from this 22 meeting. So roll call, please. 23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King. Mr. 24 Schuster. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.  4 1 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here. 3 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew. Mr. 4 Smurl. 5 MR. SMURL: Here. Dispense with the 6 reading of the minutes. 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. 8 3.A. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 9 BETWEEN THE CITY OF SCRANTON AND THE 10 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, 11 LOCAL NO. 60, REGARDING THE BARGAINING UNIT 12 MEMBERS RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS DATED MAY 12, 13 2025. 14 3.B. CONTROLLER'S REPORT FOR THE 15 MONTH ENDING APRIL 30, 2025. 16 3.C. CHECK RECEIVED FROM COMCAST, 17 REPRESENTING THE CATV FRANCHISE FEE FOR QUARTER 18 1 OF 2025. 19 3.D. MINUTES OF THE NON-UNIFORM 20 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD APRIL 16, 21 2025. 22 3.E. AGENDA FOR THE NON-UNIFORM 23 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD MAY 21, 24 2025. 25 3.F. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON POLICE  5 1 PENSION COMMISSION MEETING HELD APRIL 16, 2025. 2 3.G. MINUTES OF THE COMPOSITE 3 PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD APRIL 16, 2025. 4 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments 5 on any of the Third Order items? 6 MR. SCHUSTER: My only comment on is 7 on 3-A. So I'm glad to see that both sides, 8 the city and the fire department have signed 9 the MOA regarding the residency. This was 10 rushed before us before our August -- our 11 recess. 12 And it took quite some time to get 13 it done but I'm glad to see it's been completed 14 and signed by both sides. 15 MR. SMURL: Anyone else? If not, 16 received and filed. Do any Council members 17 have any announcements at this time? 18 MR. SCHUSTER: I have an 19 announcement. Both DPW and City Hall will be 20 closed Monday, the 26th for observance of 21 Memorial Day. So both trash and recycling will 22 be one day behind. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, and just on 24 this Memorial Day weekend, I encourage everyone 25 to take some time to remember all of those  6 1 fallen heros and those who have died for our 2 country. So that's all I have. Thank you. 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER. 5 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION. 6 MR. SMURL: First, Joan Hodowanitz. 7 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz, 8 Scranton. First, I would like to congratulate 9 all the candidates for Scranton City Council. 10 I see Sean McAndrew is in the back; Patrick 11 Flynn; Tom Schuster, of course, is already 12 seated and Marc Pane. 13 And I'm looking forward to a very 14 spirited clean political fight. We shall see. 15 Tomorrow night, 5 to 8 p.m., is Swingin on 16 Vine, our library fundraiser. Now, it's 17 probably going to have some rain. 18 But don't let that deter you from 19 coming because they're bringing in multiple 20 tents. And it's going to kind of pave over 21 Vine Street. So you will be able to enjoy food 22 and dancing. And the band is Picture Perfect. 23 And we're also, you know, have all 24 the desserts and raffle baskets are on the 25 first floor of the library itself. And on the  7 1 second floor, we'll open up the Hinkleman Room. 2 So if you'd like to sit and dine 3 there and listen to the band from the second 4 floor, you could do that too. We're expecting 5 some rain, but I don't think it's going to be a 6 catastrophe. So come and enjoy a night on the 7 town. 8 I too saw the residency requirement 9 for the firefighters and I was happy. I'm 10 curious though, do we have to do a similar MOU 11 or MOA with DPW and the Clerical Union? 12 MR. SMURL: Well, I believe they 13 will do it because even though that ordinance 14 does not exist in the City of Scranton, it does 15 exist in their contracts. 16 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. So hopefully 17 as each contract comes up, like, we're in the 18 process of negotiating DPW right now. 19 MR. SMURL: So it may not even be 20 included in that. 21 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, hopefully 22 that's going to correct itself. Speaking of 23 DPW's contract, I looked at the Controller's 24 Report for April and under HR professional 25 services, Mr. Ufberg got another $24,000. I'm  8 1 sure that's for his services as a labor 2 counsel. 3 But something I did not understand 4 under the Business Administration's office 5 professional services, apparently we paid the 6 US Department of Revenue $47,799.37. What was 7 that for? 8 MR. SMURL: I don't know what that 9 was for. I will find out. 10 MS. HODOWANITZ: Tom, did you notice 11 that? 12 MR. SCHUSTER: What was it again? 13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Your microphone. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: What was it again? 15 Can you repeat that? 16 MS. HODOWANITZ: Under professional 17 services under the BA's office, we paid the US 18 Department of Revenue $47,799.37. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: I did see it. But 20 we'll have to inquire about it. 21 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, please do. I 22 don't recall seeing in prior Controller reports 23 paying, you know, the Treasury Department 24 anything; but who knows. The contract with 25 Kathleen Thomas for delinquent Business  9 1 Privilege and Mercantile Taxes, is that ever 2 going to end because it says that, you know, 3 you could do a one-year extension ad infinitum. 4 Is there a point where we simply give up 5 collecting those delinquent taxes? 6 MR. SMURL: Joan, I don't know 7 exactly how many are left. 8 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay, you know, I 9 mean, that's a little side gig, you know. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Joan, I did plan on 11 asking for an update with that tonight as well. 12 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Thank you. 13 And finally, this preserving the federal tax 14 exemption on municipal bonds, I was certainly 15 surprised to see that. Why would we want to 16 shoot ourselves in the foot by making it 17 difficult or discouraging people from buying 18 munies? 19 Apparently it's going to save the 20 country 823 billion. But it's going to cost 21 each household and business $6,500. Is this 22 another Elon Musk initiative? I don't know. I 23 mean, munies -- munies are a great thing 24 because it supports cities. 25 And it's a tax break for the people  10 1 who invest in them. I just don't understand 2 that logic. You know, I think it's penny wise 3 and pound foolish. Thank you. 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Joan. Angela 5 Ramone. 6 MS. RAMONE: Hello, it's good to see 7 you all again, just double-checking that my mic 8 is good, everyone can hear me. Thank you. I'd 9 like to change course a little bit from the 10 usual things that I talk about tonight and talk 11 a little bit about immigration. 12 As someone who throughout my entire 13 life have been friends, neighbors, coworkers 14 with immigrants who have greatly enriched my 15 life, I would like to talk a bit about the City 16 of Scranton and the potential for us to have 17 contracts with ICE. 18 Over the past several months what 19 we've seen with the actions of ICE as an 20 agency, they have been consistently and 21 blatantly violating people's rights of due 22 process. 23 And I firmly believe that for me 24 like as an American citizen, I believe that 25 every single person on American soil deserves  11 1 due process when they are accused of a crime. 2 And I believe that it is very important for the 3 safety of everybody including civilians and law 4 enforcement that there is a mutual 5 understanding that if someone is accused of a 6 crime, like, if I'm accused of a crime, for 7 example, that I understand that if I'm falsely 8 accused I will show up before a judge, before a 9 jury and I will prove my innocence, right? 10 If there's a breakdown of that trust 11 where someone is accused of a crime and they 12 just get whisked off, sent off to a country 13 that maybe never even been to before, right, 14 no trial, no hearings, nothing like that. 15 There's no trust in that process. 16 And it presents a massive, massive danger both 17 to the public at large as well as to law 18 enforcement. I know that last year an officer 19 of the Scranton Police Department was shot and 20 killed. 21 And I don't want to see anything 22 like that happen again in the City of Scranton, 23 especially not anytime soon. And I believe in 24 order to prevent things like that from 25 happening in the future, we need to make sure  12 1 that the public knows that when they encounter 2 law enforcement in the city that their rights 3 will be respected even for those who have 4 committed crimes that they will show up before 5 a judge. 6 They will have their day in court. 7 And they will get a fair trial. And I believe 8 that the City of Scranton cooperating with ICE 9 at this point in time is something that would 10 break down that trust and make every single 11 person in this city fear for their safety and 12 fear for their rights. 13 When ICE is conducting operations, 14 arresting people outside of courthouses, 15 outside of hospitals, schools, no one is going 16 to feel safe in these places. Think about 17 people who are immigrants here legal or not who 18 for many reasons might have to go to the 19 hospital. 20 They might have to show up to a 21 courthouse for ordinary business. They are 22 arresting people and detaining people who are 23 showing up to immigration hearings as part of 24 their normal legal process of having legal 25 residency in the United States.  13 1 And when that happens, right, other 2 immigrants who are here legally are going to 3 see this and think if I show up to my hearings 4 if I show up and try to do things by the book, 5 do things correctly, ICE might show up and 6 strip me away from my family, right? 7 And we don't want that to happen, of 8 course. So I will say when it comes to the 9 City of Scranton until we have full confidence 10 that ICE as a federal agency is going to 11 respect people's rights to due process, we 12 should not cooperate with them. 13 We should not allow them to operate 14 in our city and we should not allow them to 15 break down the trust between law and 16 enforcement in our city and the public which 17 has been a very, very long fight to achieve. 18 So that's all I have to say about that. 19 But I will also like to add on, last 20 week I had spoken about SB9 and how it's a bill 21 that would significantly impact people's rights 22 to privacy and especially children's ability to 23 participate in things like sports and other 24 events and especially transchildren. 25 But I did not -- I only heard a  14 1 comment from Dr. Rothchild. And I would 2 appreciate to hear from the rest of the board 3 about your thoughts on SB9 and protecting our 4 queer youth here in Scranton. Thank you very 5 much. 6 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Chris 7 Matthews. 8 MR. MATTHEWS: Chris Matthews of 9 Yesu. Last week I was visited by the engineer, 10 Director of DPW and Scott Teaman on my property 11 to discuss what I believe could potentially be 12 a major issue, yet nothing was discussed 13 whatsoever about underground water erosion. 14 My theory and all the evidence I had 15 to prove my theory was completely ignored. 16 Instead, Director Scott decided to tell me how 17 plants work. He even had the audacity to tell 18 me rain falls from the sky and badger with me 19 how to properly maintain my home and perform 20 basic property management, something I was 21 doing probably before he even knew his ABCs to 22 the point where I needed to eject him off my 23 property. 24 Now, I believe this could be 25 potentially a huge issue because that water  15 1 coming out of the ground 800 feet away from my 2 house that the city's stormwater study deemed 3 as Mountain Lake runoff with a question mark, 4 which was not even investigated afterwards. 5 I believe this is where it stems 6 from travelling through the entire development 7 which back in the early 1900s it was the 8 location of the Spunks Coal Company that pulled 9 93,000 tons of coal out of that area. 10 Now, 2005, exactly 110 feet away 11 from where the water comes off the city street 12 and disappears into the ground, in 2005, an air 13 shaft to that mine that Robinson Park sits on 14 had to be filed with about 12 cubic yards of 15 concrete to fill. 16 And, I mean, Robinson Park sits on a 17 reclaimed mind. And together with the Mountain 18 Lake Coal Company, they pulled out 120,000 19 tons of coal out of that mountain. And you 20 want to roll the dice on underground water 21 erosion because the facts are there. 22 Someone made the executive decision 23 to leave out a 6 foot section of curb which is 24 the only type of water egress system in place 25 in that neighborhood, which is years of water  16 1 coming down going straight into the ground and 2 eroding, which I said falls out to the -- where 3 we believe Mountain Lake's runoff is. 4 I mean, I'm not -- I'm not a problem 5 here. I'm vigilant. I'm trying to identify a 6 problem. And I'm being bullied and lied to by 7 the city and the city workers because I'm 8 trying to identify a problem. 9 I'm not trying to swindle the city 10 out of money it doesn't have. I'm trying to 11 save the city money. I pay my taxes. I'm 12 good. I'm a pretty good citizen. I personally 13 take care of the woods in Robinson Park roughly 14 1600 feet digging those trenches, draining 15 those disgusting swamps that West Nile is 16 found almost every single year on my own time. 17 I'm not afraid to do work. I'm not 18 afraid to put in work. If I could handle this 19 myself, it would have been done. I wouldn't be 20 here. I wouldn't have the director and 21 engineers up there. I would have handled this. 22 But I can't do this by myself. 23 First of all, it's my neighbor's 24 property that continues to my property and 25 affects several other properties. And all I'm  17 1 asking is to be taken seriously. This is coal 2 country. We're going to really play games with 3 underground water erosion through what was once 4 the Spunks Coal Company. 5 And, I mean, it's just -- it's very, 6 very frustrating that I'm not even taken 7 seriously. I mean, any of you are more than 8 welcome to come up to my house and have an 9 intelligent and respectful conversation where I 10 will show the evidence and explain my theory. 11 And, I mean, the Mayor of Scranton 12 herself says public safety and infrastructure 13 are top priorities of hers. Her office has 14 been ignoring me for months, specifically 15 Isaiah Watson who of nine days ago assured me 16 that he is working diligently on providing me 17 the information was why the city is believes 18 made a determination that hydronic pressure is 19 naturally occurring on my property, something 20 that does not naturally occur anywhere else on 21 this planet. 22 Her office is well aware. And -- 23 and I'm being completely ignored and lied to 24 also by her. And, I mean, it's kind of 25 ridiculous at this point. I need -- I need  18 1 someone to -- someone to actually take the time 2 to investigate this and look at this. 3 I mean, I will hire my own engineer. 4 But, like, and I hope I'm wrong. I don't want 5 to have I told you so moment. I don't want 6 that. I don't want that to happen up there. I 7 care about my community. 8 I care about the people up there. I 9 care about the city. Like I said, I want to 10 save money. The damage is already done. 11 Damage that I -- I've -- two years I'm trying 12 to -- this is affecting my quality of life, 13 something else that the Mayor claims is a top 14 priority of hers. 15 My quality of life, I can't enjoy my 16 back yard. I can't enjoy my house. I did go 17 out there and document -- they tried to tell me 18 this is the worst frost we've seen since 19 -- 19 since 62 years. That's what the DPW is trying 20 to tell me. 21 DPW is also trying to convince me 22 that natural sediment is occurring in four 23 month period -- rapidly in a four month period 24 62 years after a structure has been built. 25 Like, this is -- and expect me to sit there and  19 1 take this? I'm not, no more. I'm not asking 2 why anymore. I want action. Thank you. 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Ron Ellman. 4 MR. ELLMAN: Yeah, Council, I'd like 5 to congratulate all the people involved in this 6 election because I've talked to some that 7 worked so hard for their candidate. 8 A couple weeks back I scolded y'all 9 for not reading the handwriting on the wall. 10 Well, again it's happening. The data center's 11 need for extreme massive amounts of power will 12 result in construction by the electric 13 companies, the conglomerates. 14 That's going to result in increases 15 in our electric bill to pay for the -- these 16 lousy million dollar data centers. They're 17 full of money. It's still going to fall on the 18 taxpayers. It's just an endless circle that 19 always ends up raping the public. 20 Well, it's bad enough having solar 21 farms in the city, you could just imagine them 22 springing up all over the place. And after 23 reading today's paper, I think only a miracle 24 can save us from another four years of 25 Cognetti, people. She will devour -- like the  20 1 lions ate Christians in the form. 2 I don't know how many of you go up 3 and down Green Ridge where the new bridge is 4 being constructed. Did anybody have an idea 5 how much that bridge -- that temporary 6 bridge -- temporary. It's not -- just meant 7 for a short time. How much do you think that 8 costs 2, 3 million, 5 million? 9 Hey, try 20 million dollars wasted 10 on that bridge, 20 million dollars; 16 for 11 construction and of all things, 4 million 12 dollars for architects. If that's not a total 13 rape of the public, I don't know what you call 14 it, 4 million dollars to make a little simple 15 bridge over the river there. 16 That's -- be gone in a few years. 17 And that's without the demolition and buying up 18 property and their reclaiming it. It's just -- 19 there isn't a reason in the world we couldn't 20 have detoured for a year or something like they 21 do all over the city. 22 Parker Street was detoured and it 23 was a -- I went way out of my way to go to the 24 park to feed the deer. It could have been a 25 short distance on Green Ridge, no, some kind of  21 1 crooked deal went on so they could build. 2 And while I mention it, yesterday at 3 that park on Parker Street, I saw a little baby 4 deer. And I wish some of you people out there 5 would bring some fruit and apples or something 6 to start feeding these animals because they 7 are -- I think a couple of them are gone 8 already, the adults. 9 We -- we -- Harrisburg took away 10 their habitat. There is no trees or nothing 11 anymore for them. I don't know how they 12 survived in the winter. I asked a couple 13 grocery stores if they'd give me soiled stuff. 14 Now, this is going back years. Nobody -- just 15 nobody seems to care about taxes. 16 Nobody seems to care about the other 17 fellow. Harrisburg doesn't care. There's 18 nobody to help seniors and low income people 19 with any kind of problems. We just look like 20 this is a forgotten area except Paige's 21 downtown. And those SOBs don't pay the taxes 22 they are supposed to. 23 Every one of them gets big breaks 24 like WNEP. It's a shame what's been allowed in 25 this city. And now we could look forward to  22 1 four more years of this woman. Thank you. 2 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Ellman. 3 That's it for our sign-in sheet. Anyone else 4 wish to address Council? 5 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka, 6 first of all, congratulations to all on the 7 Council who ere up for election who passed the 8 first step. Congratulations on getting past 9 that goalpost and good luck in the next step 10 and actually getting voted in in the final 11 election. 12 Back in Minooka, I've noticed a lot 13 of replacements of electric poles. Some got -- 14 some got done just after the winter broke. But 15 I'm noticing more and more of them chopping off 16 the top of a pole and putting in a longer pole, 17 moving a wire over from one pole to the other, 18 not removing all of the others that are on 19 there, which I'm sure they call the other 20 utilities to move them and consolidate them. 21 Some poles have been done, some not. 22 But the dual poles still remain. I'm seeing 23 two poles right next to each other on a regular 24 basis at this point, including where they dug 25 in and put a hole in the ground leaving a  23 1 gigantic unfilled in divot of dirt where they 2 dug in and didn't properly backfill and pack 3 the area where they put the new poles in. 4 I remember one point we were going 5 out there and taking a look and saying when you 6 put in a new pole, you have to move the wires 7 over to the new pole. And once that's done, 8 they have to remove the old one. 9 Well, it seems that's not being done 10 because we're getting more and more of two 11 poles in one place when they put up a new one 12 and just leave the old one standing. 13 I reported to 311 -- actually the 14 app for potholes last year on off Oak and 15 Phinney Street, a pothole that was growing that 16 had been patched a year beforehand. Needless 17 to say, it hasn't been touched, hasn't been 18 patched or taken care of. 19 And it's about 2 foot wide by 2 foot 20 long by somewhere between, like, 8 and 10 21 inches deep. It's basically when I go over it 22 I have to straddle my wheels on either side of 23 the pothole not to actually go in it. It's on 24 a downward slope so it's not really visible to 25 people who would take a look at it and know  24 1 that's it there. 2 And it's right above a sewer drain 3 pipe, a manhole cover. But this is -- it's 4 bigger than a car tire the entire area this 5 pothole now consumes. It really needs to be 6 taken care of. At least throw fill in there so 7 that you don't have a gigantic 2 foot hole 8 that's a good 7 to 8 inches deep. 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Can you repeat the 10 intersection? You said Oak and what -- 11 MR. COYNE: Oak Avenue and Phinney 12 Street back in Minooka. And it was reported on 13 the app and photos were taken care -- taken of 14 it to show where the location is. It's just 15 rather large. 16 I've looked at the building down 17 here where it said the paving -- the basement 18 is being undercut. They put a sign on it and 19 they reput up the condemned no trespassing sign 20 on the old law office, which I believe used to 21 be a music building down there. 22 That doesn't resolve the fact that 23 it probably has an underground -- underground 24 dig that goes underneath the sidewalk that the 25 building is no longer -- the front of it is no  25 1 longer structurally sound and attached actually 2 to the foundation itself. 3 And there is stress cracks that are 4 running parallel to the ground, not horizontal 5 as you usually see. We've seen a lot of 6 buildings where the fascia's dropped off onto 7 the public sidewalks. I address -- behind the 8 fire department here, there is a 45 foot rain 9 gutter that is 3 and a half stories up. 10 It is secured on both ends of the 11 building, but it is ripped off from the entire 12 length of the building and 45 foot metal rain 13 gutter that is probably going to eventually 14 fall down on cars and hopefully not someone. 15 But we don't get to those issues 16 until they actually collapse, then we actually 17 look at them and go out and evaluate it. And 18 last, the city charter, we get things wrong 19 with it. The two things that I have problem 20 with -- in it is that the charter has a pocket 21 veto in it. 22 Hence, if a pocket veto has a pocket 23 approval in it, which if something goes before 24 the Mayor's office and she does not sign it, it 25 automatically is approved which is opposite of  26 1 how the federal government works where a pocket 2 veto kicks it out if it's not signed. And last 3 thing is referendums. 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 5 MR. COYNE: I'll touch back on that 6 one next week. Thank you. 7 MR. SMURL: Mr. Voldenberg, I 8 believe Mr. McAndrew last week asked about that 9 big gutter on the back of the building. 10 MR. VOLDENBERG: That was reported 11 the next day. That's the old Leonard Hardware 12 building. That was reported. I'll follow up. 13 MR. SMURL: -- or who has it, who 14 received it or who has it maybe so we could 15 find out. 16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 17 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 18 MR. DOBRZYN: Good evening, Council, 19 Dave Dobrzyn, resident, taxpayer 20 congratulations to the winners. And to the 21 people that didn't make it, condolences. 22 Hopefully we can all work together to improve 23 the town over the next four years, keep the 24 consternations and personal attacks down to a 25 minimum. They get tiring.  27 1 We don't have any 32 -- 32 felony 2 criminals under this roof anyway, maybe 3 somewhere else but not here. And I read about 4 a new pothole and pave cut law -- ordinance 5 being passed here. Is that the case hopefully? 6 I'll have to look and see. 7 But hopefully the pave cuts will be 8 done right and they will be properly filled on 9 the end with asphalt. That's where the water 10 gets in. And in two years, you have a mess. 11 And it's -- I'm seeing it all over. I'm seeing 12 it in Dunmore. 13 And maybe it will be 20 bucks for 14 the utility to fill it up properly. But when 15 it comes to us then two years down the road, 16 it's a mess. I remember that Mulberry Street 17 here just a couple years ago was being paved, 18 was it not? I mean, it's horrible. It's just 19 horrible. And it's all pave cuts. 20 You can seal a crack and dump a 21 little asphalt in it and fill it up. And 22 that's -- that works for a good long time. But 23 when they start digging and they just want to 24 pull out of town when they're done with what 25 they want to do and goodbye and your sewer bill  28 1 goes up and your water bill goes up, everything 2 goes up, gas bill goes up. 3 Mine's up about 150 bucks a month 4 this winter. Somebody snuck a little on the 5 poor girl's depending on insulin and it's not a 6 lot of fun. But, you know, it really knocked 7 the daylights out of our bill. And we have 8 last night passed in Congress defunding 9 Medicare or Medicaid. 10 And Medicare is subject to a 11 sequester from an old Trump area law. So get 12 ready. Actually if you voted for our friend in 13 Washington right now, your grandkids or your 14 son or son in law or daughter in law may lose 15 their coverage. And that will just have to be 16 too bad. 17 And if you are -- have secure 18 insurance and money to pay for it, keep in mind 19 it's going to keep going up because when the 20 hospitals don't get paid for emergency cases at 21 the ICU, they start to finagle it into the 22 insurance -- private insurance and raising 23 rates and raising rates. 24 And then you'll get a letter in the 25 mail that your rates are going up. And it  29 1 becomes less and less affordable every day. 2 Ours have gone up from about 200 a month to 500 3 a month for 20 percent insurance over the last 4 couple years. So and that's just the 20 5 percent. 6 Foreign students were banned -- 7 there's an attempt to ban foreign students out 8 of Harvard. And by the way, 52 billion dollars 9 a year comes into universities from foreign 10 students. So think about it. And cyber 11 protection has been suspended. 12 I spent several hours last weekend 13 trying to make a payment on a credit card. You 14 know, calling up and just getting nowhere. I 15 don't know if they were hacked or what's going 16 on. But it's just going to get worse and 17 worse. And, you know, get ready. 18 I don't know. Sometimes I wonder if 19 not being elected is an asset because you're 20 going to be listening to a lot of grief for the 21 next several years if you are. Thank you. 22 Have a good night. 23 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 24 MR. MANCINI: Good evening, Scranton 25 City Council, Mike Mancini, Scranton. Before  30 1 we talk about my qualifications as promised 2 from last week and why I'm all in for mayor, I 3 would like to congratulate all of you who made 4 it through to the general election. 5 Our local election year in Scranton 6 had a very low turnout. I attribute this to 7 the Council and the Mayor. It's not 8 necessarily for the five of you, but when few 9 little questions get answered, it makes the 10 good people of Scranton feel like they 11 shouldn't even bother. This is the way things 12 are in Scranton. 13 The extra set of doors does not help 14 either. Apparently the Mayor feels unsafe in 15 her own city. This is what our current climate 16 has come to. It does not have to be like this. 17 Change is coming to City Council. That will be 18 the same for the Mayor. 19 Tonight my qualifications, starts 20 with heart, the way you look at others. You 21 see the inside of anyone how they carry 22 themselves. The outside is just a shell. I 23 don't see parties. I see the good in people of 24 Scranton and they make a big difference. 25 I've seen a big difference compared  31 1 to five years ago when the Mayor took office. 2 12 years of mortgage origination experience 3 along with 16 years of debt collection 4 experience. 5 I greatly utilized this experience a 6 lot in my 12 years as an advisor to the former 7 late great Mayor, Jim Connors. That is the 8 glass ceiling. Thank you, Jimmy. 9 Look at our appearance. We have 10 witnessed our city change over the last five 11 decades. We compare this to the last five 12 years. Police calls have been alarming. Our 13 roads look the worst that they've ever -- that 14 I've ever seen. Mayor looks down on city and 15 employee unions and morale is at all time low. 16 She's made this expansion team 17 inaccessible with a locked extra set of doors. 18 She touts 155 million in grants with little to 19 be seen. Flynn versus the City of Scranton and 20 other costly lawsuits. She is using the good 21 people to compel herself towards a higher 22 office. 23 Four less deep end pools and not one 24 pool in the biggest part of our city, West 25 Scranton. Instead of asking where she really  32 1 lives, maybe we should be asking the question 2 does she know how to swim? 3 The general election is November 4 4th, 165 days away. It does not have to be 5 like this. We could do better. I know what 6 our city used to look like. And I know that 7 glass ceiling. As an advisor to Mayor Connors, 8 I offered my input without hesitation, without 9 a pat on the back was the right thing to do. 10 Three weeks after he took office, 11 his administration was tested. The city had 12 former responsibility for the Central Scranton 13 Expressway. The lights went out. Expensive to 14 fix it, was $110,000 to the lowest and most 15 responsibile bidder. 16 Thirty-five years ago it was quite 17 an expense. I received a call from the City 18 Treasurer, Tom Gallela asking if I had any 19 ideas. I suggested they give it to the state. 20 Two weeks later the lights were on and future 21 expenses maintaining that expressway were gone. 22 In return, I asked that the seven 23 pools remain open. They were. Now we have 24 splash pads and a Mayor who cannot swim. While 25 working for a collection agency, we were  33 1 responsible for all the delinquent city of 2 Allentown accounts including trash fees. 3 Once again, I stepped up and 4 recommended to the Mayor that he reach out to 5 the Mayor of Allentown. They met. And the 6 trash fee was $74.18 just like Allentown. 7 I also spearheaded the city and the 8 county to place delinquent trash fees and taxes 9 for collection. It went back to 1940. 10 Sometimes you need to make some tough choices. 11 He didn't raise taxes once in 12 years. 12 It starts with good people around 13 you. I'll bring a winning team that you all 14 know prior to the election. November will be 15 very critical with the election for the people. 16 They need to truly get out and vote. 17 There is no need to keep your head 18 down, except our current climate. Speak up. 19 Get out and vote. Let's flip the script. I 20 have my heart in the right place. I look at 21 people based upon how they carry themselves and 22 do the best that I can daily. 23 I've never given up on myself. My 24 faith teaches me that my son is watching. I 25 will always try to make him proud of me. I  34 1 will raise my right hand, swear as your 37th 2 Mayor of the City of Scranton will keep my 3 word. 4 Change needs to be happening. And 5 it starts with each one of you who truly care. 6 Change is coming. Get out and vote. Good 7 evening, Council. 8 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else? 9 MS. CUSICK: Good evening, Council, 10 Amy Cusick, resident of the City of Scranton, 11 also President of Chris's Miracles From Heaven. 12 As you guys know, we have been maintaining the 13 Washburn Street Cemetery since June 15th of 14 last year. And that will continue on as far as 15 I am here. 16 I also just wanted to let you guys 17 know that we are planning a Memorial Day 18 service this Monday at 1 p.m. at the cemetery 19 in the veterans's section by the flag pole. 20 I'm very proud to announce that we have an E5 21 active duty Army Sergeant Charlie Blasi from 22 Olyphant. 23 He's going to be coming down as our 24 guest speaker. We also have the VFW 3421 out 25 of South Scranton that will be coming and  35 1 playing the taps as well as the 21 gun salute. 2 Today while I was coming to Council, 3 I drove past the cemetery and I noticed that 4 the Boy Scouts Troop 50 from St. Ann's was 5 there. And they were putting new flags on all 6 of the veterans' graves. I just wanted to 7 personally say thank you to them once again. 8 Their promise to me was it's much 9 easier to find the graves now that the grass is 10 low. I also just wanted to let you guys know 11 that I did send you guys an e-mail back on 12 March 24th. And I invited every single one of 13 you along with Mayor Cognetti to please come as 14 well to the Memorial Day service. 15 We will also be having a service in 16 September for the Avondale minors to pay 17 tribute to them. These are services that the 18 cemetery used to do years ago. And since it's 19 been abandoned and forgotten, so has those 20 services. But now they will come back into 21 play starting this year. 22 As a resident of Scranton, I just 23 wanted to also thank the Scranton Police 24 Department. As I was leaving my house I was 25 approached by two officers who informed me that  36 1 they will be walking the beat once again in 2 West Scranton. 3 I want to say that it is an honor to 4 see them back out on the streets. West 5 Scranton is tough. I've lived there for 20 6 years now. The crime is increasing and it 7 needs to stop. So that's all I have for you 8 guys today. Thank you for your time. 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else? 10 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council, my name 11 is Rik Little. And I am running for Mayor of 12 Scranton in November as an Independent on a 13 mission from God party. You got to serve 14 somebody even in the so-called democracy. 15 Scranton must become a US 16 Constitutional and government. I've said this 17 a lot. And we need to gain good spirits in 18 this community to evict all of the demons of -- 19 that the government controls that have 20 definitely presided over the last 40 years in 21 the area. 22 It's a combination of what happened 23 to Scranton and how it got lost in the county. 24 I'd like to talk about the county. The -- it's 25 the home rules, home rules of Scranton and home  37 1 rules of Lackawanna is definitely 2 unconstitutional. 3 But they run all the judicial things 4 around here so none of them are going to 5 declare it unconstitutional. The closed 6 primary is a violation of the Pennsylvania 7 Constitution Article 1, Section 5 and 25, which 8 it states, "Elections shall be free and equal 9 and no power civil or military shall at any 10 time interfere to prevent free exercise of the 11 right to suffrage. 12 Reservations of power in people to 13 guard against transgressions of the high powers 14 which we have delegated. We declare that 15 everything in this article is accepted out of 16 the general powers of government and shall 17 forever remain inviolate." 18 Lackawanna County should have -- 19 Lackawanna County should have been -- had an 20 open special election to fill the open County 21 Commissioner seat and the Clerk of Court Common 22 Pleas seat which is there. There's too many 23 people running in the judiciary and in the 24 school board running as Democrats and 25 Republicans.  38 1 No one really knows what's going on 2 because it's all coming through the available 3 media, the Times-Tribune and everything and 4 people are -- it's been going on for 40 years. 5 People have no idea what, you know, if Bob 6 Casey is Bob Casey or what's going on because 7 they've been sold on one thing or another. 8 It's the judiciary, the media, our 9 local media WNEP, parent company ABC. I 10 learned long ago through one of the guys that 11 was on Bill Clinton's staff, George 12 Stephanopoulos and he gets out and he's a big 13 correspondent on ABC. And anyway, that's 14 what's going on. 15 And the school indoctrination isn't 16 doing any good because they just don't teach 17 civics of how things work. And I have high 18 hopes for generation X and a law student coming 19 around that passed the bar to make the 20 petitions and motions necessary to restore this 21 area back to a constitutional governance. 22 I'm a film director. That's -- I 23 have a master's degree in film. And as a film 24 director, it requires leadership qualities to 25 gather the affordable elements and people to  39 1 complete a project. 2 Scranton's budget is 113 million 3 dollars, you know. I've been looking at it and 4 trying to figure it out. But it has to be -- 5 it has to be clear of what's going on because 6 it's too much to take in and we need 7 constitutional governance here. 8 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 9 MR. LITTLE: Thank you. 10 MR. SMURL: Anyone else? Amy, are 11 you still back there? Your Memorial Day 12 ceremony, it's at the cemetery at 1 p.m.? 13 Okay. And I believe the one down at the 14 Memorial Stadium is at noon. So people may run 15 a bit late. That usually last about an hour, 16 so just to let you know that usually runs about 17 an hour, okay? Thanks. No one else? 18 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A. 19 Motions. 20 MR. SMURL: Mr. Schuster, do you 21 have any motions or comments? 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I have a few. 23 So I did get some complaints about 421 Campbell 24 Street. I went out there on several occasions 25 and met with the neighbors and just to give  40 1 them an update. Mr. Voldenberg got an e-mail 2 today the city has brought this matter to the 3 Court of Common Pleas. The city has taken this 4 action in hopes of helping to resolve the 5 matter quicker than waiting for a magistrate 6 hearing, which would be scheduled for June. 7 So there's a full hearing scheduled 8 before Judge Powell on May 27th, 2025, over the 9 issue at 421 Campbell Street. There was 10 something that was raised tonight about a mine 11 runoff on East Mountain. 12 Can we inquire whether the -- has 13 the city ever looked into water testing at 14 Mountain Lake and would they pursue water 15 testing? 16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask those 17 questions, sir. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 19 Mr. McAndrew had asked a question last week 20 about recycling. And it's something I've asked 21 in the past too. He asked about an update on 22 the bid for the new recycling contract and the 23 answer that came back was that the city 24 currently negotiating with the selected 25 recycling vendor and legislation and the  41 1 contract will be sent to Council in the coming 2 weeks. So that's somewhat of an update on our 3 recycling status. Other than that, President 4 Smurl, that's all. 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Dr. 6 Rothchild, do you have any motions or comments? 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have couple 8 of them. First, I did receive a response I was 9 asking last week about a meeting date for the 10 next unsheltered task force meeting. And 11 that's going to be held in June. I was 12 provided with an invite. 13 I don't think I'll be able to make 14 it due to my work schedule, but perhaps another 15 Council member will be able to go or we'll at 16 least get a report back from the Mayor on that 17 meeting and be able to provide that to the 18 public. 19 I had submitted some information on 20 potholes located on the 800 block of Willow 21 Street. I saw them myself and had gotten some 22 pictures and there's some pretty large ones 23 there. So I'm hoping that could get remedied 24 soon. There were projects that were going on 25 there.  42 1 There were clear markings along that 2 street as well. So I don't know when the -- 3 when it's expected that the entire street will 4 be taken care of, but at least if they could 5 get some temporary fill of the potholes that 6 are already there. They're -- they're quite 7 large. So I wouldn't want to hit them with my 8 vehicle. 9 And I also submitted a few weeks 10 ago a request for a replacement of a few stop 11 signs at an intersection. It's at Olive and 12 Madison. And a few of them are worn or have 13 graffiti on them. So I'm hoping that DPW will 14 be able to get to them soon so that those stop 15 signs could be replaced because it might be 16 easy for the worn signs for drivers to miss 17 them and perhaps not stop. 18 I wouldn't want to see an accident 19 because of it. I also hate to see graffiti on 20 our -- on our street signs. I would appreciate 21 if they were able to get to that intersection 22 quickly. 23 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll follow up on 24 that, Dr. Rothchild. 25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And that  43 1 intersection is also nearby by the Jewish 2 Community Center, which is on Jefferson Avenue. 3 And I had some questions because I know that 4 there were some other schools that we were, you 5 know, paving the -- not paving but doing 6 crosswalks at the intersections and signage for 7 the schools ones that weren't just public 8 schools. 9 And they have a preschool inside of 10 that. So I was wondering if we might be able 11 to get the crosswalks at that intersection on 12 Jefferson painted as well as the possibility of 13 some signage that there are, you know, kids 14 there, so just drivers are aware. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I did submit that. 16 We'll see what they can schedule. 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you. 18 There was a -- something else I had brought up 19 the other week within downtown and with the 20 water collection after storms and the 21 particular intersection that I was asking about 22 was over on Biden and Penn. 23 And I did get to talk to our DPW 24 Director about it. He informed me that he 25 believes that's part of future streetscape  44 1 project to be able to add basins at those 2 intersections where there should be and then 3 correcting the pavement too so that there's not 4 that point of water. 5 So in the meantime they do pay 6 special attention to those areas that they know 7 that that occurs in and combine with the street 8 sweeper and try to remove the water to the best 9 of their ability. And that's all that I have. 10 Thank you. 11 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Last evening 12 was South Scranton Residents Association 13 meeting. I attended it and also Andrew Sunday 14 from Code Enforcement Department also attended 15 it. I want to thank Andrew Sunday for coming 16 out on his time and speaking with the neighbors 17 about a lot of problems and the neighborhoods 18 about parking and things like that. 19 Another thing came up there was 20 Whittier School and parking at Whittier School. 21 Whittier School in the morning, they put 22 barricades up and in the afternoon too. I only 23 live two blocks away from there. And I did 24 notice the barricades and stuff. 25 But I never thought about it until  45 1 really last night when they said about the 2 traffic and how bad it is up there and that 3 they have called multiple times. And they have 4 contacted me and said I didn't respond. 5 But I did look that all up. So I 6 did find I did send that in. I did sent it in 7 to -- actually the last request I had I sent 8 into Kevin Kearney from the school district and 9 he met with these people on four separate 10 occasions. 11 But that was from the school 12 district. The police were also there multiple 13 times they sat there. And I have all of this 14 information that we have on our Council 15 website. But they did not have any events 16 happen -- naturally while you're sitting there, 17 nothing is going to happen. Everything will 18 run smooth. 19 But when they're not there -- I 20 actually went up and watched it, and it's a 21 disaster. So I have all the information, Mr. 22 Voldenberg. I'll give it to you after the 23 meeting. And the only thing I could think of 24 is if we could have -- I know the police were 25 there. The school was there.  46 1 They painted crosswalks which didn't 2 make any sense, but they painted crosswalks 3 into somebody's sidewalk or something. It 4 just -- it's still there. 5 But if we can have -- if we could 6 request have our city engineer go and look at 7 it and do some traffic study on it. If there's 8 something else -- we have to be missing 9 something. You can't walk up. You can't walk 10 across the street. 11 And once they drop the kids off, 12 they go through the alley. They go through the 13 alley like it's a race to get to the other 14 side. So if people are coming up that alley 15 it's really -- it's bad. One of the neighbors 16 was actually out there trying to direct the 17 traffic. And he's elderly, and it's not going 18 to be good. So if we could take care of that. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 20 MR. SMURL: All right. That's it. 21 Thank you. 22 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR 23 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE 24 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO 25 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT EXTENSION  47 1 WITH KATHLEEN M. THOMAS, ESQUIRE TO SERVE IN 2 THE CAPACITY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR DELINQUENT 3 BUSINESS PRIVILEGE AND MERCANTILE TAX 4 COLLECTION FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON. 5 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced 7 into its proper committee. 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: So moved. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 10 MR. SMURL: On the question? 11 MR. SCHUSTER: Oh, on the question, 12 Mr. Voldenberg, can we please get -- ask the 13 administration if we could get an update on our 14 delinquent collections of BPM tax? And can we 15 also ask what's the total dollar amount that we 16 collect per year on those delinquencies as 17 well? 18 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 20 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of 21 introduction signify by saying aye. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 24 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 25 have it and so moved.  48 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR 2 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - DECLARING SUPPORT 3 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE FEDERAL TAX 4 EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL BONDS. 5 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced 7 into its proper committee. 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: So moved. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: So moved. Second. 10 MR. SMURL: On the question. 11 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question. 12 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Go ahead. 14 DR. ROTHCHILD: We probably all have 15 something to say about this how important it is 16 that municipalities don't become taxed on the 17 bonds. And I know Miss Hodowanitz had brought 18 up some valid points about it too. So I'm in 19 full support of this resolution. 20 And I hope that there will be many 21 other municipalities like ours who are standing 22 up against this. 23 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I was also going 25 to say I'm in total support of maintaining the  49 1 tax exempt status of municipal bonds. 2 MR. SMURL: All right. Thank you. 3 All those in favor of introduction signify by 4 saying aye. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 7 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 8 have it and so moved. 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR 10 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND 11 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A 12 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO 13 THE PA SMALL WATER AND SEWER PROGRAM FOR 14 $425,080 FOR PHASE 2 OF THE FAWNWOOD STORMWATER 15 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 16 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 17 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced 18 into its proper committee. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: So moved. 20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 21 MR. SMURL: On the question. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, it's 23 great to see us moving forward with some of 24 these stormwater projects. 25 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All those in  50 1 favor of introduction signify by saying aye. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 4 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 5 have it and so moved. 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No 7 business at this time. 8 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR 9 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR 10 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 204, 2025 - 11 REAPPOINTMENT OF JESSICA NOLAN AS A MEMBER OF 12 THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, EXPIRING 13 MAY 31, 2028. 14 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for the 15 Committee on Rules, I recommend final passage 16 of Item 7-A. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 18 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 19 call please. 20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 22 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 25 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare  51 1 Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted. 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR 3 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 4 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 5 205, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 6 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 7 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT 8 FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF 9 SCRANTON FOR UP TO $3,000,000 FOR THE PITTSTON 10 AVENUE INFRASTRUCTURE STREETSCAPE PROJECT. 11 MR. SMURL: What is the 12 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 13 Committee on Community Development? 14 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 15 the Committee on Community Development, I 16 recommend final passage of Item 7-B. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 18 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 19 call, please. 20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 22 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 25 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare  52 1 Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted. 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR 3 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 4 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 5 206, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 6 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 7 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT 8 FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF 9 SCRANTON FOR UP TO $363,618 FOR THE PINE BROOK 10 BROWNFIELD CLEANUP AND SITE PREPARATION 11 PROJECT. 12 MR. SMURL: What is the 13 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 14 Committee on Community Development? 15 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 16 the Committee on Community Development, I 17 recommend final passage of Item 7-C. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 19 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 20 call, please. 21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 23 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.  53 1 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 2 Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted. 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. FOR 4 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 5 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 6 207, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 7 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 8 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT 9 FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF 10 SCRANTON FOR UP TO $1,000,000 FOR THE PURCHASE 11 OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT. 12 MR. SMURL: What is the 13 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 14 Committee on Community Development? 15 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 16 the Committee on Community Development, I 17 recommend final passage of Item 7-D. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 19 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 20 call, please. 21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 23 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.  54 1 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 2 Item 7-D legally and lawfully adopted. 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-E. FOR 4 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 5 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 6 208, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 7 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2026 8 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT 9 FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF 10 SCRANTON FOR UP TO $2,343,750 FOR THE 11 CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND 12 TRAINING CENTER (EOC). 13 MR. SMURL: What is the 14 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 15 Committee on Community Development? 16 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 17 the Committee on Community Development, I 18 recommend final passage of Item 7-E. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 20 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 21 call, please. 22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.  55 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 2 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 3 Item 7-E legally and lawfully adopted. 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-F. FOR 5 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC 6 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 209, 7 2025 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER 8 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER 9 INTO A CONTRACT WITH BARRY ISETT AND ASSOCIATES 10 FOR THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE GRACE 11 STREET PLAYGROUND. 12 MR. SMURL: What is the 13 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 14 Committee on Public Works? 15 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for 16 the Committee on Public Works, I recommend 17 final passage of Item 7-F. 18 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 19 call, please. 20 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 22 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 24 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 25 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare  56 1 Item 7-F legally and lawfully adopted. 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-G. FOR 3 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 4 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 5 211, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 6 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT 7 APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE 8 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & 9 NATURAL RESOURCES FOR UP TO $175,000.00 IN 10 FUNDS FOR PHASE 2 OF THE ALL-INCLUSIVE 11 PLAYGROUND AT NAY AUG PARK, THAT INCLUDES THE 12 DESIGN, PURCHASE, AND INSTALLATION OF 13 ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. 14 MR. SMURL: What is the 15 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 16 Committee on Community Development? 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 18 the Committee on Community Development, I 19 recommend final passage of Item 7-G. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 21 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 22 call, please. 23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 25 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.  57 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 3 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 4 Item 7-G legally and lawfully adopted. 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-H. FOR 6 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 7 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 8 212, 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE 9 EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT 10 APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE 11 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & 12 NATURAL RESOURCES FOR UP TO $118,289.00 IN 13 FUNDS FOR FELLOWS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 14 MR. SMURL: What is the 15 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 16 Committee on Community Development? 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 18 the Committee on Community Development, I 19 recommend final passage of Item 7-H. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 21 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 22 call, please. 23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 25 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.  58 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 3 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 4 Item 7-H legally and lawfully adopted. 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-I. FOR 6 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY 7 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 8 213, 2025 - ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 9 HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ("HARB") 10 AND DENYING THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 11 FOR THE CONVERSION OF TWO (2) EXISTING STATIC 12 BILLBOARDS LOCATED 320 MULBERRY STREET. 13 MR. SMURL: What is the 14 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 15 Committee on Community Development? 16 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for 17 the Committee on Community Development, I 18 recommend final passage of Item 7-I. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 20 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 21 call, please. 22 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 23 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 24 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.  59 1 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 2 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 3 Item 7-I legally and lawfully adopted. 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-J. FOR 5 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC 6 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 214, 7 2025 - RATIFYING AND APPROVING OF THE EXECUTION 8 AND SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION BY THE 9 CITY OF SCRANTON AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND 10 OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT THE 11 GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000.00 AWARDED BY 12 LACKAWANNA COUNTY FOR AN ELECTRONICS RECYCLING 13 EVENT. 14 MR. SMURL: What is the 15 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 16 Committee on Public Works? 17 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for 18 the Committee on Public Works, I recommend 19 final passage of Item 7-J. 20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 21 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll 22 call, please. 23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. 25 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.  60 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 3 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare 4 Item 7-J legally and lawfully adopted. 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. 6 8 A. Resolution No. 210, 2025. 7 MR. SMURL: This is a resolution of 8 a liquor license transfer. It has been tabled 9 until a public hearing to be held May 27th, 10 2025 at 5:45 p.m. 11 Also, I forgot before, I want to 12 thank everyone that had run for public office 13 and congratulate everyone that has the 14 opportunity to move forward, especially my 15 colleague Mr. Schuster. 16 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 17 MR. SMURL: If there's no further 18 business, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: I'd just like to say 20 one thing. We've had -- we had a lot of 21 resolutions that got passed tonight in Seventh 22 Order. And I think a lot of progress has been 23 made in the city tonight moving here. 24 One thing I would like to say is, 25 you know, I saw comments in the paper by the  61 1 Mayor and if I don't question things while on 2 this Council, I'm not doing my job as a 3 Councilman. 4 So I would just like to put that out 5 there. I think a lot of progress was made and 6 this Council passes most things that come down 7 from this Mayor. That's all I have for 8 tonight. 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 10 DR. ROTHCHILD: I would also just 11 like to add congratulations to Councilman Tom 12 Schuster as well as the other candidates and 13 thank you to everyone who takes that big step 14 and runs for office. 15 It's a lot to be able to put 16 yourself out there, so look forward to whomever 17 I have the pleasure of serving with in the 18 future. 19 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 21 MR. SMURL: If there's no further 22 business, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Motion to adjourn. 24 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting 25 is adjourned.  62 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 I hereby certify that the proceedings and 4 evidence are contained fully and accurately in the 5 notes taken by me of the above-cause and that this copy 6 is a correct transcript of the same to the best of my 7 ability. 8 9 10 Maria McCool, RPR 11 Official Court Reporter 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (The foregoing certificate of this transcript does not 23 apply to any reproduction of the same by any means 24 unless under the direct control and/or supervision of 25 the certifying reporter.)  1 $ 205 [1] - 51:5 62 [2] - 18:19, 18:24 achieve [1] - 13:17 10:25 206 [1] - 52:5 action [2] - 19:2, 40:4 amount [1] - 47:15 $1,000,000 [1] - 53:10 207 [1] - 53:6 7 actions [1] - 10:19 AMOUNT [1] - 59:11 $1,000.00 [1] - 59:11 208 [1] - 54:6 active [1] - 34:21 amounts [1] - 19:11 $110,000 [1] - 32:14 209 [1] - 55:6 7 [1] - 24:8 ad [1] - 9:3 Amy [2] - 34:10, 39:10 $118,289.00 [1] - 21 [2] - 4:23, 35:1 7-A [3] - 50:8, 50:16, add [3] - 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