COUNCIL
Regular MeetingScranton, PA · May 21, 2025
Minutes
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1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON
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7 Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
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GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT
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MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT
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JESSICA ROTHCHILD
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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 Vince Narcoonis, Angela
8 Glazer and William Lavelle. Thank you. Roll
9 call, please.
10 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.
11 MR. KING: Present.
12 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.
13 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.
14 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild.
15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.
16 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.
17 MR. MCANDREW: Present.
18 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.
19 MR. SMURL: Here. Dispense with the
20 reading of the minutes.
21 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.
22 3-A. SINGLE TAX OFFICE CITY FUNDS
23 DISTRIBUTED COMPARISON REPORT FOR YEAR-TO-DATE
24 MAY 2, 2025 AND YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON REPORT
25 FOR MAY 3, 2024 THROUGH MAY 2, 2025.
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1 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments
2 on any of the Third Order items? If not,
3 received and filed. Do any Council members
4 have any announcements at this time?
5 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I have two
6 announcements. So this Saturday the Northeast
7 PA Armed Forces Day Parade will take place in
8 downtown Scranton. It kicks off at 11 a.m. at
9 Gino Merli Veterans Center. It's going to end
10 at the courthouse square. So it kicks off at
11 11:00.
12 And then next week there's going to
13 be regular trash and refuse pickup for Election
14 Day as DPW will be working.
15 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?
16 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.
17 DR. ROTHCHILD: I have one as well.
18 On Saturday, June 7th beginning at 10 a.m.,
19 NeighborWorks is going to have their West
20 Scranton Garbage Olympics which they've been
21 doing for several years now and I've been able
22 to be a part of in the past.
23 And I think it's just a really great
24 event, a great opportunity to be involved in a
25 cleanup. And there's -- I feel like that
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1 competition factor. There's that too because
2 there's prizes depending on if you have the
3 largest team or the amount of garbage that you
4 are able to pick up within the timeframe and
5 then usually have a little party back at
6 headquarters afterwards to celebrate.
7 So if you would like to join in on
8 that, you could go through NeighborWorks. It's
9 also part of the Scranton City Pride Project.
10 So you could go to Scranton City Pride.org to
11 find out more as well.
12 And they will be meeting at
13 NeighborWorks office which is at 815 Smith
14 Street in Scranton. And that's once again,
15 Saturday, June 7th. Thank you.
16 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
17 MR. MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a quick
18 one. So being National Police week, I want to
19 thank the brave men and women of the Scranton
20 Police Department that protect and serve us
21 every day.
22 And I'd also like to extend the same
23 thank you to all the brave men and women of the
24 other police departments in local
25 municipalities.
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1 Secondly, the Victor Alfieri Club in
2 West Scranton will be having a spaghetti
3 dinner. It's going to be Wednesday, May 14th
4 and Thursday, May 15th. So this isn't their
5 lunch. This is their dinner. It's for take
6 out or eat in.
7 Both days will be from -- 5 p.m.
8 will be take out. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. you
9 could also eat in and take out. It's $12 for
10 adults and $15 for children. And that is all I
11 have. Thank you.
12 MR. SMURL: Thank you. The
13 Residential Electronic Recycling Event is this
14 Saturday, May 17th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at
15 Scranton High School, 63 Munchak Way. You
16 could go on the Scranton website and visit
17 Scranton PA.gov recycling.
18 And you could register on that to
19 get a $30 discount off of your entire dropoff
20 that you are donating. Registration is
21 required as space is limited. And it is only
22 open to Scranton residents. We will put this
23 on our website, Frank, so we can advertise it?
24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
25 MR. SMURL: Okay. Thank you.
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1 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.
2 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION.
3 MR. SMURL: First, Joan Hodowanitz.
4 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,
5 Scranton, correct me if I'm wrong, but next
6 Tuesday, isn't that election -- Primary
7 Election Day?
8 MR. SMURL: What was that?
9 MS. HODOWANITZ: Are you going to
10 reschedule the Council meeting?
11 MR. SMURL: Yes, we are rescheduled
12 to Thursday.
13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Thursday at the
14 same time.
15 MR. SMURL: Same time, yes.
16 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. All right.
17 And I hope everybody that is registered does go
18 out to vote. Also, on Saturday from 10 to 3:30
19 in the afternoon, the Public Library is having
20 a sidewalk book sale right in front of the
21 Albright Memorial Library.
22 So come early, go get your books and
23 head on down to the parade. It ought to be a
24 good time. And as you notice, I'm starting to
25 wear my Swingin on Vine T-shirt. Friday, May
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1 23rd at 5 p.m. is Swingin on Vine which is the
2 library's major fundraising event right in
3 front of the library on Vine Street.
4 I believe the band again is Picture
5 Perfect. And it's 21 and over because there
6 will be alcohol. So if you're a downtown
7 resident like I am, you could drink to your
8 heart's delight and walk on home.
9 I'm sure all the -- our friendly
10 police department will take care of us.
11 Speaking of taking care, are we still in
12 negotiations for DPW's collective bargaining
13 agreement?
14 MR. SMURL: I asked yesterday. And
15 there is a day scheduled for them to begin
16 again.
17 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. And May 31st
18 is just around the corner. If we were adhering
19 to the Home Rule Charter, that would be
20 drop-dead date for the 2024 audit. And I know
21 we're not going to make that milestone. But
22 are they working up in the BA's office
23 feverishly on pulling together the data for the
24 audit?
25 MR. SMURL: Absolutely, yes.
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1 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. That's
2 great. I noticed on the agenda looking at the
3 backup that several of the resolutions were
4 tied into the 2026 federal appropriations
5 committee project funding. And they are all
6 worthy projects, Pine Brook, Pittston Avenue,
7 so on and so forth even the Emergency Operation
8 Center; and that's fine.
9 But I'm not all -- I'm not all that
10 confident that federal funding can be assured
11 after what happened with BRIC. Have you had
12 any information or update on that they might
13 give us something after taking away the BRIC
14 money?
15 MR. SMURL: Nothing at all.
16 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. In speaking
17 of the 2026 projects, this Emergency Operation
18 Center, you know, I get terribly confused
19 because I go back several years to the Serrenti
20 Center.
21 And I remember them mentioning that
22 that might become an emergency operations
23 center. So we're going to go now with the one
24 from Career Technology Center's property,
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1 MR. SMURL: Correct.
2 MS. HODOWANITZ: And is this a
3 backup or is this aligned in any way with the
4 county's emergency operations center in Jessup?
5 MR. SMURL: Well, actually, Joan,
6 it's mostly it's our fire department and
7 training like that and try to bring the
8 students across to that to -- into that
9 program.
10 MS. HODOWANITZ: I was just
11 wondering because, you know, Scranton is the
12 largest municipality, should something happen
13 to the emergency operation center in Jessup,
14 maybe the two of you can work together in an
15 MOU that one can support the other in some
16 event. You never know.
17 MR. MCANDREW: That might be a
18 possibility.
19 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah. And, you
20 know, you hear very often about how the
21 Scranton Times-Tribune has deteriorated to a
22 great degree since it was sold and it's gotten
23 thinner and shorter and far less local
24 coverage.
25 But every once in a while the paper
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1 will surprise you like on May 10th there were
2 three things. Under the news feed, US Poet
3 laureate criticize Trump's firing of the
4 Librarian of Congress, number one. So they
5 fired the Librarian of Congress.
6 Then the Pentagon directed the
7 military to pull all books -- library books
8 that had anything to do with DEI, okay. But
9 the kicker was today in history 1933, book
10 burnings were held in 34 cities across Germany.
11 This is all on May 10th. That was 1934. The
12 others are now. That made me get chills up and
13 down my spine. I don't know about you. Thank
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15 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Joan.
16 Angela Ramone. Angela?
17 MS. RAMONE: I just want to make
18 sure that everyone in the audience can hear me.
19 I was told last time I spoke I was a little too
20 far away from the microphone. So can I get a
21 thumbs up from the back? All good.
22 All right. So to begin, I would
23 like to talk a little bit about what some other
24 people here earlier were discussing about our
25 roads. And something I didn't hear come up
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1 when it comes to all the damage that
2 accumulates on our roads is that most of it is
3 done by personal vehicles, by cars, by pickup
4 trucks, by SUVs because the City of Scranton
5 for decades now has done all of their city
6 planning around the idea that we must sprawl
7 out in our development and all new development
8 should be centered around the use of personal
9 vehicles as opposed to any other modes of
10 transportation, such as, walking, biking, using
11 public transit, such as, buses or trolleys.
12 And that adds a significant amount
13 of wear and tear onto our roads and a
14 significant tax burden to our residents to
15 maintain them. So a suggestion that I would
16 like to make that I did not hear today is that
17 for many of the roads within Scranton -- I know
18 some are owned by PennDOT so there's
19 restrictions on what the city can do with
20 those; but even for many city-owned roads they
21 are often far too wide for the purposes that
22 they are being used for.
23 Take South Washington Avenue, for
24 example, I don't recall if that is PennDOT
25 owned or city owned. But anyone who has driven
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1 on that road is aware that it's very difficult
2 to even know if you are in the correct lane
3 because of the way that the road is like, what,
4 80 feet wide, right, and you have people
5 essentially driving one lane in each direction
6 on this 80 foot wide road.
7 And then the city still has to pay
8 to maintain all of that. It's an excessive
9 burden on us. And we should really be focusing
10 on allowing that road to be used for all sorts
11 of other purposes besides just personal
12 vehicles.
13 In addition, in order to encourage
14 the use of other modes of transportation, the
15 city should consider allowing different modes
16 of development outside of just single family
17 homes. I'm aware that with the new zoning
18 ordinances passed the past couple years, the
19 city has allowed for slightly more dense
20 development in certain pockets of the city.
21 But it's not nearly enough to meet
22 the demand for housing that the city has. We
23 have been at a shortage for many, many years.
24 It's caused an undue burden on everyone living
25 in the city with the increasing cost of
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2 And we do deserve to have different
3 options available for housing to meet our
4 various needs. So that's the main thing I
5 wanted to discuss today. And for another point
6 unrelated, I do recall the last time I was here
7 I asked each and every one of you about your
8 commitments to protecting the rights of LGBT
9 residents within Scranton.
10 And since then I'm sure many of you
11 are aware State Senator Marty Flynn had decided
12 to vote yes on SB9 which is a bill that would
13 ban transgender athletes from competing in
14 sports cross Pennsylvania and would require
15 genital inspections for any player that is
16 accused of being transgender, specifically
17 playing in women's sports.
18 This bill is incredibly, incredibly
19 invasive and disgusting and hurtful, not just
20 to transgender athletes in Pennsylvania which
21 there aren't many to be very clear. It hurts
22 everyone that wants to participate in sports
23 across our Commonwealth.
24 So with that in mind, I've heard
25 that Tom Schuster has received campaign
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1 donations from Marty Flynn. And I would like
2 clarification from you on whether or not those
3 donations are received from Marty Flynn and
4 irrespective of that, if you are willing to
5 openly condemn his decision to vote yes on SB9
6 in light of you stating your commitment to
7 protecting all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
8 trans residents of Scranton. Thank you very
9 much for your time. Have a good night.
10 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Bob Bolus.
11 MR. BOLUS: Good evening, Council,
12 Bob Bolus, Scranton. You know, listening to
13 some of the crazy stuff around here once in a
14 while; but first off, I am running for Mayor in
15 Scranton as a Republican write-in.
16 I was taken off the ballot by a
17 rhino Charlie Spano. However, I'm up for
18 expungement and it will be granted. And I will
19 be able to take the seat in November if
20 elected. So I want to set that very clear.
21 I filed suits recently on the tax
22 assessment and the tax increase. What have the
23 other candidates done? I haven't seen anybody
24 file a lawsuit that gives a damn about the
25 people in the city or the community other than
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1 here we are a few weeks to election and all of
2 a sudden everybody is doing something.
3 I've been coming here for how many
4 years in defense of City of Scranton.
5 Thirty-one years I do a dinner. I don't pat
6 myself on the back. I'm a Scrantonian. And
7 that's an important thing to me. You know, I
8 filed a federal lawsuit to have the officials
9 that are going to El Salvador to bring the scum
10 back here that they pay out of their own
11 pockets if they want to go.
12 But you don't represent this
13 country. And any money that we did spend, we
14 want it back. If you want to come to this
15 country, you come in here legally. And if you
16 can't, too damn bad. I want to see an ICE
17 office here in the City of Scranton.
18 I want to let them know if you're
19 here illegal, you're getting the hell out of
20 here. You want to come here, come through
21 legally, come through honestly. If you don't,
22 you're getting the hell out of here. I intend
23 to make our police force a reckon to be --
24 nobody will want to come here.
25 They'll have the resources. They'll
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1 have everything they need. I see stuff going
2 on today. Why wasn't it done a long time ago?
3 Where is the legislation been here? It's been
4 all BS. You know, when you turn around and you
5 sit here and look, I ask you guys to get rid of
6 the Biden signs.
7 Well, if I get elected Mayor in the
8 City of Scranton, those damn signs are going
9 down ASAP because it's a disgrace. It's a
10 humiliation. The scum we have coming into this
11 city, thank you, Joe Biden. What's in El
12 Salvador, belongs in El Salvador, not our
13 officials going there saying we want to bring
14 you back into the United States.
15 If they like it so much, let them
16 stay the hell over there if you don't like our
17 country anymore. That flag would have our vets
18 this coming weekend. All of those that didn't
19 come home gave it all so we could sit here
20 today so I could stand here, so other
21 candidates could stand here.
22 Our fellow vets gave it all. And if
23 anybody is to be honored in this country it's
24 them. And as far as men in women's supports,
25 adamantly opposed. If you don't like it, it's
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1 too damn bad. That's your gender. That's
2 where you belong in it. If you can't compete
3 there and you lose and you can't win, that's
4 too bad.
5 But don't take on women because you
6 think you're a tough guy. It's not the way it
7 is. And it's not the way it will ever be. You
8 know, what makes this here Scranton, all you
9 guys are here. It makes it personal. People
10 say why are you running for Mayor again? Why
11 are you going through this, because this is my
12 city.
13 This is where I'm born and raised.
14 This is where our companies have been here for
15 almost 100 years. I raised my family here.
16 And I'm not going to sit back and get bullied
17 by people like Spano or the rest of them. They
18 can't come out and do what I'm trying to do or
19 what we're trying to do here.
20 We're looking at four years. Now
21 they're paving the streets. Where have they
22 been? Where's everybody been? If Scranton
23 wants to change, you got to make it happen.
24 You lead by example. You could leave the BS
25 outside. I lead by example.
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1 I'm not for sale. You don't
2 intimidate me. And you'll never own me, not
3 when it comes to my city. And I've defended
4 this city from day one and I'll continue until
5 the day I die. My parents are buried in the
6 city, my grandparents.
7 Those that came here, they came here
8 legally. That's a big word, legally. I'm
9 asking anybody out there that sees this today
10 I'm wearing my shirt that says Scranton's next
11 Mayor, Bob Bolus. If you want a change in the
12 City of Scranton, as a Republican write-in
13 write in Bob Bolus.
14 And you'll have a city that you wish
15 somebody else did in the past. But as I stand
16 here, Scranton will be a new city if I'm
17 elected Mayor in the city.
18 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
19 MR. BOLUS: Thank you, gentlemen.
20 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Bolus.
21 Chris Matthew.
22 MR. MATTHEWS: Hi, Chris Matthews
23 from up in the Yesu development. I e-mailed
24 all of you multiple times. Jerry, Tom, thank
25 you for getting back to me about this property
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1 damage. I have a substantial amount of damage
2 to my property, at least well over $100,000
3 all because of a 5 foot section of curb that
4 has been never put in by the city during the
5 paving project causing all the water to come
6 off the road right onto my neighbor's sidewalk
7 which goes underground and comes onto my
8 property.
9 Now, my -- at first it was just
10 property. It was just my yard. It was my wall
11 shifting. My roof has now begun to fall off my
12 front porch. And I have been since February
13 20th, contacted the city about this and March
14 3rd.
15 February 20th and March 3rd, DPW
16 arrived out to my house with a backhoe just to
17 tell me that they are not allowed to do any
18 type of work on East Mountain whatsoever that
19 they were getting instructed by someone --
20 someone in city. I cannot find out by who
21 until a water table study is done, which also I
22 cannot find any information.
23 No one has come to my property to do
24 a water table study. My water level in the
25 ground in my house is -- I have nine other
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1 properties around me also being destroyed by
2 virtually underground stream which comes
3 through my property, filters around my pool and
4 goes into -- I lost -- my neighbors lost two
5 trees got uprooted.
6 Their properties are sinking with
7 cracks in their ceilings and their foundations.
8 They pump out water constantly. And the
9 stormwater study that HRG and the engineers did
10 for the stormwater determined that there is
11 water coming out of the ground over near the
12 fire station next to the culvert that runs from
13 Robinson Park, the runoff, which I found and
14 it's just ground water -- there's just a
15 question mark on it.
16 No one knows where it's coming from.
17 No one bothered to look at it. I believe that
18 this water is what's coming through the whole
19 neighborhood, at least -- at least nine
20 properties I know of. I've counted two dozen
21 sinkholes, over a dozen in my yard alone.
22 Yeah, my backyard is completely
23 sinking. I'm losing my back roof. I'm losing
24 my front roof. March 10th is when I e-mailed
25 everybody. And I was told -- Jerry said you
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1 were giving this over to the business agent, I
2 believe.
3 And then city engineering was
4 supposed to get in contact with me. By 9:00
5 that night, I got -- that was at 8:00 at night.
6 9:00 at night I got an e-mail from Scranton 311
7 stating that this determination is naturally
8 hydronic pressure from ground water and the
9 city's not going to do anything about it.
10 Hydronic pressure has nothing to do
11 with groundwater. Hydronic pressure's in
12 pipes. And the only person that ever told me
13 that was Steve Teaman who is a highway
14 supervisor. No way, shape or form as his words
15 exactly is he is not an engineer.
16 He cannot make that determination
17 whatsoever. But yet somehow in between the
18 hour of eight and nine when the last thing you
19 said to me, Jerry, was you'll pass this over to
20 the city engineering.
21 I inquired about it April 3rd. I
22 have not got any type of information, no
23 engineer showed up to my house. I need to know
24 the process to find out that determination
25 within an hour of e-mails, like, that -- that's
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1 my big question is how that determination was
2 done within 8:14 e-mailing everyone on Council
3 until 9:14 getting that determination.
4 And now there is like every rain
5 fall, every rain fall my property just keeps
6 sinking. There's telephone poles. The
7 telephone poles are falling down. All the
8 utilities running to all the houses are being
9 eaten away by underground water erosion.
10 It is clearly underground water
11 erosion because we have exposed roots. We have
12 sinkholes. And it follows all the utilities
13 where there are pipes into all houses up there
14 because I have nine -- nine houses I found that
15 have this extensive damage.
16 What just happened in Honesdale last
17 week with the storms, that is imminent up there
18 because everything is running obviously
19 downstream. And in the stormwater report,
20 nobody looked at the Yesu development
21 whatsoever, went right around it, went Cherry
22 Street where they're getting -- and down
23 Florida Avenue is getting flooded.
24 East Mountain, those houses are
25 getting flooded from what -- the report has a
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1 question mark on they just don't know where the
2 groundwater is coming from. So I believe I
3 know where this groundwater is coming from. I
4 believe it's starting on my property because I
5 have so much damage to my property alone. And
6 like I said, there's at least nine different
7 properties up there all behind me.
8 MR. MCANDREW: Excuse me, Mr.
9 Matthews -- is it Matthew or Matthews?
10 MR. MATTHEWS: Matthews --
11 M-A-T-T-H-E-W-S.
12 MR. MCANDREW: How long are you
13 living there?
14 MR. MATTHEWS: I've been up there
15 for seven years. I've owned it for five.
16 MR. MCANDREW: So all of this damage
17 is recent and you believe it's because improper
18 paving or the curb. Is that --
19 MR. MATTHEWS: Yeah, I mean, I have
20 the pictures here.
21 MR. MCANDREW: No, I understand. I
22 saw your e-mail, but I thought there was --
23 MR. MATTHEWS: This --
24 MR. MCANDREW: I did see your
25 e-mail. And I thought it was being taken care
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1 of because of the response. So -- but I'm
2 curious as to --
3 MR. KING: -- looked into it, right?
4 MR. SMURL: Yes, if I could explain
5 this, I did speak to administration about this
6 because it was a big concern, not only of his
7 but other people up there.
8 The City Engineer was up there
9 twice. I have not seen the report. But I know
10 they were there twice. And I know our DPW
11 Director was there and every supervisor from
12 DPW was up there.
13 MR. MATTHEWS: On my property.
14 MR. SMURL: Not on your property.
15 They went up to look at whatever the situation
16 was that you reported. So I have not seen the
17 report from them. But I guess we will ask for
18 it or -- and see what it is. But the City
19 Engineer was there twice.
20 MR. MATTHEWS: I phoned the City
21 Engineer today and they did not give me any
22 information on that. I talked to them --
23 MR. SMURL: Well, I don't know if
24 the City Engineer --
25 MR. MATTHEWS: I talked to Tom.
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1 MR. SMURL: -- will tell you
2 anything. You've got to go through the city.
3 I will find out tomorrow and see if there is a
4 report or if there is some kind of information
5 that they have on this. But I know they've
6 been there.
7 MR. MATTHEWS: All right. But, I
8 mean, you know, my house is being destroyed.
9 While this process -- while this process is
10 taking so long, all of these people were there,
11 they should notice that this is underground
12 water erosion.
13 MR. SMURL: Yeah, I'm not an
14 engineer so I don't know. But we will ask
15 again for you. Okay.
16 MR. SCHUSTER: So, Mr. Voldenberg,
17 did we have any updates?
18 MR. VOLDENBERG: We did reach out
19 today and requested that the DPW Director and
20 supervisor call and meet with Mr. Matthews.
21 MR. SCHUSTER: Can we get -- can you
22 leave all of your contact information with
23 Alison here?
24 MR. MATTHEWS: Absolutely.
25 MR. SMURL: We have e-mails from
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2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask them to
3 include the City Engineer tomorrow.
4 MR. SMURL: Ron Ellman.
5 MR. ELLMAN: Good evening, Council.
6 You people -- the residents, not you all, just
7 don't read the handwriting on the wall. Last
8 month I related standing right here that the
9 overpaid prima donnas that we consider the
10 zoning board have brought up a solar farm right
11 inside river city here.
12 It seems like there wasn't no
13 interest in it, so it passed. Then the doo-doo
14 hit the fan. These residents realized what
15 they're going to be looking at the rest of
16 their lives. They realize their home values
17 just fell in half of what the reassessments
18 have.
19 These reassessments, no wonder
20 there's thousands of people crying about it.
21 My insurance told me I stood here like a year
22 ago and told you what my reassessment would be
23 and anybody said it couldn't happen.
24 My insurance had it a year ago. And
25 they sent me in my reassessment, they said by
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1 the board foot -- my house could be completely
2 built $25,000 cheaper than the reassessment.
3 These people were from out of town. They had
4 no interest whatsoever in the city.
5 This was a big huge waste of energy
6 and money. Well, I guess it was two weeks ago
7 this same bunch, this mob of useless, worthless
8 employees of the city voted on making 4
9 properties into 10.
10 If you think I'm lying, go read the
11 paper about the last reassessment meeting.
12 Four properties into 10, can you imagine? Ten
13 rooms of undesirables like Bob was talking
14 about filling up our city, maybe ten cars that
15 are always illegal parked on the sidewalk so
16 your children and pedestrians can't use them,
17 just exactly what's happening in my
18 neighborhood for years.
19 Nobody in this government cared.
20 Well, you know, in my wanderings every day I
21 talk to probably in the last month 15, 20
22 people. And nobody was overwhelmed by the
23 candidates. And the general feeling is that
24 Cognetti will reign over us again.
25 You know, she favors non-profits
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1 galore. You saw that when Geisinger's problem
2 come up. She would like to see a nonprofit
3 college town, a nonprofit medical center on the
4 backs of who? On the backs of some low income
5 people that still are lucky enough to have
6 their houses and some seniors that are holding
7 onto their property. It's a shame.
8 The plan would be raise taxes again
9 like always. Nobody has any kind of plan
10 whatsoever except raise taxes. I'll tell you,
11 before it's all over, this newspaper will have
12 to be twice as thick to handle all the
13 foreclosures and sheriff sales on Fridays.
14 Thank you.
15 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Ellman.
16 Rick Sabetta.
17 MR. SABETTA: Hello, distinguished
18 members of Council, woman. Just to refresh,
19 I'm the property owner of 423-427 10th Avenue.
20 My name is Richard Sabetta. April 29, two
21 weeks ago Tuesday I was at City Council
22 concerning a property in rear adjoining mine.
23 It was in the process of collapsing.
24 This was a followup of four written official
25 complaints to the City Clerk right outside here
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1 and two prior visits to City Council. Now two
2 weeks ago I was up here. I'm sure you
3 remember.
4 And I said this building is ready to
5 fall down. And I hate to refer to it as a
6 garage because the dimensions were
7 approximately 30 by 50 by 30. It's a big
8 structure with an attached 30 foot wooden
9 telephone pole.
10 Well, needless to say at Council I
11 was told somebody would get back to me within
12 two days. That was April 29th. And then on
13 May 7th, the building actually collapsed.
14 Scranton Police, fire, EMS, city engineers
15 responded.
16 They issued, I guess, emergency
17 declaration for bid to remove the debris that
18 had fallen. Luckily by the grace of God it
19 fell the most perfect way totally forward onto
20 Aswell Court so no one was damaged as far as
21 life or even minimal adjoining property damage.
22 Okay, so that was done. Now the
23 information I received and I don't know how
24 accurate it is, is there were three bids. One
25 was for 10,000, one was for 14, and one was for
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1 17. Well, the bid was awarded to the person
2 for 10,000. It was REL. I don't know if I'm
3 allowed to say that. No problem.
4 They came and they removed it. The
5 problem that exists now is the foundation of
6 the garage was abating a retaining wall on my
7 property. I guess they did the best they
8 could. But when they removed it, the bulldozer
9 or whatever actually took down part of this
10 retaining wall.
11 So now I'm left with my retaining
12 wall which is approximately 12 feet and the
13 property is sloped with the height of --
14 varying from about 3 to 6 feet. Now, the dirt
15 from my yard is literally 180 degree dropoff.
16 And there's nothing holding it back.
17 So now we have the problem of soil
18 erosion. Naturally it's going to fall. And
19 there's two trees just sitting there with the
20 roots partially exposed. Now, of course, kids
21 are playing there again.
22 And now we're going to have, like,
23 maybe 70 cinderblocks that are sitting there
24 with the impact force of disturbed two trees
25 ready to come over. Based on the action from
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1 two weeks ago, nothing was done to correct what
2 was a hazardous situation.
3 And now we have a retaining wall.
4 So it's both a safety issue. And secondly, I'm
5 going to have major soil erosion very shortly.
6 I come asking what type of followup do I get or
7 what should I do?
8 MR. SMURL: Well, I could explain to
9 you a bit because I did have a meeting with our
10 Business Administrator today about yours
11 because I did ask about that wall. And the
12 emergency declaration was signed the day before
13 it caved in. It fell down.
14 So the contractor was already hired.
15 As far as the wall, I don't know. Did you say
16 it's the wall on your property or is it the
17 wall belonged to that structure that was
18 removed?
19 MR. SABETTA: On my property.
20 MR. SMURL: So it is your wall.
21 MR. SABETTA: Yes.
22 MR. SMURL: So it is your wall.
23 Okay, so that was the first thing they had to
24 find out who owned the wall, okay? And then I
25 said, well, what will we -- what can the city
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1 do since, you know, we removed all the other
2 stuff.
3 And we really didn't come up with a
4 plan except that they will send this week the
5 City Engineer up and look at it and see if the
6 city could do anything to, I guess, to support
7 or brace the wall. I did not see it. So I
8 don't know exactly what it looks like. But
9 that's what I was told about three hours ago.
10 MR. SABETTA: And during the
11 collapse, correct me if I'm mispronouncing the
12 names, but I believe her name was -- her last
13 name was Frable. I apologize for not
14 remembering the first. I believe she was in
15 OECD, whatever.
16 And there was a person -- a
17 gentleman by the name Connors from Scranton
18 Redevelopment and city engineers. They took
19 many pictures including, I guess, is a
20 publicist or a PR person that does video,
21 photographer. He was there, a young gentleman.
22 He has it all.
23 So there's numerous, numerous
24 pictures taken of the problem and both
25 Mr. Connors and Miss Frable addressed it. They
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1 said, yes, something has to be done with that
2 wall because that whole dirt is going to fall.
3 MR. SMURL: Okay. I didn't hear
4 about it until, like, this morning. And I did
5 have a meeting this afternoon. So they will
6 contact you and come up and look at it.
7 MR. SABETTA: And the second issue
8 like we mentioned last week, now we have the
9 house that belonged to that garage, that's
10 falling down. And now the City Engineer
11 himself said --
12 MR. SMURL: Last two weeks ago you
13 asked me about the house. I did as much as I
14 could to get that moved. So now we'll move on
15 the wall. And then I will see what we could do
16 about the other structure. Thank you.
17 MR. SABETTA: Okay. I appreciate
18 anything you could do. Thanks.
19 MR. SMURL: Lynn Labrosky.
20 MS. LABROSKY: Good evening,
21 Council, Lynn Labrosky, homeowner, business
22 owner, lifelong resident and taxpayer. So what
23 I wanted to talk about tonight was the primary
24 election is a week away. As some of you are
25 well aware, I'm running for Scranton Mayor, a
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1 Republican ballot candidate.
2 I just want to remind anyone out
3 there that is a registered Democrat who will
4 receive a Democrat ballot that they can write
5 me in as a Republican candidate on their
6 Democrat ballot. And anyone -- a Republican
7 can write on a Democrat.
8 A lot of people that I talk to
9 weren't aware of that. And I just wanted to
10 put that out there. I had a woman the other
11 day that said she already mailed in. She would
12 have written me in had she known. So I just
13 wanted to put that out there and also mention
14 that the last day to request the mail-in is
15 today.
16 So if you need to do that, you
17 should go online and do that today. The other
18 thing I wanted to talk about was that being
19 new to politics I filed my first campaign
20 finance report and so did the other ballot
21 candidates.
22 So I found it very interesting. And
23 by the way, this is public information. Anyone
24 that wants to look at campaign finance reports
25 for any candidate can call Lackawanna County
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1 Voter Registration and they could request that
2 information.
3 The people down there are very nice
4 and they would gladly e-mail that to you. It
5 was pretty astonishing to me to see what some
6 of the candidates are spending on their
7 campaign. So when I first decided to run for
8 Mayor I was told by my own party that if I ran
9 opposed in a primary I would need $350,000 to
10 beat my opponent.
11 I think that's insane. So I guess
12 from what I gathered looking at the campaign
13 finance reports, Paige Cognetti was on top for
14 the most donations. And it might be
15 interesting to some people out there listening
16 that a lot of her donations came from area law
17 makers, progressive packs.
18 And over $22,000 of her donations
19 came from out of state donors, donors that are
20 not even in the State of Pennsylvania. And
21 then another 14,000 was a loan to her campaign
22 from herself.
23 So I found that very interesting.
24 Most of her expenses were spent on consulting.
25 The other mayoral candidate, Trish Beynon, her
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1 campaign took in $88,000 and spent 86,000 on
2 mostly advertising. And her funding came
3 from -- she self-funded as loans to the
4 campaign. And also her money was spent on
5 mostly on advertising.
6 Bob Sheridan, his campaign took in
7 $62,000 and 47,000 of that was spent on mostly
8 advertising. And again, same as with Trish
9 Beynon, his campaign was mostly self-funded
10 through loans to the campaign. And there was a
11 few local donors. So he actually did get quite
12 a few local donors.
13 Lynn Labrosky's campaign raised
14 approximately $9,000, spent less than 8,000.
15 And most of those donations were in-kind
16 donations. My business did loan $3,000 to my
17 campaign, which I did as a gamble because I
18 don't expect to pay that back.
19 So my campaign is grass roots. And
20 up until now, I've been sacrificing. I have
21 been working hard budgeting every penny trying
22 to get out there on the radio, City Council,
23 volunteering, things I've done for many years,
24 social media, door knocking, phone calls, etc.
25 I certainly don't have 88,0000,
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1 72,000 or $47,000 to spend on a primary
2 election. So again, I ask everybody out there
3 to please get out and vote next Tuesday. It's
4 so important to vote local. I just want to
5 remind everyone that in the last local election
6 which made me really want to run was the voter
7 turnout.
8 So only 13,500 people out of 47,000
9 registered voters participated in the last
10 municipal election. And that was actually the
11 general election. So I think, you know, our
12 city needs to get rid of wasteful spending. I
13 think it lacks leadership and common sense
14 decisions.
15 And that's what kept me motivated.
16 Somebody told me once that prayers cannot win
17 an election. But God is good and he's mighty
18 and he's in control. So I disagree with that
19 wholeheartedly. And again, May 20th is the
20 primary. I want to make sure everybody gets
21 out to the poles and makes their voice heard.
22 So I appreciate your time. Thank you, Council.
23 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mrs.
24 Labrosky. Rik Little.
25 MR. LITTLE: Hello. I'm Rik Little.
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1 And I am an Independent candidate for Mayor of
2 Scranton, Pennsylvania. I'd like to talk
3 tonight how America's divided into 3,144
4 counties. All the corruption starts in each
5 one of these counties, drug trafficking,
6 pedophilia, sex trafficking, corrupt judges,
7 corrupt police, corrupt sheriffs, corrupt
8 district attorneys, and corrupt attorney
9 generals, regional attorney generals.
10 Everything has become a matter of
11 law. And I think that's evident in this county
12 where the -- Judge Nealon suddenly is a County
13 Commissioner working in the Election Board
14 because all of this -- everything hinges on who
15 gets elected in the democracy.
16 But democracy has gone way haywire
17 in the last decade. And it's got to stop.
18 And it is stopping. I mean, just look at
19 Nashville's Mayor who tried -- tried some
20 shenanigans and, you know, I know this isn't a
21 sanctuary city. But I know in Scranton
22 Housing, a lot of people -- they're filling up
23 the building, emptying out the building,
24 filling up the building.
25 But they're filling them up with
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1 Democrat voters. I lived there for 14 and a
2 half years. So Scranton Housing Authority
3 spends about six figures every month on what
4 they call delinquents. So they just pick a
5 person and call them a delinquent. It's
6 usually an elderly disabled person or just a
7 person they don't want living in their little
8 private hotel Scranton Housing Authority, which
9 is federally funded.
10 And it's a fiefdom onto its own,
11 which is against the lease that they give you.
12 It's supposed to be a HUD lease, you know, when
13 something -- something goes wrong, it's
14 supposed to go under the 1951 Landlord Tenant
15 Act. But they don't do that. They have their
16 own judges in there, their own magistrates.
17 Each month they pay -- they have a
18 magistrate fee. I'll get to that, you know.
19 And there's no privacy in there. They just --
20 they just walk into your room. They
21 confiscated my stuff for two and a half years.
22 And they could do this and they could say to
23 you, well, if you don't like it, why don't you
24 move?
25 But it's just really stealing Social
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1 Security. And there's so much money involved
2 in the whole thing. The Treasurer's report of
3 Scranton Housing Authority available -- should
4 be available to you. The minutes have always
5 come to you.
6 Now it's on Electric City TV was,
7 you know, you know, they have balances in their
8 checking and money market accounts for 1
9 million 269 dollars 653 dollars and 62 cents,
10 over a million dollars investments.
11 So I guess they, you know, all of
12 this money comes in. It's called Scranton
13 Housing Authority. Scranton has lost housing.
14 There's a housing problem. And this is exactly
15 where it went to the people that are running
16 the board, the DAs and their connection with
17 the police and the courts.
18 I mean, I'm reading from the
19 transcript of the April -- April 7th, 2025,
20 Scranton Housing Authority meeting. In March
21 there were 326 delinquents. And that -- they
22 spent 231 thousand dollars -- 231 thousand
23 dollars, 182 and then in February 252 thousand
24 dollars, and in January 286 thousand dollars.
25 But this is never reflected in the
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1 public of what housing is available. They
2 empty it. And yet the thing for open
3 apartments for the elderly, the poor, it's not
4 reported.
5 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
6 MR. LITTLE: You have to look into
7 that.
8 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Little.
9 Dave Dobrzyn.
10 MR. DOBRZYN: Good evening, Council,
11 Dave Dobrzyn, resident, taxpayer. I've been
12 riding around the city at different places and
13 it's pretty much the same all over. The pave
14 cuts are not filled with the grooves.
15 They do a third rate job filling
16 them up. And I don't expect them to pave every
17 street every time they have to make a dig. But
18 there and again, it's leaving room for water to
19 get down in. And you get a little ice, it
20 expands. It contracts. And the next thing you
21 know, the street's pushed up.
22 So we really need to clamp down on
23 this and get that corrected because it
24 generally contributes to the road dilapidating
25 over time. And they're ripping us off the
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1 people that are digging these streets up.
2 They have to -- I mean, down in
3 Allentown there was a gas explosion that killed
4 nine people a few years back. You know, so you
5 have to fix a gas leak. You can't just leave
6 it there.
7 And by the way, you're paying more
8 for gas because anything they lose on the way,
9 you get to pay for as a customer.
10 And once again, we really need a
11 Council on tax exempts, not to suggest that
12 they pay taxes, only to suggest that the state
13 with their constitution starts to bring money
14 in, send money in to take up because these
15 institutions service for everybody.
16 If you need a hospital, you don't go
17 to Moscow. You come here. If you live in
18 Clarks Summit, you come here or you go to one
19 of the new hospitals in Dickson City, Lehigh,
20 or whatever. But I don't see where they're
21 really big enough at this time.
22 So we can't have 40 percent. We
23 can't support 40 percent. And on Wall Street
24 with the stocks and bonds, there's 5 trillion
25 lost over the last couple weeks. And somebody
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1 was handed a good stockmarket and economy.
2 There was some inflation, yeah, but it's still
3 there.
4 And prices are going up everywhere
5 constantly. And nothing has been done with --
6 it's -- I'm very concerned about police and
7 fire and clerical unions losing money. And us,
8 we're responsible to pay the pension
9 irregardless, teachers, police, fire, clerical.
10 Whoever works for the government, we
11 are responsible to finally pay the pension even
12 if the money is lost that was paid into it.
13 And I was by the old swimming pool. And I
14 don't know, the roof was torn off the entry
15 building.
16 And there was a sign when I got my
17 binoculars out because $5 admission. So
18 anything we do with that and if it requires
19 raising my taxes, please don't do it. I think
20 we have things good enough. And we have to
21 live within our means, especially with the
22 situation with the federal government.
23 Now, here's a little food for
24 consideration. Pam Biondi, our Attorney
25 General was a lobbyist for Qatar over there
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1 next to Saudi Arabia on the Saudi Peninsula at
2 $115,000 per month. That translates into
3 $1,380,000 a month she was paid to be a
4 lobbyist. Now she's Attorney General of the
5 United States.
6 I would call that corrupt. I don't
7 think it could be any different. Maybe we
8 should be a little more woke in this society.
9 Thank you. Have a good night.
10 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Dobrzyn.
11 That's all for our sign-in sheet. Anyone else
12 wish to address Council?
13 MS. JEFFRIES: Norma Jeffries,
14 Scranton resident. And of all nights I wanted
15 to talk about the rules and regulations of
16 Council. But it's not on the sheet tonight.
17 So you'll have to help me. I went online to
18 see if I could find what it says about the
19 words that you should be using from the podium.
20 I think it says something like you
21 shouldn't use offensive or profanity or
22 something like that. So as I'm sitting here
23 listening to some of the speakers, some of the
24 words that are being used are very offensive to
25 me.
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1 I call myself a believer. And I'm
2 not patting myself on the back or anything.
3 And I'm sure there's a lot more here. But you
4 have to be careful of your tongue. The tongue
5 can say and do things that are very hurtful to
6 people.
7 The words I heard tonight I don't
8 use these words so it's very difficult for me
9 to say them. I heard damn. I heard hell. I
10 heard scum. I heard useless. I heard
11 worthless. And I would just like Council then
12 to explain to me what that line -- that bullet
13 point on our rules and regulations of Council,
14 what does that mean to us?
15 What's offensive to someone is
16 offensive to me. And when I hear different
17 words like that, think about your children,
18 think about your grandchildren. Are we going
19 to have to make our Council meetings R rated so
20 that our kids cannot listen to our government
21 and what goes on?
22 We don't want them running around
23 saying these kinds of words. I know I don't
24 with my grandkids. And I'm always correcting
25 them and the words -- their choice of words.
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1 So as I sat there tonight, I just thought about
2 that. I said, oh, great, of all nights it's
3 not on the back of here.
4 So I'm sure it was because of
5 space. So, you know, I just thought I would
6 just mention that. And I'm sure I'm not alone.
7 And I'm sure that there's public out there is
8 just as offensive and offended by some of the
9 words and the choice of words that are used.
10 And like I said, it may not be
11 offensive to others, but it is offensive to me.
12 Now, the other thing that I'll start to talk
13 about -- it won't be next week but the
14 following week. If everyone could put on their
15 calendars for June 21st. It's going to be our
16 Electric City Flower Show.
17 I'll be getting the fliers made and
18 trying to get my hands on them and I'll be
19 giving them out so that we could get it
20 publicized as much as we can. ECT always --
21 ECTV always does a great job and comes and
22 helps us out with that.
23 So I just wanted to say that as
24 well. I won't be here next week, but the
25 following week hopefully I'll have that
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1 information. Okay. Thank you.
2 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Norma.
3 Anyone else?
4 MR. ARGENTA: Virgil Argenta. This
5 is National Police Week. Thank you to the men
6 and women in law enforcement for protecting us
7 from what we fear.
8 On April 29th, 2025, concerned
9 resident Richard Sabetta addressed City Council
10 to highlight a pressing issue regarding a
11 hazardous property located at 423-425 10th
12 Street and 425 Aswell Court. This concern has
13 been going on for three years without any
14 adequate resolution.
15 On May 5th, 2025, driven by a
16 concern for safety of city residents, I
17 personally visited the site which poses a very
18 significant risk and subsequently shared the
19 photographs on Facebook to raise public
20 awareness about one of Scranton's numerous
21 neglected hazardous properties.
22 On the morning of May 8th, 2025, an
23 emergency transmission through 911 dispatched
24 emergency response teams along with police
25 units to the site of a building collapse in the
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1 400 block of Aswell Court. Scranton mayoral
2 candidate Bob Sheridan aware of this hazardous
3 property while door knocking in the
4 neighborhood heard sirens, went to the scene.
5 Upon his arrival he found a
6 demolition company RLE onsite, along with two
7 city officials Sherry and Andrew from the City
8 Blight Department. They are conflicting
9 reports. Neighbors claim there was a collapse
10 without any demolition crews present while the
11 city states it was a scheduled demolition.
12 If the city statements are accurate,
13 why did the neighbor make a frantic 911 call?
14 Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, the City of
15 Scranton has trained and qualified demolition
16 crew and the Department of Public Works who we
17 call the DPW, possesses all the necessary
18 equipment for property demolition.
19 This makes the city's claim even
20 more questionable. According to the April 29th
21 minutes of the Council meetings page 25 and
22 line 22, Schuster states, "This property may be
23 on the demo list. However, the last update we
24 got was there's no timeline for demolition of
25 it."
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1 On page 26 line three, Schuster
2 further adds, "It may be on the demo list; but
3 there's no timeline for the administration as
4 to when it will be demolished." Will the
5 Council defend the Department of Public Works,
6 DPW and explain why city employees who are
7 qualified and equipped to do this job and have
8 done other jobs like this are being bypassed?
9 Please provide the taxpayers with
10 the cost paid to RLE and who authorized this
11 demolition. Given that emergency demolition
12 exists, why aren't we cleaning up our
13 neighborhoods by rotating through sections of
14 Scranton and demolishing the worst buildings in
15 each section of the city?
16 Are we going to stand up for DPW and
17 make sure that work is not being taken away
18 from them by private contractors? Geisinger
19 parking lot at Nay Aug recently had all new
20 lines painted for their parking area. DPW did
21 not paint those lines.
22 Was this bid out? What was the
23 cost? Why are we taking work again away from
24 our DPW union members? We should be protecting
25 them. They're out there with no contract again
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1 still while the lawyers are making money.
2 Pave cuts, for instance, has anyone
3 thought about reaching out to the former pave
4 cut inspector that the city employed for 25
5 years? I did. He left in July, 2020. Would
6 you be surprised to know that in that year
7 alone he brought $550,000 into the city and you
8 people don't advocate for a pave cut inspector,
9 a moneymaker for the city?
10 There's two stop signs missing at
11 Electric and Dickson. Good luck in the
12 election.
13 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Argenta.
14 Anyone else?
15 MS. REKUS: Hi, Tracy Rekus, West
16 Side, Scranton. I don't usually come here.
17 The last time I came, Pat Rogan was on Council.
18 So, yeah, so I wanted -- I've been watching and
19 it's just gone crazy. So the potholes, there's
20 some on Luzerne and Main yet.
21 And Capouse and Olive right
22 underneath the trestle. I go on those streets
23 every single day and it's ruining my car and
24 most of Capouse Street, especially right in
25 front of the bakery. So I've been hearing a
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1 lot about the homeless people.
2 So I did some research. There's a
3 bunch of counties that are like actually doing
4 something with the homeless people. They're
5 either building or renovating apartment
6 buildings for the homeless individuals. Now in
7 Montgomery County is building a new 24/7
8 homeless shelter in Lansdale.
9 And they're also working on an
10 emergency hoteling program in Pottstown.
11 Luzerne County approved a plan to house the
12 homeless families in apartments in
13 Wilkes-Barre. And Allegheny is renovating
14 existing buildings and moving individuals out
15 of shelters into stable homes.
16 Now, the trash, why is it in other
17 major cities that I've been to lately, the
18 streets are cleaner than Scranton? People
19 around here just don't care to even put their
20 trash in the garbage cans. This has been going
21 on for years and years.
22 So I don't -- I just don't
23 understand it. The recycling, people would
24 recycle more if more things could be recycled.
25 The crime, I believe the kids in the middle
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1 schools and the high schools should have
2 mandatory gun safety classes.
3 I know we did when I was in school.
4 Granted, I went to a country school where we
5 have hunting. But they need it up here more.
6 I mean, we never had a problem until they
7 took -- took that course out of the schools.
8 Now, as most people talked about our
9 lovely President, handing hands on my man is
10 pretty is sad. If you could do the job better,
11 run for President. You have to be 35.
12 MR. SMURL: Ma'am, please address
13 Council.
14 MS. REKUS: Sorry. Yeah, if you
15 can't -- if you think that you can do his job,
16 run. You have to be 35 years old so -- and,
17 oh, and for Act 9, it's for girls' sports. Us
18 girls came a long way. We don't want boys in
19 our sports.
20 Granted, when I was in high school
21 there was boys on the field hockey team. But
22 they were actual boys. So that's my little
23 thing about that. And don't forget to vote on
24 May 20th. Thank you.
25 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?
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1 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka.
2 First off, I just want to let you know that my
3 area in Minooka was built in 1965, has never
4 had any storm drains. We have about roughly --
5 MR. SMURL: Please. Sorry.
6 MR. COYNE: -- roughly four block by
7 six block area that never has had storm drains
8 in a period. So we have runoff issues back
9 there because we have nothing collecting it.
10 Going on, I assume we're still over
11 just 88 percent of the recycle refusal rate --
12 recycle refusal rate. So we've now paid out at
13 a constant 1,597.75, not including multiple
14 recycle runs, duplicate costs for the fuel in
15 trucks and wear and tear.
16 To date, the minimum we've wasted by
17 not taking our recycling and just moving it
18 over to the trash is $97,324.75. We're just on
19 the cusp of $100,000 that we've thrown in the
20 dump. I still have not seen any mystery bid
21 for -- bid or searches from the Mayor come down
22 as she said was coming in line for a new
23 recycling vendor. Can we get an update on
24 that?
25 Moving on, I could talk again about
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1 the Mayor's state of the city address and how
2 the stormwater projects and the park
3 investments in the majority are not her doing
4 but happenstance from a national handout. But
5 that's really not important tonight.
6 On the subjects for tonight are the
7 emergency operation centers. They are to be
8 used for Lackawanna County as a whole. It
9 seems that the body is of the entire resolution
10 is stacked with the same BS that was used for
11 the Serrenti Center. It's for all of
12 Lackawanna County. Maybe we'll even make a
13 profit off it.
14 Other municipalities will use it and
15 the resources. Except like the fire company
16 when we send our firemen to other regions and
17 other areas, we don't get paid back for that.
18 We have an agreement that isn't on paper. It's
19 a verbal agreement not to charge other counties
20 for our fire trucks going to help someone else
21 because we're a flow in money and we just like
22 offering city services to everyone else free of
23 charge.
24 It's going to be Lackawanna County
25 community -- center, then maybe Lackawanna
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1 County who increased the taxes 33 percent
2 should get their foot in the game and own it,
3 not the City of Scranton even if it's housed
4 here because housed here is still housed in
5 Lackawanna County.
6 Now onto the Scranton Times and the
7 opinion column by Chris Kelly. Magacrats.
8 Well, Les -- is Les Spindler a closet Magacrat
9 because at Christmas at Bob Bolus's Christmas
10 party, he was back there serving food for the
11 poor? He was helping side by side Bob Bolus.
12 And we know where Bob Bolus stands.
13 Does that mean that Les is a Magacrat just
14 because he's seen with him? So Sean McAndrew
15 was spotted with Republicans at a charity event
16 and somehow he gets painted guilt by
17 association.
18 Even in a charity event you have to
19 be partisan and not go up and shake the hands
20 and say thanks for being here without getting
21 painted as a MAGA Republican for someone who
22 has stated I like Chermak because he was
23 standing up for reduction of the 33 percent
24 increase when it came down the line.
25 But just like Biden Street, some of
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1 the chosen party decided not to go there. I'll
2 shake the hand of Bob Bolus or anyone. I don't
3 accidently leave a Republican -- you don't
4 accidently leave a Republican candidate out of
5 the paper and then toss a photo in the obits as
6 it seems a Republican tilt.
7 I do have an issue with Sean
8 McAndrew whose Mark McAndrew and nepotism and
9 how that might impact two of the three votes on
10 this body making it hard to overturn. But on
11 the contrary, the Mayor and the Chief of Police
12 have ruled as well that nepotism is fine as
13 long as someone else votes them in.
14 That became the rule under this
15 administration. And I guess since that's the
16 rule now, anything's open. Good night.
17 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
18 MS. SCHUMACHER: Marie Schumacher,
19 resident, taxpayer in the City of Scranton. I
20 guess I don't know quite what to do. I was
21 looking at pictures of my -- on my phone. I
22 could show you later, cuts into 307. And the
23 cuts on 307 were made by the bottoms of cars or
24 maybe trucks too. I don't know -- but that
25 came off Seymour Avenue.
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1 Now, where do you go to get
2 something done? I mean, I myself had -- I
3 spent $2,200 this year because I also made that
4 same cut -- got out and went down 307 and hit
5 the bottom and I paid out $2,200. Now what can
6 be done and where do you go? Do you go to the
7 city or do you go to the state?
8 MR. SMURL: Marie, is it -- 307 is a
9 state road. Were you on that or were you on
10 the city road coming down?
11 MS. SCHUMACHER: Half and half.
12 MR. SMURL: I'm sorry?
13 MS. SCHUMACHER: I said half and
14 half. Half on Seymour and half on the --
15 MR. SMURL: Where is the road cut?
16 You said there was a cut.
17 MS. SCHUMACHER: It's on -- on 307.
18 MR. SMURL: It's on 307. So that
19 would be who you would call. I mean if it's
20 307, that would be state road, right?
21 MS. SCHUMACHER: Well, yes, but it
22 wouldn't be there on 307 if it wasn't coming
23 out from Seymour Avenue which is a city street.
24 MR. SMURL: Okay.
25 MS. SCHUMACHER: So what do you do?
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1 MR. SMURL: Are you saying that the
2 road is cut? There's a cut in the road?
3 MS. SCHUMACHER: I'll show you after
4 the meeting.
5 MR. SMURL: Okay.
6 MS. SCHUMACHER: I got it on my
7 little camera here. But I'll show you.
8 It's -- so we don't know where you go. Okay.
9 Thank you.
10 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
11 MR. VOLDENBERG: Mr. Smurl, I'll
12 reach out to PennDOT in the morning.
13 MR. SMURL: Thank you.
14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll have them look
15 at it and determine if it's theirs or the
16 city's.
17 MR. SMURL: Okay.
18 MR. MANCINI: Good evening, Scranton
19 City Council, Mike Mancini, true resident of
20 our City of Scranton. To quote an old hair
21 band, Rat, what comes around goes around. I'll
22 tell you why. This evening I will call a spade
23 a spade.
24 Last week I questioned about our --
25 there was a question raised about my residency
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1 by a sitting Council member, Mr. Schuster. You
2 know that I reside in Scranton based upon the
3 time together as part of the West Scranton
4 Crime Watch. Maybe you should ask the Mayor
5 about her residency, yet you won't do that.
6 You walked around your neighborhood
7 with her four years ago. There are more
8 questions about her residency than mine. With
9 that being said, I'm here tonight to talk about
10 our recent interactions regarding the only
11 crime watch program that you disbanded and used
12 lies about me to put your own personal vendetta
13 over on something special to help our
14 community.
15 Need I remind you that one of our
16 Scranton Police Officers, our brave police
17 officers was critically injured and another one
18 passed a while on duty both in West Scranton.
19 You work with children daily. I commend you
20 for that. What I will not commend you for is
21 the fact that you targeted me personally via
22 e-mail shared by all members of the West
23 Scranton Crime Watch.
24 And unlike Dr. Rothchild who turned
25 two syllables into a four syllable word, you
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1 chose to take two things about me, one
2 involving my vehicle which was in a garage and
3 worked on for 22 days and an engine repair that
4 still isn't fixed.
5 I have a date with a district
6 magistrate to correct that wrongdoing. It's
7 the same very vehicle that I visit my son
8 daily. I drive around for about 20 minutes
9 before I visit him, then I don't want to leave.
10 The other thing you twisted was the time that I
11 spent helping the Washburn Street Cemetery.
12 Mr. Schuster, you are careless with
13 the truth. The good people of Scranton would
14 be careless if they voted for you to single out
15 a father who lost his only child, an active
16 Marine to an opioid crisis. It's
17 disheartening. I carry my truths.
18 I pretty much put my life on hold
19 after my son's passing working out of home with
20 a compression fracture in my elbow and
21 vertebrae as a tribute to him. And then
22 thankfully beating stage two classic Hodgkin's
23 lymphoma.
24 I'm still waiting my closure. June
25 18th he will be sentenced. I will be in San
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1 Diego speaking to a judge requesting a life in
2 prison sentence. Yet locally, do not prosecute
3 those who impact families in my very same
4 hometown. That will change.
5 How many families were impacted by
6 that pill press found in Scranton? Gang
7 members who were found with that pill press
8 were pictured with the Mayor and a child.
9 I'm running to become the 37th Mayor
10 of Scranton because our city needs to be given
11 back to its citizens. We need to flip this
12 script. We continuously vote for the same type
13 of people, keep getting the same type of
14 results.
15 This is time to put away the
16 bandages and the first aid kit and start fixing
17 things. I mean well, Mr. Schuster. I want to
18 do my part to make our city safer. Better
19 roads, fiscal responsibility, take that extra
20 set of doors off and open the city for
21 business.
22 This is the most important election
23 in my lifetime. Getting out to vote is
24 critical to our future success. In about 168
25 hours from now, the polls will close. Speak
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1 your mind. Get out and vote. Don't vote for
2 those that take four deep end pools away, 155
3 million in grants and not visibly seen.
4 Our police officers are 40 plus
5 short or those who disband the only crime watch
6 program because of lies and politics. Next
7 week, my qualifications. Change is coming.
8 Good evening, Council.
9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?
10 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A.
11 MOTIONS.
12 MR. SMURL: Mr. King, do you have
13 any motions or comments?
14 MR. KING: No, just a few quick
15 comments. I appreciated having Eileen
16 Cipriani, Scott Gassenmeyer and the other two
17 gentlemen here this evening to talk about the
18 pave cuts and the process that's being used
19 now. So that was very informative.
20 It seems like we're on the right
21 track now so I appreciate that. Other than
22 that, I would want to wish everyone who's
23 running for public office on Tuesday, I wish
24 you the best of luck.
25 I give anyone credit that's willing
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1 to go out and get petitions and put your name
2 on a ballot. So that means that you want --
3 you want to serve your city. So I wish each of
4 you the best of luck on Tuesday. That it's.
5 Thank you.
6 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.
7 Mr. Schuster, do you have any motions or
8 comments?
9 MR. SCHUSTER: So, yes, I do have a
10 few. Last week I asked, Mr. Voldenberg, if you
11 could check up on an update on Ferdinand
12 Street. Back in March we talked with Eileen
13 Cipriani who said that that project was out to
14 bid. Did we get an update on that?
15 MR. VOLDENBERG: We did request a
16 few weeks ago that section, the 1800 block of
17 Ferdinand be added as an alternate to the 2025
18 paving list. And I'll follow up.
19 MR. SCHUSTER: And Kirst Court was
20 another one that you had -- you had sent to me.
21 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's another one
22 that we added that was not on the record.
23 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank you
24 very much.
25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 700 block of Kirst
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1 Court.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Thank
3 you. Last week I did ask for an update on our
4 HUP test. I asked about -- the last update we
5 got were that letters didn't go out but the
6 answer that we got today was that the County
7 Tax Assessor's office mailed the HUP test
8 related letters out on May 7th with a return
9 date of June 30th.
10 So the county is going to process
11 those responses once they are returned. But
12 that return date is June 30th. I also see that
13 there was a question about basins. Mr.
14 Voldenberg, we were looking into getting the
15 city owned basins and the water company basins
16 compiled.
17 I know you reached out to Jim Mack
18 and Steve Osellinski from the water company.
19 And I see that there -- we also had a DPW
20 request. Have we gotten any updates on that
21 list of basins?
22 MR. VOLDENBERG: They are still
23 compiling the list.
24 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank
25 you. Have we heard from the water company on
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1 that?
2 MR. VOLDENBERG: No, I haven't.
3 I'll follow up.
4 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank
5 you. A couple other addresses that I had on
6 the one on Yesu Drive I was glad that the
7 resident came out tonight. We forwarded that
8 e-mail over. And if we could try to get that
9 meeting with that resident and city engineers
10 and those involved --
11 MR. VOLDENBERG: We asked that
12 question today. I'll involve the City Engineer
13 tomorrow.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I also in
15 the last few days sent over 421 Campbell
16 Street. The resident did inform me that
17 somebody was out at about 9:00 in morning but
18 the residents weren't home or didn't answer the
19 door. So I'll send another e-mail about that
20 address tonight so we could follow up on that
21 and stay on top of it because it seems like a
22 dangerous situation.
23 MR. VOLDENBERG: It is.
24 MR. SCHUSTER: The last one, we did
25 get a response back from Code Enforcement
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1 regarding Main Avenue. I believe it was the
2 100 block of Main Avenue. It was an appliance
3 store. So the complaint that we got from the
4 resident was that appliances were out on the
5 city streets.
6 And they went out and they stated
7 that the appliance store was zoned correctly.
8 But the complaint from the resident was that
9 the appliances were out on the street. So can
10 we just follow up on that -- on that complaint
11 to see where we could go when it comes to those
12 appliances being on the street?
13 I understand that it is an appliance
14 store. But to have those -- those items out on
15 the road doesn't seem correct.
16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
18 That's it.
19 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster.
20 Dr. Rothchild, do you have any motions or
21 comments?
22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I do. First, I
23 just wanted to check with Mr. Voldenberg about
24 one of the responses we received in reference
25 to something I brought up last week about the
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1 city owned basins and sewage drains. There's
2 one intersection in particular I was asking
3 about last week downtown.
4 And that was for Penn Avenue and
5 Biden Street. Was that one sent along to DPW
6 to take a look at that corner?
7 MR. VOLDENBERG: That was submitted.
8 But we have not had an answer as to their next
9 steps.
10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. All right. I
11 appreciate that for clarity.
12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll follow up.
13 DR. ROTHCHILD: And then I also
14 received a status on the paving and marking
15 that we were looking for Lackawanna Avenue.
16 And I was told that the city and its engineers
17 have reached out to the utility companies for
18 an update on scheduled resurfacing.
19 The locations have been marked and
20 utilities anticipate work beginning in two to
21 three weeks, weather depending. The
22 streetscape work is still pending PennDOT
23 permitting. So this road, we'll keep an eye on
24 that and see what happens within the next
25 couple weeks. And we'll stay on top of it to
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1 ensure that it gets completed soon hopefully.
2 And there was someone that asked
3 about the homeless population within Scranton.
4 And I did want to ask the administration if I
5 could get a date for the next unsheltered task
6 force meeting because I haven't seen anything
7 as of late. And I think it's been a few months
8 since they met. I know it's headed by the
9 Mayor. So I wanted to see if there was a
10 meeting --
11 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get that.
12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you.
13 And let's see, and a few other concerns I'll
14 just have forwarded along to Mr. Voldenberg so
15 they could be taken care of. There were just a
16 couple other things I just want to make a few
17 comments on.
18 First the SB9 was brought up, Senate
19 Bill 9 from last week that I wanted to make a
20 comment on. And there were a couple of other
21 comments too in reference to transgender people
22 involved in sports. So I just want to say I
23 was really disheartened and disappointed with
24 how our Senator voted on the bill last week.
25 I think that bills like this are
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1 really only meant to hurt the transgender
2 community. But I think it could also in turn
3 hurt women and girls in sports who could be
4 subject to questioning about their gender or
5 even invasive exams.
6 And no one is transitioning to
7 another gender just so they could be on a
8 sports team. That's -- that's not happening.
9 And I think what this really is about is
10 erasure, erasure of transpeople from our
11 society, not wanting them to be a part of our
12 society because they don't fit into what, you
13 know, we think that -- that they should be.
14 And I think that's -- that's really
15 sad because I think they could be incredible
16 people and incredible parts of our society.
17 And I think that is just trying to create fear
18 and getting them from anywhere that we can,
19 sports, bathrooms.
20 So I think it's really terrible that
21 this is a priority of our Senate instead of the
22 issues that really matter to Pennsylvanians and
23 Scrantonians and real things that are affecting
24 people's lives that could be addressed as
25 opposed to caving into these falsities.
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1 So another thing that I just wanted
2 to make note of, Miss Jeffries brought up the
3 language in Council which I know I've addressed
4 many times myself. I think it's really
5 offensive to call immigrants scumbags. I think
6 they are productive members of our society.
7 And you don't know someone's legal
8 status. You might think that you do from where
9 the person is from or the language they speak
10 or the color of their skin. But you don't know
11 what their legal status is.
12 And people are being taken across
13 our country without due process. And there's
14 evidence of this. I'm not just spreading
15 rumors. That's what's happening. And I really
16 hope that that does not happen in our city.
17 And I would be against any ICE office from
18 opening in our city.
19 So I just wanted to make that stance
20 known. And I want to protect our immigrants.
21 That's all that I have for tonight. Thank you.
22 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.
23 Rothchild. Mr. McAndrew, do you have any
24 motions or comments?
25 MR. MCANDREW: So I have a couple
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1 responses that I received. So last week I
2 asked about an update on the study at Engine 10
3 on East Mountain. What I got back was, the
4 city submitted an LSA Grant application. So
5 this is to fund the study. And there's still
6 -- which is still pending. So that's the
7 answer to that.
8 And then for a couple weeks I've
9 been talking about this group, you know, and I
10 said I'm thrilled to have them. We should
11 embrace them. We should support them. You
12 know, and it's nickname is the Scranton Lovers
13 Beautification Group.
14 And they have been asking for
15 permission to plant flowers because this is the
16 time to do it. You know, they have people
17 committed to donating them. And so this is the
18 third response I got. So they didn't answer
19 the question if they're allowed to plant them
20 at all.
21 And that's what they want to hear
22 because they're going to clean up more than one
23 space. But this one in -- this one was
24 specific that they wanted to do it -- property
25 off Front Street after they clean it up.
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1 You know, of course, it said please
2 see the attached e-mails sent and received to
3 311 and forwarded to OECD. For some reason
4 OECD had to make the final call. But they
5 got -- you know, they went through a couple
6 departments with no response or feedback.
7 So OECD says for the final review.
8 So the -- okay, the response we finally got was
9 the city does not have site control over any
10 parcels on Front Street. Two small parcels
11 list the city as owners but not -- are treasury
12 deeds, which does not give the city site
13 control.
14 So I asked our solicitor --
15 Solicitor Gilbride, can you just explain
16 because I'm going to be asked the question what
17 does a treasury deed mean and why can't we, you
18 know, plant some flowers there so if you could
19 explain that. I hate to put you on the spot
20 but --
21 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Well, I'll give you
22 the best answer I could give you because I did
23 not speak with the administration in regard to
24 this question. It did not come up until
25 earlier today when you asked me.
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1 But basically what the treasury deed
2 is is when a property is taken by a
3 governmental entity due to tax issues not being
4 paid. If they don't then follow through with
5 the actual process to assume control of that
6 property, they have legal control but they
7 don't have the ability. They don't actually
8 own the property.
9 It's not a property the city could
10 then do something with. I assume that's what
11 they are saying when they say treasury deed.
12 MR. MCANDREW: I appreciate your
13 opinion. I still think they should be allowed
14 to plant flowers there. No one is using it.
15 And if the city actually owns it in some
16 perspective, I think it should be allowed.
17 But with that said, so I'm
18 assuming -- and I'm going to let the group know
19 that, okay, at any other property they're
20 allowed to do it, not someone's personal
21 property. But any other city owned property as
22 long as it's not treasury deeds, they should do
23 that because this is the time to do it.
24 They're anxiously awaiting to do
25 this and they keep getting some speed bumps.
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1 But like I said last week, time is their enemy.
2 So they got to get flowers. They got to get
3 this done. So thank you, Solicitor Gilbride.
4 And thank you to the Scranton Lovers
5 Beautification Group. They're out there, you
6 know, cleaning up and trying to make the city
7 look better.
8 All right. So also Mr. Coyne talked
9 about a bid update for the recycling contract.
10 This is a couple months now. And I initially
11 proposed, okay, so we're paying almost 100
12 grand now because they're taking our commingled
13 recyclables and throwing them in the garbage.
14 That's basically what's happening.
15 I proposed a solution months ago,
16 just do a separate pickup for glass and
17 plastic. It's not a big deal. Pick them up
18 separately, then they don't have to throw them
19 away. Then they could be properly recycled.
20 I remember suggesting that. And
21 all I got was we'll think about it. We'll
22 negotiate it so or then we finally get another
23 response that we're looking -- we're now
24 looking for a recycling contractor. So that's
25 been months. It's been months. So can we get
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1 a final update to see where they're at?
2 I mean, it's approaching 100 grand
3 that we shouldn't be paying. That's absurd.
4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
5 MR. MCANDREW: All right. And then
6 also, the building directly next to the fire
7 station, I don't know the name of the building
8 but it's huge and it has a huge gutter that
9 runs the whole length of it. And the gutter is
10 huge. It's not like a house gutter. It's
11 about this big.
12 I don't know what material it's made
13 from. But it's tilted and hanging and poses a
14 great public safety risk if you could have --
15 send that over and have it looked at.
16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll send it over.
17 MR. MCANDREW: Before someone gets
18 hurt. We don't want that to happen. And that
19 is all I have. Thank you.
20 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.
21 I have just have a few things. The memorandum
22 of agreement between the City of Scranton and
23 the International Association of Firefighters
24 Local Number 60 repealing the residency
25 requirements for the city employees, it was
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1 signed yesterday by both the -- Al Lucas and by
2 the Mayor. So I believe that is finally
3 finished.
4 Also, while I was on the recreation
5 Authority at Nay Aug Geisinger took care --
6 the deal was if they parked there, they donated
7 money. But they did maintain that parking lot.
8 They plow it. They clean it. And they also do
9 the line painting.
10 So I would assume it's them again
11 because they seem to do it every two years.
12 And I've seen it done probably four times
13 already. So I believe that's what it is. Now,
14 the building on South 10th Avenue, the
15 building did go down before the contractor got
16 there.
17 So the contractor basically cleaned
18 it up. But it did fall down before we got
19 there. Also, there was another onsite
20 emergency demolition bid today at 801 South
21 Webster Avenue. I believe it was about 1:00
22 this afternoon.
23 So I don't know what condition that
24 building was in. But they were there today to
25 start that. Also, I forgot in announcements
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1 May 17th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. South Scranton
2 Neighborhood Association is having their
3 neighborhood cleanup.
4 They are meeting at August Haas
5 Funeral Home at 202 Pittston Avenue. And I got
6 this request or this information for
7 information from the county. They were told
8 that St. Patrick's Day Parade there was an
9 automobile accident.
10 A car went around the garbage truck
11 down Biden Street and up the one way, and I
12 believe they said it struck somebody or
13 something. I did ask our Chief and they had
14 sent me a message a little while ago that there
15 was an arrest made there. So I guess it did
16 happen.
17 So they were wondering if it was
18 ever reported. So, yes, it was reported and
19 there was an arrest there made. And also, I
20 guess, tonight again we're all asking and I
21 hope this is last time, but e-mails, texts and
22 all the phone calls does the Mayor live in the
23 city.
24 Now why you would continue on with
25 this? So I did look up her house and see where
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1 she lives. She lives on Euclid Avenue but also
2 on Euclid Avenue when I was up there, there are
3 two parcels across the street, empty lots,
4 trees on them. But there is also trail cams on
5 them.
6 So one would assume if there's trail
7 cams on that why would we ask if the Mayor
8 lives in Scranton anymore? Let's find out
9 whose trail cams they are and maybe you could
10 find out the truth once and for all. Maybe
11 that's why there is no evidence brought forward
12 that she doesn't live in the city. That's all
13 I have.
14 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR
15 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - REAPPOINTMENT OF
16 JESSICA NOLAN AS A MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
17 ADVISORY COUNCIL, EXPIRING MAY 31, 2028.
18 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
19 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced
20 into its proper committee.
21 MR. KING: So moved.
22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
23 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
24 those in favor of introduction signify by
25 saying aye.
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1 MR. KING: Aye.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
4 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
5 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
6 have it and so moved.
7 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR
8 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
9 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A
10 FISCAL YEAR 2026 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
11 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION
12 BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON FOR UP TO $3,000,000
13 FOR THE PITTSTON AVENUE INFRASTRUCTURE
14 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.
15 MR. KING: So moved.
16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
17 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
18 those in favor of introduction signify by
19 saying aye.
20 MR. KING: Aye.
21 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
23 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
24 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
25 have it and so moved.
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1 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR
2 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
3 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A
4 FISCAL YEAR 2026 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
5 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION
6 BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON FOR UP TO $363,618 FOR
7 THE PINE BROOK BROWNFIELD CLEANUP AND SITE
8 PREPARATION PROJECT.
9 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
10 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced
11 into its proper committee.
12 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
14 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
15 those in favor of introduction signify by
16 saying aye.
17 MR. KING: Aye.
18 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
19 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
20 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
21 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
22 have it and so moved.
23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR
24 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
25 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A
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1 FISCAL YEAR 2026 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
2 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION
3 BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON FOR UP TO $1,000,000
4 FOR THE PURCHASE OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY AND
5 EQUIPMENT.
6 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
7 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced
8 into its proper committee.
9 MR. KING: So moved.
10 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.
11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
12 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
13 those in favor of introduction signify by
14 saying aye.
15 MR. KING: Aye.
16 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
17 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
18 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
19 have it and so moved.
20 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR
21 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
22 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF A
23 FISCAL YEAR 2026 FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
24 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST APPLICATION
25 BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON FOR UP TO $2,343,750
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1 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
2 AND TRAINING CENTER (EOC).
3 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
4 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced
5 into its proper committee.
6 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
8 MR. SMURL: On the question?
9 MR. KING: On the question, this is
10 the Career Tech Center Project? Okay.
11 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of
12 introduction 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: 5-G. FOR
20 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE
21 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO
22 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BARRY
23 ISETT AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN AND
24 ENGINEERING OF THE GRACE STREET PLAYGROUND.
25 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
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1 entertain a motion that Item 5-G be introduced
2 into its proper committee.
3 DR. ROTHCHILD: So moved.
4 MR. KING: Second.
5 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
6 those in favor of introduction signify by
7 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: 5-H. FOR
15 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPROVING THE
16 INTERMUNICIPAL TRANSFER OF A RESTAURANT LIQUOR
17 LICENSE R 3518, CURRENTLY OWNED BY DEBRA LYNN
18 REESE, AND LOCATED AT 138 SMITH STREET,
19 DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 18512-
20 2358, TO DAVIDG, LLC, LOCATED AT 667 SOUTH
21 RIVER STREET, PLAINS, LUZERNE COUNTY,
22 PENNSYLVANIA 18705, AS REQUIRED BY THE
23 PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD.
24 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
25 entertain a motion that Item 5-H be introduced
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1 into its proper committee.
2 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
3 MR. KING: So moved.
4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
5 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
6 those in favor of introduction signify by
7 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. MCANDREW: I make a motion to
15 table Item 5-H.
16 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the
17 floor and a second --
18 MR. KING: Second.
19 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the
20 floor and a second to table Item 5-H. This
21 piece of legislation is being tabled to allow
22 for advertisement of a public hearing to be
23 held on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.
24 On the question? All those in favor signify by
25 saying aye.
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1 MR. KING: Aye.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
4 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
5 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
6 have it and so moved.
7 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-I. FOR
8 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
9 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE
10 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO
11 THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION &
12 NATURAL RESOURCES FOR UP TO $175,000.00 IN
13 FUNDS FOR PHASE 2 OF THE ALL-INCLUSIVE
14 PLAYGROUND AT NAY AUG PARK, THAT INCLUDES THE
15 DESIGN, PURCHASE, AND INSTALLATION OF ALL-
16 INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
17 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
18 entertain a motion that Item 5-I be introduced
19 into its proper committee.
20 MR. KING: So moved.
21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
22 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
23 those in favor of introduction signify by
24 saying aye.
25 MR. KING: Aye.
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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-J. FOR
7 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
8 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE
9 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO
10 THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION &
11 NATURAL RESOURCES FOR UP TO $118,289.00 IN
12 FUNDS FOR FELLOWS PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
13 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
14 entertain a motion that Item 5-J be introduced
15 into its proper committee.
16 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
17 DR. ROTHCHILD: 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
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1 have it and so moved.
2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-K. FOR
3 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - ACCEPTING THE
4 RECOMMENDATION OF THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL
5 REVIEW BOARD ("HARB") AND DENYING THE
6 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE
7 CONVERSION OF TWO (2) EXISTING STATIC
8 BILLBOARDS LOCATED 320 MULBERRY STREET.
9 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
10 entertain a motion that Item 5-K be introduced
11 into its proper committee.
12 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
14 MR. SMURL: On the question?
15 MR. KING: On the question, I'm
16 going to refer to our Solicitor. Attorney
17 Gilbride, the reason that the HARP has denied
18 this is due to the fact that this billboard is
19 in the historical section of the city; is that
20 correct?
21 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That's correct.
22 MR. KING: Okay. And the electronic
23 billboard as you enter the city off of, I guess
24 it would be Moosic Street and Biden Expressway
25 that sits above the jewelry store there,
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1 that's not in the architectural or the
2 historical section of the city?
3 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That's correct, nor
4 is the one that comes as you come from North
5 Scranton into the city onto Mulberry Street.
6 That is outside of the historic district as
7 well.
8 MR. KING: So the issue would be if
9 we were to grant this, that would just open the
10 door to --
11 ATTY. GILBRIDE: It would take away
12 your right to further limit any of these LEDs
13 in the historic section.
14 MR. KING: Thank you.
15 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of
16 introduction signify by saying aye.
17 MR. KING: Aye.
18 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.
19 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
20 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
21 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes
22 have it and so moved.
23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-L. FOR
24 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
25 APPROVING OF THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF
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1 THE GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON
2 AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
3 CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT THE GRANT IN THE
4 AMOUNT OF $1,000.00 AWARDED BY LACKAWANNA
5 COUNTY FOR AN ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT.
6 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll
7 entertain a motion that Item 5-L be introduced
8 into its proper committee.
9 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
10 MR. KING: Second.
11 MR. SMURL: All those in favor of
12 introduction 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: SIXTH ORDER. No
20 business at this time.
21 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR
22 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR
23 ADOPTION - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 75, 2025 -
24 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
25 CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO AN
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1 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
2 THE CITY OF SCRANTON AND COMMONWEALTH OF
3 PENNSYLVANIA FOR USE OF AMERICAN DIGITAL
4 CARTOGRAPHY, INC. (ADCI) PRODUCTS.
5 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for the
6 Committee on Rules, I recommend final passage
7 of Item 7-A.
8 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.
9 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll
10 call, please.
11 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.
12 MR. KING: Yes.
13 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.
15 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild.
16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
17 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.
18 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.
19 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.
20 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare
21 Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.
22 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR
23 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
24 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO.
25 76, 2025 - RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING THE
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1 EXECUTION OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT
2 AGREEMENTS FOR PARCELS LOCATED AT 2709 JACKSON
3 STREET AND 8 FAWNWOOD DRIVE SCRANTON,
4 PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE SINKHOLE REPAIR PROJECT.
5 MR. SMURL: What is the
6 recommendation of the Chairperson for the
7 Committee on Public Works?
8 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for
9 the Committee on Public Works, I recommend
10 final passage of Item 7-B.
11 MR. KING: Second.
12 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll
13 call, please.
14 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.
15 MR. KING: Yes.
16 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.
18 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild.
19 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
20 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.
21 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.
22 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.
23 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare
24 Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.
25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR
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1 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY
2 DEVELOPMENT - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO.
3 202, 2025 - RESOLUTION FOR PLAN REVISION FOR
4 NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME LAND DEVELOPMENT LOCATED
5 AT 111 MONTEREY ROAD.
6 MR. SMURL: What is the
7 recommendation of the Chairperson for the
8 Committee on Community Development?
9 DR. ROTHCHILD: As Chairperson for
10 the Committee on Community Development, I
11 recommend final passage of Item 7-C.
12 MR. KING: Second.
13 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll
14 call, please.
15 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.
16 MR. KING: Yes.
17 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.
18 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.
19 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild.
20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
21 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.
22 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.
23 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.
24 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare
25 Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted.
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1 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. FOR
2 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR
3 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 203, 2025 -
4 APPOINTMENT OF SAMANTHA BODE, SCRANTON,
5 PENNSYLVANIA, AS A MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
6 ADVISORY COUNCIL TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF
7 ROBERT SCHUMAKER, WHO RESIGNED. SAMANTHA
8 BODE'S TERM IS EFFECTIVE UPON EXECUTION OF THIS
9 RESOLUTION AND WILL EXPIRE ON JULY 31, 2026.
10 MR. SMURL: As Chairperson for the
11 Committee on Rules I recommend final passage of
12 Item 7-D.
13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
14 MR. SMURL: On the question?
15 MR. KING: On the question, I want
16 to thank Mr. Schumaker for all the work and
17 dedication he gave to that committee. And I
18 know -- I believe he moved out of the city. So
19 but, I mean, often times you go up to Nay Aug
20 Park, you'd find this guy putting mulch out and
21 just working and always contributing to the
22 betterment of the city. So I want to thank
23 Mr. Schumaker and wish him well.
24 DR. ROTHCHILD: I agree. I also
25 wanted to thank Mr. Schumaker for his
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1 commitment to the city and participating on the
2 Environmental Advisory Council as well as all
3 the work he's done at Nay Aug. We appreciate
4 that.
5 And then also wanted to welcome
6 Samantha Bode to the Council. I was very
7 impressed with her -- with her resume. And she
8 clearly has a passion for -- for the
9 environment. Thank you.
10 MR. SMURL: Roll call, please.
11 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. King.
12 MR. KING: Yes.
13 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Schuster.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.
15 MS. HERBSTER: Dr. Rothchild.
16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
17 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. McAndrew.
18 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.
19 MS. HERBSTER: Mr. Smurl.
20 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare
21 Item 7-D legally and lawfully adopted.
22 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. No
23 business at this time.
24 MR. SMURL: Before we adjourn, I'd
25 like to thank the Scranton Police Department
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2 do for all of us in the City of Scranton every
3 day.
4 If there's no further business, I'll
5 entertain a motion to adjourn.
6 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn.
7 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting
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Al [1] - 77:1 80:11, 81:5, 82:2, 74:5, 74:10, 77:10, 81:21, 82:15, 82:16, 34:9
Albright [1] - 7:21 82:24, 86:10, 87:9, 79:6 82:17, 82:18, 83:13, belongs [1] - 17:12
alcohol [1] - 8:6 90:1 assuming [1] - 74:18 83:14, 83:15, 83:16, best [5] - 31:7, 63:24,
Alfieri [1] - 6:1 application [1] - 72:4 assured [1] - 9:10 83:17, 84:8, 84:9, 64:4, 73:22, 97:6
aligned [1] - 10:3 apply [1] - 97:23 astonishing [1] - 36:5 84:10, 84:11, 84:12, better [3] - 53:10,
Alison [1] - 26:23 APPOINTMENT [1] - Aswell [3] - 30:20, 85:8, 85:9, 85:10, 62:18, 75:7
ALL [2] - 86:13, 86:15 94:4 48:12, 49:1 85:11, 85:12, 86:1, betterment [1] - 94:22
ALL-INCLUSIVE [1] - appreciate [6] - 34:17, AT [5] - 84:18, 84:20, 86:2, 86:3, 86:4, BETWEEN [1] - 91:1
86:13 38:22, 63:21, 68:11, 86:14, 92:2, 93:5 86:5, 86:25, 87:1, between [2] - 22:17,
Allegheny [1] - 52:13 74:12, 95:3 athletes [2] - 14:13, 87:2, 87:3, 87:4, 76:22
Allegiance [1] - 3:1 appreciated [1] - 14:20 87:21, 87:22, 87:23, Beynon [2] - 36:25,
Allentown [1] - 43:3 63:15 attached [2] - 30:8, 87:24, 87:25, 89:17, 37:9
approaching [1] - 73:2 89:18, 89:19, 89:20, bid [8] - 30:17, 31:1,
allow [1] - 85:21
76:2 Attorney [2] - 44:24, 89:21, 90:13, 90:14, 50:22, 54:20, 54:21,
allowed [7] - 13:19,
APPROPRIATE [3] - 45:4 90:15, 90:16, 90:17 64:14, 75:9, 77:20
20:17, 31:3, 72:19,
83:21, 90:2, 90:24 attorney [3] - 39:8, ayes [12] - 80:5, 80:24, Biden [6] - 17:6,
74:13, 74:16, 74:20
APPROPRIATENES 39:9, 88:16 81:21, 82:18, 83:17, 17:11, 56:25, 68:5,
allowing [2] - 13:10,
S [1] - 88:6 attorneys [1] - 39:8 84:12, 85:12, 86:5, 78:11, 88:24
13:15
appropriations [1] - ATTY [4] - 73:21, 87:4, 87:25, 89:21, bids [1] - 30:24
almost [2] - 18:15,
9:4 88:21, 89:3, 89:11 90:17
75:11 big [8] - 19:8, 23:1,
alone [4] - 21:21, 24:5, APPROPRIATIONS audience [1] - 11:18 25:6, 28:5, 30:7,
47:6, 51:7 [4] - 80:10, 81:4, audit [2] - 8:20, 8:24 B 43:21, 75:17, 76:11
alternate [1] - 64:17 82:1, 82:23 Aug [4] - 50:19, 77:5, biking [1] - 12:10
BA's [1] - 8:22
America's [1] - 39:3 approved [1] - 52:11 94:19, 95:3 Bill [1] - 69:19
backhoe [1] - 20:16
AMERICAN [1] - 91:3 APPROVING [8] - AUG [1] - 86:14 bill [3] - 14:12, 14:18,
backs [2] - 29:4
amount [3] - 5:3, 80:9, 81:3, 81:25, August [1] - 78:4 69:24
backup [2] - 9:3, 10:3
12:12, 20:1 82:22, 84:15, 86:9, Authority [6] - 40:2, billboard [2] - 88:18,
87:8, 89:25 backyard [1] - 21:22
AMOUNT [1] - 90:4 40:8, 41:3, 41:13, 88:23
April [7] - 22:21, bad [3] - 16:16, 18:1,
AN [3] - 83:1, 90:5, 41:20, 77:5 BILLBOARDS [1] -
29:20, 30:12, 41:19, 18:4
90:25 authorized [1] - 50:10 88:8
48:8, 49:20 bakery [1] - 51:25
AND [33] - 3:24, 80:8, AUTHORIZING [4] - bills [1] - 69:25
Arabia [1] - 45:1 balances [1] - 41:7
80:9, 81:2, 81:3, 83:20, 90:2, 90:24, binoculars [1] - 44:17
ARCHITECTURAL [1] ballot [6] - 15:16,
81:7, 81:24, 81:25, 91:25 Biondi [1] - 44:24
- 88:4 35:1, 35:4, 35:6,
82:4, 82:21, 82:22, automobile [1] - 78:9 bisexual [1] - 15:7
architectural [1] - 89:1 35:20, 64:2
83:2, 83:21, 83:22, available [4] - 14:3, bit [2] - 11:23, 32:9
area [4] - 36:16, 50:20, ban [1] - 14:13
83:23, 84:18, 86:8, 41:3, 41:4, 42:1 Blight [1] - 49:8
54:3, 54:7 band [2] - 8:4, 59:21
86:9, 86:15, 87:7, Avenue [15] - 9:6, block [6] - 49:1, 54:6,
areas [1] - 55:17 bandages [1] - 62:16
87:8, 88:5, 89:24, 12:23, 23:23, 29:19, 54:7, 64:16, 64:25,
ARGENTA [1] - 48:4 bargaining [1] - 8:12
89:25, 90:2, 90:24, 57:25, 58:23, 67:1, 67:2
Argenta [2] - 48:4, 67:2, 68:4, 68:15, Barre [1] - 52:13
90:25, 91:2, 91:25, BOARD [2] - 84:23,
92:3, 94:9 51:13 77:14, 77:21, 78:5, BARRY [1] - 83:22
88:5
Andrew [1] - 49:7 Armed [1] - 4:7 79:1, 79:2 based [2] - 31:25, 60:2
board [3] - 27:10,
angela [1] - 11:16 arrest [2] - 78:15, AVENUE [1] - 80:13 basins [5] - 65:13,
28:1, 41:16
Angela [2] - 3:7, 11:16 78:19 awaiting [1] - 74:24 65:15, 65:21, 68:1
Board [1] - 39:13
arrival [1] - 49:5 awarded [1] - 31:1 bathrooms [1] - 70:19
announcements [3] - Bob [11] - 15:10,
4:4, 4:6, 77:25 arrived [1] - 20:16 AWARDED [1] - 90:4 beat [1] - 36:10
15:12, 19:11, 19:13,
answer [6] - 65:6, AS [3] - 79:16, 84:22, aware [6] - 13:1, beating [1] - 61:22
28:13, 37:6, 49:2,
66:18, 68:8, 72:7, 94:5 13:17, 14:11, 34:25, Beautification [2] - 56:9, 56:11, 56:12,
72:18, 73:22 ASAP [1] - 17:9 35:9, 49:2 72:13, 75:5 57:2
anticipate [1] - 68:20 assessment [1] - awareness [1] - 48:20 became [1] - 57:14 BODE [1] - 94:4
anxiously [1] - 74:24 15:22 aye [12] - 79:25, 80:19, become [3] - 9:22, Bode [1] - 95:6
apartment [1] - 52:5 Assessor's [1] - 65:7 81:16, 82:14, 83:12, 39:10, 62:9 BODE'S [1] - 94:8
apartments [2] - 42:3, ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 84:7, 85:7, 85:25, begin [2] - 8:15, 11:22 body [2] - 55:9, 57:10
52:12 ASSOCIATES [1] - 86:24, 87:20, 89:16, beginning [2] - 4:18, Bolus [8] - 15:10,
apologize [1] - 33:13 83:23 90:12 68:20 15:12, 19:11, 19:13,
3
19:20, 56:11, 56:12, CERTIFICATE [1] - 76:22, 96:2 collapse [3] - 33:11,
C
57:2 88:6 city [79] - 12:5, 12:19, 48:25, 49:9
BOLUS [2] - 15:11, calendars [1] - 47:15 certificate [1] - 97:22 12:20, 12:25, 13:7, collapsed [1] - 30:13
19:19 camera [1] - 59:7 certify [1] - 97:3 13:15, 13:19, 13:20, collapsing [1] - 29:23
Bolus's [1] - 56:9 campaign [14] - 14:25, certifying [1] - 97:25 13:22, 13:25, 15:25, collecting [1] - 54:9
bonds [1] - 43:24 35:19, 35:24, 36:7, Chairperson [6] - 17:11, 18:12, 19:3, collective [1] - 8:12
book [2] - 7:20, 11:9 36:12, 36:21, 37:1, 91:5, 92:6, 92:8, 19:4, 19:6, 19:14, college [1] - 29:3
books [3] - 7:22, 11:7 37:4, 37:6, 37:9, 93:7, 93:9, 94:10 19:16, 19:17, 20:4, color [1] - 71:10
born [1] - 18:13 37:10, 37:13, 37:17, CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12 20:13, 20:20, 22:3, column [1] - 56:7
bothered [1] - 21:17 37:19 change [4] - 18:23, 22:20, 26:2, 27:11, coming [12] - 16:3,
bottom [1] - 58:5 Campbell [1] - 66:15 19:11, 62:4, 63:7 28:4, 28:8, 28:14, 17:10, 17:18, 21:11,
bottoms [1] - 57:23 cams [3] - 79:4, 79:7, charge [2] - 55:19, 30:14, 32:25, 33:6, 21:16, 21:18, 24:2,
boys [3] - 53:18, 79:9 55:23 33:18, 38:12, 39:21, 24:3, 54:22, 58:10,
53:21, 53:22 candidate [7] - 35:1, charity [2] - 56:15, 42:12, 48:16, 49:7, 58:22, 63:7
brace [1] - 33:7 35:5, 35:25, 36:25, 56:18 49:11, 49:12, 50:6, commend [2] - 60:19,
brave [3] - 5:19, 5:23, 39:1, 49:2, 57:4 Charlie [1] - 15:17 50:15, 51:4, 51:7, 60:20
60:16 candidates [5] - Charter [1] - 8:19 51:9, 55:1, 55:22, comment [1] - 69:20
BRIC [2] - 9:11, 9:13 15:23, 17:21, 28:23, cheaper [1] - 28:2 58:7, 58:10, 58:23, comments [8] - 4:1,
bring [4] - 10:7, 16:9, 35:21, 36:6 check [2] - 64:11, 62:10, 62:18, 62:20, 63:13, 63:15, 64:8,
17:13, 43:13 cannot [5] - 20:20, 67:23 64:3, 65:15, 66:9, 67:21, 69:17, 69:21,
20:22, 22:16, 38:16, checking [1] - 41:8 67:5, 68:1, 68:16, 71:24
BROOK [1] - 81:7
46:20 71:16, 71:18, 72:4, commingled [1] -
Brook [1] - 9:6 Chermak [1] - 56:22
cans [1] - 52:20 73:9, 73:11, 73:12, 75:12
brought [6] - 27:10, Cherry [1] - 23:21
Capouse [2] - 51:21, 74:9, 74:15, 74:21, Commissioner [1] -
51:7, 67:25, 69:18, Chief [2] - 57:11,
51:24 75:6, 76:25, 78:23, 39:13
71:2, 79:11 78:13
car [2] - 51:23, 78:10 79:12, 88:19, 88:23,
BROWNFIELD [1] - child [2] - 61:15, 62:8 commitment [2] -
89:2, 89:5, 94:18,
81:7 care [6] - 8:10, 8:11, children [4] - 6:10, 15:6, 95:1
94:22, 95:1
BS [3] - 17:4, 18:24, 24:25, 52:19, 69:15, 28:16, 46:17, 60:19 commitments [1] -
77:5 city's [3] - 22:9, 49:19,
55:10 chills [1] - 11:12 14:8
59:16
budgeting [1] - 37:21 cared [1] - 28:19 choice [2] - 46:25, committed [1] - 72:17
city-owned [1] - 12:20
building [14] - 30:4, Career [2] - 9:24, 47:9 committee [12] - 9:5,
83:10 claim [2] - 49:9, 49:19
30:13, 39:23, 39:24, chose [1] - 61:1 79:20, 81:11, 82:8,
careful [1] - 46:4 clamp [1] - 42:22
44:15, 48:25, 52:5, chosen [1] - 57:1 83:5, 84:2, 85:1,
careless [2] - 61:12, clarification [1] - 15:2 86:19, 87:15, 88:11,
52:7, 76:6, 76:7, Chris [3] - 19:21,
61:14 clarity [1] - 68:11 90:8, 94:17
77:14, 77:15, 77:24 19:22, 56:7
CARRERA [1] - 2:9 Clarks [1] - 43:18 COMMITTEE [4] -
buildings [3] - 50:14, Christmas [2] - 56:9
carry [1] - 61:17 classes [1] - 53:2 90:22, 91:23, 93:1,
52:6, 52:14 cinderblocks [1] -
built [2] - 28:2, 54:3 cars [3] - 12:3, 28:14, classic [1] - 61:22 94:2
31:23
bulldozer [1] - 31:8 57:23 clean [3] - 72:22, Committee [6] - 91:6,
Cipriani [2] - 63:16,
CARTOGRAPHY [1] - 72:25, 77:8 92:7, 92:9, 93:8,
bullet [1] - 46:12 64:13
91:4 cleaned [1] - 77:17 93:10, 94:11
bullied [1] - 18:16 cities [2] - 11:10,
caused [1] - 13:24 cleaner [1] - 52:18 common [1] - 38:13
bumps [1] - 74:25 52:17
causing [1] - 20:5 cleaning [2] - 50:12, COMMONWEALTH
bunch [2] - 28:7, 52:3 citizens [1] - 62:11
caved [1] - 32:13 75:6 [1] - 91:2
burden [3] - 12:14, CITIZENS [1] - 7:2
caving [1] - 70:25 CLEANUP [1] - 81:7 Commonwealth [1] -
13:9, 13:24 CITY [15] - 1:1, 2:8,
ceilings [1] - 21:7 cleanup [2] - 4:25, 14:23
buried [1] - 19:5 2:9, 3:22, 80:12,
celebrate [1] - 5:6 78:3 Community [2] - 93:8,
burnings [1] - 11:10 81:6, 82:3, 82:25,
Cemetery [1] - 61:11 clear [2] - 14:21, 15:20 93:10
buses [1] - 12:11 83:21, 86:10, 87:9,
CENTER [1] - 83:2 clearly [2] - 23:10, COMMUNITY [5] -
Business [1] - 32:10 90:1, 90:3, 90:25,
91:2 95:8 80:11, 81:5, 82:2,
business [7] - 22:1, center [5] - 9:23, 10:4,
10:13, 29:3, 55:25 City [31] - 5:9, 5:10, clerical [2] - 44:7, 44:9 82:24, 93:1
34:21, 37:16, 62:21,
Center [6] - 4:9, 9:8, 12:4, 16:4, 16:17, CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 community [5] - 3:7,
90:20, 95:23, 96:4
9:18, 9:20, 55:11, 17:8, 19:12, 25:8, Clerk [1] - 29:25 15:25, 55:25, 60:14,
BY [14] - 80:12, 81:6,
83:10 25:18, 25:20, 25:24, close [1] - 62:25 70:2
82:3, 82:25, 84:17,
84:22, 86:10, 87:9, Center's [1] - 9:24 27:3, 29:21, 29:25, closet [1] - 56:8 companies [2] -
90:1, 90:4, 90:22, centered [1] - 12:8 30:1, 33:5, 34:10, closure [1] - 61:24 18:14, 68:17
91:23, 93:1, 94:2 centers [1] - 55:7 37:22, 41:6, 43:19, Club [1] - 6:1 company [5] - 49:6,
bypassed [1] - 50:8 cents [1] - 41:9 47:16, 48:9, 49:7, Code [1] - 66:25 55:15, 65:15, 65:18,
certain [1] - 13:20 49:14, 56:3, 57:19, Cognetti [2] - 28:24, 65:25
certainly [1] - 37:25 59:19, 59:20, 66:12, 36:13 COMPARISON [2] -
4
3:23, 3:24 75:9 56:1, 56:5, 65:6 data [1] - 8:23 86:11, 87:10
compete [1] - 18:2 contractor [4] - 32:14, county [3] - 39:11, DATE [1] - 3:23 Department [5] - 5:20,
competing [1] - 14:13 75:24, 77:15, 77:17 65:10, 78:7 date [6] - 8:20, 54:16, 49:8, 49:16, 50:5,
competition [1] - 5:1 contractors [1] - county's [1] - 10:4 61:5, 65:9, 65:12, 95:25
compiled [1] - 65:16 50:18 couple [10] - 13:18, 69:5 departments [2] -
compiling [1] - 65:23 contracts [1] - 42:20 43:25, 66:5, 68:25, Dave [2] - 42:9, 42:11 5:24, 73:6
complaint [3] - 67:3, contrary [1] - 57:11 69:16, 69:20, 71:25, DAVIDG [1] - 84:20 deserve [1] - 14:2
67:8, 67:10 contributes [1] - 72:8, 73:5, 75:10 days [4] - 6:7, 30:12, DESIGN [2] - 83:23,
complaints [1] - 29:25 42:24 course [3] - 31:20, 61:3, 66:15 86:15
completed [1] - 69:1 contributing [1] - 53:7, 73:1 dead [1] - 8:20 destroyed [2] - 21:1,
completely [2] - 94:21 Court [7] - 1:24, deal [2] - 75:17, 77:6 26:8
21:22, 28:1 CONTROL [1] - 84:23 30:20, 48:12, 49:1, DEBRA [1] - 84:17 deteriorated [1] -
compression [1] - control [6] - 38:18, 64:19, 65:1, 97:11 debris [1] - 30:17 10:21
61:20 73:9, 73:13, 74:5, courthouse [1] - 4:10 decade [1] - 39:17 determination [5] -
concern [3] - 25:6, 74:6, 97:24 courts [1] - 41:17 decades [1] - 12:5 22:7, 22:16, 22:24,
48:12, 48:16 CONVERSION [1] - coverage [1] - 10:24 decided [3] - 14:11, 23:1, 23:3
concerned [2] - 44:6, 88:7 COYNE [2] - 54:1, 36:7, 57:1 determine [1] - 59:15
48:8 COOPERATION [1] - 54:6 decision [1] - 15:5 determined [1] - 21:10
concerning [1] - 29:22 91:1 Coyne [2] - 54:1, 75:8 decisions [1] - 38:14 Development [2] -
concerns [1] - 69:13 copy [1] - 97:5 cracks [1] - 21:7 declaration [2] - 93:8, 93:10
condemn [1] - 15:5 corner [2] - 8:18, 68:6 crazy [2] - 15:13, 30:17, 32:12 development [6] -
condition [1] - 77:23 correct [12] - 7:5, 51:19 declare [4] - 91:20, 12:7, 13:16, 13:20,
confident [1] - 9:10 9:25, 10:1, 13:2, create [1] - 70:17 92:23, 93:24, 95:20 19:23, 23:20
confiscated [1] - 32:1, 33:11, 61:6, credit [1] - 63:25 dedication [1] - 94:17 DEVELOPMENT [2] -
40:21 67:15, 88:20, 88:21, crew [1] - 49:16 deed [3] - 73:17, 74:1, 93:2, 93:4
conflicting [1] - 49:8 89:3, 97:6 crews [1] - 49:10 74:11 Dickson [2] - 43:19,
confused [1] - 9:18 corrected [1] - 42:23 Crime [2] - 60:4, 60:23 deeds [2] - 73:12, 51:11
Congress [2] - 11:4, correcting [1] - 46:24 crime [3] - 52:25, 74:22 die [1] - 19:5
11:5 correctly [1] - 67:7 60:11, 63:5 deep [1] - 63:2 Diego [1] - 62:1
connection [1] - 41:16 corrupt [6] - 39:6, crisis [1] - 61:16 defend [1] - 50:5 different [6] - 13:15,
Connors [1] - 33:17 39:7, 39:8, 45:6 critical [1] - 62:24 defended [1] - 19:3 14:2, 24:6, 42:12,
connors [1] - 33:25 corruption [1] - 39:4 critically [1] - 60:17 defense [1] - 16:4 45:7, 46:16
CONSERVATION [2] - cost [3] - 13:25, 50:10, criticize [1] - 11:3 degree [2] - 10:22, difficult [2] - 13:1,
86:11, 87:10 50:23 cross [1] - 14:14 31:15 46:8
consider [2] - 13:15, costs [1] - 54:14 crying [1] - 27:20 DEI [1] - 11:8 dig [1] - 42:17
27:9 Council [30] - 4:3, culvert [1] - 21:12 delight [1] - 8:8 digging [1] - 43:1
consideration [1] - 7:10, 15:11, 23:2, curb [2] - 20:3, 24:18 delinquent [1] - 40:5 DIGITAL [1] - 91:3
44:24 27:5, 29:18, 29:21, curious [1] - 25:2 delinquents [2] - 40:4, dilapidating [1] -
CONSIDERATION [4] 30:1, 30:10, 34:21, CURRENTLY [1] - 41:21 42:24
- 90:22, 91:23, 93:1, 37:22, 38:22, 42:10, 84:17 demand [1] - 13:22 dimensions [1] - 30:6
94:2 43:11, 45:12, 45:16, cusp [1] - 54:19 demo [2] - 49:23, 50:2 dinner [3] - 6:3, 6:5,
constant [1] - 54:13 46:11, 46:13, 46:19, customer [1] - 43:9 democracy [2] - 16:5
constantly [2] - 21:8, 48:9, 49:21, 50:5, cut [7] - 51:4, 51:8, 39:15, 39:16 direct [1] - 97:24
44:5 51:17, 53:13, 59:19, 58:4, 58:15, 58:16, Democrat [5] - 35:3, directed [1] - 11:6
constitution [1] - 60:1, 63:8, 71:3, 59:2 35:4, 35:6, 35:7, direction [1] - 13:5
43:13 95:2, 95:6 cuts [5] - 42:14, 51:2, 40:1 directly [1] - 76:6
CONSTRUCTION [2] - COUNCIL [7] - 1:1, 57:22, 57:23, 63:18 demolished [1] - 50:4 Director [2] - 25:11,
83:1, 92:1 1:12, 2:10, 79:17, demolishing [1] - 26:19
90:23, 91:24, 94:6 dirt [2] - 31:14, 34:2
consulting [1] - 36:24
counted [1] - 21:20
D 50:14
contact [3] - 22:4, demolition [9] - 49:6, disabled [1] - 40:6
26:22, 34:6 counties [4] - 39:4, daily [2] - 60:19, 61:8 49:10, 49:11, 49:15, disagree [1] - 38:18
contacted [1] - 20:13 39:5, 52:3, 55:19 damage [7] - 12:1, 49:18, 49:24, 50:11, disappointed [1] -
contained [1] - 97:4 country [6] - 16:13, 20:1, 23:15, 24:5, 77:20 69:23
continue [2] - 19:4, 16:15, 17:17, 17:23, 24:16, 30:21 denied [1] - 88:17 disband [1] - 63:5
78:24 53:4, 71:13 damaged [1] - 30:20 dense [1] - 13:19 disbanded [1] - 60:11
continuously [1] - COUNTY [3] - 84:19, damn [5] - 15:24, DENYING [1] - 88:5 discount [1] - 6:19
62:12 84:21, 90:5 16:16, 17:8, 18:1, discuss [1] - 14:5
department [2] - 8:10,
CONTRACT [1] - County [10] - 35:25, 46:9 discussing [1] - 11:24
10:6
83:22 39:12, 52:7, 52:11, dangerous [1] - 66:22 disgrace [1] - 17:9
DEPARTMENT [2] -
contract [2] - 50:25, 55:8, 55:12, 55:24, DAs [1] - 41:16 disgusting [1] - 14:19
5
disheartened [1] - Dr [8] - 3:14, 60:24, Eileen [2] - 63:15, 30:14, 33:18, 66:9, 89:25, 92:1, 94:8
69:23 67:20, 71:22, 91:15, 64:12 68:16 exempts [1] - 43:11
disheartening [1] - 92:18, 93:19, 95:15 either [1] - 52:5 ensure [1] - 69:1 existing [1] - 52:14
61:17 DR [34] - 3:15, 4:17, El [3] - 16:9, 17:11, enter [1] - 88:23 EXISTING [1] - 88:7
dispatched [1] - 48:23 67:22, 68:10, 68:13, 17:12 ENTER [2] - 83:22, exists [2] - 31:5, 50:12
Dispense [1] - 3:19 69:12, 79:22, 80:3, elbow [1] - 61:20 90:25 expands [1] - 42:20
distinguished [1] - 80:16, 80:22, 81:13, elderly [2] - 40:6, 42:3 entertain [11] - 79:19, expect [2] - 37:18,
29:17 81:19, 82:11, 83:7, elected [4] - 15:20, 81:10, 82:7, 83:4, 42:16
DISTRIBUTED [1] - 83:15, 84:3, 84:10, 17:7, 19:17, 39:15 84:1, 84:25, 86:18, expenses [1] - 36:24
3:23 85:4, 85:10, 86:3, election [10] - 7:6, 87:14, 88:10, 90:7, EXPIRE [1] - 94:9
district [3] - 39:8, 86:21, 87:2, 87:17, 16:1, 34:24, 38:2, 96:5 EXPIRING [1] - 79:17
61:5, 89:6 87:23, 88:13, 89:19, 38:5, 38:10, 38:11, entire [2] - 6:19, 55:9 explain [6] - 25:4,
disturbed [1] - 31:24 90:15, 91:16, 92:19, 38:17, 51:12, 62:22 entity [1] - 74:3 32:8, 46:12, 50:6,
divided [1] - 39:3 93:9, 93:20, 94:13, Election [3] - 4:13, entry [1] - 44:14 73:15, 73:19
Dobrzyn [3] - 42:9, 94:24, 95:16 7:7, 39:13 environment [1] - 95:9 explosion [1] - 43:3
42:11, 45:10 drains [3] - 54:4, 54:7, Electric [3] - 41:6, ENVIRONMENTAL [2] exposed [2] - 23:11,
DOBRZYN [1] - 42:10 68:1 47:16, 51:11 - 79:16, 94:5 31:20
dollars [7] - 41:9, drink [1] - 8:7 Electronic [1] - 6:13 Environmental [1] - Expressway [1] -
41:10, 41:22, 41:23, Drive [1] - 66:6 electronic [1] - 88:22 95:2 88:24
41:24 drive [1] - 61:8 ELECTRONICS [1] - EOC) [1] - 83:2 expungement [1] -
donated [1] - 77:6 DRIVE [1] - 92:3 90:5 equipment [1] - 49:18 15:18
donating [2] - 6:20, driven [2] - 12:25, Ellman [2] - 27:4, EQUIPMENT [2] - extend [1] - 5:22
72:17 48:15 29:15 82:5, 86:16 extensive [1] - 23:15
donations [7] - 15:1, driving [1] - 13:5 ELLMAN [1] - 27:5 equipped [1] - 50:7 extra [1] - 62:19
15:3, 36:14, 36:16, drop [1] - 8:20 embrace [1] - 72:11 erasure [2] - 70:10 eye [1] - 68:23
36:18, 37:15, 37:16 drop-dead [1] - 8:20 Emergency [2] - 9:7, erosion [5] - 23:9,
done [17] - 12:3, 12:5, dropoff [2] - 6:19, 9:17 23:11, 26:12, 31:18, F
15:23, 17:2, 20:21, 31:15 EMERGENCY [1] - 32:5
23:2, 30:22, 32:1, drug [1] - 39:5 83:1 especially [3] - 3:7, Facebook [1] - 48:19
34:1, 37:23, 44:5, due [3] - 71:13, 74:3, emergency [11] - 9:22, 44:21, 51:24 fact [2] - 60:21, 88:18
50:8, 58:2, 58:6, 88:18 10:4, 10:13, 30:16, ESQ [1] - 2:10 factor [1] - 5:1
75:3, 77:12, 95:3 dump [1] - 54:20 32:12, 48:23, 48:24, essentially [1] - 13:5 fall [7] - 20:11, 23:5,
donnas [1] - 27:9 DUNMORE [1] - 84:19 50:11, 52:10, 55:7, etc [1] - 37:24 30:5, 31:18, 34:2,
donors [4] - 36:19, duplicate [1] - 54:14 77:20 Euclid [2] - 79:1, 79:2 77:18
37:11, 37:12 during [2] - 20:4, employed [1] - 51:4 evening [8] - 15:11, fallen [1] - 30:18
doo [2] - 27:13 33:10 employees [3] - 28:8, 27:5, 34:20, 42:10, falling [2] - 23:7,
doo-doo [1] - 27:13 duty [1] - 60:18 50:6, 76:25 59:18, 59:22, 63:8, 34:10
door [4] - 37:24, 49:3, empty [2] - 42:2, 79:3 63:17 falsities [1] - 70:25
66:19, 89:10 E emptying [1] - 39:23 EVENT [1] - 90:5 families [3] - 52:12,
doors [1] - 62:20 EMS [1] - 30:14 Event [1] - 6:13 62:3, 62:5
down [20] - 7:23, e-mail [7] - 22:6, encourage [1] - 13:13 event [5] - 4:24, 8:2, family [2] - 13:16,
11:13, 17:9, 23:7, 24:22, 24:25, 36:4, end [2] - 4:9, 63:2 10:16, 56:15, 56:18 18:15
23:22, 30:5, 31:9, 60:22, 66:8, 66:19 enemy [1] - 75:1 everywhere [1] - 44:4 FAMILY [1] - 93:4
32:13, 34:10, 36:3, e-mailed [2] - 19:23, energy [1] - 28:5 evidence [3] - 71:14, fan [1] - 27:14
42:19, 42:22, 43:2, 21:24 enforcement [1] - 48:6 79:11, 97:4 far [6] - 10:23, 11:20,
54:21, 56:24, 58:4, e-mailing [1] - 23:2 Enforcement [1] - evident [1] - 39:11 12:21, 17:24, 30:20,
58:10, 77:15, 77:18, e-mails [4] - 22:25, 66:25 exactly [4] - 22:15, 32:15
78:11 26:25, 73:2, 78:21 Engine [1] - 72:2 28:17, 33:8, 41:14 farm [1] - 27:10
downstream [1] - early [1] - 7:22 engine [1] - 61:3 example [3] - 12:24, father [1] - 61:15
23:19 EASEMENT [1] - 92:1 Engineer [8] - 25:8, 18:24, 18:25 favor [12] - 79:24,
downtown [3] - 4:8, East [3] - 20:18, 25:19, 25:21, 25:24, exams [1] - 70:5 80:18, 81:15, 82:13,
8:6, 68:3 23:24, 72:3 27:3, 33:5, 34:10, except [3] - 29:10, 83:11, 84:6, 85:6,
dozen [2] - 21:20, eat [2] - 6:6, 6:9 66:12 33:4, 55:15 85:24, 86:23, 87:19,
21:21 eaten [1] - 23:9 engineer [3] - 22:15, excessive [1] - 13:8 89:15, 90:11
DPW [12] - 4:14, economy [1] - 44:1 22:23, 26:14 excuse [1] - 24:8 favors [1] - 28:25
20:15, 25:10, 25:12, ECT [1] - 47:20 ENGINEERING [1] - EXECUTE [2] - 83:22, FAWNWOOD [1] -
26:19, 49:17, 50:6, ECTV [1] - 47:21 83:24 90:25 92:3
50:16, 50:20, 50:24, EFFECTIVE [1] - 94:8 engineering [2] - 22:3, EXECUTION [9] - fear [2] - 48:7, 70:17
65:19, 68:5 eight [1] - 22:18 22:20 80:9, 81:3, 81:25, February [3] - 20:12,
DPW's [1] - 8:12 EIGHTH [1] - 95:22 engineers [5] - 21:9, 82:22, 86:9, 87:8, 20:15, 41:23
6
FEDERAL [4] - 80:10, fit [1] - 70:12 foundations [1] - 21:7 generally [1] - 42:24 78:15, 78:20, 88:23
81:4, 82:1, 82:23 five [1] - 24:15 four [8] - 18:20, 28:12, generals [2] - 39:9 guilt [1] - 56:16
federal [4] - 9:4, 9:10, fix [1] - 43:5 29:24, 54:6, 60:7, genital [1] - 14:15 gun [1] - 53:2
16:8, 44:22 fixed [1] - 61:4 60:25, 63:2, 77:12 gentleman [2] - 33:17, gutter [3] - 76:8, 76:9,
federally [1] - 40:9 fixing [1] - 62:16 FOURTH [1] - 7:1 33:21 76:10
fee [1] - 40:18 flag [1] - 17:17 Frable [2] - 33:13, gentlemen [2] - 19:19, guy [2] - 18:6, 94:20
feed [1] - 11:2 fliers [1] - 47:17 33:25 63:17 guys [2] - 17:5, 18:9
feedback [1] - 73:6 flip [1] - 62:11 fracture [1] - 61:20 GERALD [1] - 2:2
feet [3] - 13:4, 31:12, flooded [2] - 23:23, FRANK [1] - 2:8 Germany [1] - 11:10 H
31:14 23:25 Frank [1] - 6:23 Gilbride [3] - 73:15,
fell [3] - 27:17, 30:19, floor [2] - 85:17, 85:20 frantic [1] - 49:13 75:3, 88:17 Haas [1] - 78:4
32:13 Florida [1] - 23:23 free [1] - 55:22 GILBRIDE [5] - 2:10, hair [1] - 59:20
fellow [1] - 17:22 flow [1] - 55:21 Friday [1] - 7:25 73:21, 88:21, 89:3, half [9] - 27:17, 40:2,
FELLOWS [1] - 87:12 Flower [1] - 47:16 Fridays [1] - 29:13 89:11 40:21, 58:11, 58:13,
Ferdinand [2] - 64:11, flowers [4] - 72:15, friendly [1] - 8:9 Gino [1] - 4:9 58:14
64:17 73:18, 74:14, 75:2 Front [2] - 72:25, girls [2] - 53:18, 70:3 hand [1] - 57:2
feverishly [1] - 8:23 Flynn [3] - 14:11, 73:10 girls' [1] - 53:17 handed [1] - 44:1
few [12] - 16:1, 37:11, 15:1, 15:3 front [5] - 7:20, 8:3, given [2] - 50:11, handing [1] - 53:9
37:12, 43:4, 63:14, focusing [1] - 13:9 20:12, 21:24, 51:25 62:10 handle [1] - 29:12
64:10, 64:16, 66:15, follow [6] - 64:18, fuel [1] - 54:14 glad [1] - 66:6 handout [1] - 55:4
69:7, 69:13, 69:16, 66:3, 66:20, 67:10, fully [1] - 97:4 gladly [1] - 36:4 hands [3] - 47:18,
76:21 68:12, 74:4 fund [1] - 72:5 glass [1] - 75:16 53:9, 56:19
fiefdom [1] - 40:10 following [2] - 47:14, funded [3] - 37:3, Glazer [1] - 3:8 handwriting [1] - 27:7
field [1] - 53:21 47:25 37:9, 40:9 God [2] - 30:18, 38:17 hanging [1] - 76:13
FIFTH [1] - 63:10 follows [1] - 23:12 funding [3] - 9:5, 9:10, government [4] - happenstance [1] -
figures [1] - 40:3 followup [2] - 29:24, 37:2 28:19, 44:10, 44:22, 55:4
FILE [2] - 90:23, 91:24 32:6 FUNDING [4] - 80:11, 46:20 HARB [1] - 88:5
file [1] - 15:24 food [2] - 44:23, 56:10 81:5, 82:2, 82:24 governmental [1] - hard [2] - 37:21, 57:10
filed [4] - 4:3, 15:21, foot [5] - 13:6, 20:3, fundraising [1] - 8:2 74:3 HARP [1] - 88:17
16:8, 35:19 28:1, 30:8, 56:2 FUNDS [3] - 3:22, GRACE [1] - 83:24 hate [2] - 30:5, 73:19
FILL [1] - 94:6 FOR [42] - 1:1, 3:23, 86:13, 87:12 grace [1] - 30:18 haywire [1] - 39:16
filled [1] - 42:14 3:25, 79:14, 80:7, Funeral [1] - 78:5 grand [2] - 75:12, 76:2 hazardous [4] - 32:2,
filling [5] - 28:14, 80:12, 80:13, 81:1, future [1] - 62:24 grandchildren [1] - 48:11, 48:21, 49:2
39:22, 39:24, 39:25, 81:6, 81:23, 82:3, 46:18 head [1] - 7:23
42:15 82:4, 82:20, 82:25, G grandkids [1] - 46:24 headed [1] - 69:8
filters [1] - 21:3 83:1, 83:19, 83:23, grandparents [1] - headquarters [1] - 5:6
final [7] - 73:4, 73:7, 84:14, 86:7, 86:12, galore [1] - 29:1 19:6 hear [7] - 10:20,
76:1, 91:6, 92:10, 86:13, 87:6, 87:11, gamble [1] - 37:17 grant [1] - 89:9 11:18, 11:25, 12:16,
93:11, 94:11 87:12, 88:2, 88:6, game [1] - 56:2 GRANT [4] - 86:10, 34:3, 46:16, 72:21
finally [4] - 44:11, 89:23, 90:5, 90:21, gang [1] - 62:6 87:9, 90:1, 90:3 heard [10] - 14:24,
73:8, 75:22, 77:2 90:22, 91:3, 91:22, garage [4] - 30:6, Grant [1] - 72:4 38:21, 46:7, 46:9,
finance [3] - 35:20, 91:24, 92:2, 92:4, 31:6, 34:9, 61:2 granted [3] - 15:18, 46:10, 49:4, 65:25
35:24, 36:13 92:25, 93:2, 93:3, Garbage [1] - 4:20 53:4, 53:20 hearing [2] - 51:25,
fine [2] - 9:8, 57:12 94:1, 94:2 garbage [4] - 5:3, grants [1] - 63:3 85:22
finished [1] - 77:3 force [3] - 16:23, 52:20, 75:13, 78:10 grass [1] - 37:19 heart's [1] - 8:8
fire [8] - 10:6, 21:12, 31:24, 69:6 gas [3] - 43:3, 43:5, great [7] - 4:23, 4:24, height [1] - 31:13
30:14, 44:7, 44:9, Forces [1] - 4:7 43:8 9:2, 10:22, 47:2, HELD [1] - 1:4
55:15, 55:20, 76:6 foreclosures [1] - Gassenmeyer [1] - 47:21, 76:14 held [2] - 11:10, 85:23
fired [1] - 11:5 29:13 63:16 grooves [1] - 42:14 hell [4] - 16:19, 16:22,
Firefighters [1] - foregoing [1] - 97:22 gathered [1] - 36:12 ground [4] - 20:25, 17:16, 46:9
76:23 forget [1] - 53:23 gay [1] - 15:7 21:11, 21:14, 22:8 hello [2] - 29:17, 38:25
firemen [1] - 55:16 forgot [1] - 77:25 geisinger [1] - 50:18 groundwater [3] - help [3] - 45:17, 55:20,
firing [1] - 11:3 form [1] - 22:14 Geisinger [1] - 77:5 22:11, 24:2, 24:3 60:13
first [11] - 7:3, 15:14, former [1] - 51:3 Geisinger's [1] - 29:1 group [2] - 72:9, 74:18 helping [2] - 56:11,
20:9, 32:23, 33:14, forth [1] - 9:7 gender [3] - 18:1, Group [2] - 72:13, 61:11
35:19, 36:7, 54:2, forward [2] - 30:19, 70:4, 70:7 75:5 helps [1] - 47:22
62:16, 67:22, 69:18 79:11 General [2] - 44:25, guess [13] - 25:17, HERBSTER [25] -
FISCAL [4] - 80:10, forwarded [3] - 66:7, 45:4 28:6, 30:16, 31:7, 3:10, 3:12, 3:14,
81:4, 82:1, 82:23 69:14, 73:3 general [2] - 28:23, 33:6, 33:19, 36:11, 3:16, 3:18, 91:11,
fiscal [1] - 62:19 foundation [1] - 31:5 38:11 41:11, 57:15, 57:20, 91:13, 91:15, 91:17,
7
91:19, 92:14, 92:16, hour [2] - 22:18, 22:25 INCLUSIVE [2] - 90:7 judge [1] - 62:1
92:18, 92:20, 92:22, hours [2] - 33:9, 62:25 86:13, 86:16 INTRODUCTION [11] - Judge [1] - 39:12
93:15, 93:17, 93:19, house [10] - 20:16, income [1] - 29:4 79:15, 80:8, 81:2, judges [2] - 39:6,
93:21, 93:23, 95:11, 20:25, 22:23, 26:8, increase [2] - 15:22, 81:24, 82:21, 83:20, 40:16
95:13, 95:15, 95:17, 28:1, 34:9, 34:13, 56:24 84:15, 86:8, 87:7, JULY [1] - 94:9
95:19 52:11, 76:10, 78:25 increased [1] - 56:1 88:3, 89:24 July [1] - 51:5
hereby [5] - 91:20, housed [3] - 56:3, increasing [1] - 13:25 introduction [11] - June [6] - 4:18, 5:15,
92:23, 93:24, 95:20, 56:4 incredible [2] - 70:15, 79:24, 80:18, 81:15, 47:15, 61:24, 65:9,
97:3 houses [5] - 23:8, 70:16 82:13, 83:12, 84:6, 65:12
herself [1] - 36:22 23:13, 23:14, 23:24, incredibly [2] - 14:18 85:6, 86:23, 87:19,
hi [1] - 19:22 29:6 Independent [1] - 39:1 89:16, 90:12 K
Hi [1] - 51:15 Housing [6] - 39:22, individuals [2] - 52:6, invasive [2] - 14:19,
High [1] - 6:15 40:2, 40:8, 41:3, 52:14 70:5 KATHY [1] - 2:9
high [2] - 53:1, 53:20 41:13, 41:20 inflation [1] - 44:2 investments [2] - keep [3] - 62:13,
highlight [1] - 48:10 housing [6] - 13:22, inform [1] - 66:16 41:10, 55:3 68:23, 74:25
highway [1] - 22:13 14:1, 14:3, 41:13, information [12] - involve [1] - 66:12 keeps [1] - 23:5
himself [1] - 34:11 41:14, 42:1 9:12, 20:22, 22:22, involved [4] - 4:24, Kelly [1] - 56:7
hinges [1] - 39:14 HRG [1] - 21:9 25:22, 26:4, 26:22, 41:1, 66:10, 69:22 kept [1] - 38:15
hired [1] - 32:14 HUD [1] - 40:12 30:23, 35:23, 36:2, involving [1] - 61:2 kicker [1] - 11:9
historic [2] - 89:6, huge [4] - 28:5, 76:8, 48:1, 78:6, 78:7 irregardless [1] - 44:9 kicks [2] - 4:8, 4:10
89:13 76:10 informative [1] - 63:19 irrespective [1] - 15:4 kids [3] - 31:20, 46:20,
HISTORIC [1] - 88:4 humiliation [1] - 17:10 INFRASTRUCTURE IS [1] - 94:8 52:25
historical [2] - 88:19, hunting [1] - 53:5 [1] - 80:13 ISETT [1] - 83:23 killed [1] - 43:3
89:2 HUP [2] - 65:4, 65:7 injured [1] - 60:17 issue [5] - 32:4, 34:7, kind [3] - 26:4, 29:9,
history [1] - 11:9 hurt [3] - 70:1, 70:3, inquired [1] - 22:21 48:10, 57:7, 89:8 37:15
hit [2] - 27:14, 58:4 76:18 insane [1] - 36:11 issued [1] - 30:16 kinds [1] - 46:23
hockey [1] - 53:21 hurtful [2] - 14:19, inside [1] - 27:11 issues [3] - 54:8, King [5] - 63:12,
Hodgkin's [1] - 61:22 46:5 inspections [1] - 70:22, 74:3 91:11, 92:14, 93:15,
Hodowanitz [2] - 7:3, hurts [1] - 14:21 14:15 Item [20] - 79:19, 95:11
7:4 hydronic [3] - 22:8, inspector [2] - 51:4, 81:10, 82:7, 83:4, king [2] - 3:10, 64:6
HODOWANITZ [10] - 22:10, 22:11 51:8 84:1, 84:25, 85:15, KING [36] - 2:6, 3:11,
7:4, 7:9, 7:13, 7:16, INSTALLATION [1] - 85:20, 86:18, 87:14, 25:3, 63:14, 79:21,
8:17, 9:1, 9:16, 10:2, I 86:15 88:10, 90:7, 91:7, 80:1, 80:15, 80:20,
10:10, 10:19 instance [1] - 51:2 91:21, 92:10, 92:24, 81:17, 82:9, 82:15,
hold [1] - 61:18 ICE [2] - 16:16, 71:17 instead [1] - 70:21 93:11, 93:25, 94:12, 83:9, 83:13, 84:4,
holding [2] - 29:6, ice [1] - 42:19 institutions [1] - 43:15 95:21 84:8, 85:3, 85:8,
31:16 idea [1] - 12:6 instructed [1] - 20:19 items [2] - 4:2, 67:14 85:18, 86:1, 86:20,
home [5] - 8:8, 17:19, illegal [2] - 16:19, insurance [2] - 27:21, 86:25, 87:21, 88:15,
27:16, 61:19, 66:18 28:15 27:24 J 88:22, 89:8, 89:14,
HOME [1] - 93:4 imagine [1] - 28:12 intend [1] - 16:22 89:17, 90:10, 90:13,
Home [2] - 8:19, 78:5 immigrants [2] - 71:5, JACKSON [1] - 92:2 91:12, 92:11, 92:15,
interactions [1] -
homeless [6] - 52:1, 71:20 January [1] - 41:24 93:12, 93:16, 94:15,
60:10
52:4, 52:6, 52:8, imminent [1] - 23:17 JEFFRIES [1] - 45:13 95:12
interest [2] - 27:13,
52:12, 69:3 impact [3] - 31:24, 28:4 Jeffries [2] - 45:13, Kirst [2] - 64:19, 64:25
homeowner [1] - 57:9, 62:3 interesting [3] - 35:22, 71:2 kit [1] - 62:16
34:21 impacted [1] - 62:5 36:15, 36:23 Jerry [3] - 19:24, knocking [2] - 37:24,
homes [2] - 13:17, important [4] - 16:7, INTERGOVERNMEN 21:25, 22:19 49:3
52:15 38:4, 55:5, 62:22 JESSICA [2] - 2:4, known [2] - 35:12,
TAL [1] - 91:1
hometown [1] - 62:4 impressed [1] - 95:7 79:16 71:20
INTERMUNICIPAL [1]
Honesdale [1] - 23:16 improper [1] - 24:17 Jessup [2] - 10:4, knows [1] - 21:16
- 84:16
honestly [1] - 16:21 IMPROVEMENTS [1] - 10:13
International [1] -
honored [1] - 17:23 87:12 76:23
jewelry [1] - 88:25 L
hope [3] - 7:17, 71:16, IN [3] - 86:12, 87:11, Jim [1] - 65:17
intersection [1] - 68:2
90:3 Joan [4] - 7:3, 7:4, Labrosky [3] - 34:19,
78:21 intimidate [1] - 19:2
in-kind [1] - 37:15 10:5, 11:15 34:21, 38:24
hopefully [2] - 47:25, INTO [2] - 83:22,
INC [1] - 91:4 job [5] - 42:15, 47:21, LABROSKY [1] -
69:1 90:25
include [1] - 27:3 50:7, 53:10, 53:15 34:20
hospital [1] - 43:16 introduced [10] -
INCLUDES [1] - 86:14 jobs [1] - 50:8 Labrosky's [1] - 37:13
hospitals [1] - 43:19 79:19, 81:10, 82:7,
including [2] - 33:19, Joe [1] - 17:11 LACKAWANNA [2] -
hotel [1] - 40:8 83:4, 84:1, 84:25,
54:13 join [1] - 5:7 84:19, 90:4
hoteling [1] - 52:10 86:18, 87:14, 88:10,
8
Lackawanna [7] - level [1] - 20:24 25:3, 76:15 52:17 96:6
35:25, 55:8, 55:12, LGBT [1] - 14:8 looking [9] - 9:2, majority [1] - 55:3 McAndrew [10] - 3:16,
55:24, 55:25, 56:5, Librarian [2] - 11:4, 18:20, 27:15, 36:12, makers [1] - 36:17 56:14, 57:8, 71:23,
68:15 11:5 57:21, 65:14, 68:15, man [1] - 53:9 76:20, 91:17, 92:20,
lacks [1] - 38:13 Library [2] - 7:19, 7:21 75:23, 75:24 MANCINI [1] - 59:18 93:21, 95:17
LAND [1] - 93:4 library [2] - 8:3, 11:7 looks [1] - 33:8 Mancini [1] - 59:19 McCool [2] - 1:24,
Landlord [1] - 40:14 library's [1] - 8:2 lose [2] - 18:3, 43:8 mandatory [1] - 53:2 97:10
lane [2] - 13:2, 13:5 LICENSE [1] - 84:17 losing [3] - 21:23, March [5] - 20:13, mean [14] - 24:19,
language [2] - 71:3, lies [2] - 60:12, 63:6 44:7 20:15, 21:24, 41:20, 26:8, 39:18, 41:18,
71:9 life [3] - 30:21, 61:18, lost [6] - 21:4, 41:13, 64:12 43:2, 46:14, 53:6,
Lansdale [1] - 52:8 62:1 43:25, 44:12, 61:15 Maria [2] - 1:24, 97:10 56:13, 58:2, 58:19,
largest [2] - 5:3, 10:12 lifelong [1] - 34:22 lovely [1] - 53:9 Marie [2] - 57:18, 58:8 62:17, 73:17, 76:2,
last [30] - 11:19, 14:6, lifetime [1] - 62:23 Lovers [2] - 72:12, Marine [1] - 61:16 94:19
22:18, 23:16, 27:7, light [1] - 15:6 75:4 mark [2] - 21:15, 24:1 means [3] - 44:21,
28:11, 28:21, 33:12, limit [1] - 89:12 low [1] - 29:4 MARK [1] - 2:3 64:2, 97:23
34:8, 34:12, 35:14, limited [1] - 6:21 LSA [1] - 72:4 Mark [1] - 57:8 meant [1] - 70:1
38:5, 38:9, 39:17, line [6] - 46:12, 49:22, Lucas [1] - 77:1 marked [1] - 68:19 media [1] - 37:24
43:25, 49:23, 51:17, 50:1, 54:22, 56:24, luck [3] - 51:11, 63:24, market [1] - 41:8 medical [1] - 29:3
59:24, 64:10, 65:3, 77:9 64:4 marking [1] - 68:14 meet [3] - 13:21, 14:3,
65:4, 66:15, 66:24, lines [2] - 50:20, 50:21 luckily [1] - 30:18 Marty [3] - 14:11, 15:1, 26:20
67:25, 68:3, 69:19, LIQUOR [2] - 84:16, lucky [1] - 29:5 15:3 meeting [12] - 5:12,
69:24, 72:1, 75:1, 84:23 lunch [1] - 6:5 material [1] - 76:12 7:10, 28:11, 32:9,
78:21 list [6] - 49:23, 50:2, LUZERNE [1] - 84:21 matter [2] - 39:10, 34:5, 41:20, 59:4,
late [1] - 69:7 64:18, 65:21, 65:23, Luzerne [2] - 51:20, 70:22 66:9, 69:6, 69:10,
lately [1] - 52:17 73:11 52:11 Matthew [2] - 19:21, 78:4, 96:7
laureate [1] - 11:3 listen [1] - 46:20 lying [1] - 28:10 24:9 meetings [2] - 46:19,
Lavelle [1] - 3:8 listening [3] - 15:12, lymphoma [1] - 61:23 MATTHEWS [10] - 49:21
law [3] - 36:16, 39:11, 36:15, 45:23 LYNN [1] - 84:17 19:22, 24:10, 24:14, MEMBER [2] - 79:16,
48:6 literally [1] - 31:15 Lynn [3] - 34:19, 24:19, 24:23, 25:13, 94:5
lawfully [4] - 91:21, LITTLE [2] - 38:25, 34:21, 37:13 25:20, 25:25, 26:7, member [1] - 60:1
92:24, 93:25, 95:21 42:6 26:24 members [6] - 4:3,
lawsuit [2] - 15:24, 29:18, 50:24, 60:22,
live [4] - 43:17, 44:21, M Matthews [5] - 19:22,
16:8 78:22, 79:12 24:9, 24:10, 26:20 62:7, 71:6
lawyers [1] - 51:1 lived [1] - 40:1 M-A-T-T-H-E-W-S [1] - MAY [4] - 3:24, 3:25, memorandum [1] -
lead [2] - 18:24, 18:25 lives [5] - 27:16, 24:11 79:17 76:21
leadership [1] - 38:13 70:24, 79:1, 79:8 ma'am [1] - 53:12 Mayor [18] - 15:14, Memorial [1] - 7:21
leak [1] - 43:5 living [3] - 13:24, Mack [1] - 65:17 17:7, 18:10, 19:11, men [5] - 3:5, 5:19,
lease [2] - 40:11, 24:13, 40:7 MAGA [1] - 56:21 19:17, 34:25, 36:8, 5:23, 17:24, 48:5
40:12 LLC [1] - 84:20 Magacrat [2] - 56:8, 39:1, 39:19, 54:21, mention [2] - 35:13,
least [4] - 20:2, 21:19, loan [2] - 36:21, 37:16 56:13 57:11, 60:4, 62:8, 47:6
24:6 loans [2] - 37:3, 37:10 Magacrats [1] - 56:7 62:9, 69:9, 77:2, mentioned [1] - 34:8
leave [6] - 18:24, lobbyist [2] - 44:25, magistrate [2] - 40:18, 78:22, 79:7 mentioning [1] - 9:21
26:22, 43:5, 57:3, 45:4 61:6 MAYOR [3] - 83:21, Merli [1] - 4:9
57:4, 61:9 Local [1] - 76:24 magistrates [1] - 90:2, 90:24 message [1] - 78:14
leaving [1] - 42:18 local [6] - 5:24, 10:23, 40:16 Mayor's [1] - 55:1 met [1] - 69:8
LEDs [1] - 89:12 37:11, 37:12, 38:4, mail [8] - 22:6, 24:22, mayoral [2] - 36:25, microphone [1] -
left [2] - 31:11, 51:5 38:5 24:25, 35:14, 36:4, 49:1 11:20
legal [3] - 71:7, 71:11, locally [1] - 62:2 60:22, 66:8, 66:19 MCANDREW [37] - middle [1] - 52:25
74:6 located [1] - 48:11 mail-in [1] - 35:14 2:3, 3:17, 5:17, might [6] - 9:12, 9:22,
legally [8] - 16:15, LOCATED [5] - 84:18, mailed [4] - 19:23, 10:17, 24:8, 24:12, 10:17, 36:14, 57:9,
16:21, 19:8, 91:21, 84:20, 88:8, 92:2, 21:24, 35:11, 65:7 24:16, 24:21, 24:24, 71:8
92:24, 93:25, 95:21 93:4 mailing [1] - 23:2 71:25, 74:12, 76:5, mighty [1] - 38:17
legislation [2] - 17:3, LOCATION [1] - 1:10 mails [4] - 22:25, 76:17, 80:4, 80:23, Mike [1] - 59:19
85:21 locations [1] - 68:19 26:25, 73:2, 78:21 81:12, 81:20, 82:17, milestone [1] - 8:21
Lehigh [1] - 43:19 look [12] - 17:5, 21:17, Main [3] - 51:20, 67:1, 83:6, 83:16, 84:11, military [1] - 11:7
length [1] - 76:9 25:15, 33:5, 34:6, 67:2 85:2, 85:11, 85:14, million [3] - 41:9,
Les [3] - 56:8, 56:13 35:24, 39:18, 42:6, main [1] - 14:4 86:4, 87:3, 87:16, 41:10, 63:3
lesbian [1] - 15:7 59:14, 68:6, 75:7, maintain [3] - 12:15, 87:24, 88:12, 89:20, mind [2] - 14:24, 63:1
less [2] - 10:23, 37:14 78:25 13:8, 77:7 90:9, 90:16, 91:18, mine [2] - 29:22, 60:8
letters [2] - 65:5, 65:8 looked [3] - 23:20, major [3] - 8:2, 32:5, 92:21, 93:22, 95:18, minimal [1] - 30:21
9
minimum [1] - 54:16 86:6, 86:20, 87:5, 82:18, 82:20, 83:3, municipal [1] - 38:10 19:16, 35:19, 43:19,
Minooka [2] - 54:1, 87:16, 88:1, 88:12, 83:6, 83:8, 83:9, municipalities [2] - 50:19, 52:7, 54:22
54:3 89:22, 90:9, 90:18, 83:11, 83:13, 83:14, 5:25, 55:14 news [1] - 11:2
minutes [4] - 3:20, 94:18 83:16, 83:17, 83:19, municipality [1] - newspaper [1] - 29:11
41:4, 49:21, 61:8 moving [3] - 52:14, 83:25, 84:4, 84:5, 10:12 next [14] - 4:12, 7:5,
mispronouncing [1] - 54:17, 54:25 84:8, 84:9, 84:11, must [1] - 12:6 19:10, 21:12, 38:3,
33:11 MR [279] - 3:3, 3:11, 84:12, 84:14, 84:24, mystery [1] - 54:20 42:20, 45:1, 47:13,
Miss [2] - 33:25, 71:2 3:13, 3:17, 3:19, 85:2, 85:3, 85:5, 47:24, 63:6, 68:8,
missing [1] - 51:10 3:21, 4:1, 4:5, 4:15, 85:8, 85:9, 85:11, N 68:24, 69:5, 76:6
mistaken [1] - 49:14 4:16, 5:16, 5:17, 85:12, 85:14, 85:16, nice [1] - 36:3
mob [1] - 28:7 6:12, 6:24, 6:25, 7:1, 85:18, 85:19, 86:1, name [6] - 29:20, nickname [1] - 72:12
modes [3] - 12:9, 7:3, 7:8, 7:11, 7:15, 86:2, 86:4, 86:5, 33:12, 33:13, 33:17, night [6] - 15:9, 22:5,
13:14, 13:15 8:14, 8:25, 9:15, 86:7, 86:17, 86:20, 64:1, 76:7 22:6, 45:9, 57:16
moment [1] - 3:4 10:1, 10:5, 10:17, 86:22, 86:25, 87:1, names [1] - 33:12 nights [2] - 45:14,
money [14] - 9:14, 11:15, 15:10, 15:11, 87:3, 87:4, 87:6, Narcoonis [1] - 3:7 47:2
16:13, 28:6, 37:4, 19:18, 19:19, 19:20, 87:13, 87:16, 87:18, Nashville's [1] - 39:19 nine [7] - 20:25, 21:19,
41:1, 41:8, 41:12, 19:22, 24:8, 24:10, 87:21, 87:22, 87:24, National [2] - 5:18, 22:18, 23:14, 24:6,
43:13, 43:14, 44:7, 24:12, 24:14, 24:16, 87:25, 88:2, 88:9, 48:5 43:4
44:12, 51:1, 55:21, 24:19, 24:21, 24:23, 88:12, 88:14, 88:15, national [1] - 55:4 NO [4] - 90:23, 91:24,
77:7 24:24, 25:3, 25:4, 88:22, 89:8, 89:14, NATURAL [2] - 86:12, 93:2, 94:3
moneymaker [1] - 25:13, 25:14, 25:20, 89:15, 89:17, 89:18, 87:11 nobody [5] - 16:24,
51:9 25:23, 25:25, 26:1, 89:20, 89:21, 89:23, naturally [2] - 22:7, 23:20, 28:19, 28:22,
MONTEREY [1] - 93:5 26:7, 26:13, 26:16, 90:6, 90:9, 90:10, 31:18 29:9
26:18, 26:21, 26:24, 90:11, 90:13, 90:14, NAY [1] - 86:14 NOLAN [1] - 79:16
Montgomery [1] - 52:7
26:25, 27:2, 27:4, 90:16, 90:17, 90:19, Nay [4] - 50:19, 77:5, non [1] - 28:25
month [6] - 27:8,
27:5, 29:15, 29:17, 91:5, 91:8, 91:9, 94:19, 95:3 non-profits [1] - 28:25
28:21, 40:3, 40:17,
32:8, 32:19, 32:20, 91:12, 91:14, 91:18, Nealon [1] - 39:12
45:2, 45:3 nonprofit [2] - 29:2,
32:21, 32:22, 33:10, 91:20, 91:22, 92:5,
months [5] - 69:7, near [1] - 21:11 29:3
34:3, 34:7, 34:12, 92:8, 92:11, 92:12,
75:10, 75:15, 75:25 nearly [1] - 13:21 Norma [1] - 48:2
34:17, 34:19, 38:23, 92:15, 92:17, 92:21,
Moosic [1] - 88:24 necessary [1] - 49:17 norma [1] - 45:13
38:25, 42:5, 42:6, 92:23, 92:25, 93:6,
moreover [1] - 49:14 need [10] - 17:1, North [1] - 89:4
42:8, 42:10, 45:10, 93:12, 93:13, 93:16,
morning [4] - 34:4, 22:23, 35:16, 36:9, Northeast [1] - 4:6
48:2, 48:4, 51:13, 93:18, 93:22, 93:24,
48:22, 59:12, 66:17 42:22, 43:10, 43:16, note [1] - 71:2
53:12, 53:25, 54:1, 94:1, 94:10, 94:14,
Moscow [1] - 43:17 53:5, 60:15, 62:11 notes [1] - 97:5
54:5, 54:6, 57:17, 94:15, 95:10, 95:12,
most [8] - 12:2, 30:19, needless [1] - 30:10 nothing [6] - 9:15,
58:8, 58:12, 58:15, 95:14, 95:18, 95:20,
36:14, 36:24, 37:15, needs [3] - 14:4, 22:10, 31:16, 32:1,
58:18, 58:24, 59:1, 95:22, 95:24, 96:6,
51:24, 53:8, 62:22 38:12, 62:10 44:5, 54:9
59:5, 59:10, 59:11, 96:7
mostly [5] - 10:6, 37:2, neglected [1] - 48:21 notice [2] - 7:24,
59:13, 59:14, 59:17, MS [48] - 3:10, 3:12,
37:5, 37:7, 37:9 negotiate [1] - 75:22 26:11
59:18, 63:9, 63:10, 3:14, 3:16, 3:18, 7:4,
motion [15] - 79:19, negotiations [1] - 8:12 noticed [1] - 9:2
63:12, 63:14, 64:6, 7:9, 7:13, 7:16, 8:17,
81:10, 82:7, 83:4, neighbor [1] - 49:13 November [1] - 15:19
64:9, 64:15, 64:19, 9:1, 9:16, 10:2,
84:1, 84:25, 85:14, neighbor's [1] - 20:6 number [1] - 11:4
64:21, 64:23, 64:25, 10:10, 10:19, 11:17,
85:16, 85:19, 86:18, Neighborhood [1] - Number [1] - 76:24
65:2, 65:22, 65:24, 34:20, 45:13, 51:15,
87:14, 88:10, 90:7, 78:2 numerous [3] - 33:23,
66:2, 66:4, 66:11, 53:14, 57:18, 58:11,
96:5, 96:6 neighborhood [5] - 48:20
66:14, 66:23, 66:24, 58:13, 58:17, 58:21,
MOTIONS [1] - 63:11 58:25, 59:3, 59:6, 21:19, 28:18, 49:4,
67:16, 67:17, 67:19,
motions [4] - 63:13, 68:7, 68:12, 69:11, 91:11, 91:13, 91:15, 60:6, 78:3 O
64:7, 67:20, 71:24 71:22, 71:25, 74:12, 91:17, 91:19, 92:14, neighborhoods [1] -
motivated [1] - 38:15 76:4, 76:5, 76:16, 92:16, 92:18, 92:20, 50:13 obits [1] - 57:5
MOU [1] - 10:15 76:17, 76:20, 79:14, 92:22, 93:15, 93:17, neighbors [2] - 21:4, obviously [1] - 23:18
Mountain [3] - 20:18, 79:18, 79:21, 79:23, 93:19, 93:21, 93:23, 49:9 OECD [4] - 33:15,
23:24, 72:3 80:1, 80:2, 80:4, 95:11, 95:13, 95:15, NeighborWorks [3] - 73:3, 73:4, 73:7
move [2] - 34:14, 80:5, 80:7, 80:15, 95:17, 95:19 4:19, 5:8, 5:13 OF [40] - 1:1, 79:15,
40:24 80:17, 80:20, 80:21, MULBERRY [1] - 88:8 nepotism [2] - 57:8, 79:16, 80:9, 80:12,
moved [26] - 34:14, 80:23, 80:24, 81:1, Mulberry [1] - 89:5 57:12 81:3, 81:6, 81:25,
79:21, 80:6, 80:15, 81:9, 81:12, 81:14, mulch [1] - 94:20 never [7] - 10:16, 19:2, 82:3, 82:4, 82:22,
80:25, 81:12, 81:22, 81:17, 81:18, 81:20, multiple [2] - 19:24, 20:4, 41:25, 53:6, 82:25, 83:1, 83:24,
82:9, 82:19, 83:6, 81:21, 81:23, 82:6, 54:13 54:3, 54:7 84:16, 86:9, 86:10,
83:18, 84:3, 84:13, 82:9, 82:10, 82:12, NEW [1] - 93:4 86:11, 86:13, 86:15,
Munchak [1] - 6:15
85:2, 85:3, 85:13, 82:15, 82:16, 82:17, new [8] - 12:7, 13:17, 87:8, 87:9, 87:10,
10
88:4, 88:6, 88:7, 83:1 painting [1] - 77:9 pending [2] - 68:22, photographs [1] -
89:25, 90:1, 90:4, operations [2] - 9:22, Pam [1] - 44:24 72:6 48:19
90:23, 91:2, 91:3, 10:4 paper [4] - 10:25, Peninsula [1] - 45:1 pick [3] - 5:4, 40:4,
91:24, 92:1, 94:4, opinion [2] - 56:7, 28:11, 55:18, 57:5 Penn [1] - 68:4 75:17
94:5, 94:6, 94:8 74:13 parade [1] - 7:23 PennDOT [4] - 12:18, pickup [3] - 4:13,
offended [1] - 47:8 opioid [1] - 61:16 Parade [2] - 4:7, 78:8 12:24, 59:12, 68:22 12:3, 75:16
offensive [8] - 45:21, opponent [1] - 36:10 PARCELS [1] - 92:2 PENNSYLVANIA [8] - Picture [1] - 8:4
45:24, 46:15, 46:16, opportunity [1] - 4:24 parcels [3] - 73:10, 84:19, 84:22, 84:23, pictured [1] - 62:8
47:8, 47:11, 71:5 Opposed [12] - 80:5, 79:3 86:11, 87:10, 91:3, pictures [4] - 24:20,
offering [1] - 55:22 80:24, 81:21, 82:18, parents [1] - 19:5 92:4, 94:5 33:19, 33:24, 57:21
office [6] - 5:13, 8:22, 83:17, 84:12, 85:12, park [1] - 55:2 Pennsylvania [4] - piece [1] - 85:21
16:17, 63:23, 65:7, 86:5, 87:4, 87:25, PARK [2] - 86:14, 14:14, 14:20, 36:20, pill [2] - 62:6, 62:7
71:17 89:21, 90:17 87:12 39:2 Pine [1] - 9:6
OFFICE [1] - 3:22 opposed [4] - 12:9, Park [2] - 21:13, 94:20 Pennsylvanians [1] - PINE [1] - 81:7
Officers [1] - 60:16 17:25, 36:9, 70:25 parked [2] - 28:15, 70:22 pipes [2] - 22:12,
officers [3] - 60:17, options [1] - 14:3 77:6 penny [1] - 37:21 23:13
63:4, 96:1 ORDER [6] - 3:21, 7:1, parking [3] - 50:19, pension [2] - 44:8, PITTSTON [1] - 80:13
official [1] - 29:24 63:10, 90:19, 90:21, 50:20, 77:7 44:11 Pittston [2] - 9:6, 78:5
Official [2] - 1:24, 95:22 part [6] - 4:22, 5:9, Pentagon [1] - 11:6 place [1] - 4:7
97:11 order [1] - 13:13 31:9, 60:3, 62:18, people [33] - 11:24, places [1] - 42:12
officials [3] - 16:8, Order [1] - 4:2 70:11 13:4, 15:25, 18:9, PLAINS [1] - 84:21
17:13, 49:7 ordinances [1] - 13:18 partially [1] - 31:20 18:17, 25:7, 26:10, plan [4] - 29:8, 29:9,
OFFICIALS [3] - Osellinski [1] - 65:18 participate [1] - 14:22 27:6, 27:20, 28:3, 33:4, 52:11
83:21, 90:3, 90:25 OTHER [3] - 83:21, participated [1] - 38:9 28:22, 29:5, 35:8, PLAN [1] - 93:3
often [3] - 10:20, 90:2, 90:24 participating [1] - 36:3, 36:15, 38:8, planning [1] - 12:6
12:21, 94:19 ought [1] - 7:23 95:1 39:22, 41:15, 43:1, plant [4] - 72:15,
old [3] - 44:13, 53:16, outside [4] - 13:16, PARTICIPATION [1] - 43:4, 46:6, 51:8, 72:19, 73:18, 74:14
59:20 18:25, 29:25, 89:6 7:2 52:1, 52:4, 52:18, plastic [1] - 75:17
Olive [1] - 51:21 overpaid [1] - 27:9 particular [1] - 68:2 52:23, 53:8, 61:13, player [1] - 14:15
Olympics [1] - 4:20 overturn [1] - 57:10 partisan [1] - 56:19 62:13, 69:21, 70:16, PLAYGROUND [3] -
ON [5] - 90:22, 91:23, overwhelmed [1] - parts [1] - 70:16 71:12, 72:16 83:24, 86:14, 86:16
93:1, 94:2, 94:9 28:22 party [4] - 5:5, 36:8, people's [1] - 70:24 playing [2] - 14:17,
once [7] - 5:14, 10:25, own [9] - 16:10, 19:2, 56:10, 57:1 per [1] - 45:2 31:21
15:13, 38:16, 43:10, 36:8, 40:10, 40:16, pass [1] - 22:19 percent [5] - 43:22, Pledge [1] - 3:1
65:11, 79:10 56:2, 60:12, 74:8 passage [4] - 91:6, 43:23, 54:11, 56:1, plow [1] - 77:8
one [37] - 4:17, 5:18, owned [9] - 12:18, 92:10, 93:11, 94:11 56:23 plus [1] - 63:4
9:23, 10:15, 11:4, 12:20, 12:25, 24:15, passed [4] - 3:6, Perfect [1] - 8:5 pockets [2] - 13:20,
13:5, 14:7, 16:5, 32:24, 65:15, 68:1, 13:18, 27:13, 60:18 perfect [1] - 30:19 16:11
19:4, 20:23, 21:16, 74:21 passing [1] - 61:19 period [1] - 54:8 podium [1] - 45:19
21:17, 30:20, 30:24, OWNED [1] - 84:17 passion [1] - 95:8 permission [1] - 72:15 Poet [1] - 11:2
30:25, 39:5, 43:18, owner [2] - 29:19, past [3] - 4:22, 13:18, permitting [1] - 68:23 point [2] - 14:5, 46:13
48:20, 60:15, 60:17, 34:22 19:15 person [8] - 22:12, pole [1] - 30:9
61:1, 64:20, 64:21, owners [1] - 73:11 Pat [1] - 51:17 31:1, 33:16, 33:20, poles [3] - 23:6, 23:7,
66:6, 66:24, 67:24, owns [1] - 74:15 pat [1] - 16:5 40:5, 40:6, 40:7, 38:21
68:2, 68:5, 70:6, 71:9
Patrick's [1] - 78:8 Police [7] - 5:18, 5:20,
72:22, 72:23, 74:14, personal [6] - 12:3,
P patting [1] - 46:2 30:14, 48:5, 57:11,
78:11, 79:6, 89:4 12:8, 13:11, 18:9,
pave [6] - 42:13, 60:16, 95:25
online [2] - 35:17, p.m [7] - 6:7, 6:8, 6:14, 60:12, 74:20
42:16, 51:2, 51:3, POLICE [1] - 82:4
45:17 8:1, 78:1, 85:23 personally [2] - 48:17,
51:8, 63:18 police [11] - 5:24,
onsite [2] - 49:6, PA [1] - 4:7 60:21
paving [5] - 18:21, 8:10, 16:23, 39:7,
77:19 PA.gov [1] - 6:17 perspective [1] -
20:5, 24:18, 64:18, 41:17, 44:6, 44:9,
open [5] - 6:22, 42:2, packs [1] - 36:17 74:16
68:14 48:24, 60:16, 63:4,
57:16, 62:20, 89:9 page [2] - 49:21, 50:1 petitions [1] - 64:1
pay [8] - 13:7, 16:10, 96:1
opening [1] - 71:18 paid [7] - 44:12, 45:3, PHASE [1] - 86:13
37:18, 40:17, 43:9, politics [2] - 35:19,
openly [1] - 15:5 50:10, 54:12, 55:17, phone [3] - 37:24,
43:12, 44:8, 44:11 63:6
Operation [2] - 9:7, 58:5, 74:4 paying [3] - 43:7, 57:21, 78:22 polls [1] - 62:25
9:17 Paige [1] - 36:13 75:11, 76:3 phoned [1] - 25:20 pool [2] - 21:3, 44:13
operation [2] - 10:13, paint [1] - 50:21 pedestrians [1] - photo [1] - 57:5 pools [1] - 63:2
55:7 painted [3] - 50:20, 28:16 photographer [1] - poor [2] - 42:3, 56:11
OPERATIONS [1] - 56:16, 56:21 pedophilia [1] - 39:6 33:21
11
population [1] - 69:3 82:2, 82:24, 92:4 qualified [2] - 49:15, receive [1] - 35:4 related [2] - 27:8, 65:8
porch [1] - 20:12 Project [2] - 5:9, 83:10 50:7 received [8] - 4:3, remain [1] - 3:3
poses [2] - 48:17, projects [3] - 9:6, questionable [1] - 14:25, 15:3, 30:23, remember [3] - 9:21,
76:13 9:17, 55:2 49:20 67:24, 68:14, 72:1, 30:3, 75:20
possesses [1] - 49:17 proper [10] - 79:20, questioned [1] - 59:24 73:2 remembering [1] -
possibility [1] - 10:18 81:11, 82:8, 83:5, questioning [1] - 70:4 recent [2] - 24:17, 33:14
potholes [1] - 51:19 84:2, 85:1, 86:19, questions [1] - 60:8 60:10 remind [3] - 35:2,
Pottstown [1] - 52:10 87:15, 88:11, 90:8 quick [2] - 5:17, 63:14 recently [2] - 15:21, 38:5, 60:15
PR [1] - 33:20 properly [1] - 75:19 quite [2] - 37:11, 50:19 remove [1] - 30:17
prayers [1] - 38:16 properties [7] - 21:1, 57:20 reckon [1] - 16:23 removed [4] - 31:4,
PREPARATION [1] - 21:6, 21:20, 24:7, quote [1] - 59:20 recommend [4] - 91:6, 31:8, 32:18, 33:1
81:8 28:9, 28:12, 48:21 92:9, 93:11, 94:11 renovating [2] - 52:5,
present [3] - 3:11, property [32] - 9:24, R RECOMMENDATION 52:13
3:13, 49:10 19:25, 20:2, 20:8, [1] - 88:4 REPAIR [1] - 92:4
Present [1] - 3:17 20:10, 20:23, 21:3, radio [1] - 37:22 recommendation [2] - repair [1] - 61:3
PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, 23:5, 24:4, 24:5, rain [2] - 23:4, 23:5 92:6, 93:7 repealing [1] - 76:24
2:3 25:13, 25:14, 29:7, raise [3] - 29:8, 29:10, record [1] - 64:22 REPORT [2] - 3:23,
President [2] - 53:9, 29:19, 29:22, 30:21, 48:19 recreation [1] - 77:4 3:24
53:11 31:7, 31:13, 32:16, raised [4] - 18:13, recyclables [1] - 75:13 report [7] - 23:19,
press [2] - 62:6, 62:7 32:19, 48:11, 49:3, 18:15, 37:13, 59:25 recycle [4] - 52:24, 23:25, 25:9, 25:17,
pressing [1] - 48:10 49:18, 49:22, 72:24, raising [1] - 44:19 54:11, 54:12, 54:14 26:4, 35:20, 41:2
pressure [2] - 22:8, 74:2, 74:6, 74:8, Ramone [1] - 11:16 recycled [2] - 52:24, reported [4] - 25:16,
22:10 74:9, 74:19, 74:21 RAMONE [1] - 11:17 75:19 42:4, 78:18
pressure's [1] - 22:11 proposed [2] - 75:11, ran [1] - 36:8 Recycling [1] - 6:13 Reporter [2] - 1:24,
pretty [4] - 36:5, 75:15 Rat [1] - 59:21 RECYCLING [1] - 90:5 97:11
42:13, 53:10, 61:18 prosecute [1] - 62:2 rate [3] - 42:15, 54:11, recycling [6] - 6:17, reporter [1] - 97:25
prices [1] - 44:4 protect [2] - 5:20, 54:12 52:23, 54:17, 54:23, reports [3] - 35:24,
Pride [1] - 5:9 71:20 rated [1] - 46:19 75:9, 75:24 36:13, 49:9
Pride.org [1] - 5:10 protecting [4] - 14:8, RATIFYING [8] - 80:8, Redevelopment [1] - represent [1] - 16:12
prima [1] - 27:9 15:7, 48:6, 50:24 81:2, 81:24, 82:21, 33:18 reproduction [1] -
primary [4] - 34:23, provide [1] - 50:9 86:8, 87:7, 89:24, reduction [1] - 56:23 97:23
36:9, 38:1, 38:20 PUBLIC [1] - 91:23 91:25 REESE [1] - 84:18 Republican [9] -
Primary [1] - 7:6 Public [5] - 7:19, reach [2] - 26:18, refer [2] - 30:5, 88:16 15:15, 19:12, 35:1,
priority [1] - 70:21 49:16, 50:5, 92:7, 59:12 reference [2] - 67:24, 35:5, 35:6, 56:21,
92:9 reached [2] - 65:17, 69:21 57:3, 57:4, 57:6
prison [1] - 62:2
public [8] - 12:11, 68:17 reflected [1] - 41:25 Republicans [1] -
privacy [1] - 40:19
35:23, 42:1, 47:7, reaching [1] - 51:3 reflection [1] - 3:4 56:15
private [2] - 40:8,
48:19, 63:23, 76:14, read [2] - 27:7, 28:10 refresh [1] - 29:18 REQUEST [4] - 80:11,
50:18
85:22 reading [2] - 3:20, refusal [2] - 54:11, 81:5, 82:2, 82:24
prizes [1] - 5:2
publicist [1] - 33:20 41:18 54:12 request [5] - 35:14,
problem [7] - 29:1,
publicized [1] - 47:20 ready [2] - 30:4, 31:25 refuse [1] - 4:13 36:1, 64:15, 65:20,
31:3, 31:5, 31:17,
pull [1] - 11:7 real [1] - 70:23 regard [1] - 73:23 78:6
33:24, 41:14, 53:6
pulling [1] - 8:23 realize [1] - 27:16 regarding [3] - 48:10, requested [1] - 26:19
proceedings [1] - 97:3
pump [1] - 21:8 realized [1] - 27:14 60:10, 67:1 requesting [1] - 62:1
process [8] - 22:24,
PURCHASE [2] - 82:4, really [17] - 4:23, 13:9, regional [1] - 39:9 require [1] - 14:14
26:9, 29:23, 63:18,
65:10, 71:13, 74:5 86:15 33:3, 38:6, 40:25, regions [1] - 55:16 required [1] - 6:21
productive [1] - 71:6 purposes [2] - 12:21, 42:22, 43:10, 43:21, register [1] - 6:18 REQUIRED [1] - 84:22
13:11 55:5, 69:23, 70:1, registered [3] - 7:17, requirements [1] -
PRODUCTS [1] - 91:4
pushed [1] - 42:21 70:9, 70:14, 70:20, 35:3, 38:9 76:25
profanity [1] - 45:21
put [11] - 6:22, 20:4, 70:22, 71:4, 71:15 Registration [1] - 36:1 requires [1] - 44:18
profit [1] - 55:13
35:10, 35:13, 47:14, REAPPOINTMENT [1] registration [1] - 6:20 reschedule [1] - 7:10
profits [1] - 28:25
52:19, 60:12, 61:18, - 79:15 regular [1] - 4:13 rescheduled [1] - 7:11
program [4] - 10:9,
62:15, 64:1, 73:19 rear [1] - 29:22 regulations [2] - research [1] - 52:2
52:10, 60:11, 63:6
putting [1] - 94:20 reason [2] - 73:3, 45:15, 46:13 reside [1] - 60:2
progressive [1] -
36:17 88:17 reign [1] - 28:24 residency [4] - 59:25,
project [3] - 9:5, 20:5, Q reassessment [4] - rEKUS [1] - 51:15 60:5, 60:8, 76:24
64:13 27:22, 27:25, 28:2, REKUS [1] - 53:14 resident [12] - 8:7,
Qatar [1] - 44:25 28:11
PROJECT [7] - 80:11, Rekus [1] - 51:15 34:22, 42:11, 45:14,
qualifications [1] - reassessments [2] -
80:14, 81:5, 81:8, REL [1] - 31:2 48:9, 57:19, 59:19,
63:7 27:17, 27:19 66:7, 66:9, 66:16,
12
67:4, 67:8 58:15, 58:20, 59:2, 82:16, 83:14, 84:9, Security [1] - 41:1
S
Residential [1] - 6:13 67:15, 68:23 85:9, 86:2, 87:1, see [21] - 16:16, 17:1,
residents [8] - 6:22, ROAD [1] - 93:5 Sabetta [3] - 29:16, 87:22, 89:18, 90:14, 24:24, 25:18, 26:3,
12:14, 14:9, 15:8, roads [6] - 11:25, 29:20, 48:9 91:8, 91:14, 92:8, 29:2, 33:5, 33:7,
27:6, 27:14, 48:16, 12:2, 12:13, 12:17, SABETTA [6] - 29:17, 92:17, 93:18, 95:14 34:15, 36:5, 43:20,
66:18 12:20, 62:19 32:19, 32:21, 33:10, Scott [1] - 63:16 45:18, 65:12, 65:19,
RESIGNED [1] - 94:7 ROBERT [1] - 94:7 34:7, 34:17 SCRANTON [11] - 1:1, 67:11, 68:24, 69:9,
resolution [2] - 48:14, Robinson [1] - 21:13 sacrificing [1] - 37:20 80:12, 81:6, 82:3, 69:13, 73:2, 76:1,
55:9 Rogan [1] - 51:17 sad [2] - 53:10, 70:15 82:25, 86:10, 87:9, 78:25
RESOLUTION [15] - roll [4] - 3:8, 91:9, safer [1] - 62:18 90:1, 91:2, 92:3, seem [2] - 67:15,
79:15, 80:8, 81:2, 92:12, 93:13 safety [4] - 32:4, 94:4 77:11
81:24, 82:21, 83:20, Roll [1] - 95:10 48:16, 53:2, 76:14 Scranton [67] - 4:8, sees [1] - 19:9
84:15, 86:8, 87:7, ron [1] - 27:4 sale [2] - 7:20, 19:1 4:20, 5:9, 5:10, 5:14, self [2] - 37:3, 37:9
88:3, 89:24, 93:2, roof [4] - 20:11, 21:23, sales [1] - 29:13 5:19, 6:2, 6:15, 6:16, self-funded [2] - 37:3,
93:3, 94:3, 94:9 21:24, 44:14 Salvador [3] - 16:9, 6:17, 6:22, 7:5, 37:9
resolutions [1] - 9:3 room [2] - 40:20, 17:12 10:11, 10:21, 12:4, Senate [2] - 69:18,
RESOURCES [2] - 42:18 SAMANTHA [2] - 94:4, 12:17, 14:9, 15:8, 70:21
86:12, 87:11 rooms [1] - 28:13 94:7 15:12, 15:15, 16:4, Senator [2] - 14:11,
resources [2] - 16:25, roots [3] - 23:11, Samantha [1] - 95:6 16:17, 17:8, 18:8, 69:24
55:15 31:20, 37:19 San [1] - 61:25 18:22, 19:12, 19:16, send [6] - 33:4, 43:14,
responded [1] - 30:15 rotating [1] - 50:13 sanctuary [1] - 39:21 22:6, 30:14, 33:17, 55:16, 66:19, 76:15,
response [7] - 25:1, ROTHCHILD [35] - 34:25, 39:2, 39:21, 76:16
sat [1] - 47:1
48:24, 66:25, 72:18, 2:4, 3:15, 4:17, 40:2, 40:8, 41:3, seniors [1] - 29:6
Saturday [5] - 4:6,
73:6, 73:8, 75:23 67:22, 68:10, 68:13, 41:12, 41:13, 41:20, sense [1] - 38:13
4:18, 5:15, 6:14,
responses [3] - 65:11, 69:12, 79:22, 80:3, 45:14, 49:1, 49:15, sent [6] - 27:25, 64:20,
7:18
67:24, 72:1 80:16, 80:22, 81:13, 50:14, 51:16, 52:18, 66:15, 68:5, 73:2,
Saudi [2] - 45:1
responsibility [1] - 81:19, 82:11, 83:7, 56:3, 56:6, 57:19, 78:14
saw [2] - 24:22, 29:1
62:19 83:15, 84:3, 84:10, 59:18, 59:20, 60:2, sentence [1] - 62:2
SB9 [3] - 14:12, 15:5,
responsible [2] - 44:8, 85:4, 85:10, 86:3, 60:3, 60:16, 60:18, sentenced [1] - 61:25
69:18
44:11 86:21, 87:2, 87:17, 60:23, 61:13, 62:6, separate [1] - 75:16
scene [1] - 49:4
rest [2] - 18:17, 27:15 87:23, 88:13, 89:19, 62:10, 69:3, 72:12, separately [1] - 75:18
scheduled [3] - 8:15,
RESTAURANT [1] - 90:15, 91:16, 92:19, 75:4, 76:22, 78:1,
49:11, 68:18 Serrenti [2] - 9:19,
84:16 93:9, 93:20, 94:13, 79:8, 89:5, 95:25,
school [3] - 53:3, 55:11
restrictions [1] - 12:19 94:24, 95:16 96:2
53:4, 53:20 serve [2] - 5:20, 64:3
results [1] - 62:14 Rothchild [8] - 3:14, Scranton's [2] - 19:10,
School [1] - 6:15 service [2] - 3:5, 43:15
60:24, 67:20, 71:23, 48:20
resume [1] - 95:7 schools [3] - 53:1, services [1] - 55:22
91:15, 92:18, 93:19, Scrantonian [1] - 16:6
resurfacing [1] - 68:18 53:7 serving [1] - 56:10
95:15 Scrantonians [1] -
retaining [4] - 31:6, SCHUMACHER [8] - set [2] - 15:20, 62:20
roughly [2] - 54:4, 70:23
31:10, 31:11, 32:3 57:18, 58:11, 58:13, seven [1] - 24:15
54:6 script [1] - 62:12
return [2] - 65:8, 65:12 58:17, 58:21, 58:25, SEVENTH [1] - 90:21
RPR [2] - 1:24, 97:10 scum [3] - 16:9, 17:10,
returned [1] - 65:11 59:3, 59:6 several [3] - 4:21, 9:3,
ruining [1] - 51:23 46:10
REVIEW [1] - 88:5 Schumacher [1] - 9:19
Rule [1] - 8:19 scumbags [1] - 71:5
review [1] - 73:7 57:18 sewage [1] - 68:1
rule [2] - 57:14, 57:16 Sean [2] - 56:14, 57:7
REVISION [1] - 93:3 SCHUMAKER [1] - sex [1] - 39:6
ruled [1] - 57:12 searches [1] - 54:21
rhino [1] - 15:17 94:7 Seymour [3] - 57:25,
rules [2] - 45:15, seat [1] - 15:19
Richard [2] - 29:20, schumaker [3] - 58:14, 58:23
46:13 second [16] - 34:7,
48:9 94:16, 94:23, 94:25 shake [2] - 56:19, 57:2
RULES [2] - 90:22, 79:22, 80:16, 81:13,
Rick [1] - 29:16 Schuster [12] - 14:25, shame [1] - 29:7
94:2 82:11, 84:4, 85:4,
rid [2] - 17:5, 38:12 49:22, 50:1, 60:1, shape [1] - 22:14
Rules [2] - 91:6, 94:11 85:17, 85:18, 85:20,
riding [1] - 42:12 61:12, 62:17, 64:7, shared [2] - 48:18,
rumors [1] - 71:15 87:17, 90:10, 91:8,
rights [1] - 14:8 67:19, 91:13, 92:16, 60:22
run [4] - 36:7, 38:6, 92:11, 93:12, 94:13
Rik [2] - 38:24, 38:25 93:17, 95:13 sheet [2] - 45:11,
53:11, 53:16 Second [4] - 82:10,
ripping [1] - 42:25 schuster [1] - 3:12 45:16
running [9] - 15:14, 83:7, 86:21, 88:13
risk [2] - 48:18, 76:14 SCHUSTER [34] - 2:5, shelter [1] - 52:8
18:10, 23:8, 23:18, secondly [2] - 6:1,
river [1] - 27:11 3:13, 4:5, 4:16, shelters [1] - 52:15
34:25, 41:15, 46:22, 32:4
RIVER [1] - 84:21 26:16, 26:21, 64:9, shenanigans [1] -
62:9, 63:23 section [6] - 20:3,
RLE [2] - 49:6, 50:10 64:19, 64:23, 65:2, 39:20
runoff [2] - 21:13, 54:8 50:15, 64:16, 88:19,
road [14] - 13:1, 13:3, 65:24, 66:4, 66:14, Sheridan [2] - 37:6,
runs [3] - 21:12, 89:2, 89:13
13:6, 13:10, 20:6, 66:24, 67:17, 80:2, 49:2
54:14, 76:9 sections [1] - 50:13
42:24, 58:9, 58:10, 80:21, 81:18, 82:10, sheriff [1] - 29:13
13
sheriffs [1] - 39:7 3:3, 3:19, 4:1, 4:15, sorry [3] - 53:14, 54:5, statements [1] - 49:12 20:24, 21:9, 72:2,
Sherry [1] - 49:7 5:16, 6:12, 6:25, 7:3, 58:12 States [2] - 17:14, 72:5
shifting [1] - 20:11 7:8, 7:11, 7:15, 8:14, sorts [1] - 13:10 45:5 stuff [4] - 15:13, 17:1,
shirt [2] - 7:25, 19:10 8:25, 9:15, 10:1, SOUTH [1] - 84:20 states [2] - 49:11, 33:2, 40:21
short [1] - 63:5 10:5, 11:15, 15:10, South [4] - 12:23, 49:22 subject [1] - 70:4
shortage [1] - 13:23 19:18, 19:20, 25:4, 77:14, 77:20, 78:1 STATIC [1] - 88:7 subjects [1] - 55:6
shorter [1] - 10:23 25:14, 25:23, 26:1, space [3] - 6:21, 47:5, stating [2] - 15:6, 22:7 SUBMISSION [7] -
shortly [1] - 32:5 26:13, 26:25, 27:4, 72:23 station [2] - 21:12, 80:9, 81:3, 81:25,
Show [1] - 47:16 29:15, 32:8, 32:20, spade [2] - 59:22, 76:7 82:22, 86:9, 87:8,
show [3] - 57:22, 59:3, 32:22, 34:3, 34:12, 59:23 status [3] - 68:14, 89:25
59:7 34:19, 38:23, 42:5, spaghetti [1] - 6:2 71:8, 71:11 submitted [2] - 68:7,
showed [1] - 22:23 42:8, 45:10, 48:2, Spano [2] - 15:17, stay [3] - 17:16, 66:21, 72:4
side [2] - 56:11 51:13, 53:12, 53:25, 18:17 68:25 subsequently [1] -
Side [1] - 51:16 54:5, 57:17, 58:8, speakers [1] - 45:23 stealing [1] - 40:25 48:18
58:12, 58:15, 58:18, speaking [3] - 8:11, steps [1] - 68:9 substantial [1] - 20:1
sidewalk [3] - 7:20,
58:24, 59:1, 59:5, 9:16, 62:1 Steve [2] - 22:13, success [1] - 62:24
20:6, 28:15
59:10, 59:13, 59:17, special [1] - 60:13 65:18 sudden [1] - 16:2
sign [2] - 44:16, 45:11
63:9, 63:12, 64:6, specific [1] - 72:24 still [15] - 8:11, 13:7, suddenly [1] - 39:12
sign-in [1] - 45:11
67:19, 71:22, 76:20, specifically [1] - 14:16 29:5, 44:2, 51:1, suggest [2] - 43:11,
signed [2] - 32:12,
79:18, 79:23, 80:5, 54:10, 54:20, 56:4, 43:12
77:1 speed [1] - 74:25
80:17, 80:24, 81:9, 61:4, 61:24, 65:22, suggesting [1] - 75:20
significant [3] - 12:12, spend [2] - 16:13,
81:14, 81:21, 82:6, 68:22, 72:5, 72:6, suggestion [1] - 12:15
12:14, 48:18 38:1
82:12, 82:18, 83:3, 74:13
signify [12] - 79:24, spending [2] - 36:6, suits [1] - 15:21
83:8, 83:11, 83:17, stockmarket [1] - 44:1
80:18, 81:15, 82:13, 38:12 Summit [1] - 43:18
83:25, 84:5, 84:12,
83:12, 84:6, 85:6, spends [1] - 40:3 stocks [1] - 43:24 supervision [1] -
84:24, 85:5, 85:12,
85:24, 86:23, 87:19, spent [8] - 36:24, stood [1] - 27:21 97:24
85:16, 85:19, 86:5,
89:16, 90:12 37:1, 37:4, 37:7, stop [2] - 39:17, 51:10 supervisor [3] - 22:14,
86:17, 86:22, 87:4,
signs [3] - 17:6, 17:8, 37:14, 41:22, 58:3, stopping [1] - 39:18 25:11, 26:20
87:13, 87:18, 87:25,
51:10 61:11 store [4] - 67:3, 67:7, support [4] - 10:15,
88:9, 88:14, 89:15,
silent [1] - 3:4 Spindler [1] - 56:8 67:14, 88:25 33:6, 43:23, 72:11
89:21, 90:6, 90:11,
SINGLE [2] - 3:22, spine [1] - 11:13 storm [2] - 54:4, 54:7 supports [1] - 17:24
90:17, 91:5, 91:9,
93:4 sports [9] - 14:14, storms [1] - 23:17 supposed [3] - 22:4,
91:20, 92:5, 92:12,
single [3] - 13:16, 14:17, 14:22, 53:17, stormwater [4] - 21:9, 40:12, 40:14
92:23, 93:6, 93:13,
51:23, 61:14 53:19, 69:22, 70:3, 21:10, 23:19, 55:2 surprise [1] - 11:1
93:24, 94:10, 94:14,
SINKHOLE [1] - 92:4 70:8, 70:19 stream [1] - 21:2 surprised [1] - 51:6
95:10, 95:20, 95:24,
sinkholes [2] - 21:21, spot [1] - 73:19 Street [16] - 5:14, 8:3, SUVs [1] - 12:4
96:7
23:12 spotted [1] - 56:15 23:22, 43:23, 48:12, swimming [1] - 44:13
Smurl [6] - 3:18,
sinking [3] - 21:6, sprawl [1] - 12:6 51:24, 56:25, 61:11, Swingin [2] - 7:25, 8:1
59:11, 91:19, 92:22,
21:23, 23:6 spreading [1] - 71:14 64:12, 66:16, 68:5, syllable [1] - 60:25
93:23, 95:19
sirens [1] - 49:4 square [1] - 4:10 72:25, 73:10, 78:11, syllables [1] - 60:25
Social [1] - 40:25
sit [3] - 17:5, 17:19, St [1] - 78:8 88:24, 89:5
social [1] - 37:24
18:16 stable [1] - 52:15 STREET [5] - 83:24, T
society [5] - 45:8,
site [4] - 48:17, 48:25, stacked [1] - 55:10 84:18, 84:21, 88:8,
70:11, 70:12, 70:16,
73:9, 73:12 stage [1] - 61:22 92:3 T-shirt [1] - 7:25
71:6
SITE [1] - 81:7 stance [1] - 71:19 street [5] - 42:17, table [4] - 20:21,
soil [2] - 31:17, 32:5
sits [1] - 88:25 stand [4] - 17:20, 58:23, 67:9, 67:12, 20:24, 85:15, 85:20
solar [1] - 27:10
sitting [4] - 31:19, 17:21, 19:15, 50:16 79:3 tabled [1] - 85:21
sold [1] - 10:22
31:23, 45:22, 60:1 standing [3] - 3:3, street's [1] - 42:21 targeted [1] - 60:21
solicitor [1] - 73:14
situation [4] - 25:15, 27:8, 56:23 streets [5] - 18:21, task [1] - 69:5
SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10
32:2, 44:22, 66:22 stands [1] - 56:12 43:1, 51:22, 52:18, TAX [1] - 3:22
Solicitor [3] - 73:15,
six [2] - 40:3, 54:7 start [3] - 47:12, 67:5 tax [5] - 12:14, 15:21,
75:3, 88:16
SIXTH [1] - 90:19 62:16, 77:25 streetscape [1] - 15:22, 43:11, 74:3
solution [1] - 75:15
skin [1] - 71:10 starting [2] - 7:24, 68:22 Tax [1] - 65:7
someone [8] - 20:19,
slightly [1] - 13:19 24:4 STREETSCAPE [1] - taxes [5] - 29:8, 29:10,
20:20, 46:15, 55:20,
sloped [1] - 31:13 starts [2] - 39:4, 43:13 80:14 43:12, 44:19, 56:1
56:21, 57:13, 69:2,
small [1] - 73:10 State [2] - 14:11, struck [1] - 78:12 taxpayer [3] - 34:22,
76:17
SMITH [1] - 84:18 36:20 structure [3] - 30:8, 42:11, 57:19
son [1] - 61:7
Smith [1] - 5:13 state [6] - 36:19, 32:17, 34:16 taxpayers [1] - 50:9
son's [1] - 61:19
SMURL [113] - 2:2, 43:12, 55:1, 58:7, students [1] - 10:8 teachers [1] - 44:9
soon [1] - 69:1
58:9, 58:20 study [5] - 20:21, team [3] - 5:3, 53:21,
14
70:8 thrown [1] - 54:19 14:13, 14:16, 14:20,
U V
Teaman [1] - 22:13 thumbs [1] - 11:21 69:21, 70:1
teams [1] - 48:24 Thursday [3] - 6:4, transit [1] - 12:11 under [4] - 11:2, values [1] - 27:16
tear [2] - 12:13, 54:15 7:12, 7:13 transitioning [1] - 40:14, 57:14, 97:24 various [1] - 14:4
Tech [1] - 83:10 tied [1] - 9:4 70:6 underground [5] - varying [1] - 31:14
Technology [1] - 9:24 tilt [1] - 57:6 translates [1] - 45:2 20:7, 21:2, 23:9, vehicle [2] - 61:2, 61:7
TECHNOLOGY [1] - tilted [1] - 76:13 transmission [1] - 23:10, 26:11 vehicles [3] - 12:3,
82:4 timeframe [1] - 5:4 48:23 underneath [1] - 12:9, 13:12
telephone [3] - 23:6, timeline [2] - 49:24, transpeople [1] - 51:22 vendetta [1] - 60:12
23:7, 30:9 50:3 70:10 undesirables [1] - vendor [1] - 54:23
TEMPORARY [1] - Times-Tribune [1] - transportation [2] - 28:13 verbal [1] - 55:19
92:1 10:21 12:10, 13:14 undue [1] - 13:24 vertebrae [1] - 61:21
ten [2] - 28:12, 28:14 TO [15] - 3:23, 3:24, trash [4] - 4:13, 52:16, UNEXPIRED [1] - 94:6 Veterans [1] - 4:9
Tenant [1] - 40:14 80:12, 81:6, 82:3, 52:20, 54:18 union [1] - 50:24 vets [2] - 17:17, 17:22
TERM [2] - 94:6, 94:8 82:25, 83:21, 84:20, Treasurer's [1] - 41:2 unions [1] - 44:7 via [1] - 60:21
terrible [1] - 70:20 86:10, 86:12, 87:9, treasury [5] - 73:11, United [2] - 17:14, VICE [1] - 2:3
terribly [1] - 9:18 87:11, 90:3, 90:25, 73:17, 74:1, 74:11, 45:5 Victor [1] - 6:1
test [2] - 65:4, 65:7 94:6 74:22 units [1] - 48:25 video [1] - 33:20
texts [1] - 78:21 today [16] - 11:9, trees [4] - 21:5, 31:19, unless [1] - 97:24 Vince [1] - 3:7
thankfully [1] - 61:22 12:16, 14:5, 17:2, 31:24, 79:4 unlike [1] - 60:24 Vine [3] - 7:25, 8:1,
THAT [1] - 86:14 17:20, 19:9, 25:21, trestle [1] - 51:22 unrelated [1] - 14:6 8:3
THE [51] - 1:1, 79:16, 26:19, 32:10, 35:15, Tribune [1] - 10:21 unsheltered [1] - 69:5 Virgil [1] - 48:4
80:9, 80:12, 80:13, 35:17, 65:6, 66:12, tribute [1] - 61:21 up [56] - 5:4, 8:22, virtually [1] - 21:2
81:3, 81:6, 81:7, 73:25, 77:20, 77:24 tried [2] - 39:19 11:12, 11:21, 11:25, visibly [1] - 63:3
81:25, 82:3, 82:4, together [3] - 8:23, trillion [1] - 43:24 15:17, 19:23, 22:23, visit [3] - 6:16, 61:7,
82:22, 82:25, 83:1, 10:14, 60:3 Trish [2] - 36:25, 37:8 23:13, 23:17, 24:7, 61:9
83:20, 83:23, 83:24, Tom [4] - 14:25, 19:24, trolleys [1] - 12:11 24:14, 25:7, 25:8, visited [1] - 48:17
84:15, 84:22, 86:9, 25:25, 54:1 truck [1] - 78:10 25:12, 25:15, 27:10, visits [1] - 30:1
86:10, 86:11, 86:13, tomorrow [3] - 26:3, trucks [4] - 12:4, 28:14, 29:2, 30:2, voice [1] - 38:21
86:14, 87:8, 87:9, 27:3, 66:13 54:15, 55:20, 57:24 33:3, 33:5, 34:6, Voldenberg [5] -
87:10, 88:3, 88:4, tongue [2] - 46:4 true [1] - 59:19 37:20, 39:22, 39:24, 26:16, 64:10, 65:14,
88:5, 88:6, 89:25, tonight [12] - 34:23, Trump's [1] - 11:3 39:25, 42:16, 42:21, 67:23, 69:14
90:1, 90:2, 90:3, 39:3, 45:16, 46:7, truth [2] - 61:13, 79:10 43:1, 43:14, 44:4, VOLDENBERG [38] -
90:22, 90:23, 90:24, 47:1, 55:5, 55:6, truths [1] - 61:17 50:12, 50:16, 53:5, 2:8, 3:21, 6:24, 7:1,
91:2, 91:23, 91:24, 60:9, 66:7, 66:20, try [2] - 10:7, 66:8 56:19, 56:23, 64:11, 26:18, 27:2, 59:11,
91:25, 92:4, 93:1, 71:21, 78:20 trying [6] - 18:18, 64:18, 66:3, 66:20, 59:14, 63:10, 64:15,
94:2, 94:5, 94:6 took [7] - 31:9, 33:18, 18:19, 37:21, 47:18, 67:10, 67:25, 68:12, 64:21, 64:25, 65:22,
theirs [1] - 59:15 37:1, 37:6, 53:7, 70:17, 75:6 69:18, 71:2, 72:22, 66:2, 66:11, 66:23,
they've [2] - 4:20, 26:5 77:5 Tuesday [7] - 1:7, 7:6, 72:25, 73:24, 75:6, 67:16, 68:7, 68:12,
thick [1] - 29:12 top [3] - 36:13, 66:21, 29:21, 38:3, 63:23, 75:17, 77:18, 78:11, 69:11, 76:4, 76:16,
thinner [1] - 10:23 68:25 64:4, 85:23 78:25, 79:2, 94:19 79:14, 80:7, 81:1,
third [2] - 42:15, 72:18 torn [1] - 44:14 turn [2] - 17:4, 70:2 UP [6] - 80:12, 81:6, 81:23, 82:20, 83:19,
THIRD [1] - 3:21 toss [1] - 57:5 turned [1] - 60:24 82:3, 82:25, 86:12, 84:14, 86:7, 87:6,
Third [1] - 4:2 totally [1] - 30:19 turnout [1] - 38:7 87:11 88:2, 89:23, 90:19,
thirty [1] - 16:5 tough [1] - 18:6 TV [1] - 41:6 update [11] - 9:12, 91:22, 92:25, 94:1,
thirty-one [1] - 16:5 town [2] - 28:3, 29:3 twice [4] - 25:9, 25:10, 49:23, 54:23, 64:11, 95:22
THIS [1] - 94:8 track [1] - 63:21 25:19, 29:12 64:14, 65:3, 65:4, volunteering [1] -
THOMAS [2] - 2:5, Tracy [1] - 51:15 twisted [1] - 61:10 68:18, 72:2, 75:9, 37:23
2:10 trafficking [2] - 39:5, two [25] - 4:5, 10:14, 76:1 vote [10] - 7:18, 14:12,
thousand [4] - 41:22, 39:6 21:4, 21:20, 28:6, updates [2] - 26:17, 15:5, 38:3, 38:4,
41:23, 41:24 trail [3] - 79:4, 79:6, 29:20, 30:1, 30:12, 65:20 53:23, 62:12, 62:23,
thousands [1] - 27:20 79:9 31:19, 31:24, 32:1, UPON [1] - 94:8 63:1
three [7] - 11:2, 30:24, trained [1] - 49:15 34:12, 40:21, 49:6, uprooted [1] - 21:5 voted [3] - 28:8,
33:9, 48:13, 50:1, TRAINING [1] - 83:2 51:10, 57:9, 60:25, US [1] - 11:2 61:14, 69:24
57:9, 68:21 training [1] - 10:7 61:1, 61:22, 63:16, USE [1] - 91:3 Voter [1] - 36:1
thrilled [1] - 72:10 trans [1] - 15:8 68:20, 73:10, 77:11, useless [2] - 28:7, voter [1] - 38:6
THROUGH [1] - 3:25 transcript [3] - 41:19, 79:3 46:10 voters [2] - 38:9, 40:1
throughout [1] - 3:5 97:6, 97:22 TWO [1] - 88:7 utilities [3] - 23:8, votes [2] - 57:9, 57:13
throw [1] - 75:18 TRANSFER [1] - 84:16 type [5] - 20:18, 22:22, 23:12, 68:20
throwing [1] - 75:13 transgender [5] - 32:6, 62:12, 62:13 utility [1] - 68:17
15
20:18, 22:17, 23:21,
W Y
28:4, 29:10
waiting [1] - 61:24 WHO [1] - 94:7 yard [3] - 20:10, 21:21,
walk [2] - 8:8, 40:20 whole [5] - 21:18, 31:15
walked [1] - 60:6 34:2, 41:2, 55:8, YEAR [7] - 3:23, 3:24,
walking [1] - 12:10 76:9 80:10, 81:4, 82:1,
wall [16] - 20:10, 27:7, wholeheartedly [1] - 82:23
31:6, 31:10, 31:12, 38:19 year [4] - 27:21, 27:24,
32:3, 32:11, 32:15, wide [3] - 12:21, 13:4, 51:6, 58:3
32:16, 32:17, 32:20, 13:6 YEAR-TO-DATE [1] -
32:22, 32:24, 33:7, Wilkes [1] - 52:13 3:23
34:2, 34:15 Wilkes-Barre [1] - YEAR-TO-YEAR [1] -
Wall [1] - 43:23 52:13 3:24
wanderings [1] - WILL [1] - 94:9 years [21] - 4:21, 9:19,
28:20 WILLIAM [1] - 2:6 13:18, 13:23, 16:4,
wants [3] - 14:22, William [1] - 3:8 16:5, 18:15, 18:20,
18:23, 35:24 willing [2] - 15:4, 24:15, 28:18, 37:23,
Washburn [1] - 61:11 63:25 40:2, 40:21, 43:4,
Washington [1] - win [2] - 18:3, 38:16 48:13, 51:5, 52:21,
12:23 wish [6] - 19:14, 53:16, 60:7, 77:11
waste [1] - 28:5 45:12, 63:22, 63:23, yesterday [2] - 8:14,
wasted [1] - 54:16 64:3, 94:23 77:1
wasteful [1] - 38:12 WITH [1] - 83:22 Yesu [3] - 19:23,
Watch [2] - 60:4, woke [1] - 45:8 23:20, 66:6
60:23 woman [2] - 29:18, young [1] - 33:21
watch [2] - 60:11, 63:5 35:10
watching [1] - 51:18 women [6] - 3:5, 5:19, Z
water [16] - 20:5, 5:23, 18:5, 48:6,
20:21, 20:24, 21:8, 70:3 zoned [1] - 67:7
21:11, 21:14, 21:18, women's [2] - 14:17, zoning [2] - 13:17,
22:8, 23:9, 23:10, 17:24 27:10
26:12, 42:18, 65:15, wonder [1] - 27:19
65:18, 65:25 wondering [2] - 10:11,
wear [3] - 7:25, 12:13, 78:17
54:15 wooden [1] - 30:8
wearing [1] - 19:10 word [2] - 19:8, 60:25
weather [1] - 68:21 words [11] - 22:14,
website [2] - 6:16, 45:19, 45:24, 46:7,
6:23 46:8, 46:17, 46:23,
Webster [1] - 77:21 46:25, 47:9
Wednesday [1] - 6:3 works [1] - 44:10
Week [1] - 48:5 Works [4] - 49:16,
week [20] - 4:12, 5:18, 50:5, 92:7, 92:9
23:17, 33:4, 34:8, WORKS [1] - 91:24
34:24, 47:13, 47:14, world [1] - 3:5
47:24, 47:25, 59:24, worst [1] - 50:14
63:7, 64:10, 65:3, worthless [2] - 28:7,
67:25, 68:3, 69:19, 46:11
69:24, 72:1, 75:1 worthy [1] - 9:6
weekend [1] - 17:18 write [5] - 15:15,
weeks [11] - 16:1, 19:12, 19:13, 35:4,
28:6, 29:21, 30:2, 35:7
32:1, 34:12, 43:25, write-in [2] - 15:15,
64:16, 68:21, 68:25, 19:12
72:8 written [2] - 29:24,
welcome [1] - 95:5 35:12
West [6] - 4:19, 6:2, wrongdoing [1] - 61:6
51:15, 60:3, 60:18,
60:22
whatsoever [5] -