COUNCIL

1 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON 2 3 4 HELD: 5 6 7 Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 8 9 10 LOCATION: 11 12 COUNCIL CHAMBERS 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Maria McCool, RPR Official Court Reporter 25  2 1 C O U N C I L M E M B E R S: 2 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT 3 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT 4 JESSICA ROTHCHILD 5 THOMAS SCHUSTER 6 WILLIAM KING - absent 7 8 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK 9 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK 10 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.) 2 3 MR. SMURL: Please remain standing 4 for a moment of silent reflection for our 5 service men and women throughout the world and 6 for those who have passed away in our 7 community, especially Stanley Bell and Mike 8 Sporer. Thank you. Roll call, please. 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King. Mr. 10 Schuster. 11 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. 12 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here. 14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew. 15 MR. MCANDREW: Present. 16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl. 17 MR. SMURL: Here. Dispense with the 18 reading of the minutes, please. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. 20 3.A. LACKAWANNA COUNTY PLANNING 21 COMMISSION SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT 22 EVALUATION REPORT REVIEWED JULY 30, 2025. 23 3.B. OVERTIME REPORT FOR ALL 24 DEPARTMENTS FOR JULY 2025, AS PROVIDED BY CITY 25 CONTROLLER, RECEIVED AUGUST 1, 2025.  4 1 3.C. SINGLE TAX OFFICE CITY FUNDS 2 DISTRIBUTED COMPARISON REPORT FOR YEAR-TO-DATE 3 AUGUST 8, 2025 AND YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON 4 REPORT FOR AUGUST 7, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 8, 5 2025. 6 3.D. CHECK RECEIVED FROM COMCAST, 7 REPRESENTING THE CATV FRANCHISE FEE FOR QUARTER 8 2 OF 2025. 9 3.E. CORRESPONDENCE DATED JULY 31, 10 2025, FROM CITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, 11 REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET 12 TRANSFER. 13 3.F. CORRESPONDENCE DATED AUGUST 7, 14 2025, FROM CITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, 15 REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET 16 TRANSFER. 17 3.G. ARPA JULY 2025 QUARTERLY 18 REPORT, DATED AUGUST 13, 2025, FROM CITY ARPA 19 DIRECTOR. 20 3.H. CONTROLLER'S REPORT FOR THE 21 MONTH ENDING JULY 31, 2025. 22 3.I. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED AUGUST 23 18, 2025, REGARDING OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT 24 BENEFITS TRUST QUARTERLY INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE 25 REVIEW FOR THE 2ND QUARTER OF 2025.  5 1 3.J. LACKAWANNA COUNTY PLANNING 2 COMMISSION SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT 3 EVALUATION REPORT REVIEWED JULY 25, 2025. 4 3.K. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON 5 FIREFIGHTERS PENSION COMMISSION MEETING HELD 6 JULY 16, 2025. 7 3.L. MINUTES OF THE NON-UNIFORM 8 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD JULY 16, 9 2025. 10 3.M. AGENDA FOR THE NON-UNIFORM 11 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD AUGUST 20, 12 2025. 13 3.N. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON POLICE 14 PENSION COMMISSION MEETING HELD JULY 16, 2025. 15 3.O. MINUTES OF THE COMPOSITE 16 PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD JULY 16, 2025. 17 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments 18 on any of the Third Order items? If not, 19 received and filed. 20 Do any Council members have any 21 announcements at this time? 22 DR. ROTHCHILD: I have a couple. 23 First of all, welcome back after our break. A 24 couple things that are coming up that I wanted 25 to shout out tonight, first off, over the  6 1 summer they were going to have a day to honor 2 Jimmy Connors up at Nay Aug with music. But 3 that had to be -- I believe it rained and they 4 had to reschedule it. So it's been rescheduled 5 to Saturday, September 20th. 6 So it's going to be Jim Connors Day 7 at Nay Aug. And that will be taking place from 8 1 p.m. I think up until 6 p.m. or maybe later. 9 They have a number of bands and groups that 10 will be playing. But then they've got some 11 other activities too for families. 12 So there will be face painting, a 13 magician, balloons. So it sounds like it will 14 be a really fun day up at the park. So I just 15 wanted to make sure to mention that and then 16 towards the end of the month, Scranton Fringe 17 Festival will be having their annual festival. 18 And that will be taking place from 19 September 25th until October 5th. So if you 20 are interested in going to any of the shows or 21 events for Fringe, you could go to 22 Scrantonfringe.org to find out more about 23 tickets for that. That's all. 24 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else? 25 MR. MCANDREW: I also have a quick  7 1 message from a resident that relayed this to me 2 and asked me to read it. So all it says was 3 another exceptional job by the police and the 4 sheriffs at La Festa. All days were very 5 secure, high police presentation. 6 It is so great to have something so 7 wonderful to bring the community together. 8 Please pass the word along to all. Great job. 9 So I agree. That's all I have. 10 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Fourth 11 Order. 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER. 13 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION. 14 MR. SMURL: First, Norma Jeffries. 15 MS. JEFFRIES: Good evening, 16 Council, Norma Jeffries, Scranton resident. 17 And I just want to welcome everyone back. I 18 didn't see an official announcement in the 19 newspaper, so I'm not sure how many people knew 20 that tonight was the first night of reconvening 21 after vacation. 22 But while you were on vacation, of 23 course, it gives us the opportunity to think 24 back of what's gone on these past months at 25 City Council. One of the things that I was  8 1 glad to see a lot that went on in the city with 2 the crosswalks that were painted and all and 3 ready for the kids to go back to school. 4 However, then that prompted my 5 question and my concern for the street signs. 6 And I was trying to look on the website to 7 see -- our city website to see what percentage 8 of the street signs are up and done. 9 I couldn't find anything on there. 10 So maybe you could help me find where that is 11 and to get the information. And I know it's 12 just not me because over the summer whenever I 13 run into people, they'll say, "Any more street 14 signs up, Norma? Any more street signs?" 15 I say I don't know as much as you 16 know. So if someone could direct me to the 17 website where I could find the information 18 about the percent of the street signs that have 19 been done. The second thing that I wanted to 20 talk about was the -- was the kids going back 21 to school -- let me back up. 22 The wall up at the Radison, I did 23 see also on the news that money was located to 24 prepare -- repair that wall there at the 25 Radison. I know I've spoken about it. And I  9 1 know others have spoken about it, the 2 disrepair. 3 You know, such an eyesore to the 4 city as you're coming up Lackawanna Avenue and 5 to run into that. So I did read over the 6 summer that money has been located and that 7 will be repaired. So I'm looking forward to 8 seeing that particular situation taken care of. 9 And also, I was also approached, you 10 know, people think just because I come to City 11 Council that I'm City Council. I'm not. But 12 it seems that the pothole situation, there's a 13 pothole at the corner of Ash and Prescott. The 14 person has called and reported it to the 15 pothole hotline and it's still there. 16 And, you know, that's right across 17 the street from Mansour's. So if you are 18 getting ready to take the right-hand turn there 19 you're going to hit that pothole because 20 there's cars there and you got to take a wide 21 turn to get around that corner. 22 So, you know, should you just keep 23 calling and reporting it or just let us know 24 how that whole system works. And the next 25 thing that I was concerned about and it's a  10 1 thank you to the community for all the help 2 that the kids of the city received on preparing 3 them to go back to school. 4 There was so many places that as I 5 rode around the city over at the Farmer's 6 Market, at Nay Aug Park at the time Antz Hotel, 7 you know, that were giving out the plastic 8 bookbag, backpacks for the kids. And they were 9 filled with the supplies, such a help that was 10 to the parents of the city. 11 So, you know, kudos to any group 12 that was out there and prepared and helped to 13 get those kids back to school. So the thing 14 that I thought about as I was thinking about 15 how great the first day of school for the kids, 16 I thought that was great. We've prepared their 17 backpacks. We've given them supplies. 18 And I thought about their hunger and 19 their food supply. So I did question who is 20 eligible for the breakfast and lunches at the 21 school. And I was told that any of the kids at 22 school could get breakfast and lunch. 23 But they said the problem comes with 24 the time constraints that I guess there is so 25 many kids in line to get the food that they run  11 1 out of time before it's their first class. 2 I don't have any kids in school so I 3 don't know if that's true or not. So maybe 4 someone could enlighten me on that. But along 5 with that I thought it's time for another food 6 drive. So we're going to be having another 7 food drive at Nay Aug Park the end of 8 September. 9 And it's going to be the two days as 10 we usually do because we thought -- and I 11 thought, you know, when I approach the SMRA 12 about it, I said could we do another food drive 13 because I'm sure that the food pantries that we 14 supplied with food in February is probably 15 down. 16 And with the kids going back to 17 school and if they don't get a chance to have 18 something to eat at school and they get home, 19 they are going to be looking for something to 20 eat. So we're going to be having another food 21 drive. 22 I'll have the fliers ready next 23 week. I don't have them ready right now. But 24 if you could just mark your calendars. And a 25 lot of the stores right now and I know that the  12 1 prices are up on food, but they are doing -- 2 they're buy one, get one or buy four, get two. 3 You know, just think about those in 4 need when you're out there at the store. Okay? 5 Thank you. 6 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Norma. I 7 will see if I could find the street signs 8 percentage and e-mail it to you. 9 MS. JEFFRIES: Yeah, that would be 10 great. 11 MR. SMURL: And, Frank -- Mr. 12 Voldenberg, will you also send in Ash and 13 Prescott for pothole again, send in tomorrow? 14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I made note of it. 15 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Kathy, is 16 the -- is that plugged in? There's no clock. 17 Yeah, I just -- I can't see anything. That's 18 fine. It's not on, okay. Kathy, so can you 19 just watch the timer for me then? I don't 20 know -- thank you, Frank. Joan Hodowanitz. 21 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz, 22 Scranton. Mr. Smurl, there's a name you should 23 have mentioned during your moment of 24 reflection, so I will mention him. Jerome 25 Martin Mullaney, was born on April 8th, 1926 in  13 1 Scranton. 2 He enlisted in the US Navy and was 3 assigned to the Destroyer USS Glennon. The 4 Glennon was part of the armada during the 5 Normandy invasion of France in 1944. Jerome 6 was killed in action on June 8th, 1944 when the 7 US Glennon struck a German mine. 8 He was awarded a purple heart for 9 his sacrifice. His remains were recently 10 recovered and identified by the US Navy. A 11 viewing will be held on September 3rd, tomorrow 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Thomas J. Hughes 13 Funeral Home, 1240 St. Ann's Street, Scranton. 14 Internment will be in St. Mary's 15 Cemetery near his parents. And he will be 16 accorded full military honors. Jerome was only 17 18 years old when he died for his country. He 18 couldn't vote. He couldn't drink. But he 19 could die for his country. 20 Now, one of the reasons that I 21 mention it is it took 81 years for his remains 22 to be recovered and identified. And the third 23 Friday in every September is National POW MIA 24 Recognition Day. That's September 19th. Last 25 year the city flew the POW MIA flag in front of  14 1 City Hall. 2 I hope they do again this year. And 3 on September 19th at 4 p.m. at the Veterans 4 Memorial near Scranton High School, there will 5 be a ceremony recognizing all POWs and MIA. 6 Does anyone know the current count of how many 7 service members remain missing -- 81,000. And 8 I wonder how many are from Scranton, just a 9 thought. 10 I looked at the capital budget. 11 Again, I was pleased to see the amount of 12 information, the transparency. But I had a 13 thought. Many streets in Scranton have no 14 sidewalks. And I'm a pedestrian now for 13 15 years. 16 And, of course, school children are 17 by nature pedestrians. I wonder, do we have 18 any ordinances or regulations that tell us 19 where we should have sidewalks? Who is 20 responsible for them because I know I have to 21 walk on the street many times just going from 22 here to the prison for a prison board. 23 How many children have to walk on 24 the streets. I know Ron Ellman has pointed out 25 a lack of sidewalks in North Scranton. Maybe  15 1 somebody could look at that as a future project 2 like Norma's street signs and other 3 initiatives. 4 I looked at the Controller's Report 5 for July. And under court awards, we paid 6 $285,000 to Don Scartelli Construction. Was 7 that the lawsuit involving the splash pad low 8 bidding? 9 MR. SMURL: There were three 10 lawsuits involved in that all rolled together. 11 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Are we done 12 with lawsuits from Scartelli? 13 MR. SMURL: I believe we are. I 14 know we paid out and he paid us. 15 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Okay. We 16 had a budget of $400,000 for court awards. 17 We're down to $20,000. So hopefully we have no 18 more coming. Are we making progress on a union 19 contract for DPW? 20 MR. SMURL: As of this morning I was 21 told midSeptember is the next meeting. 22 MS. HODOWANITZ: And how about 23 progress on the 2024 audit? Will it come in on 24 or before the 30th of September? 25 MR. SMURL: All of the authority  16 1 audits are complete and all turned into our 2 auditor. So they're in the hands of our 3 auditor. 4 MS. HODOWANITZ: I'm sorry, I didn't 5 hear that. 6 MR. SMURL: They're all complete. 7 All of the authorities have them completed. So 8 they are all turned in. So now it's up to our 9 auditor. 10 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Thank you. 11 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Ron Ellman. 12 MR. ELLMAN: Good evening, Council. 13 I just brought this to remind you that 32 14 people last -- this past winter lost their 15 homes. Eight of them were Scrantonians. The 16 22nd -- August 22nd paper had hundreds and 17 hundreds and hundreds of names being allowed to 18 stay in their homes not paying taxes. 19 One guy that lost his house was 20 across the street of me, $3,500. Another was 21 8,000. The rest of them were big sums. 22 There's a Robert Tuni{phonetic} in this list. 23 One property, he owes 119,000. 24 There's another fellow Vincent 25 Sparnani{phonetic}, $152,700 on one property.  17 1 This is -- this is outrageous. A man lost this 2 house for $3,500 and these people are still 3 here year after year? 4 This Dennis Smith, LLC, he got 22 5 properties, owes a fortune on. There's another 6 one 24 properties, an LLC. These people don't 7 pay the taxes. They rent out the property and 8 nothing is being done. They are not condemned. 9 This city is just so far out of tune to the 10 people paying for everything. 11 Now, last week's paper has Marty 12 Flynn gives Paige $200,000 for downtown, a 13 grant. Scranton Tomorrow gives another 14 $200,000 grant. Page took $240,000 in the 15 walkability. That is $640,000 for a -- what, a 16 tenth of the city? No sidewalks for 17 neighborhoods, no curbs, not even a street 18 sweeper goes by anything. 19 On the 2500 blocks, they tore down 20 to the Smith house. It's overgrown. I went up 21 there a couple weeks ago with a clipper trying 22 to make a path for the kids to go to school in 23 the morning. This city is just gone to pot 24 except downtown. 25 You people -- I talk to my episode  18 1 of getting names, Council isn't well liked. I 2 only had one lady throw me out, tell me off. 3 She says, "I'm a straight Democrat." She says 4 I don't want you to -- she knows me. She's a 5 block from my house. She said, "I don't want 6 people like you in the government." Everybody 7 else I didn't have no problems with. 8 I had some people ask me to come in 9 for beer, water, cokes, get out of the sun. 10 People -- I think in my opinion, Paige Cognetti 11 is just the worst Mayor in all 50 American 12 states of any city, town, village, hamlet. If 13 I -- if she's not the worst American Mayor, you 14 tell me who is in black and white and I'll 15 apologize to her. 16 This is -- I watched the kids this 17 morning. They are in the street on the 2500 18 because of illegally parked cars on the 2515 19 house. The 2515 house is a dump. And they 20 have garbage all week long out there. A couple 21 weeks ago the city gave me a letter for having 22 no top on my garbage can. 23 MR. SMURL: Thank you. 24 MR. ELLMAN: How many garbage cans 25 in this city don't have tops on them, probably  19 1 100,000, 200,000. I got a ticket for it. 2 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Ellman. 3 MR. ELLMAN: Thank you. 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Les 5 Spindler. 6 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening, 7 Council, Les Spindler, city resident, 8 homeowner. 5-F, ratifying and approving the 9 execution and submission of a grant application 10 by the City of Scranton for over 1 million 200 11 thousand dollars to use towards Lackawanna 12 Avenue pedestrian and bike improvements 13 project. Is that also going to include paving 14 Lackawanna Avenue? 15 MR. SMURL: I believe pave, taking 16 that middle island out, lighting, curb. 17 MR. SPINDLER: Okay. Because I 18 complained about Lackawanna Avenue for I don't 19 know how long. Plus there's -- I hope they're 20 going to mark the streets correctly now so 21 people know when to turn or where to turn and 22 go straight. 23 Next thing, complained about this 24 for I don't know how long. Something's got to 25 be done about these ATVs. It's just getting  20 1 worse and worse and worse. Where I live for 2 almost once a week at least, there's two idiots 3 come by my house on two wheels really, really 4 loud. 5 One of these days I hope they tip 6 over and hurt themselves because it's 7 ridiculous. What really took the cake was a 8 few weeks ago on August 14th, I'm driving south 9 on North Main Avenue about two blocks from 10 Moletsky's gas station, if anybody is familiar 11 with that. 12 Coming towards me the other way 13 passing cars in the middle of the street is an 14 ATV coming down the middle of the street 15 passing cars on North Main Avenue about 4:30 16 in the afternoon, it was really busy. 17 And luckily, there was no cars 18 parked on my right. I was able to pull over. 19 If I couldn't pull over, that guy would have 20 ran right into me. My car would have been 21 wrecked. But he probably would have been dead. 22 That's the most unbelievable thing I've ever 23 seen, passing cars on North Main Avenue. 24 Something's got to be done. I don't 25 know what could be done. I know the police  21 1 aren't allowed to chase them. Somebody's got 2 to come up with legislation that takes the 3 responsibility away from the police officers if 4 they are chasing them and somebody gets injured 5 or killed. 6 There's got to -- the police have to 7 be able to chase these people. Somebody 8 driving down North Main Avenue passing cars on 9 an ATV, it's unconscionable. Something's got 10 to be done. 11 Next, last week I'm driving through 12 Dunmore and I see a City of Scranton city 13 inspector car driving through Dunmore. Why is 14 a Scranton city inspector car driving through 15 Dunmore? I know the fire department loans 16 Dunmore equipment if their fire engines are 17 down or whatever. 18 Are we loaning city inspector cars 19 now to Dunmore? I think that should be looked 20 into why a city inspector was driving in 21 Dunmore when they should be here in town doing 22 their job. 23 Lastly, the hole on Dorothy Street, 24 last meeting in July I brought it up that the 25 DPW worker talked to me about it. He asked me  22 1 if I knew who filled it in. I said no. And 2 he -- it must have been him. He painted by the 3 hole. It said call PA Water DPW. I don't know 4 what that means. But he put the date. It was 5 July 23rd. Today is September 2nd. Nothing is 6 still done. 7 And I walk my dog there every day. 8 And almost every day I pick it up, the horses 9 that the police put there. I think probably 10 kids are knocking them over because there is 11 nothing better to do. But being the good 12 neighbor I am, I pick them up every day. 13 I love my neighborhood and I try to 14 take care of it. But something's got to be 15 done about that hole. I mean, it's filled in 16 but you could see it's sinking. And you could 17 see the blacktop around where they filled it in 18 is cracking. 19 So those horses can't be moved or, 20 you know, a car is going to fall in there. So 21 something this Council has to do something, get 22 in touch with somebody and get that hole taken 23 care of because before you know it, winter will 24 be here and they'll have to plow that street 25 and all of the police horses are blocking that  23 1 area. 2 So I don't know what the solution is 3 but it's going on like a month and a half since 4 the DPW worker painted that sign. Nothing's 5 been done. Thank you. 6 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Mr. 7 Voldenberg, will you send it in again? 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Lee Morgan. 10 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council, 11 Lee Morgan. First thing I have here is that I 12 really think the city and the Mayor should 13 contact Griffin Pond and come up with -- I 14 think they are overwhelmed. I called them the 15 other day about some stray animals in the block 16 I live in. They're buried up there. 17 You know, I blame the state 18 legislature for not addressing the problem with 19 strays. I would just like to say that there's 20 a lot of stray cats in my neighborhood. I've 21 had some of them fixed at my own expense. But 22 and I think that Street Cats is overwhelmed. 23 And I really think there's a very 24 serious problem with city government not 25 addressing that problem. And it would be nice  24 1 to see something happen. 2 The other thing I have here is, you 3 know what, I think it's time for the President 4 to write and get rid of, you know, write an 5 executive order and get rid of all the 6 authorities in all the states and give the 7 residents an opportunity to get rid of every 8 single one of them. 9 You know, I sit and I listen to 10 people talk about their taxes and then you look 11 at the way the government functions. The City 12 of Scranton is saddled with so much debt it's 13 ridiculous. And the residents -- 30 houses in 14 Scranton pay more tax than the University 15 gives in lieu of taxes to the city. 16 All the non-profits are running 17 roughshod over the residents. And the poorest 18 of the poor are in the city struggling to 19 survive as we have a delusional Council and 20 Mayor. You know, I think it's time to pick up 21 an ink pen and head into court. I've done it. 22 I mean, I wouldn't like to be Mr. 23 Hinton because I'm not thinking he's having a 24 lot of fun with my lawsuit against ECTV. I 25 think really he's pulling his hair out. I  25 1 think the federal judge is too. But I don't 2 expect much from the federal judge because I 3 think he's going to try to shield certain 4 people. 5 But that's all right, because that's 6 what a court of appeals is for. But, you know, 7 I'm really troubled by all the things that are 8 happening in this city. As I grow older and I 9 look around, people used to talk about how 10 people who came to Council meetings were 11 wasting their time. 12 But now we find that the people who 13 weren't coming to Council meetings, they're 14 pulling their hair out. They can't afford to 15 keep their homes. They can't pay their taxes. 16 They can't believe the erosion of city 17 government. And, you know, we had comments 18 here today about city sidewalks and curbs. 19 The federal government even though I 20 didn't need to do this because my father was a 21 master carpenter, sent me to school to be a 22 cement finisher and to build -- make curbs and 23 sidewalks in this city during the Hickey 24 administration. 25 He killed the program. Even the  26 1 person that was teaching it asked me why I was 2 there because he wasn't teaching me anything. 3 But, you know, it's nice to want to turn around 4 and contribute something to your city. The 5 only problem is we don't have elected officials 6 who care about the people. Jimmy Connors was 7 probably one of the few. 8 I hope everybody attends that thing 9 at Nay Aug Park for him because he was a great 10 Mayor. I wanted to do an interview with him on 11 ECTV. That's how impressed I was with his 12 leadership ability. But we don't see that. We 13 have a Mayor that wants to serve in Congress 14 who locked her constituents out of their City 15 Hall and isn't competent of doing their job and 16 lives outside the city. 17 And not even the Council is 18 concerned about that. It's amazing. You know, 19 finally we have a President who understands 20 that it's time to stand this country back up. 21 You see what he did in DC. I wonder if our 22 crime statistics are real. 23 You know, I wonder who's serving who 24 here. I remember moving all of the old people 25 out of their houses because they couldn't  27 1 afford their taxes and nothing's changed, more 2 blight, more poverty, more public corruption 3 and more elected officials who want to run for 4 an office and can't do the job. 5 And I really think the residents 6 need to pick up an ink pen and a law book and 7 proceed to the court. Sooner or later the 8 Court is going to have to respond to the 9 problems we have here because we're bankrupt. 10 But I hope you do something about the strays. 11 Thank you. 12 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Morgan. 13 Virgil Argenta. 14 MR. ARGENTA: Virgil Argenta, 15 Scranton resident, City Council candidate. Can 16 we add another name to the time of reflection, 17 Scranton Police Department Captain, Vincent 18 Cardamone. And I'm sure we already heard the 19 news, but I would like to bring to your 20 attention an important matter. 21 The Mayor has announced her 22 candidacy for re-election as Mayor of Scranton 23 while also announcing she will be running for 24 the United States Congress District 8 seat. 25 Pursuing both positions simultaneously is a  28 1 clear example of the lack of focus and 2 dedication she has for the City of Scranton's 3 needs. 4 One example is the DPW is still 5 working without a contract. I won't get into 6 the other list. As a resident, I'm frustrated 7 that city issues are neglected in favor of 8 personal ambition or uninformed voting. It's 9 time that this Council took a stand and demands 10 our officials put Scranton first. 11 Remember the people did not elect 12 the Business Administrator to run this city. 13 We elect a Mayor. I urge you to consider the 14 following, if our Mayor is willing to divide 15 her attention between two offices, how can we 16 trust that she will affectively serve our city? 17 It's our responsibility as citizens 18 to hold our elected officials accountable and 19 ensure that they are working in the best 20 interest of Scranton. Our city deserves a 21 Council that provides leadership and stability. 22 I would like to express concerns 23 regarding potential impact on city resources 24 and taxpayer funds as the Mayor seeks both 25 reelection and a Congressional seat.  29 1 It is essential to establish 2 explicit guidelines and oversight to ensure 3 that municipal assets are not going to be 4 utilized for her campaign purposes, requesting 5 that City Council consider implementing 6 measures to monitor and distinguish cell phone 7 usage and expenses for official city business 8 versus her campaign activities, vehicle milage 9 and expenditures related to administrative 10 duties versus campaign events for her, credit 11 card transactions for city operations as 12 opposed to campaign related spending for her 13 campaigns, also requesting that City Council 14 consider ensuring that no city employees or 15 resources are utilized in any capacity for the 16 Mayor's campaign activities during working 17 hours. 18 This includes but not limited to 19 city employees' time and labor use of city 20 facilities, equipment, supplies or any other 21 city resources that could be perceived as 22 supporting a campaign. 23 By doing so, we can ensure that the 24 Mayor's campaign is fully separated from city 25 business and that the taxpayers' resources are  30 1 protected. It's essential that we maintain the 2 highest level of transparency and 3 accountability in our city's operation during 4 this dual campaign event. 5 And we need your help in this 6 Council. By implementing these measures, 7 transparency and accountability can be 8 maintained helping to prevent taxpayer funds 9 for being used for her campaign purposes. 10 Remember, if she leaves midterm, the Council 11 President takes over. 12 We all witnessed the lack of 13 leadership at the meetings on so many occasions 14 and the havoc and chaos he brought to those 15 meetings. This is definitely not the type of 16 leadership we voted for, we need, nor that we 17 want. 18 I have another sad and disgusting 19 incident, Saturday, 2005 Farr Street, numerous 20 calls over the years. There's a dead mother 21 that's been in the house for four days with her 22 14-year-old little daughter starving for four 23 days. She couldn't get out of the house. 24 She had to call somebody through the 25 computer to get help. Car 21 has a report on  31 1 that. There's been numerous calls to code 2 enforcement, to the police, a stolen U-Haul, 3 drug activity, drug overdoses, dogs running 4 wild, dogs left unattended, high grass, high 5 weeds, no water. 6 We need to do something. When 7 people make calls and the neighbors call, we 8 need somebody to answer the call to service. 9 We have a mother that's dead and we have a 10 14-year-old girl that was in the house for four 11 days while her mother rotted away, not in our 12 neighborhood, Council. Thank you. 13 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Dave 14 Dobrzyn. 15 MR. DOBRZYN: Good evening, Council, 16 Dave Dobrzyn. Compliments to Steamtown and La 17 Festa. I attended both of them at least two 18 days and three days on the festival and it was 19 pretty good. 20 If you voted for Trump, please don't 21 walk up to me and tell me how you didn't think 22 he was going to be that way when I'm trying to 23 listen to music at the La Festa. It makes me 24 sick. Okay, streets. 25 Now, somebody did make a mention  32 1 that their street needed to be repaired. And 2 when I thought back of what my street -- what a 3 nuisance it was while the water company and the 4 gas company got busy and didn't stay real busy, 5 it's kind of -- the only thing I would ask of 6 the Mayor is if you have a report of a bunch of 7 potholes, get somebody down there and pound 8 some asphalt in it and try to help them out. 9 It's the utility companies have to 10 repave it. So what's the point in using 11 hundreds of thousands of dollars to repave a 12 street that the utility company is going to 13 tear up next spring, if possible. 14 On 5-F, I'm concerned about bicycle 15 paths through town. The rest is all water over 16 the dam. I'm not worried about it. It's going 17 to happen, no sense in bothering. But your 18 former engineer Pocius mentioned that trucks 19 are going to have a hard time turning within 10 20 feet, delivery trucks and so forth. 21 So, you know, I really would 22 appreciate if we kept downtown as a business 23 district and not -- not a playground. That's 24 all. You know, it always was a business 25 district and the people want to live there and  33 1 I have before mentioned that if somebody wants 2 to become a landlord downtown, then they 3 should provide a parking space for each and 4 every tenant. 5 This city was built before 6 automobiles and now everybody owns two or three 7 of them. And it's a problem. I could see when 8 I moved into my neighborhood where the older 9 kids who were practically as old as me, you 10 know, four -- three houses right next to each 11 other. 12 I'm scratching my head. Did you 13 people get in a lot of fights, neighborhood 14 arguments over who gets to park where when your 15 four kids are 16 and 18 and they're driving and 16 parking their cars everywhere and they need it 17 for a job or whatever. 18 You know, you hear a lot about 19 police. And this last federal funding has been 20 withdrawn. Now, there's things that could cost 21 you little time or your taxes, a lot more 22 property taxes to fund the police to be able to 23 provide police services or you could repel a 24 potential serious criminal and wind up in court 25 over it.  34 1 You know, it's just -- what would 2 happen if somebody broke through the door and 3 you just happen to have a gun and shot them? 4 You have a trial to go to. And that's all 5 there is to it. So I appreciate that the 6 police are well-funded and I can't pay anymore 7 property taxes. 8 I have a little appeal on my 9 unconstructible lot. They priced it out at 10 $32,000. You can't build nothing on it. It's 11 a standalone. It's really -- I have to get 12 Mar-A-Lago to move in there or something. 13 Election, anyone can promise. Anyone can 14 promise. 15 You could promise the second coming 16 of Jesus, you know, it probably isn't going to 17 happen. But you could promise it. Lots of 18 fault get found -- well, I'm a little tired of 19 FBI in town. I'm a little tired of people 20 being arrested two days after the last guy's 21 statutes ran out. 22 And personally I scratch my head 23 that we just want to grab and fill our pockets 24 for a change. Thank you -- I'm not that 25 unhappy with the Mayor. I plan to vote for  35 1 her. 2 MR. SMURL: Thank you. That's it 3 for the sign-in slip. Anybody else wish to 4 address Council? 5 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka. I 6 see the launch of the $50 gift cards have 7 started. Were you, Mr. Schuster, invited by 8 the Mayor or Council President to the press 9 event for this launch? 10 I ask because it was odd to me that 11 the people invited for the $50 free good will 12 publicity was the selected candidates for the 13 open elected positions. This program was 14 announced at City Council meeting on July 9th, 15 2024. Why is the program being -- why was the 16 program delayed? They announced it. 17 And I expect as I said before this 18 body, the political game of the delay of the 19 rollout, almost 14 months later it's 20 suspiciously close to election, here we go. 21 Maybe it's improper to run this in an election 22 year or at least on the doorstep of an 23 election and again, was asked what was the 24 criteria for the beautiful homes? 25 Who made the decision? This was  36 1 asked prior but never answered, dodged but 2 never answered. Moving on, I see from the 3 Scranton Police post on Friday, August 4th, 4 2023 that Eileen Cipriani is a City Business 5 Administrator and the Deputy Mayor. 6 I believe she still holds the title 7 of Deputy Mayor. Has she ever acted as Mayor 8 when the Mayor was in Washington or out of the 9 country or when the Mayor was delivering or 10 just had her child? I ask this because she's 11 barred from the duties of the position of 12 Deputy Mayor. 13 To put it in context, one of the 14 qualifications for you as Vice President is to 15 be eligible to take over as the US President. 16 The position of Vice President requires that 17 you qualify for the presidency. The city 18 charter has requirements for the Mayor. 19 You must be a resident of the City 20 of Scranton. A Deputy Mayor is to take over in 21 the case of sudden illness or temporary 22 incapacity. Cipriani by law cannot perform 23 this function. She legally cannot meet the 24 qualification and the criteria for the position 25 of Deputy Mayor.  37 1 That leads me to the Mayor going on 2 the campaign trail for Congress. Who is going 3 to run the city in the absence if she's 4 re-elected? Cipriani can't. And that brings 5 us back to City Council and the Mayor. 6 The Mayor wants to run two jobs at 7 the same time. If she wins the Congressional 8 seat, she certainly will say stuff it to 9 Scranton. And what -- and why is -- a number 10 of municipalities out there make you resign if 11 you're going to try for another office because 12 it's disingenuous to run for a four-year term 13 that in all intentions that you do not intend 14 to serve. 15 It's unfair, destroys stability and 16 requires a costly special election. And that 17 bring us to the next Mayor. If Cognetti takes 18 a Congressional seat and I hope she does, the 19 City Council President will be Mayor until a 20 special election can be held. 21 President Smurl is up for election. 22 Do the residents of Scranton want to risk 23 electing Smurl from being the Council President 24 and then ascending to Mayor? This is the 25 reality we face in our next vote. Chose City  38 1 Council carefully. 2 Last, a recap from the season 3 cliffhanger. Last time on City Council I 4 served the body. A lawyer contacted me from 5 the city playing both good cop and bad cop at 6 the same time because it threatened the parking 7 contract as it was passed improperly, I asked 8 the judge to nullify it. 9 I was threatened with the cost and 10 the damages if they win and it would 11 financially ruin me. The attorney claimed my 12 action was frivolous and said -- and I asked 13 him, well, what agreement can we come to? How 14 could we mediate this? 15 And he said I must withdraw my 16 client fully with prejudice. But I said I've 17 looked at the issues and I'm willing to modify 18 it, but some claims are still valid. Can we 19 work something out? He said withdraw with full 20 prejudice by noon on Monday. He never even 21 looked at the claims he said. 22 How does he know it's frivolous 23 without ever looking at the legal documents? 24 Well, I did amend the action to remove the 25 parking vote because I asked last time and  39 1 received no explanation when the Council voted 2 before recess of what a motion to ratify is of 3 something they passed. 4 So I had to research it. 5 Ratification serves as a formal process which a 6 board legitimizes a prior unauthorized or 7 improper action assuring alliances with bylaws 8 and legal requirements. 9 It's a legal mulligan to correct a 10 violation. So it's a posed frivolous claim of 11 improper actions was repaired by ratification 12 after my suit was filed. The ratification is a 13 cure. It admits improper -- it admits improper 14 action by use and the amended suit continues. 15 Good night. 16 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Mr. 17 Voldenberg, did you include all of Council for 18 that -- those gift cards? Was all of Council 19 invited to that? Did administration invite all 20 of Council? 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: Were they what now? 22 MR. SMURL: Were they all invited to 23 go to the gift card -- 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I believe they 25 were.  40 1 MR. SMURL: I believe they were too. 2 MR. MANCINI: Mike Mancini, 3 Scranton. Good evening, Scranton City Council, 4 the rest who pay attention to our local elected 5 officials. Welcome to the season premier of 6 as the City of Scranton turns. 7 Character, defines who you are by 8 the way you carry yourself and treat others. 9 Your name and what you make of it follows you 10 much like your shadow. And the election should 11 not be determined by popularity or party. 12 Local elections involve children, our way of 13 life and our future. 14 They should be determined by 15 character. Any local elected official who runs 16 for re-election should show leadership by 17 example, answering questions and concerns, 18 choosing to be different, making the right 19 decisions for the right reasons, identifying 20 problems and having solutions. 21 Any elected official should never 22 put themselves above who elected them. Here in 23 the city, we have someone not originally from 24 here who earned our votes just to burn our 25 votes. The atmosphere that she has created  41 1 questions as if she really cares about our 2 city. 3 There is so many examples of her 4 incompetence. Take a look at our roads. She 5 has allowed PA Water to rip to shreds, our 6 streets with no oversight using a third party 7 company to do our crosswalks in an election 8 year, $500,000 out the door. 9 Our best at DPW would have used the 10 proper paint. Who will be the first to ask Mr. 11 Voldenberg to call PA Water, remind them of our 12 ordinances also sending them a copy of the 13 ordinance and getting them in once again before 14 caucus. 15 Ask themselves -- ask them the right 16 questions, hold them accountable, let your city 17 know how much you care. Council be forewarned, 18 start answering questions and asking the right 19 ones. If you do not, then you condone it. 20 Mediocre better be last season. 21 Let us now talk about the current 22 climate. We have lost and continue to lose so 23 many amazing property owners because of the 24 increased crime in the past five years. She 25 has an extra set of locked doors because she's  42 1 afraid of answering questions. 2 Maybe someone will see the daycare 3 room inside City Hall. We have no working 4 cameras, nor anyone to watch them 24/7. She's 5 neither proactive or reactive. She's just 6 active for herself. 7 We had a pill press in our city. 8 Apparently she knew the gang member because she 9 took a picture with him. She never dove into 10 any of our deep end pools, never rode a bike up 11 and down the streets or in the alleys as a kid. 12 She never even attended one of our 13 schools in Scranton. She never walked in the 14 St. Patrick's Day Parade as a child. We had so 15 many great memories growing up in Scranton. 16 She has none. Intellect would automatically 17 tell you, do you need to know the picture in 18 order to put the pieces together. 19 Instead, preoccupied Paige and her 20 expansion team lost many of those pieces. We 21 have four less deep end pools because of them. 22 We have an increase in police calls where none 23 of them are isolated incidents. Gangs, drugs, 24 guns, someone stuck on stupid and having their 25 eyes wide shut will vote for pandering Paige.  43 1 Get it together. There are better choices. 2 The stigma days of not answering 3 questions as if our city officials do not care 4 are over. Only some questions can answer in an 5 election year. Don't be like Paige. Be better 6 than her. We need the best from those who we 7 elect. There are so many amazing people and 8 their families in the City of Scranton. They 9 deserve it. 10 Good evening to the good people of 11 Scranton. Good evening, Scranton City Council. 12 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else? 13 That's all, Frank. 14 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A. 15 MOTIONS. 16 MR. SMURL: Mr. Schuster, do you 17 have any motions or comments? 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes, I have several 19 comments. It was discussed tonight about the 20 audit in public comment. I was going to 21 request an update on the audit as well. And we 22 heard from Mr. Smurl all of the authorities 23 have sent their audits in and we're just 24 waiting on city auditor to get that together. 25 So hopefully we get that by the end of  44 1 September. 2 In caucus I discussed getting 3 together with the zoning board. We met with 4 them. They came into our chambers. We came 5 into theirs to meet with them to discuss any 6 updates and amendments to be made to the 2023 7 ordinance. 8 Mr. Gilbride is going to meet with 9 their attorney to discuss those ordinances and 10 to see what amendments can be made 11 specifically to that ordinance, including 12 parking spaces, the square footage of 13 apartments, Airbnbs and Section 3.5. 14 Two months prior to our return 15 tonight, we requested that the Scranton 16 Recreation -- or the Scranton Redevelopment 17 Authority Executive Director come in and speak 18 with us in caucus. She was hired some time ago 19 and we haven't heard from her since. 20 Several meetings were scheduled and 21 several meetings were cancelled. Mr. 22 Voldenberg, where are we at with getting the 23 Executive Director in? 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: We extended the 25 invite to the Director, the Board, and the  45 1 Solicitor for next week. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. So we may have 3 the Executive Director -- 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: -- confirmation as 5 of this afternoon. 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay, but possibly as 7 early as next week. 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: As early as next 9 week. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank 11 you. With that being said, is it possible for 12 you to get a list of the SRA meetings whether 13 they occurred or whether they were canceled? 14 And I looked on the website. I haven't been 15 able to find any meetings, any meeting minutes. 16 I'm told they've occurred. But I 17 have no record of those meetings have actually 18 occurred. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: We'll get that 20 information for you. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 22 If we could have some copies of those minutes. 23 You did get me a property list of the SRA owned 24 properties. There's about 47 on the list. Do 25 we know if this is a complete list of all the  46 1 properties owned by the SRA? 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I believe so to 3 date. 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. Thank you. 5 Also, I reached out to John Murray and I got 6 the update on the salary reimbursement for the 7 Executive Director. And this was back in, I 8 believe, May. 9 So could we get just -- can we get 10 an updated salary reimbursement schedule for 11 that director as well? 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 14 Prior to our break ABM or Car Park had said if 15 any of the Council members would like to have a 16 meeting with them, they would be willing to set 17 one up. 18 And I talked to Mr. Gilbride. So 19 when you reach out to them, if we could get a 20 date set for our meeting. I would like to meet 21 with Car Park or ABM to discuss moving forward. 22 Mr. Voldenberg, there is several issues that 23 are pending from over our break. And I'll just 24 follow up with you in an e-mail about those. 25 In the capital budget I was happy to  47 1 see that for 2026 we do have funding that the 2 city is going to go out for a local LSA Grant 3 for an amount of $350,000 for the predesign, 4 design and the construction oversight costs for 5 the building -- for Engine 10 on East Mountain. 6 Last year we did get specific 7 language in here about the building remaining 8 in that location. Can we just ask that the 9 administration add that language in here that 10 the building will remain on East Mountain? 11 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. That is 13 all. Thanks. 14 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster. 15 Dr. Rothchild, do you have any motions or 16 comments? 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I do. Thank 18 you. A number of things, first, there was some 19 responses that we received from questions and 20 concerns we expressed prior to the August 21 recess. And the one of them that I had brought 22 up was the slow speed of the website loading 23 for the City of Scranton. 24 And they took a look at it and I 25 believe it's since been repaired because I know  48 1 I personally haven't been experiencing an 2 issue. But if anyone still is to let us know 3 that I think that it's loading a lot faster now 4 and I'm glad that that was resolved. So thank 5 you to IT for working on that. 6 And then I had a number of 7 complaints, some of them along Prescott Avenue 8 that I have been working on for a while now and 9 that people continue to bring to me. So one of 10 them is a business that was previously brought 11 up. 12 And I believe the inspectors had 13 gone out that they had reserved parking signs 14 out front. It was on the 900 block across the 15 street from Mansour's Avenue -- or Mansour's 16 and, yeah, they still have those signs out. So 17 I don't know if they removed them for a period 18 of time or if they just never removed them. 19 But if we could have them back out there again 20 to get them to remove the -- 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. They 22 should have been removed by now. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: -- so that parking 24 is available to others. Yes, thank you. And 25 then I did see the demo list that was -- that  49 1 was released and so I'm happy to see some of 2 the properties that are on there that 3 definitely -- that had been needed to be taken 4 care of for quite sometime now. 5 But one of them was not on there 6 that I was particularly interested in that I've 7 gotten a lot of complaints about in the past 8 and that was 429 Prescott Avenue. So I'm not 9 sure why it wasn't on that demo list. But if 10 you could take a look into the status of that 11 property. 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr. 13 Rothchild. 14 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And 15 another one is the vacant SRA lot that's on 16 Vine and Prescott that I brought up prior to 17 the break. And it's been brought to my 18 attention that it is still overgrown and so I 19 believe DPW was to take care of that or we 20 contacted DPW about it and I don't think it's 21 been touched. 22 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's right. We 23 did ask that the barriers be removed and that 24 the overgrown lot be mowed. I'll have to 25 follow up because it hasn't been.  50 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Great. Thank 2 you. And I received a complaint on Capouse 3 Avenue. There is a broken telephone pole that 4 I was told has been there since prior to Covid 5 and it's been an eyesore. 6 There's businesses around there. 7 One of the businesses is looking at putting a 8 new sidewalk in and doesn't want the new 9 sidewalk to be destroyed by the broken 10 telephone pole being there. So if we could 11 find out how that could be removed. 12 I know that they had been in contact 13 with PPL. And PPL had said it was not their 14 responsibility, of course. So if we could find 15 out whose responsibility it is so we could take 16 care of it. 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr. 18 Rothchild. 19 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And 20 there were a number of crosswalks being painted 21 across the city which I'm very happy to see -- 22 we'll obviously need to continue to maintain 23 that because after a few years that they tend 24 to fade away quickly. 25 So I think that's something we'll  51 1 need to look towards in the budget for the 2 future, continue to maintain the crosswalks. 3 What I did notice, a lot of them were around 4 the Hill Section. But the ones along Harrison 5 Avenue weren't updated. 6 And I previously talked to one of 7 the departments about that. But I think -- and 8 they said it should be on list. But it still 9 hasn't been done. I don't know if they moved 10 onto other neighborhoods. I want to make sure 11 it's not forgotten about because that is a very 12 busy street that a lot of people would like to 13 be able to cross. But it's difficult to do so. 14 And those crosswalks would make it safer. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll check into it. 16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And 17 let's see. One more thing that I wanted to 18 send to Parks and Rec was regarding Connors 19 Park. So we -- my daughter loves playgrounds 20 and loves the city parks and we try to get to 21 as many as we can. 22 And this weekend we went to 23 Robinson, which she loved. It's looking 24 beautiful over there. But we were also over at 25 Connors Park over in South Side. And there  52 1 were a number of issues over there that I 2 believe need to be addressed. And I'm not sure 3 if anyone had sent them in before through 311. 4 But one of them is there's a swing 5 that you can lay on, not one that you sit on, 6 kind of like the version of an old tire swing. 7 And that was -- that was really broken. So I 8 wouldn't want anyone to go on that and get 9 injured. 10 And then there was also around one 11 of the apparatuses, the rubber surface was 12 broken, kind of like what had happened at the 13 splash pad previously that had that rubber 14 surface where it's torn up. And then the 15 swings, there were I think like six swings, two 16 of them were for like babies or toddlers. 17 They were all very low to the 18 ground. So if a bigger kid was on one of the 19 other swings, their feet would be touching. So 20 it probably makes sense to have one or two of 21 them lower, but perhaps not all of them. So if 22 they could be reset to higher so that more 23 people and kids could enjoy them. 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll reach out to 25 Parks and Rec in the morning.  53 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. That's 2 everything that I have. 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr. 4 Rothchild. Mr. McAndrew, do you have any 5 motions or comments? 6 MR. MCANDREW: Yeah, I got a couple. 7 So, you know, we hear this all the time either 8 in public comment, now I'm getting some e-mails 9 about cars on sidewalks -- parked on the 10 sidewalks illegally. We know it's illegal. 11 But it seems to be all over the city now. 12 And could you please reach out to 13 the Scranton Police Department and, you know, 14 I'm sure they are aware of it, but alert them 15 that what's the strategy for this and how is 16 this being taken care of? 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 18 MR. MCANDREW: All right. Thank 19 you. So I want to go back to the handicap sign 20 legislation because it might be a little 21 confusing to some folks. But my understanding, 22 you know, part of the legislation was to have 23 the license plate reflective on the sign so 24 it's for that individual sign. 25 I just want to know if that process  54 1 is -- was implemented and if it was just a 2 renewal, that wouldn't take place. So it would 3 have to be a separate application? Is that my 4 understanding, Mr. Gilbride or Solicitor 5 Gilbride? 6 ATTY. GILBRIDE: It's my 7 understanding it's a separate application for 8 the reserved handicap parking other than just 9 the regular handicap parking. 10 MR. MCANDREW: All right. Just for 11 clarity sake, it's a separate application 12 process. 13 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That's my 14 understanding. I will certainly confirm that 15 for you. But that's my understanding. And 16 that's how it was anticipated to be 17 implemented. 18 MR. MCANDREW: If you would please 19 clarify that for me. 20 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Absolutely. 21 MR. MCANDREW: Because I got a 22 question about it. Also, at the Wright Center 23 I requested quite some time ago a traffic 24 study. And my understanding is that the 25 stormwater projects are taking priority with  55 1 the City Engineer. 2 So can we see where they're at with 3 that now on the list per se where the Wright 4 Center lies for that traffic study? 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll check into it, 6 sir. 7 MR. MCANDREW: Thank you. And also, 8 prior to summer I brought up or actually, of 9 course, a resident brought up to me about a 10 blighted property at 1158 Hampton Street. So 11 it was a lot of overgrowth and brush. But now 12 this resident sent me a picture and the 13 overgrowth now extends onto the sidewalk. 14 And it's safety issue with two 15 schools being there that the students walking, 16 you know, have to walk closer to the road and 17 is kind of a safety issue. So would you please 18 send that to code enforcement to make sure that 19 it's taken care especially since the kids are 20 back to school? 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll have them 22 follow up. 23 MR. MCANDREW: And I have a picture 24 I'll send you too. 25 MR. VOLDENBERG: Thank you.  56 1 MR. MCANDREW: Yes, a lot of 2 crosswalks were done. I know that I brought up 3 recently Railroad and Luzerne and Meridian and 4 Luzerne. But in addition to that, there seems 5 to be an issue with the turning lanes. So if 6 you could please reach out to administration to 7 see if, you know, they'll be able to redo the 8 turning lanes at -- because they need to be 9 done. 10 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 11 MR. MCANDREW: Okay. That's all I 12 have. Thank you. 13 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew. 14 Just an update on our finance meeting from last 15 Wednesday, the interest earned on our tax 16 dollars to date is $531,000 -- $531,540. So 17 we're on track to reach our budget in the 18 amount of 850,000. 19 So I believe we will make that this 20 year. All of the authorities as we said before 21 have completed their audits. Everything is in 22 the hands of our auditor now. So I hope we 23 would be able to do this by end of September 24 this year. 25 The only standout that I saw on  57 1 overtime in any department was, of course, the 2 Parks and Rec and that was because of the code 3 blue. And I hope this years' budget comes and 4 we put more money in for that so we don't 5 continually have that one going way over 6 budget. I know we can't control the weather 7 but it seemed to have grown over the past few 8 years. 9 Also, we had -- this has to do with 10 the Scranton Redevelopment Authority also. The 11 director was supposed to have -- we were 12 supposed to form a vacant properties review 13 committee. That was back in June of 2024 and 14 then it went into September of 2024. That 15 project was to start helping with blight and 16 problems throughout our neighborhoods. 17 And that doesn't seem to be moving 18 along at all either. So today again I did 19 request that the entire Scranton -- the SRA 20 Redevelopment Authority come to caucus again 21 next week. So we'll see if they, indeed, do 22 show up. 23 And I'd like to know on the progress 24 that they've done or had in the past 24 months 25 any plans on what we're planning on doing in  58 1 the future and what their goals are. And are 2 we going to get this blight committee off the 3 ground. 4 So there's a lot of stuff that 5 seemed to have died and that is really way over 6 a year. I don't see why something like that 7 would take this long. But while we were -- 8 while we're waiting for this, I kind of moved 9 forward with some ordinance. 10 I did draft an ordinance for vacant 11 property registrations. I gave it to our 12 attorney. I will next week after he looks at 13 it share it with the administration and the 14 Council members to see if we could move ahead 15 with that because I don't believe we're going 16 anywhere really fast with this blight committee 17 that we had formed. That is all I have, Mr. 18 Voldenberg. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR 20 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - APPROVING AND 21 ACCEPTING THE CITY OF SCRANTON CAPITAL BUDGET, 22 WHICH INCLUDES A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND SPENDING 23 PLAN, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PURSUANT TO 24 SECTION 904 OF THE CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER AND 25 FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 11 OF 2024.  59 1 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 2 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced 3 into its proper committee. 4 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 6 MR. SMURL: On the question? All 7 those in favor of introduction signify by 8 saying 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. SCHUSTER: I make a motion to 15 authorize the City Clerk to place a legal 16 notice in the newspaper summarizing the 17 proposed capital budget and to include 18 locations where copies of the capital budget 19 can be viewed by the public. 20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 21 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the 22 floor and a second to place legal notice in the 23 newspaper for the capital budget. On the 24 question? 25 MR. SCHUSTER: I make a motion that  60 1 we schedule a public hearing for the capital 2 budget to be held on Tuesday, September 23rd, 3 2025 at 5:45 p.m. 4 MR. SMURL: We have to do a roll 5 call for the last one. So all those in favor 6 signify by saying aye. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 9 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 10 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 11 have it and so moved. And that is for 12 Mr. Schuster's first motion. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Then a 14 motion that we schedule a public hearing for 15 the capital budget to be held on Tuesday, 16 September 23rd, 2025 at 5:45 p.m. 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 18 MR. SMURL: There's a motion on the 19 floor and a second to schedule a public hearing 20 on the capital budget. On the question? All 21 those in favor signify by saying aye. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 24 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 25 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes  61 1 have it and so moved. 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR 3 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - TRANSFERRING 4 FUNDS FROM INACTIVE SPECIAL CITY ACCOUNTS AND 5 CAPITAL PROJECT FUND ACCOUNT TO THE CITY'S 6 GENERAL FUND AND CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND 7 CLOSING AND ABOLISHING SUCH ACCOUNTS. 8 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 9 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced 10 into its proper committee. 11 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 13 MR. SMURL: On the question? All 14 those in favor of introduction signify by 15 saying aye. 16 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 18 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 19 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 20 have it and so moved. 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR 22 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - AUTHORIZING THE 23 CONVEYANCE OF 110 WEST MARKET STREET (PARCEL 24 13412080007) TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF 25 THE CITY OF SCRANTON.  62 1 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 2 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced 3 into its proper committee. 4 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 7 MR. SMURL: On the question? All 8 those in favor of introduction signify by 9 saying aye. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 12 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 13 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 14 have it and so moved. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR 16 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND 17 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE 18 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO 19 THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 20 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR UP TO 21 $500,000.00 TO BE USED TOWARDS THE CAPOUSE 22 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 23 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 24 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced 25 into its proper committee.  63 1 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 3 MR. SMURL: On the question? All 4 those in favor of introduction signify by 5 saying aye. 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 8 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 9 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 10 have it and so moved. 11 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR 12 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND 13 APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND SUBMISSION OF THE 14 GRANT APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO 15 THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 16 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR UP TO 17 $1,264,658.00 TO BE USED TOWARDS THE LACKAWANNA 18 AVENUE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE IMPROVEMENTS 19 PROJECT. 20 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 21 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced 22 into its proper committee. 23 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 25 MR. SMURL: On the question?  64 1 MR. MCANDREW: On the question, so I 2 looked at this piece of legislation. It's 1.2 3 million dollars. That's a lot of money. But 4 I'm just concerned or I just want 5 clarification's sake that, you know, the 6 legislation says that it's for curbs and it's 7 going to help with stormwater and it's for bike 8 lanes and improvement for pedestrians. 9 But I know during the walkability 10 study it was made mention that changing 11 streetlights to stop signs. I want to know 12 before, you know, of course, I'll move this 13 tonight. But I want to know if that is 14 somewhere embedded in that cost or in that plan 15 that I just don't see. Can you please seek 16 clarification for that? 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll look into it, 18 sir. 19 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew. 20 All those in favor of introduction signify by 21 saying aye. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 24 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 25 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes  65 1 have it and so moved. 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-G. FOR 3 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE 4 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO 5 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH REILLY 6 ASSOCIATES TO PERFORM ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 7 SERVICES FOR THE CLOVER FIELD PROJECT. 8 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll 9 entertain a motion that Item 5-G be introduced 10 into its proper committee. 11 MR. MCANDREW: So moved. 12 MR. SCHUSTER: Second. 13 MR. SMURL: On the question? All 14 those in favor of introduction, signify by 15 saying aye. 16 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. 17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 18 MR. MCANDREW: Aye. 19 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes 20 have it and so moved. 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No 22 business at this time. 23 SEVENTH ORDER. No business at this 24 time. 25 EIGHTH ORDER. No business at this  66 1 time. 2 MR. SMURL: If there's no further 3 business, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. 4 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn. 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting 6 is adjourned. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  67 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 I hereby certify that the proceedings and 4 evidence are contained fully and accurately in the 5 notes taken by me of the above-cause and that this copy 6 is a correct transcript of the same to the best of my 7 ability. 8 9 10 Maria McCool, RPR 11 Official Court Reporter 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (The foregoing certificate of this transcript does not 23 apply to any reproduction of the same by any means 24 unless under the direct control and/or supervision of 25 the certifying reporter.)  1 $ 58:25 5-B [2] - 58:19, 59:2 acted [1] - 36:7 47:3, 56:18 2025 [22] - 1:7, 3:22, 5-C [2] - 61:2, 61:9 action [5] - 13:6, AN [3] - 58:20, 61:3, $1,264,658.00 [1] - 3:24, 3:25, 4:3, 4:5, 5-D [2] - 61:21, 62:2 38:12, 38:24, 39:7, 61:22 63:17 4:8, 4:10, 4:14, 4:17, 5-E [2] - 62:15, 62:24 39:14 AND [17] - 3:21, 4:3, $152,700 [1] - 16:25 4:18, 4:21, 4:23, 5-F [4] - 19:8, 32:14, actions [1] - 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