COUNCIL

1 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON 2 3 4 HELD: 5 6 7 Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 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 THOMAS SCHUSTER - PRESIDENT 3 PATRICK FLYNN, VICE PRESIDENT 4 MARK MCANDREW 5 JESSICA ROTHCHILD 6 SEAN MCANDREW 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. SCHUSTER: Please remain 4 standing for a moment of silent reflection for 5 our service men and women throughout the world 6 and for those who have passed away in our 7 community, especially Corporal Richard Bachman. 8 Thank you. Roll call, Miss Carrera. 9 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here. 11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present. 13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present. 15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 16 MR. FLYNN: Here. 17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Tonight 19 before we start, Council wants to commend 20 Officer Joe Flesher for his outstanding work in 21 saving the life of one of our own members Mr. 22 Emanuel Johnson from our Department of Public 23 Works. 24 I would also like to point out that 25 this is not the first time Officer Flesher has  4 1 performed life saving actions in the line of 2 duty for our city. I want to personally thank 3 him and state that he is a major asset to the 4 City of Scranton's Police Department as well as 5 thanking Mr. Johnson who is also an outstanding 6 member of the city's Department of Public 7 Works. 8 Recently Mr. McAndrew and I -- 9 myself were invited by Chief Carroll to attend 10 an awards night for our heros in the Scranton 11 Police Department. It was a great event that 12 honored those officers that performed well in 13 the line of duty and for their families to see 14 them. So we're going to bring in Officer 15 Flesher and his family as well as Chief 16 Carroll. 17 WHEREAS, the Council of the City of 18 Scranton is desirous of honoring Scranton 19 Patrol Officer Joseph Flesher, who is 20 responsible for helping to save the life of a 21 City of Scranton Department of Public Works 22 (DPW) worker; and 23 WHEREAS, on February 9, 2026, 24 Officer Flesher responded to 415 E. Elm Street, 25 Scranton, for a report of a traffic accident  5 1 involving a DPW vehicle; and 2 WHEREAS, DPW employee Emanuel 3 Johnson had become pinned between a garbage 4 truck and a wrought iron fence. The tremendous 5 force and weight of the vehicle caused Mr. 6 Johnson's leg to be impaled on the metal 7 fencing, resulting in a life-threatening 8 injury; and 9 WHEREAS, Officer Flesher, arriving 10 on scene prior to EMS, assessed the severity of 11 the situation and recognized the urgent need 12 for decisive medical intervention, and 13 WHEREAS, without hesitation, Officer 14 Flesher applied a tourniquet above the puncture 15 wound to control the bleeding and stabilize Mr. 16 Johnson until advanced medical personnel 17 arrived. Mr. Johnson was transported to the 18 hospital where doctors performed emergency 19 surgery, and 20 WHEREAS, Officer Flesher's quick 21 thinking and immediate action in effectively 22 applying the tourniquet were instrumental in 23 saving Mr. Johnson's life. This event 24 exemplifies the highest standards of the law 25 enforcement profession and demonstrates an  6 1 unwavering commitment to protecting and serving 2 the community. 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that 4 on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Scranton City 5 Council wishes to honor Officer Joseph Flesher 6 for demonstrating outstanding professionalism, 7 high-quality training, and calm composure by 8 acting quickly during this event. 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this 10 Proclamation be made a permanent part of the 11 Minutes of this Council, as lasting tribute to 12 Officer Joseph Flesher. Congratulations. 13 Please Dispense with the reading of 14 the minutes. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. 16 3-A. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM 17 CITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ON APRIL 6, 2026, 18 REGARDING QUARTERLY PAYROLL PREPARATION TAX 19 COLLECTIONS AS OF MARCH 31st, 2026. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Are there any 21 comments on Third Order items? If not, 22 received and filed. 23 Do any Council members have any 24 announcements at this time? 25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I have a quick  7 1 one. So, you know, what just happened was a 2 beautiful testament to one of Scranton's finest 3 and well -- well deserved. But also, you know, 4 there's a sad moment too where I want to offer 5 my thoughts and prayers and condolences to the 6 family of Corporal Richard Bachman that was a, 7 you know, city police officer that just 8 recently passed. So rest in peace and God 9 speed. That is all I have. Thank you. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 11 Any other Council persons have announcements? 12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have one. 13 There's on Sunday and someone had mentioned it 14 last week too, so thank you for bringing it up. 15 But this coming Sunday there's going to be a 16 fundraiser for a police officer, Nancy Baumann 17 who I'm happy to personally know who is going 18 through her cancer journey right now. 19 So she could use all the help she 20 could get. And there's going to be a pasta 21 dinner. That will be from one to 5:00. You 22 could either get tickets in advance or to go or 23 you could eat there. There will be raffles and 24 baskets. That's going to be at the FOP Lodge 25 at 401 Railroad Avenue. Thank you.  8 1 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 2 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, I would just like 3 to also give my condolences to the family, 4 friends, former coworkers of Corporal Richard 5 Bachman, wonderful member of the force for many 6 years and will be greatly missed. 7 And I would also like to 8 congratulate Joseph Flesher, happy that we were 9 able to do this tonight to commend him on a job 10 well done saving the life of Manny Johnson and 11 a terrible situation that occurred. 12 And I'm glad to see that Manny was 13 able to come here tonight to also thank him for 14 what he did for him. So just happy that we 15 were able to do that tonight. That's all I 16 have. 17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I also 18 want to thank and congratulate Officer Flesher. 19 It's no better way to start a meeting than 20 honoring people who do good things every day 21 here, so thank you. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 23 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER. 24 CITIZENS PARTICIPATION. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: First up is Joan  9 1 Hodowanitz. 2 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz, 3 Scranton. What a nice way to start the 4 meeting. My only question is, where's Mayor 5 Cognetti on a night like this? Oh, she's 6 probably raising funds for her election. Okay, 7 never mind. I didn't say anything just -- 8 that's a secret. 9 Okay, we're getting to that point in 10 the year where we should start working on the 11 audit for 2025. So expect me to periodically 12 be asking questions on the status. You know, 13 if we were following the Home Rule Charter, 14 that audit would have to be completed by May 15 31st. 16 But I'd be -- I'd be satisfied if 17 you could make it by September 30th again, 18 which is apparently the new deliverable date. 19 I hope that somebody is working on 20 typing the new DPW contract. You don't have to 21 really type it. They take the PDF file of the 22 old contract, take the agreement which says 23 replace this, add this. They're both 24 electronic. You cut and past, you know, ding 25 dang, dune, it's done, post it on the city's  10 1 website, you know. 2 I'm sure that, you know, all DPW 3 would like to see the completed contract and so 4 would most taxpayers. Speaking of money, have 5 we ever figured out what the pay raises for DPW 6 will run for the year 2026 since it wasn't 7 planned into the budget last year. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: We could get that. 9 The administration is going to be sending down 10 that other piece that's going to come prior to 11 July. So we get that information. But the 12 administration does have it. 13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, because 14 that's going to have to either come out of 15 contingency fund or workmen's comp or it's 16 going to have to be pulled from somewhere. 17 7-A, this water safety training, 18 have we ever figured whether or not there's a 19 cap and how much we're going to pay because I 20 have a schedule of fees but I didn't see a cap. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: No, I didn't see a 22 cap either. And they're looking for about 60 23 lifeguards. 24 MS. HODOWANITZ: Well, there's also 25 in the contract, you know, water safety  11 1 training for children and everything else. So 2 it's kind of open ended. I understand, you 3 know, you need X-number of lifeguards. And you 4 could, you know, pretty much factor that out. 5 Some will have to be recertified, some require 6 original training. 7 But no one's ever, you know, tried 8 to say, you know, we aren't going to exceed 9 this amount. The only reason I ask is, it's 10 not going to be a whole lot of money. But it's 11 something that we should be planning or for 12 future budgets, you know. We set aside a 13 minimum of X-dollars every year to do the same 14 thing. 15 Speaking of training lifeguards, I 16 took a walk today up to Nay Aug because the 17 weather was so beautiful. And I saw just 18 one -- one piece of equipment working near 19 where the pool would be. 20 My question is, have we heard from 21 Parks and Rec about what the schedule is for 22 opening the pools because it would be nice if 23 the kids could have some kind of swimming this 24 summer. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: So I did read that  12 1 off I'd say maybe a week or two ago. I don't 2 have it with me tonight. 3 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. I assume 4 it's not going to be for Memorial Day weekend 5 because the high school is still in session and 6 a lot of the lifeguards would be high school 7 students. But how about, you know, for the 4th 8 of July, you know, things of that nature? 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, they did say 10 they are coordinating with the school district. 11 So when the school gets out, the pools should 12 be opening for that period and also Memorial 13 Day, there's going to be a splash pad and a 14 pool open for Memorial Day from the answers 15 that we got. 16 MS. HODOWANITZ: It's been so long 17 since the kids had an opportunity to go 18 swimming, I'd love to see it done. And 19 tomorrow is the next meeting of the County 20 Commissioners. I'm still looking for -- they 21 promised me the list of names of anybody who 22 never had their property put on the tax rolls 23 and was picked up by Tyler Technologies, you 24 know. 25 And so when I get that, I'll give  13 1 you a copy. I will give a copy to my friends 2 at the Times-Tribune and anybody else who wants 3 a copy. That's all I have for tonight. Thank 4 you. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up 6 is Mike Mancini. 7 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council 8 President Schuster. Good evening, Council, and 9 residents of Scranton. Tonight, part six, my 10 version of the state of Scranton, the topic, 11 impacted. 12 The backbone of Scranton is its 13 residents. Hear or see something, say 14 something. When you care, these rules always 15 apply. When good people are impacted, others 16 appear because it's the right thing to do. The 17 recent loss of a retired police officer or 18 another one battling cancer, continued prayers 19 come to mind. 20 Two and a half years ago the city 21 witnessed a flood that impacted neighborhoods, 22 one that I would like to draw Council's 23 attention to is the flood that impacted 24 residents and homeowners near the city pumping 25 station behind the Lackawanna Little League.  14 1 The pumping station and water runoff 2 are the responsibility of the city. It's been 3 brought to my attention that a tree caused most 4 of the damage. Apparently the roots broke 5 through a city responsible terra cotta storm 6 pipe and backed up the waste water which caused 7 the pumping station to malfunction and not 8 operate properly. 9 The massive rainfall impacted the 10 families near the pumping station. The city 11 has an errors and omission insurance that would 12 cover hopefully all of the damage. There will 13 be copays by the city, however, it's the right 14 thing to do. 15 The statute of limitations start 16 from the date of the last action. The city 17 determined through their own investigation that 18 mother nature caused the flooding because of 19 the roots from a tree. With what's going on 20 nationally, can only hope for the best locally. 21 Locally, you can demand the best. 22 Best thing in the situation is to reach out to 23 the property owners, give them the insurance 24 information to start the claims to become as 25 whole as possible.  15 1 The city needs to contact the E and 2 O insurance provider and make them aware of the 3 situation. This Council also needs to demand 4 answers to these very same questions. Do I 5 expect this administration to become proactive 6 with the flooding that impacted the specific 7 area? Mistakes do happen. Fixing those 8 mistakes matter. 9 Prior to finding this unfortunate 10 issue, the pipe in question was never serviced. 11 This administration is great at collecting data 12 and doing nothing with it. Look at our roads. 13 The business administration was before Council 14 recently with the ninth DPW Director and third 15 party pave cut inspector. 16 They blamed an out-of-date ordinance 17 would no teeth as a reason for only five fines 18 causing poor maintenance with the pave cuts. 19 However, prior to being outsourced, the Mayor 20 and three rubber stampers, the city had no 21 problems issuing fines and receiving payment. 22 Repeatedly utilities acknowledged 23 the debt in their wrongdoing by issuing 24 payment. The excuse about no teeth with the 25 ordinance is only an extra -- is an excuse not  16 1 to act. 2 The proof is clear. Every 3 neighborhood has roads ripped to shreds, every 4 resident impacted while the utility and the 5 city administration make uses. This 6 administration had me hoping for a great movie 7 while receiving only a one star trailer. 8 It's time for the four of you to 9 show your teeth, demand results. The good 10 people of Scranton need to demand answers, look 11 for leaders, not trailers. Refuse to buy 12 excuses. You need to become more focused on 13 their future. 14 So tonight, I have two questions. 15 Where does the City Council now stand after 16 hearing the cause of the flooding near the city 17 responsibile pumping station? Number two, do 18 you think our current ordinance for pave cut 19 maintenance needs teeth although millions in 20 fines were acknowledged with payment. 21 You know, great movies are made with 22 lots of input. How important were my questions 23 this evening? It's up to Council to show its 24 teeth. Next week, part seven, prepared to be 25 dazzled. Good evening, Council, and the good  17 1 people of Scranton. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. Les 3 Spindler. 4 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening, 5 Council, Les Spindler, city resident, 6 homeowner. I'm very saddened tonight. I 7 didn't know about Rich Bachman's passing. I 8 knew Rich for years, nicest guy you ever want 9 to meet. Oh, I'm very upset tonight. 10 My thoughts and prayers to his 11 family. He's a great guy. And he's going to 12 be missed. Next thing, the streets of this 13 city -- I live in Tripp Park. Euclid Avenue, 14 North Sumner, and Garfield in Tripp Park are 15 ridiculous. 16 I think there's underhanded deals 17 going on between Pennoni and the water company. 18 Those streets should be paved curb to curb. 19 There's pave cuts the length of the streets and 20 plus across the whole width of the street. And 21 they're bumpy as hell. 22 It's just -- I wish you people would 23 go up and drive on Euclid Avenue just once. 24 And Sumner's the same way. They're terrible. 25 Somebody's got to put their feet to the fire  18 1 and hold Pennoni responsible to do their damn 2 job because it's ridiculous driving those 3 streets every day. 4 Next thing, another thing, Green 5 Ridge Street bridge, somebody's got to hold 6 PennDOT's feet to the fire too now. They're 7 wasting their time doing stuff. Today they 8 were moving a dirt pile that's nowhere near the 9 bridge while they're still trying to put a 10 drainage system in the other side. 11 They weren't doing any of that. 12 They were just moving a stupid dirt pile, 13 loading it in trucks and taking it away. It 14 has nothing to do with the bridge. 15 Next thing, that project I brought 16 up last week at the bottom of Euclid Avenue 17 making it a one-way street, well, I talked to a 18 neighbor yesterday. I talked to a neighbor 19 today. The neighbor I spoke to yesterday, he 20 lives about a couple houses away from there. 21 He said people are going down the 22 wrong way and somebody's going to get killed 23 there. I mean, people are coming up off Main 24 Avenue and people are still -- he said they're 25 going up on the sidewalk to go around. And  19 1 another neighbor I spoke to today, his daughter 2 was almost hit head on yesterday. 3 She was coming up the right way. 4 Somebody was coming the other way which they 5 shouldn't have been. This was a terrible idea. 6 Shouldn't this have been brought to Council? 7 That stupid streetscape project was brought to 8 Council. I thought projects like that had to 9 come before Council. 10 Why is the Mayor circumventing you 11 people? Something's got to be done. The wall 12 they put that's going to put the sign -- the 13 sign's going to be on to welcome everybody to 14 West Scranton, that's nice. They put -- the 15 retaining wall is up. But making it a one way, 16 it's a mistake. 17 Next thing, again, the kratom. 18 There was a big article in the paper Sunday. I 19 said last week -- I said, you got to ban that 20 substance. I mean, in 2011 none of you were on 21 Council when Council then banned bath salts, 22 which was a good idea. 23 We don't need something on our 24 streets that's going to make a person act like 25 a lunatic with a machete and killing two  20 1 people -- two women and a dog. We don't need 2 that in our city. 3 And as I said last week, the state's 4 dragging their feet. So I think Council should 5 go to DA Gallagher, at least have him go to 6 County Commissioners, at least make it a 7 countywide ban. I think that's better than 8 just in the city. I said last week, if it's 9 banned in the city, they could go to Dunmore or 10 Taylor, not a big deal. But if they had to go 11 to another county, at least, that's further 12 away. 13 I brought this up before, the 14 parking on 7th Avenue by Scranton High School, 15 I went by today at 2:30. There's a bus stop 16 there for a bus to park. After the bus stop, 17 it's no parking. 18 There's signs. People park 19 illegally from that sign to the entrance to 20 Scranton High School and nothing -- where's our 21 parking enforcement people? What are they 22 doing? 23 They gave me a ticket because I 24 parked the wrong direction in front of my house 25 a few years ago. That wasn't a -- I wasn't  21 1 bothering anybody. These people park and 2 they're halfway out into the lane of traffic. 3 Something's got to be done. I brought this up 4 many times. 5 Lastly, the old Rite Aid on Main 6 Avenue in West Side, does anybody know what's 7 going in there? 8 MR. MCANDREW: True Value, I 9 believe. 10 MR. SPINDLER: Okay. I was 11 wondering if you -- I knew it. I was wondering 12 if anybody knew because I just found out 13 yesterday it's going to be True Value Hardware. 14 Well, at least -- that's another taxpaying 15 company going in there. That's a good thing 16 for the city. 17 I'll probably be frequenting that 18 place because I don't live far away. I'm out 19 of time. See you next week. Thank you for 20 your time. 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. 22 Voldenberg, last year there was some utility 23 work that was done all along Euclid Avenue. 24 And I know the West Side Gateway Project that's 25 occurring right now, it does have pavement  22 1 restoration. 2 Can we find out if pavement 3 restoration of Euclid from Main Avenue up until 4 at least Court Street, is that going to be part 5 of the restoration from the utility work or is 6 it part of the -- possibly the West Scranton 7 Gateway Project. 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll find out, sir. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up 10 is Louis Labrowski. 11 MR. LABROWSKI: Me and my friend, 12 Jerry McCormick had made an interesting 13 statement to me that the homeless people are 14 having problems finding lodging and stuff that 15 they're just not -- I was thinking, why can't 16 we have some kind of a fundraiser or something 17 that we could put together through -- give some 18 money towards something where if they get to a 19 shelter they could stay in the morning and 20 maybe have a tea or have something that he 21 could -- you know, I'm a Vietnam veteran and 22 we have a lot of veterans that are homeless. 23 There's a man down in going towards 24 80, him and his wife had purchased a whole 25 building and they renovated it. And he said he  23 1 had certain fundraisers to do it. And now the 2 people have a place to do their hygiene and 3 everything else. 4 And I took care of 5,000 Vietnamese 5 refugees at camp (inaudible). I know what it 6 is to be without them. Me and my buddy Jerry 7 went up to -- they said, well, you got to be 8 careful. These people are laying on the 9 ground. And these people served their country. 10 They deserve dignity, not the way they are 11 getting -- I think they should be able to have 12 some kind of life, you know, give them some 13 kind of an attention to detail. 14 But like I said, it all depends on 15 money and everything else. But money is 16 nothing if you don't have the people to -- 17 backing and the people that could do things and 18 feel like, you know, they're -- give them back 19 their life, give them back their dignity. 20 That's what I'm saying. 21 And it's just one of the things. He 22 showed me -- the guy showed me. He said, I'm 23 here. I'm not a veteran. I was going to the 24 VA -- I have an appointment tomorrow. But he 25 said I have a homeless veteran with me. He  24 1 showed me the building itself was full of mold 2 and everything. 3 He -- him and his wife together 4 worked and put the building back together 5 again, had the people come in. And they 6 don't just throw them out the morning and say, 7 okay, you got to leave now, you know? They 8 gave them something. They gave them back their 9 dignity, gave them back their -- they deserve 10 more than that. 11 They deserve to be helped. All they 12 want to do is to be helped. And I know it's 13 sometimes there's a lot of things in your life 14 that seem to be more important, but to a person 15 that sees a man laying on the ground in the 16 rain and sleet and snow and not having a place 17 to get up and, you know, feel like they're part 18 of society again, give them back their dignity. 19 That's all I'm saying. Like I told 20 Jerry, I said, well, we just got to be careful 21 because we don't know, like, you approach 22 somebody up there, they might think you are 23 there to harm them and they might do something. 24 But I had three coats. I gave them to Jerry. 25 He went up. I couldn't go up in my  25 1 condition of my leg. And he went up and gave 2 them to this homeless veteran. And he was at 3 least maybe he has one warm night, one night 4 that he has, you know, something that he could 5 hold onto that he could stay warm and feel like 6 he's a part of society again, instead of making 7 them feel they're an outcast. 8 Nobody's an outcast. They just 9 don't have the opportunity one of them 10 people -- and I think -- I think if we had a 11 fundraiser or something where we could even 12 like a bingo or something or whatever, whatever 13 we could do and obtain a building where we 14 could have this and not throw them out in the 15 morning like they're cattle. 16 You know, it's not -- it's not 17 right. It's not right, and especially if it's 18 a veteran. I mean, we served our country 19 honorably and we deserve more than to be thrown 20 out in the cold and in the damp. So I just 21 want -- my buddy brought -- he's very -- and 22 his friend Judy, very, very good person. 23 She does so much for the homeless 24 and everything. And being a -- his friend, I 25 took an interest in it because I saw a man  26 1 laying on the ground. I wouldn't want my 2 father or my mother or anybody else laying on 3 the ground, you know, when they could have 4 someplace where they to go and have hygiene and 5 everything else. So that's all I have. 6 MR. MCANDREW: What's your name 7 again, sir? 8 MR. LABROWSKI: Louis Labrowski. 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you -- 10 thank you for your service, Mr. Labrowski. And 11 secondly, you know, I always say that some of 12 the best ideas we get are from our residents. 13 And if, Mr. Voldenberg, can you 14 craft an e-mail or a letter and send it to the 15 homeless task force, you know, with this 16 gentleman's recommendation? Our community 17 always steps up for fundraisers and helping 18 each other because -- and they've been meeting 19 for a couple years. 20 And I didn't hear any ideas like 21 this coming from them. So maybe if you could 22 please send that over to them and see if that's 23 an option or something we could do. 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll submit that, 25 Mr. McAndrew.  27 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Up next is Len 3 Srebro. 4 MR. SREBRO: Boy, that's a long walk 5 around there. Good evening, Council, Lenny 6 Srebro, Keyser Valley. Miss me? You know, 7 what Mr. Mancini talked about, you know, 8 certainly sounds good. But I want to say my 9 feelings about it. 10 You know, it's good that he 11 discovered that information. But you guys 12 ain't going to do nothing about it. That's my 13 experience. You know I've been coming here 13 14 years now, you know, discussing the problem 15 with the flooding in Keyser Valley. 16 What I've come to believe that after 17 a while people just give up trying to discuss 18 this flood problem. And, you know what, after 19 13 years, I give up too. I used to come here 20 every other week in the past trying to do 21 things, getting information, dealing with 22 different people, engineers, and every other 23 kind of title that would come out and look. 24 You know what, I do got to say, 25 Paige came out there a number of times to look  28 1 at the problem. I give her credit for that. 2 But once again, nothing gets done. Now, 3 something did get done recently in the late 4 fall of last year. 5 They came and they did some new 6 pipes and a culvert or two. But, you know, 7 we've yet to see if anything works what they 8 did if it's another patch job. And we won't 9 know until we have another flooding problem. 10 But that's my opinion, you know. 11 That's why I stopped coming. You guys have 12 worn me out. The neighbors, that's why they 13 stopped coming too. I guess it's the plan to 14 wear people out. But you did it to me. So -- 15 so a little bit of time left, I got other 16 things to talk about. 17 At my property, one of the neighbors 18 parked one of those pod storage containers 19 right in front of my property. It's been there 20 for almost two years. They started to do a 21 kitchen remodeling and then that just stopped 22 going on. 23 You know what, my fiance' of 15 24 years, we plan on getting married in the late 25 spring and, you know what, she doesn't want  29 1 that pod in our wedding pictures. You know, so 2 I've talked to the neighbor, you know, about 3 what are you doing with it, you know? 4 There's so much debris piled up in 5 front of it that, you know, nobody is even 6 using it. It's just there like an abandoned 7 car. Don't I have some kind of rights to have 8 it removed, you know -- 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I know we have 10 an ordinance. What's the street again? 11 MR. SREBRO: The corner of Lafayette 12 and North Merrifield. 13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: All right. I 14 know we have an ordinance that's a little -- 15 it's not very concrete with regard to these 16 pods because they came after the ordinance. 17 This has been brought up before. But I know 18 it's -- sometimes the company they just -- they 19 don't pick them up too. 20 I'm not defending this. But, Mr. 21 Voldenberg, can you send code enforcement over? 22 And, you know, ask with regards -- what is the 23 ordinance for pods if it's -- 24 MR. SREBRO: Okay, wait a minute. I 25 need to get in one more --  30 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Go ahead. I'm 2 sorry. 3 MR. SREBRO: -- one more thing on my 4 short time. Okay, another personal problem is, 5 what can I do about another neighbor across the 6 street from me, he feeds the stray cats. I 7 counted 11 cats at one time on his porch. And 8 there was still others running around. 9 The thing of it is, is my fiance' is 10 into flowers like I'm into cars. And she has 11 flowers -- a whole bed all around the whole 12 house that the cats come over and poop in the 13 flower beds constantly. 14 What can I do about that? Now, I've 15 called animal control no exaggeration, 20 16 times. They're supposed to give me a call 17 back. Never one call back. So isn't there 18 something we could do, you know? They don't 19 call me. But can somebody else from the city 20 take care of it? 21 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, 22 Mr. Serbro. Frank, can we make sure that those 23 two concerns get brought up to the proper -- 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: We will. We'll 25 escalate both.  31 1 MR. SCHUSTER: The pods too, whether 2 it be code enforcement or SPD and let them know 3 it's been there for two years. 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll reach out 5 tomorrow. 6 MR. SREBRO: Thanks for anything. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: And thank you for 8 keeping Keyser Valley alive with the flood 9 project over there as well. Next up is Stan 10 Dombrowski. 11 MR. DOMBROWSKI: Good evening, Stan 12 Dombrowski, Olive Street resident. I'm here 13 today as a responsible kratom consumer and past 14 owner of a T shop on Ash Street from 2017 to 15 2020. My shop was one of the first retail T 16 shops that sold and educated consumers on the 17 use of kratom in Pennsylvania. 18 I sold kratom to hundreds of 19 customers speaking to each one of them about 20 why they had an interest in using the product. 21 My goal was always to educate customers through 22 my story and then the stories of each before 23 them. 24 So when I speak about my experience 25 with kratom, it's also through my contact with  32 1 hundreds of other consumers, many were 2 longtime customers. Today I respectfully 3 oppose the proposed blanket ban and urge to you 4 place only the age gate ordinance that 5 restricts sales to anyone under 21. 6 After a severe back injury, I became 7 addicted to prescription opioids prescribed by 8 my physician. I was only able to stop using 9 prescribed opioids by using kratom. It was the 10 only thing that let me manage my pain without 11 losing my ability to work and care for my 12 family. 13 It has also helped me with a 14 longstanding mental health challenge in ways 15 that prescription medications never could. 16 Most importantly it fits my goal of staying on 17 a natural wellness path, a simple plant based 18 option that lets me be productive and present 19 every single day. 20 I fully support keeping kratom out 21 of the hands of minors as I said previous. The 22 first ordinance does exactly that. And it's 23 the right move. But a total ban on all sales 24 to adults would take away a safe effective tool 25 for thousands of responsible people like me who  33 1 use it responsibly and legally. 2 We know the federal government is 3 already cracking down on the concentrated 4 synthetic 7-0H products. That targeted 5 enforcement is the smart approach. A blanket 6 ban here in Scranton would not only stop those 7 synthetics, it would also -- it would only 8 punish law abiding local consumers. 9 Worse, these bans tend to spread 10 from city to city creating a patchwork of 11 restrictions that hurt families and neighboring 12 towns as well. Scranton has a chance to lead 13 instead of follow. By passing the age gate 14 ordinance and rejecting the blanket ban, you 15 could show the region what science-based common 16 sense regulation looks like. 17 Protect kids, respect adult choice, 18 and keep our communities from repeating the 19 mistakes of overly broad prohibitions that 20 don't solve the real problem. Since 2018, 21 we've seen a lot of synthetic kratom trends 22 come and go that have left our community under 23 attack. 24 But 7-OH has by far been the worst. 25 The synthesized product is far from the leaf  34 1 that many have come to know and use. It's 2 to 2 400 times as strong and market very same as 3 regular leaf kratom. It's known to be stronger 4 than morphine. 5 There's nothing natural about that. 6 But somehow companies can make these illicit 7 products that any gas station in our towns will 8 put on a shelf without repercussion making them 9 appear to be natural and safe. I get calls 10 from former customers now addicted to this 11 synthetic form asking for help. 12 Overall, the conversation really 13 needs to be directed at regulation. As I said, 14 just like any reputable industry, there needs 15 to be lab testing, reliable vendors, and 16 products that contain natural amounts of the 17 active natural ingredient. 18 Age restriction and clear packaging 19 are the last piece of the puzzle. Keeping this 20 plant in the natural state is the key, not 21 using harsh chemicals to make a completely 22 unsafe version. A recent study from John 23 Hopkins said that kratom should be reconsidered 24 from being a scheduled one drug anywhere in 25 this country.  35 1 They cited negative claims as being 2 fear mongering due to misinformation and a lack 3 of education. Natural and safe versions of 4 kratom is being confused with adulterated 5 products claiming to be kratom. 6 To summarize, federal enforcement 7 action against concentrated synthetic 7-OH is 8 imminent. I urge Scranton City Council to 9 approve only the age gate ordinance which 10 prohibits kratom sales to minors. 11 A blanket ban proposal spreads and 12 threatens surrounding cities and municipalities 13 with law abiding kratom consumers. This ban 14 would possibly lead to the use of dangerous and 15 deadly substances. 16 Scranton has the opportunity to be a 17 regional leader by implementing science based 18 regulatory policy instead of overly broad bans. 19 Please make an educated decision. Thank you. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next is 21 Ron Ellman. 22 MR. ELLMAN: Good evening, Council. 23 I thought I was going to spare you tonight. 24 But I got to go to Lowe's. And I thought I'd 25 come anyway. You know, it always seems like  36 1 there's something comes up to mess up your 2 budget. 3 Last month we had to get a new 4 refrigerator. The other one wasn't too old. 5 Today we got a new dryer. And I guess Rose 6 said it was 20 years old. I don't remember. 7 But I have to go get a plug for it. You people 8 are just so outside of reality of thousands in 9 this very city. 10 I know we talked about this before. 11 But this -- so many people suffering. Then you 12 have -- all of these outside things besides 13 taxes. I think these data centers are -- 14 there's just no way -- this whole area can 15 subsidize all of these -- their needs, the 16 water, electricity, and the expenses will go to 17 the people for wiring to them and so forth. 18 There's all of these promises it 19 won't happen, but it will. But I forgot what 20 day it was last week on the news, they had 21 quite a discussion about a large number of 22 people -- I don't know what you call it. The 23 paper -- the news called it a disease to the 24 electricity and can't be subjected to it. 25 They had one lady moved out in the  37 1 middle of nowhere. And evidently it's a 2 serious problem. And it's not a rarity in this 3 country. And I never heard nothing about it 4 until I saw the newscast. 5 I guess -- I guess it's the sound 6 waves from electric motors and so forth that 7 have a terrible affliction on many, many people 8 according to the news article. 9 To me, cancer is a disease. Sound 10 waves hit, you -- aren't a disease, but they 11 termed it that way. I think somebody with a 12 computer needs to really look into it because I 13 don't know what I'm talking about except it was 14 very interesting. 15 There's just no way in God's green 16 earth we could have all of these people buying 17 property. And the next thing that'll happen, 18 they'll be forcing these data centers down our 19 throat saying they got property. You could see 20 it coming. 21 Anybody in the real estate business 22 knows the future of these things will be here. 23 And it will be at our expense, not theirs. 24 While I think of it, on Joan's list, I wonder 25 if she got my friend Joe Cochran.  38 1 He bought a piece of property in 2 August, 2010. Last Christmas, December, it was 3 still tax exempt, 14 East Parker at the bridge. 4 I've mentioned it a couple of times. And I 5 have some interesting paperwork. Maybe I 6 should bring it so, you know what I'm -- what 7 this man has done. 8 And one other thing, Rosie is always 9 asking me if Miss Jeffries comes. And I said I 10 haven't seen her since she got that award. 11 Does anybody know if she's ill or something? 12 MR. SCHUSTER: She had moved to 13 outside of the Philadelphia area with her 14 family. 15 MR. ELLMAN: She always made an 16 outstanding contribution to me. Thank you. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next 18 is Judy Laske. 19 MS. LASKE: Good evening, Council, 20 Judy Laske, resident of Scranton. I'm here 21 again about the homeless. I just want to give 22 you little updates on what's been going on with 23 them. They were over there I believe it was 24 last week. 25 And I went over and talked to them,  39 1 got some new, you know, people over there so I 2 was talking to them to find out what, you know, 3 their situations were. 4 And there was one gentleman in a 5 wheelchair who had two strokes. He went to 6 Geisinger up at CMC and, you know, they only 7 keep you for so long. And he said that 8 basically he had nowhere to go to recuperate. 9 And then there's a girl that was supposed to 10 come tonight. 11 I don't know if she feels kind of -- 12 I told her not to be intimidated, like, that 13 you guys are here for her, here for anybody 14 that needs it. She's going to try to come next 15 week. But she texted me and let me know that 16 where they're staying at, they keep getting 17 kicked out of where they're putting tents up. 18 So they find one spot and then they 19 are getting kicked out. They put no 20 trespassing signs up. I know down on Mount 21 Pleasant, there was a couple of the homeless 22 that I've grown to know and they said that, 23 like, the one gentleman, God love him, he was 24 over there the last time. 25 And there was nothing -- they all  40 1 smoke. And they didn't have an ashtray. So 2 they were, like, asking everybody, like, where 3 did the ashtray go? So I went over the house, 4 got one, you know, a container with a lid on 5 it. 6 And he couldn't have been more 7 grateful. He did not want to throw out the 8 cigarette butts out in front of Weston or in 9 the road. Like, they're not all there because 10 they want to be there. There are some that are 11 there that, you know, they're down on their 12 luck. 13 There's another girl, the girl that 14 I was just speaking of -- I got off topic, I'm 15 sorry. She has to have surgery. She's had two 16 previous surgeries. My concern for her is, 17 where does she go to recuperate after that? Is 18 she going to go back out into the woods, like, 19 where it's raining. It's hot out. 20 You know, now it's getting hot. You 21 know, there could be some chilly nights, like, 22 where does she go to recuperate? There's no 23 place for these people to go. She also told me 24 that at CIC as of May 1st is only serving lunch 25 to them.  41 1 They do take showers there. They do 2 receive a meal there. I am going to go down to 3 CIC and see what I could do to help out. But 4 is there, like, any grants or anything that, 5 like, you guys could apply for to, like, maybe 6 get some kind of a building? 7 I'm more than willing to volunteer. 8 I'm sure Jerry and Lou. But I did tell them, 9 like, I've come to know these people over the 10 years. Some I would not put my back to them, 11 okay. They have a lot of mental illnesses. 12 Some of them don't. Some of them 13 want to work. Some of them don't. Some of 14 them are becoming so accustomed to being out in 15 these elements that it's like every day, like, 16 an occurrence. It's just like us going home to 17 our homes and going to bed. 18 That's their home. That's their 19 bed. That's where they stay. That's where all 20 of their belongings are. And this young 21 gentleman that asked me where the ashtrays 22 were, he went down -- I guess they got all 23 kicked out from where they were staying. 24 I came to find out that he was 25 arrested the next day because it was daytime,  42 1 and when they got kicked out it was nighttime. 2 So he wanted to go back for his belongings and 3 they arrested him. 4 Like, I don't get that. You know, I 5 understand out of sight, out of mind. For me, 6 they're in sight all the time to me. I run 7 into them in the stores. I'm very cordial with 8 them. They trust me. And that's why I'm here, 9 not, you know, saying that you guys aren't 10 trying to help, but, like, what is going on 11 with this unhoused task force because nobody's 12 reached out to me. 13 And if there's no such thing, then 14 I'm telling you right now, I'm going to start 15 something. I'm going to start some kind of a 16 movement where I'll get volunteers. I'll get 17 people involved that want to help them because 18 I just can't stand back and sit back and watch 19 them, like, go through this stuff. 20 They're human beings. Like Lou 21 said, like, they deserve their dignity. They 22 really do. And if you got to know them which I 23 really have, like, you know, this young girl 24 that's going to go for surgery and stuff, she 25 worked at Wal-Mart. She worked at Giant. She  43 1 was doing Ubering. 2 And unfortunately her car is broke 3 down right now. So she can't even do that to 4 try to make some money. Like, I don't know 5 what's out there. Like, I don't know -- I'm 6 new to this. So I don't know what I could do 7 to help them. 8 Like, anything with autism, I know 9 all about it. I have four kids with autism. 10 So I know how to help them get the resources. 11 I'm new to this, but I don't want to back down 12 from this. They know I could help -- they know 13 I'm here to help him. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Later in 15 the month of April, there is supposed to be an 16 unhoused task force -- or a homeless task force 17 committee meeting. I don't know when that date 18 is. Did we ever get the date on that? 19 MS. LASKE: Do you know where it's 20 going to be? 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I believe it's the 22 29th. I'll double-check. 23 MR. SCHUSTER: The 29th, so the 29th 24 there's going to be a committee meeting. 25 MS. LASKE: Where?  44 1 MR. SCHUSTER: I believe it would be 2 at City Hall. I don't know if people from the 3 public are welcome to come. But that's 4 something that I believe is being discussed. 5 Councilwoman Rothchild, did you say it was 6 being discussed? 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: They are typically 8 held virtually. And the public has not been 9 invited to come to them in the past. They're 10 not public meetings. However, I want to urge 11 them to create some sort of committee that the 12 public can be a part of because like yourself, 13 there are a lot of people who want to find any 14 way that they can to help. 15 And I want us to figure out how we 16 can -- how we can do that. So that's going to 17 be an important topic of conversation at the 18 next meeting. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: And in terms of grant 20 funding, an existing entity or a non profit 21 that would need to start up would need to get a 22 business plan together to apply for grants 23 through the city. So any of those agencies 24 that are out there that are helping, I'm sure 25 could apply and work with the city to apply for  45 1 grants. 2 MS. LASKE: Okay. Mr. McAndrew, you 3 said that I should be on that unhoused task 4 force? 5 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, and I 6 asked -- I brought it up again last week 7 because I was -- wasn't sure when the next 8 meeting -- I heard April. And I wasn't sure 9 when it was going to occur because we're never 10 told when they actually are. 11 And we kind of find out afterwards. 12 I did inquire about you and the other poor 13 young lady that was here, you know, a month 14 ago. And unbeknownst to me, Dr. Rothchild said 15 they're putting together a committee. So I, 16 right, is that what you -- the information -- 17 MS. LASKE: I'd like to be on it. 18 DR. ROTHCHILD: That's going to be a 19 suggestion -- 20 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Oh, so you're 21 going to suggest that. Oh, okay, because when 22 I did ask initially, like, we receive most of 23 our inquiries when we bring them up in 5th 24 Order. And I initially brought that up. 25 And I really didn't get a straight  46 1 answer. We'll look into it. So this was way 2 before -- 3 MS. LASKE: Can I give you my phone 4 number so that maybe you could reach out to me 5 or whoever can -- 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I'll be -- I'll 7 be the last to find out. I don't know if 8 it's -- 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: I'd love to have 10 your contact information if you could provide 11 it to Kathy there. 12 MS. LASKE: I'll do that. I'll do 13 that after the meeting. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 15 MS. LASKE: Thank you very much. 16 MR. SCHUSTER: Would anyone else 17 like to address Council? 18 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka. If 19 you need a committee to make changes, then the 20 unsheltered task force has no purpose. Moving 21 on tonight, good evening, Council. I'm glad in 22 the Scranton Times, in particular, the opinion 23 section of the editorial board media news group 24 NEPA picked up on my kratom point and stated 25 the question that I asked was ridiculous and  47 1 obviously I knew it. 2 They noted that it should be a state 3 change and not a local one. And they got my 4 callback to alcohol and prohibition. More -- 5 more point to the times of the movie refer 6 madness and the demonizing of marijuana and the 7 wholesale fear without good cause banned its 8 use for people who were suffering from cancer 9 and chemotherapy, those who were suffering from 10 extreme anorexia or even pain management in 11 offering it as comfort and use, in end of life 12 hospice situations because we must restrict the 13 use of morphine and opioids at the end of life 14 for some reason because a terminal hospice 15 patient may become addicted. 16 Marijuana was called out because it 17 was supposedly a gateway drug and outright ban 18 before legislative evaluation could be done. 19 Kratom can assist in weaning off opioids like 20 OxyContin. And it appears to have a similar 21 affect to methadone for heroin. 22 But I do not hear anyone suggesting 23 a methadone ban. The panic borne is borne from 24 legitimate fears of over the counter 25 unregulated substances, especially designer  48 1 drugs that exploded more or less when crack 2 became unpopular. 3 The biggest issue in the designer 4 drugs was when they banned one type that 5 produces chemically change the structure and it 6 was no longer banned because it was no longer 7 the same drug and that's still an issue. Every 8 drug is a designer drug, just upcharged and 9 controlled by pharmacies. 10 The place where logic and 11 restrictions and the absurdity of refer madness 12 and its knee-jerk policy slides sideways is 13 when in federal law both OxyContin and fentanyl 14 are classified as schedule two drugs that are 15 less restrictive than marijuana. 16 The US Department of Health and 17 Human Service recommended in July only 18 synthetic 7-OH be classified as schedule one 19 and a controlled substance. This passage as 20 stands, it will be easier to get OxyContin than 21 getting kratom. 22 In the US, we have local restrictive 23 examples, Arkansas, dry counties where you 24 have to drive to another county to pick up 25 alcohol. In Philadelphia, the excuse of public  49 1 health they have a soda tax. For a two liter 2 bottle of soda, there's a $1.01 tax on every 3 bottle. 4 The result of the ban, anyone with a 5 car drove outside of the city Philadelphia and 6 shopped outside the city limits. Who did it 7 impact, the poor in the communities the 8 hardest. 9 They are quite a few examples of 10 safety restrictions being put in place. I 11 lived through bans of spray paint cans without 12 ID, bans on glue, sales to minors as huffing 13 for a period of time had its time. Even 14 cigarettes, alcohol, and vaping had age 15 restrictions, reasonable and for the most part 16 they work. 17 Moving onto a less historical review 18 and more fact based, every year 3,000 people 19 due to a designer drug. It's over the counter, 20 sole in mini markets, supermarket, and it's 21 even in hotels. It's in our schools. Kids can 22 purchase it freely and it's unregulated. 3,000 23 deaths a year, yes, it's Asprin. 24 An estimated 1.7 million Americans 25 age 12 and older used kratom in 2021.  50 1 According to a substance abuse and mental 2 health services administration national survey 3 on drug use and health. 4 Lackawanna County Corner Tim Rowland 5 stated that in the past five years, two deaths 6 were directly attributed to kratom. And 7 multiple deaths also had other substances 8 present which other drugs in the system could 9 have been the reason why they died. 10 Two deaths in five years versus 11 15,000 for Asprin. In one year of the CDC, 12 kratom has been involved in 233 deaths, and of 13 that, 184 were from multiple drugs. So it's 14 undetermined on that from what killed them. 15 That 49 deaths of kratom alone in 2025 for the 16 entire United States, less than one a state. 17 Again, we're looking at a regulation 18 of a product that an estimated 1.7 million 19 Americans age 12 and older use that has caused 20 49 deaths in the United States. We're trying 21 to regular 2,000ths of a percent. Good night. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would 23 anyone else like to address Council? 24 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council, 25 Lee Morgan. I didn't get a chance yet to give  51 1 the Council the letter because I'd like a 2 response to my request to the Council in 3 writing. But I forgot it today and left it 4 home. But part of it had to do with feral 5 cats. And you've heard the discussions here 6 today. 7 So I'm going to ask the Council to 8 give me all of my answers in writing so that -- 9 and if you refuse, then we'll see where we go 10 from there and see if you've actually done 11 anything with my requests or if the Mayor's 12 actually done anything with my requests because 13 I think people have a right to petition their 14 government, citizens, and citizens have a right 15 to an answer and whether the Court will agree 16 with me or not, let's find out. 17 The other thing I have for the 18 people in the city is that I've done a notice 19 of appeal for the third circuit in regards to 20 ECTV. And I just want to let everybody know 21 that some people have asked me about -- they 22 couldn't find the docket. 23 Well, I assure you that it is there 24 and it has all been filed. And it's 25 3-23-CV-1635. And it does exist. And I think  52 1 that everybody should see just how corrupt 2 Scranton's government really is. 3 When you read the legislation that 4 created the public access channels, the public 5 access channels were designed to give the 6 people a voice in their community. And one of 7 my questions to the Court is, did the city hand 8 ECTV over to a third party to block free 9 speech? 10 Because that's a constitutional 11 right. And I really think that it did. And 12 when you read the legislation that the Congress 13 and the Senate created, that was one of the 14 whole reasons for the channel to exist. And a 15 lot of issues that we're here trying to be 16 discussed for five minutes, deserve hours of 17 time on a public access channel to get the 18 elected officials to finally respond to the 19 deep-seated problems we have in this city. 20 We have over 110 million dollar 21 budget, and the city's collapsing. You know, 22 we've had discussions here about the homeless 23 forever. And then recently we tore a building 24 down down the street. It could have been a 25 shelter. It would have been rehabbed.  53 1 You know, there's questions about, 2 you know, if the Mayor had a relationship with 3 anybody on the board of the bank. We could 4 have bought the new building that Southern 5 Union built in downtown Scranton for a million 6 and a half dollars. 7 We could have bought the credit 8 union for a million and a half dollars. They 9 were modern buildings. There's something wrong 10 here. We've got -- just public officials that 11 are either corrupt or stupid. 12 Now, I hope that everybody would go 13 to the website for the federal court and look 14 up my statements of issues presented because 15 it's very troubling. And I -- I don't know how 16 Judge Bloom is going to survive these things. 17 I intend to present this argument to the Court 18 myself. 19 And I've been to Superior Court 20 where I've won. And I've been to Commonwealth 21 Court where I've won and that the most trouble 22 thing of all is, that our own government is 23 stifling us. And, you know, you just look 24 even at the reassessment, nothing legitimate 25 about it at all, not one thing.  54 1 And people's property taxes have 2 been raised. Look at the downtown in the city, 3 one vast parking lot. And then people brag 4 about tearing a building down. But my question 5 is, what have you built? 6 And how did the University and 7 all the schools get so out of control? And why 8 are we shielding all of the non-profits? And 9 how do residents hang onto their property under 10 this tax burden? And, you know, I hope that 11 the city's police, fire, DPW and clerical union 12 would stop being lap dogs for the politicians 13 because that's what it's become. 14 And the city's actually dead. 15 Believe anything you want. We're all talking 16 about grant money. This city is deceased. 17 Thank you. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would 19 anyone else like to address Council? 20 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Council, Rik 21 Little. Well, a lot of things have been 22 happening on a lot of stages. Give me liberty 23 or give me death is what Patrick Henry said. 24 And I've been thinking about that a lot lately 25 because actually the basis for all religion is  55 1 to understand death. 2 And we had this statement about 3 ending civilization. And it's very disturbing. 4 But you can't throw the baby out with the bath 5 water because, I mean, take the homeless 6 problem. There's no reason for it. There were 7 grants that were made that were granted. 8 And if you read the regulations of 9 these grants in the CFR, Scranton Housing 10 Authority has a duty to make fair and 11 affordable housing to people. And they got 12 millions and millions of dollars over the 13 years, buildings set aside especially for the 14 elderly like Park Gardens and Adams Avenue High 15 Rise. 16 It's there. But in this county, in 17 order to make all the ancillary businesses 18 around this area seem to be having to do with 19 the judicial branch and with, you know, 20 partisan judges and the whole election thing. 21 And just thinking about mail-in voting is so 22 ridiculous, the whole voting thing, democracy, 23 no kings day. 24 It's going on and on. And it's 25 crazier and crazier every day. I think I  56 1 understand because when I was homeless, I got 2 so tired and so confused and this has happened 3 five times. 4 And I could distinctly remember all 5 five times where I forgot my -- who I was, what 6 my name was. Yet, I'm remembering a song, you 7 know, something that had to do with, you know, 8 things like that. And I think that's what 9 happened to President Trump. 10 I think he's lost his way in this 11 thing. But in talking about throwing the baby 12 out with the bath water, all of these health 13 things, the kratom things, the Medicare, 14 Medicaid and even the public access. So we 15 really need public access. 16 We need some sort of place where 17 people could go and get information, 18 specifically about the local stuff because -- 19 because it's necessary. And, you know, I 20 think, I mean, in my mind Biden blew up that 21 pipeline from Russian to Germany. 22 That's where the oil goes. That's 23 why I think, you know, in the end of this, 24 Putin could be the savior of this whole thing. 25 If the tariffs went down on him, he could be  57 1 the provider for Europe and America be -- you 2 know, but they're doing other things, blocking 3 and all of this drama every day. 4 With the kratom, I mean, I would 5 think after Covid no one, no one would put any 6 salt into the government telling you what is 7 healthy. I knew what I needed to be healthy, 8 and I couldn't get it, you know. And I 9 couldn't get it. I had to go out of my way to 10 get the things to get my energy up back again 11 where I could remember where I was and what I 12 was doing. 13 But long ago they set up Scranton 14 Housing Authority. And they have 2,500 units. 15 That's probably like 5,000 beds. And then for 16 the county, there's no affordable housing. 17 It's a mess. And you got all of these 5013Cs 18 sending people around jobs and, you know, the 19 criminalization of kratom -- kratom, I mean, 20 that's ridiculous. 21 They've talked about it about all 22 the other things, no, you shouldn't -- you 23 shouldn't -- you should get rid of seed oil and 24 glucosamine at Wal-Mart before you do the 25 kratom thing because that makes people sick  58 1 and tired and unable to deal with realty. 2 Thank you. 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Fifth 4 Order. 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A. 6 MOTIONS. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you 8 have any motions or comments? 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: I still have 10 concerns regarding the kratom ordinances 6-A 11 and 6-B that are on the agenda tonight. But 12 I'll discuss them further once we are on the 13 question and get to them. But that's all that 14 I have. Thank you. 15 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. Sean 16 McAndrew, do you have any motions or comments? 17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a 18 few. First, I want to go over responses for my 19 questions from last week that we received 20 today. 21 Councilman McAndrew also inquired 22 the reason for -- that the Mayor did not sign 23 the ordinance overturning the HARB decision in 24 regards to allowing Fidelity to tear down the 25 building, the response we got was per Section  59 1 504 of the City's Home Rule Charter, the Mayor 2 has authority, sign, not sign or veto all 3 legislation upon final passage by City Council. 4 In the event the Mayor vetoes 5 legislation, he or she is required to provide 6 City Council for her rationale for using such 7 veto. That's it. So the response to me was a 8 textbook dodging the question. I didn't ask 9 whether the Mayor had the authority or not. 10 I already know the Section 504 and 11 the Home Rule Charter and what it says. The 12 question simply was why didn't the Mayor sign 13 the ordinance? I believe any decision we make 14 as public officials if it's questioned should 15 be answered. That is true transparency. 16 So again, Mr. Gilbride, if you could 17 ask thank you for the lesson in the Home Rule 18 Charter, but if you could give a reason why it 19 wasn't signed. I don't think we're going to 20 get an answer, but hopefully we'll get it. 21 I'll keep asking. Maybe the next time when 22 they're in caucus I'll ask. 23 Next, I did ask regarding if there 24 is any policy or any times where DPW fills 25 potholes on state roads or fills in utility  60 1 cuts -- pave cuts for utility companies. 2 The response we got today was, there 3 is no official policy. As a general rule, DPW 4 does not fill potholes on state routes or 5 utility pave cuts unless we are trying to 6 alleviate a dangerous situation. 7 On Thursday, April 9th, the DPW 8 Director instructed road crews to fill several 9 potholes and small pave cuts along the Scranton 10 Half Marathon in effort to render the route for 11 safe -- a safe race for the participants. 12 The city normally received numerous 13 claims after the race that about the roads' 14 conditions. I completely agree with making 15 sure those roads are safe for the race, 100 16 percent. 17 My question is going to be -- and, 18 Frank, if you could send this down, was there 19 any attempt to coordinate with the utility 20 companies to say, hey, we have this race coming 21 up, could you check these pave cuts and clean 22 them up? 23 I think that's something our pave 24 cut inspector should be doing. But was there 25 any attempts made there? And I know  61 1 Mr. Cusick, you know, said he has great 2 communication with PennDOT. Was there any 3 coordination with PennDOT to say, hey, we got 4 this race coming up, the weather is good, the 5 hot patch is out, can you help us and get these 6 paved? 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that 8 question. 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Next 10 question is, are we getting reimbursed for the 11 work that was done and the materials that were 12 used? When we use PennDOT -- borrow salt from 13 PennDot, we have to reimburse. I'm wondering 14 if that will be the same with this. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll also ask that. 16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. Next 17 question, I know previous Councils, I know 18 Mr. King was a big proponent of this. And it 19 also got brought up when I first got on 20 Council, Penn Ambulance. 21 We do not have a dedicated ambulance 22 service. We have dedicated firemen and police, 23 but what we don't have is a dedicated EMS 24 service. 25 I know there was discussions  62 1 yesterday between Council President Schuster 2 and Attorney Gilbride with the city regarding 3 this issue. I know there might be some 4 concerns. So can we have the city put in 5 writing what the concerns are? 6 I understand there might be some 7 discussion of possibly having our own, but I 8 don't think we're anywhere close to doing that. 9 And I don't even know if we will be able to 10 afford that. 11 But I do believe we should have a 12 dedicated service because we have nobody to 13 hold accountable if -- if we need emergency 14 service for ambulance, okay? 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: Okay. 16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Some resident 17 concerns, Weston Field, the skate park and the 18 park not being locked at night. I was over 19 there talking to some residents last night. I 20 guess all throughout the night there's a lot 21 people over there skating past -- past the time 22 they should be when the park is closed. 23 None of the gates lock. They put 24 this brand new -- some of the new gates in 25 there. I tried to lock it. I tried to even  63 1 see if it would close. It does not close. The 2 latch doesn't even fit the pole that's there. 3 It's a beautiful park. 4 We're doing great things to it. It 5 looks like we're just going to be putting an 6 updated soccer field, which is excellent. We 7 need to have those services for our kids, for 8 our families to have a good time and enjoy our 9 park. 10 But the neighborhoods can't suffer 11 because of it. We need to make sure that when 12 the park is closed, nobody is trespassing. And 13 I'm not sure if that's putting more cameras 14 there. We have that Real Time Crime Center. 15 Maybe they could watch and maybe put 16 a speaker there. And they could, you know, 17 say, hey, you know, please exit the park in 10 18 minutes or the cops will be coming by. 19 I know we can't really patrol it 20 right now with manpower, but there has to be 21 something we could do at these parks to make 22 sure nobody is in it past dark. And also, 23 again, like, you can't even lock it if you 24 need. So that's a concern. 25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll look into it.  64 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: All right. And 2 then finally, my overall communication with the 3 city. This week -- last week I was trying to 4 set meetings with a few members of 5 administration. 6 First was the LIPS Department. I 7 sent an e-mail through Frank like we were told, 8 never got a response. So I showed up three 9 days later to speak directly with them to 10 schedule an appointment. 11 They didn't want to schedule with me 12 directly. They said they sent an e-mail to 13 Frank. So when I got home, I checked my 14 e-mail. The e-mail wasn't from the head of the 15 LIPS Department. 16 It was actually from the OECD 17 Director on his behalf to try to schedule a 18 meeting, found that very odd; but hopefully 19 we'll have a meeting scheduled -- we have a 20 meeting scheduled actually for tomorrow. 21 Next thing is, I sent an e-mail to 22 Matt Domines, have a quick call. I have a 23 question about the budget. That was all during 24 the same time. So in the meantime, I get an 25 answer from Eileen Cipriani saying if you want  65 1 to schedule an appointment or talk to any of 2 the administration, you have to go through 3 Grace. 4 I don't know who Grace is. But she 5 was on the e-mail and so was Matt. So I had to 6 ask Grace to ask Matt if I could have a quick 7 five minute call. Finally I got an answer. 8 You could call Eileen and Matt. They're both 9 together. 10 It's concerning to me -- us on 11 Council if we have a quick question or we want 12 to stop in and ask a question or we want to 13 schedule a meeting to work together and get 14 answers, we don't -- we have to jump through 15 hoops. We're paying people significant money 16 to run their departments. 17 If we can't speak to them without 18 Eileen Cipriani there, I think that's a 19 problem. And I question do we have capable 20 people that could handle -- handle this 21 department because one of the concerns she said 22 is the reason we have to do this this way is 23 because when -- what is the -- what was the 24 thing for the garbage -- Rubicon, sorry. 25 When Rubicon was being questioned, a  66 1 lot of misinformation was going back. That was 2 not misinformation. That's not -- that was 3 just a bad decision that they still, you know, 4 that they still got burned for. 5 So I want to work with the city. 6 And I want things to go better going forward. 7 I don't know why we have to jump through hoops 8 just to have a five minute phone call or send 9 an e-mail to answer a question. I asked Frank 10 to send an e-mail regarding the answer for the 11 DPW potholes last Thursday. 12 I -- he didn't get a response 13 Thursday. He didn't get a response Friday. He 14 didn't get a response yesterday. We -- we 15 asked and asked and asked. I even then hopped 16 on the e-mail directly to Mr. Cusick with Frank 17 on it to ask for the answer. They refuse to 18 answer us. 19 That is not transparency. That is 20 not the Mayor working with the Council. 21 Everybody wants to talk about maybe this is an 22 anti-Mayor Council. But I think it's a Mayor 23 who is anti-Council. And I think we need to 24 work together going forward. 25 And we should be getting our  67 1 questions asked and answered and be a team. I 2 don't understand why it has to be so hard. So 3 hopefully after them hearing this and I know 4 they're watching, going forward we could change 5 things and make it a little bit easier. Thank 6 you. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Also, just to add 8 onto that, we're the forward facing piece of 9 government that speaks with the citizens on a 10 weekly basis. We bring information back to 11 administration. 12 If they want us to run our 13 communication with their residents, they need 14 to provide us with answers in a timely manner 15 because we're who are facing the citizens on 16 the front line. 17 So if we get those answers, we're 18 actually helping them in turn by providing 19 those answers to our citizens. Up next is Mr. 20 Mark McAndrew. Do you have any motions or 21 comments? 22 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I got a 23 couple. So, yeah, I could chime in too. So, 24 you know, it's funny that we don't have the 25 ability to reach out to a department head.  68 1 When we do and -- it's all these speed bumps or 2 barriers. 3 Where I know -- I'm here long enough 4 to know that there were -- this wasn't always 5 the case, maybe with some new ones. But 6 previous Council members were on speed dial 7 with certain department heads. And we're 8 frequent fliers in the building even when it's 9 closed, almost daily. 10 So for administration to now say 11 there's some type of protocol, nonsense, 12 nonsense. All right. Enough of that. I mean, 13 you know, this is nonsense. All right. So I'm 14 going to reply with regards to inquiries I 15 posed over the past couple weeks. 16 So when the new loading zone parking 17 spot was put at 417 Lackawanna Avenue, a 18 resident, you know, for safety sake said, hey, 19 it's great. It's a little dangerous for 20 some -- his employees or colleagues, could they 21 please put some lines or better signage or 22 both. 23 And the response I got was, DPW is 24 on standby and will paint these lines when they 25 receive the specifications from the City  69 1 Engineer. So if that gentleman is watching 2 tonight, there's your answer, okay? 3 Also, so last week, I mean, it's 4 been printed -- it was in the paper a couple of 5 times with the paving list. And that's great. 6 And there's a paving list in the spring. And 7 there's a paving list in the fall. 8 But my question was, all the -- some 9 streets aren't on it that are being worked on, 10 especially the ones in Green Ridge, especially 11 the ones on Jackson Street. So my question was 12 because we didn't get any clarity from the pave 13 cut inspector or from administration or from 14 the utility companies as to when they're going 15 to do their paving. 16 And most of the time if they work on 17 a large project it's curb to curb or should be. 18 All right. So like I said, there might be some 19 folks out there who saw the paving list going, 20 oh, my God, I guess my street's not getting it 21 again. 22 So I'm happy to report -- I'm not 23 going to read the whole curb to curb full width 24 restoration requirements, you know, the permits 25 begin -- to be flagged and, you know,  70 1 requirements. What I want to do is just read 2 out the streets that utility companies are 3 working on primarily water with all the 4 upgrades and where there's going to be final 5 paving on these streets. 6 And most of them weren't on the 7 paving list. So I'm glad to see this: Linda 8 Lane, South Lincoln Avenue, Jackson Street 9 because that's a war zone, South Sumner. I 10 think Les brought up Sumner. 11 So there's your answer -- South 12 Bromley, North Bromley, North Lincoln, North 13 Sumner, Euclid. All right. So that was asked 14 also. After utilities, you know, finish -- 15 complete their work, North Garfield, Battle 16 Street, Johler, Fig, Cherry, Brooks, Prospect. 17 That's a disaster too I keep 18 hearing -- East Locust, Maple, South Webster, 19 Qunincy -- I don't know what this street -- 20 what is it -- I just have North W-E, Webster -- 21 okay, North Webster, Taylor Ave, Ridge Ave -- 22 is that John Ave -- Delaware Ave, Capouse, 23 Ryerson, Wyoming, Penn, Electric, Throop, 24 Hollister, Sanders Street, Saginwa Street. 25 So there is 53 permits requiring  71 1 curb to curb because that's what I asked, full 2 width paving has been identified. This doesn't 3 include other permits that have been already 4 received full width paving. 5 16 permits have already been flagged 6 for curb to curb with new preliminary check. 7 When we have the close -- we have to close 2026 8 permits. We can produce an immediate list with 9 every single permit flagged for curb to curb. 10 So this is great. We're getting a 11 little -- we're getting some information 12 because, like I said, some people see the pave 13 list and go, huh, but they're driving these 14 streets that I just mentioned thinking 15 nothing's going to be done. 16 So this is good news. So we just 17 got to keep our eye on them. We got to keep 18 the utility company's feet to the fire, make 19 sure they do curb to curb. That hasn't always 20 happened when they promised it. I'm here long 21 enough to see that. 22 But this is good news. So we got 23 to hang onto this one and keep our eye on this, 24 Mr. Voldenberg, and maybe they could put this 25 on the website if -- it would be beneficial,  72 1 all right, for the people that aren't listening 2 tonight or -- it would be a good resource for 3 them. All right. 4 I'm sorry, but you can't speak at 5 this time. All right. So what else did I 6 inquire about? So I received them. So I have 7 a couple of new ones. Also, along with -- we 8 got this handout given us -- given to us today 9 about the pave cuts. And that's an update -- 10 permits audit update. 11 So, you know, they said, hey, thanks 12 for caucus. They're going to take our advice 13 on tracking the sealing which is really the 14 final restoration if it's just a pave cut. The 15 sealing is the tar perimeter. All right. 16 I know it's done by another company 17 besides the people that actually put the hot 18 patch in or whatever. So since our caucus, 19 permits now require an inspection and photo 20 proof that the cut was sealed in order to close 21 out. 22 All right. The city identified 105 23 permits requiring final seal inspection, 53 24 permits require curb to occur. We know that. 25 Pennoni is actively performing final seal  73 1 inspections for the old permits. 2 Thirty-two of these permits were 3 inspected in the past week, 30 already have 4 sealing completed. So it's getting done. And 5 I know we had to wait for better weather and 6 that's fine. 7 But at least they're getting done 8 because I still drive up and down Main Avenue 9 and there's cuts there that are a couple years 10 old that aren't sealed. A few reports have 11 been attached with photos to show -- okay, so 12 we got a couple photos. 13 But they have under fines there's a 14 little heading here between 20 and 30 fines 15 have been issued since January, 2025, cross 16 violation -- cross violation letters, quality 17 of life and late fees. I don't know why 18 quality of life is included here. 19 When we had them in caucus there was 20 five. So I don't know if they're trying to 21 bundle some fines and look like they're issuing 22 more. Can we get clarification on that? I 23 don't know what -- and some late fees. One 24 fine originated from -- originated from five 25 day violation process.  74 1 Mr. Voldenberg, can you get a 2 clarification on these fines? 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 4 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Are these actual 5 utility fine -- company fines? They sent it 6 with the pave cut. So I don't know if that's 7 true. It might be a little misleading or 8 confusing. All right. Next, so a couple weeks 9 ago I brought -- maybe a couple months ago, the 10 Third Avenue detour for the Elm Street bridge 11 project, right, the poor neighbors there 12 receive constantly the traffic is detoured 13 through there. 14 And the amount of dirt, dust, and 15 debris is ridiculous. And I remember asking 16 for this to be done. There was some type of an 17 agreement. Administration said it doesn't 18 remember it where it was supposed to be done 19 and maintained because the amount of traffic 20 that travels on that road. 21 So I'm happy to report something 22 that they did -- the street was clean, but just 23 like a quick -- it was quickly sprayed a little 24 bit down the middle and nothing really else. 25 So I know the weather's a lot warmer because  75 1 this resident sent me a picture and a video 2 where there's a poor lady in her late 70s out 3 shovelling the dirt and, you know, because it's 4 nice out and her gutter. 5 And also a video where the amount of 6 trucks is -- because that's where a lot of the 7 trucks are detoured carrying all kinds of 8 sediment and debris that is falling. So these 9 people can't even open their window yet on a 10 nice 80 day like today because that video 11 showed me there's just dust constantly in the 12 air. 13 All right? So maybe they need to do 14 this more than once or a few more drive-bys and 15 make sure this property -- or not property, 16 this road is taken care of. Can you please 17 request them to do that? 18 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 19 MR. MCANDREW: All right. And this 20 was from another resident. It's not a bad 21 idea. You know, like I said, some of the best 22 ideas we get are from our residents. And I 23 truly mean that. And for the most part, most 24 ideas are good ideas, you know? 25 And this isn't taking a shot at  76 1 anybody in City Hall, but this resident's like, 2 hey, you know, Mark, you know, now that gas is 3 approaching $5 a gallon, I mean, I don't know 4 what we budget for gas. I don't have it in 5 front of me. 6 But it's really gone up and every 7 one of us here feel it. I filled my car the 8 other day and I'm, like, whoa. It was a half 9 of a tank within a couple days which is absurd. 10 So he said just an idea to throw around. You 11 know, I said, hey, I'll bring it -- I'll throw 12 it against the wall or bring it to 13 administration. 14 He's like, well, you know, all the 15 people that take vehicles home, do they really 16 need to do it? I'm not saying the very 17 important ones or -- but, you know, a lot of 18 these vehicles are taken home. 19 And instead of that because, you 20 know, we're flipping the bill for the gas, 21 maybe until it comes down, why can't the people 22 leave the vehicle at work, drive to work like 23 everybody else does, take the vehicle and, you 24 know, do their daily duties that require that 25 vehicle and instead of, you know, instead of  77 1 driving -- taking it home and utilizing it. 2 And, you know, there's always -- 3 there's always question as how much use do 4 they use when they're off of work. So it's not 5 a bad idea. Throw it out there to 6 administration. Say it's an idea. Think about 7 it. Try to save some money, you know? 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: See if they'll 10 embrace that. And that is all I have. Thank 11 you. 12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, very much. 13 Mr. Flynn, do you have any motions or comments? 14 MR. FLYNN: Just a few quickly, one, 15 Mr. Voldenberg, can we look into the 16 possibility to put stop signs up the corner of 17 Capouse Avenue and Grandview Street? There are 18 currently one each way on Capouse Avenue but 19 none on either way on Grandview Street. 20 It's the only street in that 21 direction over there that doesn't have them, 22 been getting neighbor complaints about high 23 speed of traffic, some cats being hit by cars, 24 etc. So if we could look into the possibility 25 of that, I would appreciate it.  78 1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr. Flynn. 2 MR. FLYNN: The only other thing 3 because I think it's timely here tonight with 4 all the talk about the unsheltered, the 5 homeless, is that I received outreach today 6 from an individual who works at my Center for 7 Independent Living. 8 And they're -- they're a big entity 9 within the City of Scranton. And they are 10 looking to start a mobile food truck for 11 the -- for the unsheltered in Scranton. They 12 have their own transitional skills center for 13 individuals age 14 to 22. 14 They cook their own food. They 15 prepare all the food within that facility, 16 which is a -- from what I'm told a state of the 17 art facility. They would use their 10 or 12 18 passenger vans to go into the community, meet 19 individuals where they are and provide these 20 meals. 21 No meals would -- no one would be 22 charged anything. They're not being sold to 23 the public, anything like that. To start, they 24 want to do this two days a week. I believe 25 breakfast, lunch, and dinner which is now even  79 1 more timely hearing tonight that CIC is saying 2 they'll only be providing lunch. 3 But the issue is that the individual 4 has reached out to both the LIPS Department as 5 well as the health department within the City 6 of Scranton for the past three weeks on if they 7 need a food truck license or any other 8 permitting to be able to provide this service 9 within the city. 10 They have not received a response at 11 all yet from anyone that they -- they reached 12 out to. All they want is to know would this 13 activity require a mobile food truck license or 14 any other specific permits under City of 15 Scranton regulations. 16 They -- because before they start 17 doing this, they want to have all of their 18 ducks in a row, their licenses in place, 19 whatever permits they need. But no one from 20 licensing and inspections or the health 21 department has responded to their multiple 22 e-mails over the past three weeks. 23 So if we could sort of nudge those 24 departments to answer these questions so they 25 could get up and running on this impactful  80 1 endeavor within our city, I'd really appreciate 2 that. So if we could -- if we could do that 3 this week, I would greatly appreciate that. 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll look into it, 5 sir. 6 MR. FLYNN: All right. Thank you. 7 That's all I have. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 9 I have a few tonight as well. We do have an 10 update on South Irving Avenue. For the last 11 couple of weeks, some residents of South Irving 12 Avenue have been coming in. 13 There was some no parking signs that 14 were put up. And there was some confusion 15 regarding that. It seems like there's a lot of 16 infighting with neighbors there. We did reach 17 out to the fire department as well as our city 18 engineers. 19 And our Chief John Judge was out at 20 the scene as well as our City Engineer. And 21 Mr. Judge said that there was no issues 22 regarding the fire department's accessing the 23 homes on the block. And there is no issues 24 with the current parking restrictions that 25 safety vehicles can turn with the current no  81 1 parking sign in the center. 2 So also, Mr. Tom Reilly from our 3 city engineers was out there. He said the 4 signs were modified this week. There was some 5 confusion with the sign in the center as the no 6 parking sign in the center had arrows on it 7 that pointed to the left and the right making 8 it seem like there was no parking in any of the 9 spaces at the end of the street. 10 That's not the case. That sign has 11 been removed and a single no parking sign has 12 been put up in the center of the end of South 13 Irving Avenue. So there is only one no parking 14 spot. Cars can park on the left and onto the 15 right. 16 And with that being said, there is 17 no ordinance that needs to come to Council to 18 change any of the street patterns on South 19 Irving Avenue. So at this point in time, 20 there's a single no parking sign in the middle 21 so that cars can turn around and emergency 22 vehicles and delivery trucks could turn around. 23 I did get an answer on one of the 24 questions I had last week. We talked about a 25 new garbage truck that the city is going to be  82 1 getting. And I asked the size of that garbage 2 truck. It is a 25 yard truck. So I'm happy to 3 hear it is the larger size as I know at one 4 point in time the city was buying smaller 5 garbage trucks. 6 And there was some issues around 7 those garbage trucks. I want to reiterate Sean 8 McAndrew had mentioned Weston Field. So 9 there's a lot of upgrades that have happened at 10 Weston Field. We have a new pool at Weston 11 Field. We have a million dollar skate park at 12 Weston Field. 13 And tonight we're going to be moving 14 forward or introducing Item 5-B which is 15 working with FEFA to bring a small soccer mini 16 pitch program to Weston Field. So with all of 17 the money that's being spent at Weston Field, 18 the thing that keeps coming up time and time 19 again is that there's access to this park at 20 all hours of the night. 21 So some of the -- I've received 22 complaints from some of the neighbors as well, 23 some of the same that Mr. McAndrew has spoken 24 to. Can we get -- my question is, what is the 25 city's plan for ensuring that the upgrades and  83 1 money that the city is spending on this 2 renovation of this park is being secured with 3 either fences, locks, gates? 4 What is the city's plan moving -- as 5 we move into the summer months and the warmer 6 weather with more usage of this park? 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask those 8 questions. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. There's 10 clearly visible signs that say no trespassing 11 after dust. As dusk can change as the sun 12 stays out longer, it does provide for more time 13 in the park. But after it gets dark, there 14 should be no individuals in the park. 15 There's also clear signs that say no 16 parking in the park. And cars are continuing 17 to go into the park at night. And I'm getting 18 reports of people being in there. And I see 19 heads shaking in the audience, people being in 20 there up to 2 a.m. in the morning, some of the 21 cars having their headlights shining on the 22 fields in the courts that are there so 23 individuals could play there at night. 24 And it's very close to the 25 neighbors' homes. So they could hear  84 1 skateboards and they could hear basketballs. 2 And it's keeping some of the elderly residents 3 in that area up at night. Another comment that 4 I got or another complaint that I got was, in 5 the last few nights around 11:00 at night at 6 Sweeny Beach, there's loud music being played. 7 And it's reverberating down the 8 riverbed or the river valley that individuals 9 in the Weston Field area could hear that loud 10 music. I've seen videos of it from the Weston 11 Field area, which is quite a distance away. 12 And this music is -- it's louder 13 than some of the activity that's happening at 14 the park which is 50 yards away. So this music 15 is blasting down the riverbed. So if we could 16 see what does the enforcement look like in 17 Sweeny Beach and what is the city doing in 18 regards to that enforcement? 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: I did get a concern 21 about Center Street. So they just recently, 22 they painted lines. They are orange or yellow 23 lines which seem to be communication lines. I 24 know there's internet upgrades that are 25 occurring downtown.  85 1 I know there's streetscapes that are 2 occurring downtown. There's curbs and 3 different upgrades being done downtown. And 4 some of the new businesses that just moved in 5 there have sidewalks which are in relatively 6 good condition have just been marked up. 7 If there's improvements going on 8 there, if there's communication work to be 9 done, are those sidewalks going to be restored 10 and do they have plans to do any upgrades or on 11 the area of Center Street? 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask those 13 questions. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 15 I did also get a request about a stop sign. So 16 on the corner of McDonough Ave., and Colliery 17 Street, if we could send that to the police 18 department about the -- 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I'm sure 21 I'm going remember that I forgot something 22 here. But that's all for tonight. 23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR 24 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE 25 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO  86 1 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH 2 THE UNITED STATES SOCCER FOUNDATION, INC. 3 ("FOUNDATION") FOR A MINI PITCH PROGRAM GRANT 4 OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000). 5 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced 7 into its proper committee. 8 MR. FLYNN: So moved. 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 11 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I 12 think this is a city great initiative. I'm 13 glad that we're receiving this grant and happy 14 to approve it. I did take a look into, like, 15 the mini pitch stadiums and the different 16 components that they have. 17 And I think it's pretty neat. And 18 they'll be another great asset to add to the 19 city and to the Weston Field. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 21 I'd also like to echo that sentiment. I think 22 it's a great project. As you see, it's 23 $100,000 for this project. I just want to 24 reiterate what I had said about Weston Field 25 with all the money that's being put into this  87 1 field, how are we going to secure the 2 improvements that we're making in this park. 3 Anyone else on the question? 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: I agree with 5 that last part. I mean, I was just told ATVs 6 were on the field ripping it up. And people 7 who actually use the field on the weekends kind 8 of rolled it and did it for the city. So it's 9 great that we had a community member step up. 10 But again, we have to have it locked 11 so something this new and beautiful doesn't get 12 torn up. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, I have to throw 14 this in there as well. The neighbors in the 15 area do not mind and they actually -- they're 16 very happy with the upgrades that have happened 17 in the park. So if they could just keep those 18 activities to the daylight hours, they'd be 19 much happier. 20 And I will say the same thing. I've 21 seen it last year I was down there many times 22 at night and there's tire tracks over the 23 fields and vehicles are entering these areas 24 so -- 25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: On the question,  88 1 yeah, I'm thrilled we're getting this and it's 2 going to make the park better. But over the 3 past couple summers, these are issues that 4 always come back around this time where, you 5 know, we're not securing whether it's 6 Novembrino Splash Pad area. 7 And that's never locked. I don't 8 know how many people would call me and say, 9 Mark, Jesus, it's not locked. What's the deal? 10 And I remember we reached out to administration 11 and said what's your plan? What's the schedule 12 to lock these parks? 13 Well, we do. We take care of it. 14 Well -- and we've spent a lot of money. We 15 approved every one of these projects. And a 16 lot of this is one time events because a lot of 17 it was Covid money. But, you know, in order to 18 maintain -- because we can't replace these 19 every couple years. We just don't have the 20 money. 21 So we got to take care of them. And 22 the first step is securing them at night. So 23 let's ask administration again, you know, 24 update us or what's -- because of all the new 25 improvements, what's the strategy, what's the  89 1 schedule to secure these parks, not only lock 2 them like some of my colleagues said, maybe 3 improve lighting, maybe reach out to the police 4 department, put it on one of their maybe patrol 5 list or -- but we need to work together. 6 We all -- we're all thrilled that we 7 have these new things, but we have to take care 8 of them. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 10 MR. FLYNN: On the question, I just 11 want to point out that I believe that this -- 12 this mini pitch that we're getting is part of 13 us being one of the host cities for the watch 14 parties for the World Cup that's going to be 15 happening this summer in 2026. 16 It's a really cool thing, us in 17 conjunction with Lackawanna County being a host 18 city for some of these watch parties of only 19 three cities in the Commonwealth of 20 Pennsylvania were chosen to be them. 21 And as part of that, they are giving 22 us this mini pitch. So it's really cool. And 23 I agree with my colleagues that we have to make 24 sure that something that we're getting like 25 this, this cool new equipment that not many  90 1 other places are getting, that we take good 2 care of it and we are good stewards of having 3 this equipment. So that's all I have. Thanks. 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much, 5 Mr. Flynn. Anyone else on the question? 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: I'm just in 7 agreement with the importance of securing our 8 parks and making sure that they're locked and 9 that there is additional security, if needed, 10 to maintain our assets. 11 MR. SCHUSTER: All those in favor of 12 introduction signify by saying aye. 13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 16 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The 18 ayes it and so moved. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. 20 6-A. READING BY TITLE - FILE OF THE 21 COUNCIL NO. 12, 2026 - AN ORDINANCE - 22 REGULATING THE SALE AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF 23 KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE 24 RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 25 MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH),  91 1 AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, 2 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED 3 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR 4 INGESTION TO MINORS; PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION 5 OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE 6 RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 7 MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH), 8 AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, 9 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED 10 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR 11 INGESTION BY MINORS; AND, PROVIDING FOR 12 ENFORCEMENT OF THESE PROVISIONS, INCLUDING 13 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: You've heard reading 15 by title of Item 6-A. What is your pleasure? 16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I 17 move that Item 6-A pass reading by title. 18 MR. FLYNN: Second. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 20 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, my 21 feelings haven't changed on these pieces of 22 legislation since last week. I still believe 23 that it would be irresponsible of us to pass 24 these ordinances as they are. 25 I appreciate the effort in  92 1 developing legislation to address kratom being 2 sold in Scranton. But I do believe that the 3 ordinances need more -- more consideration and 4 more work on them than perhaps anticipated. 5 And we did receive a list of 6 questions today from the administration to 7 Council and to those who drafted the 8 legislation. And I do feel the questions that 9 they included were valid and warranted. 10 And I will once again tonight make a 11 motion to table 6-A and 6-B. I'll separate 12 those motions. But I believe that this 13 shouldn't be rushed. And it is important to me 14 that we have a well thought out plan on 15 enforcing and implementing these ordinances. 16 So with that, I'll make a motion to 17 table Item 6-A which is -- which we're 18 currently addressing. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: There's a motion to 20 table 6-A. Do I have a second? I do not have 21 a second. Anyone else on the question? 22 MR. FLYNN: Yeah, on the question, 23 I'll just speak to both of them now. I think 24 at its core right now this comes down to a 25 simple question. And that question is what is  93 1 the role of local government when faced with an 2 unregulated evolving substance with real life 3 public health concerns? 4 Many have suggested that instead of 5 a ban we should regulate. In theory, that 6 sounds reasonable. In practice for the City of 7 Scranton, it is not. We are a city government, 8 not a federal agency, not a state regulatory 9 body. 10 We do not have the infrastructure 11 to monitor supply chains or to enforce 12 manufacturing standards across an 13 international market. So when people say just 14 regulate, my question is how? 15 What mechanism do we have at our 16 disposal to ensure that what is being sold in 17 our city is safe? The answer is none. There 18 is no regulation on any of kratom, 7-OH, 19 anything that is coming into our country and to 20 our area to understand and know what exactly it 21 is you're getting. 22 There is national trade groups that 23 try to put into place best practices on 24 manufacturing. The issue is, it's not a third 25 party that is deciding this. It's that same  94 1 trade group that is coming in and telling you 2 yeah, you're good. You're -- you're now part 3 of our good manufacturing program generally. 4 You're now part of it. 5 And, you know, I actually -- in 6 doing some more research, have seen that there 7 are some companies that are part of this trade 8 group and advocacy group at a national level 9 that have been flagged by the FDA for selling 10 more concentrated forms of kratom and more 11 concentrated 7-OH. 12 But since some of these companies 13 are part of that national trade group, instead 14 of allowing the FDA to go through with doing 15 what they have to do on some of these more 16 concentrated forms, the national trade group 17 comes back and takes shots at the FDA and say 18 you've got this one wrong, just because they 19 are part of their trade group. 20 It's not actually making sure that 21 the consumer is safe. It's making sure that 22 the entities that are part of their group are 23 the ones that are safe. And, you know, after 24 years and years of inaction at the state and 25 federal level waiting for a comprehensive  95 1 framework that may never come is not 2 responsible governance. 3 And, you know, I understand that the 4 administration has many questions. We received 5 them today. And it's my understanding that we 6 will have a meeting on them at -- later this 7 week. Hopefully that meeting will happen. I 8 just have to say, you know, I went back and I 9 watched last week. 10 And one of my fellow members said 11 that this was just a statement. It was not 12 enforceable but rather just a political 13 statement piece. And I find it baffling to say 14 that simply because a piece of legislation was 15 formulated and introduced by the legislative 16 body of this city and not in coordination with 17 the administration which is well within our 18 powers to do, that, what, the administration 19 will turn around and say we're not going to 20 enforce that because you started it? 21 I believe that every individual that 22 came here last week and is here again tonight, 23 everyone agrees there should a ban on any pure 24 leaf, natural leaf, 7-OH, synthesized products, 25 all of it for minors. Everyone unanimously  96 1 agrees on that. 2 But what did my colleague do? She 3 voted no on even introducing -- on even 4 introducing a ban on the sale to minors. And 5 I'm the one that's being accused of making a 6 statement piece? Come on. Let's get real 7 here. That's all I have. Thanks. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Just so 9 you know, the question -- we did get a list of 10 questions. Myself and Mr. Gilbride met with 11 the administration yesterday. We went over 12 several of those questions. 13 And we are going to get a meeting 14 coming up. I do believe in general this is a 15 proactive measure by Council to prevent some of 16 the nightmares we saw with the bath salts and 17 opioid academic. And in my work with 18 school-age children, I'm seeing it start to 19 permeate into the schools. 20 Many parties have come together. 21 And we're going to come together again to poke 22 holes in this, to take a look at some of the 23 blind spots and try to get this thing right as 24 we move toward. All those in favor of 25 introduction -- sorry. All those in favor  97 1 signify by saying aye. 2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 3 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 4 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: No. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: The ayes have it and 8 so moved. 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-B. READING BY 10 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 13, 2026 - AN 11 ORDINANCE - REGULATING THE SALE AND/OR 12 DISTRIBUTION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND 13 ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT 14 LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE 15 (7-OH), AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, 16 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED 17 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR 18 INGESTION; PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF KRATOM 19 (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND ITS ACTIVE RELATED 20 ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 21 MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE (7-OH), 22 AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, 23 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED 24 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR 25 INGESTION; AND, PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE AND  98 1 PRODUCTION OF KRATOM (MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA) AND 2 ITS ACTIVE RELATED ALKALOID, INCLUDING BUT NOT 3 LIMITED TO MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE 4 (7-OH), AND/OR ANY SYNTHETIC, SEMI-SYNTHETIC, 5 CONCENTRATED, OR CHEMICALLY MODIFIED 6 DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR 7 INGESTION. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. You've 9 heard reading by title of Item 6-B. What is 10 your pleasure? 11 MR. FLYNN: Mr. Chairman, I move 12 that Item 6-B pass reading by title. 13 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 15 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I 16 have just a few things to add just in response. 17 So there were some discussions about the 18 practicality of it. And that I think it was 19 said that regulating it wouldn't be practical 20 for us. 21 But I also don't think a total ban 22 is practical either at least, once again, my 23 issue being with the way that the pieces are 24 written and some of the things that are 25 excluded from the legislation.  99 1 I believe that there could be more 2 to include that makes it -- that clarifies the 3 legislation and also the enforcement of it. So 4 the -- I don't think the administration ever 5 said or the Mayor has ever said that they plan 6 not to enforcement it because it's coming from 7 Council or because they weren't included in it. 8 I think their questions are pointed 9 to how they could move forward with enforcing 10 it. They want to make -- they want to make 11 sure that it's enforceable is the sense that -- 12 that I have gotten. And that's -- that's where 13 I'm coming from as well. 14 So I want to make sure that whatever 15 we pass here that -- that's it able to be 16 enacted and that we have that figured out in 17 advance of it. So that is why I had a motion 18 to table the last piece. And I would still 19 like to make a motion to table 6-B tonight 20 because although a meeting is set for, I guess, 21 Thursday, I don't know who between but -- 22 because there's a meeting set, I don't know 23 that's enough time before final vote and 24 passage next Tuesday to be able to fix what 25 we -- what we need to here or, you know, work  100 1 whatever needs to be worked out with 2 administration. 3 So that's where I'm coming from. 4 And once again going to move to table Item 6-B. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: We have a motion to 6 table Item 6-B. Do we have a second? Hearing 7 no second, anyone else on the question? 8 MR. FLYNN: On the question, I look 9 forward to meeting with administration, meeting 10 with applicable parties and individuals on this 11 later this week. You know, if it comes up that 12 there is some real issues with the -- with 13 anything within this ordinance and that we need 14 more time to look at it, I am absolutely open 15 to that. 16 But once again, I look forward to 17 meeting with the administration on this later 18 this week. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. At this 20 point in time, myself and Mr. Gilbride have 21 reached out several times to the Mayor and the 22 administration about getting a meeting last 23 week moving into this week. 24 So we've lost a week at this point 25 in time. Hopefully we do get a meeting by the  101 1 end of this week, if not, prior to Tuesday. 2 And I just hope that we move quickly in getting 3 this meeting. 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: On the question, 5 unfortunately like everybody stated, we cannot 6 regulate it. There is no way for us to do 7 that. So the only way to control it is to ban 8 it right now. I think it's going to be a 9 decision you'll see after we make this -- other 10 municipalities start doing the same and 11 hopefully the state will step in and start 12 saying something about it. 13 You know, my understanding was in 14 the meeting yesterday, the Mayor also made a 15 comment about it being political, which is 16 shocking to me. And I'm interested to see what 17 the spin of the Scranton Times is going to do. 18 I mean, them trying to say that our 19 press conference was possibly violating 20 Sunshine was crazy to me, you know what I mean. 21 It's sad that we're trying to put proactive 22 legislation out there. 23 And these are the type of things 24 we're getting back from the media or from the 25 administration, so very disheartening. Maybe  102 1 the media should be more -- or the Times should 2 be more focused on the Mayor having press 3 conferences during City Hall hours outside the 4 city for her Congress race and not press 5 conferences that we are doing to make it a 6 better city and protect our minors and help 7 people in general. So thank you. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. All those 9 in favor signify by saying aye. 10 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 12 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? 14 DR. ROTHCHILD: No. 15 MR. SCHUSTER: The ayes have it and 16 so moved. 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: SEVENTH ORDER. 18 7-A. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE 19 COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION 20 NO. 40, 2026 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER 21 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER 22 INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOEL INSTITUTE, INC. TO 23 PERFORM WATER SAFETY AND SWIM INSTRUCTION 24 PARTNERSHIP. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for  103 1 the Committee on Rules, I recommend final 2 passage of Item 7-A. 3 MR. FLYNN: Second. 4 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 5 Roll call, please. 6 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes. 10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 13 MR. FLYNN: Yes. 14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 15 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby 16 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted. 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. 18 8-A. FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 7, 19 2026. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance amends 21 provisions to the zoning ordinance for the City 22 of Scranton related to data centers. 23 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. FILE OF THE 24 COUNCIL NO. 8, 2026. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: And this ordinance  104 1 amends provisions to the zoning ordinance for 2 the City of Scranton related to data centers. 3 These ordinances have been tabled until a 4 public hearing can be held at a later date. 5 If there's no other business, I'll 6 entertain a motion to adjourn. 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Motion to 8 adjourn. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is 10 adjourned. 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34:2, medical [2] - 5:12, 65:7, 66:8 70:12 46:9 93:13 5:16 Minutes [1] - 6:11 Linda [1] - 70:7 Lowe's [1] - 35:24 markets [1] - 49:20 Medicare [1] - 56:13 minutes [3] - 6:14, line [3] - 4:1, 4:13, luck [1] - 40:12 married [1] - 28:24 medications [1] - 52:16, 63:18 67:16 lunatic [1] - 19:25 Mart [2] - 42:25, 57:24 32:15 misinformation [3] - lines [5] - 68:21, lunch [3] - 40:24, massive [1] - 14:9 meet [2] - 17:9, 78:18 35:2, 66:1, 66:2 68:24, 84:22, 84:23 78:25, 79:2 materials [1] - 61:11 meeting [26] - 8:19, misleading [1] - 74:7 LIPS [3] - 64:6, 64:15, Matt [4] - 64:22, 65:5, 9:4, 12:19, 26:18, Miss [2] - 3:8, 38:9 79:4 M 65:6, 65:8 43:17, 43:24, 44:18, miss [1] - 27:6 list [12] - 12:21, 37:24, matter [1] - 15:8 45:8, 46:13, 64:18, missed [2] - 8:6, 17:12 69:5, 69:6, 69:7, machete [1] - 19:25 MAYOR [2] - 85:25, 64:19, 64:20, 65:13, mistake [1] - 19:16 69:19, 70:7, 71:8, madness [2] - 47:6, 102:20 95:6, 95:7, 96:13, mistakes [3] - 15:7, 71:13, 89:5, 92:5, 48:11 Mayor [16] - 9:4, 99:20, 99:22, 100:9, 15:8, 33:19 96:9 mail [11] - 26:14, 15:19, 19:10, 53:2, 100:17, 100:22, MITRAGYNA [5] - listening [1] - 72:1 55:21, 64:7, 64:12, 58:22, 59:1, 59:4, 100:25, 101:3, 90:23, 91:5, 97:12, liter [1] - 49:1 64:14, 64:21, 65:5, 59:9, 59:12, 66:20, 101:14, 104:9 97:19, 98:1 LITTLE [1] - 54:20 66:9, 66:10, 66:16 66:22, 99:5, 100:21, meetings [2] - 44:10, MITRAGYNINE [5] - live [2] - 17:13, 21:18 mail-in [1] - 55:21 101:14, 102:2 64:4 90:25, 91:7, 97:14, lived [1] - 49:11 mails [1] - 79:22 Mayor's [1] - 51:11 member [3] - 4:6, 8:5, 97:21, 98:3 lives [1] - 18:20 Main [4] - 18:23, 21:5, MCANDREW [39] - 87:9 mobile [2] - 78:10, Living [1] - 78:7 22:3, 73:8 2:4, 2:6, 3:12, 3:14, members [5] - 3:21, 79:13 loading [2] - 18:13, maintain [2] - 88:18, 6:25, 8:17, 21:8, 6:23, 64:4, 68:6, modern [1] - 53:9 68:16 90:10 26:6, 26:9, 27:1, 95:10 MODIFIED [5] - 91:2, local [5] - 33:8, 47:3, maintained [1] - 74:19 29:9, 29:13, 30:1, Memorial [3] - 12:4, 91:9, 97:16, 97:23, 48:22, 56:18, 93:1 maintenance [2] - 45:5, 45:20, 46:6, 12:12, 12:14 98:5 locally [2] - 14:20, 15:18, 16:19 58:17, 61:9, 61:16, men [1] - 3:5 modified [1] - 81:4 14:21 major [1] - 4:3 62:16, 64:1, 67:22, mental [3] - 32:14, mold [1] - 24:1 LOCATION [1] - 1:10 malfunction [1] - 14:7 74:4, 75:19, 77:9, 41:11, 50:1 moment [2] - 3:4, 7:4 lock [5] - 62:23, 62:25, man [4] - 22:23, 24:15, 87:4, 87:25, 90:14, mentioned [4] - 7:13, money [15] - 10:4, 63:23, 88:12, 89:1 25:25, 38:7 90:15, 91:16, 97:2, 38:4, 71:14, 82:8 11:10, 22:18, 23:15, locked [5] - 62:18, manage [1] - 32:10 97:3, 98:13, 101:4, Merrifield [1] - 29:12 43:4, 54:16, 65:15, 87:10, 88:7, 88:9, management [1] - 102:10, 102:11, mess [2] - 36:1, 57:17 77:7, 82:17, 83:1, 90:8 47:10 103:9, 103:11, 104:7 met [1] - 96:10 86:25, 88:14, 88:17, locks [1] - 83:3 Mancini [2] - 13:6, McAndrew [12] - 3:11, metal [1] - 5:6 88:20 Locust [1] - 70:18 27:7 3:13, 4:8, 26:25, methadone [2] - mongering [1] - 35:2 Lodge [1] - 7:24 MANCINI [1] - 13:7 45:2, 58:16, 58:21, 47:21, 47:23 monitor [1] - 93:11 lodging [1] - 22:14 manner [1] - 67:14 67:20, 82:8, 82:23, middle [3] - 37:1, month [3] - 36:3, logic [1] - 48:10 Manny [2] - 8:10, 8:12 103:8, 103:10 74:24, 81:20 43:15, 45:13 longstanding [1] - manpower [1] - 63:20 McCool [2] - 1:24, might [6] - 24:22, months [2] - 74:9, 32:14 MANUFACTURE [1] - 105:10 24:23, 62:3, 62:6, 83:5 longtime [1] - 32:2 97:25 McCormick [1] - 22:12 69:18, 74:7 MORGAN [1] - 50:24 look [20] - 15:12, manufacturing [3] - McDonough [1] - Mike [1] - 13:6 Morgan [1] - 50:25 16:10, 27:23, 27:25, 93:12, 93:24, 94:3 85:16 million [6] - 49:24, morning [4] - 22:19, 37:12, 46:1, 53:13, Maple [1] - 70:18 meal [1] - 41:2 50:18, 52:20, 53:5, 24:6, 25:15, 83:20 53:23, 54:2, 63:25, Marathon [1] - 60:10 meals [2] - 78:20, 53:8, 82:11 morphine [2] - 34:4, 73:21, 77:15, 77:24, MARCH [1] - 6:19 78:21 millions [3] - 16:19, 47:13 80:4, 84:16, 86:14, Maria [2] - 1:24, mean [14] - 18:23, 55:12 most [10] - 10:4, 14:3, 96:22, 100:8, 105:10 19:20, 25:18, 55:5, mind [5] - 9:7, 13:19, 32:16, 45:22, 49:15, 100:14, 100:16 marijuana [3] - 47:6, 56:20, 57:4, 57:19, 42:5, 56:20, 87:15 53:21, 69:16, 70:6, looking [4] - 10:22, 47:16, 48:15 68:12, 69:3, 75:23, mini [5] - 49:20, 82:15, 75:23 12:20, 50:17, 78:10 76:3, 87:5, 101:18, 86:15, 89:12, 89:22 mother [2] - 14:18, Mark [5] - 3:13, 67:20, looks [2] - 33:16, 63:5 101:20 MINI [1] - 86:3 26:2 76:2, 88:9, 103:10 losing [1] - 32:11 means [1] - 105:22 minimum [1] - 11:13 motion [9] - 86:6, MARK [20] - 2:4, 3:14, loss [1] - 13:17 6:25, 26:9, 27:1, meantime [1] - 64:24 Minooka [1] - 46:18 92:11, 92:16, 92:19, lost [2] - 56:10, 100:24 29:9, 29:13, 30:1, measure [1] - 96:15 minors [6] - 32:21, 99:17, 99:19, 100:5,  9 104:6, 104:7 91:18, 91:19, 92:19, 75:13, 76:16, 79:7, 84:5 3:25, 4:14, 4:19, MOTIONS [1] - 58:6 92:22, 96:8, 97:2, 79:19, 89:5, 92:3, nighttime [1] - 42:1 4:24, 5:9, 5:13, 5:20, motions [5] - 58:8, 97:3, 97:4, 97:5, 99:25, 100:13 ninth [1] - 15:14 6:5, 6:12, 8:18 58:16, 67:20, 77:13, 97:7, 97:9, 98:8, needed [2] - 57:7, NO [5] - 90:21, 97:10, officer [3] - 7:7, 7:16, 92:12 98:11, 98:13, 98:14, 90:9 102:20, 103:18, 13:17 motors [1] - 37:6 100:5, 100:8, needs [10] - 15:1, 103:24 officers [1] - 4:12 Mount [1] - 39:20 100:19, 101:4, 15:3, 16:19, 34:13, nobody [4] - 29:5, Official [2] - 1:24, move [8] - 32:23, 83:5, 102:8, 102:10, 34:14, 36:15, 37:12, 62:12, 63:12, 63:22 105:11 91:17, 96:24, 98:11, 102:11, 102:12, 39:14, 81:17, 100:1 nobody's [2] - 25:8, official [1] - 60:3 99:9, 100:4, 101:2 102:13, 102:15, negative [1] - 35:1 42:11 OFFICIALS [2] - moved [7] - 36:25, 102:17, 102:25, neighbor [7] - 18:18, non [2] - 44:20, 54:8 85:25, 102:21 38:12, 85:4, 86:8, 103:3, 103:4, 103:9, 18:19, 19:1, 29:2, non-profits [1] - 54:8 officials [3] - 52:18, 90:18, 97:8, 102:16 103:11, 103:13, 30:5, 77:22 none [4] - 19:20, 53:10, 59:14 movement [1] - 42:16 103:15, 103:17, neighborhood [1] - 62:23, 77:19, 93:17 oil [2] - 56:22, 57:23 movie [2] - 16:6, 47:5 103:20, 103:23, 16:3 nonsense [3] - 68:11, old [6] - 9:22, 21:5, movies [1] - 16:21 103:25, 104:7, 104:9 neighborhoods [2] - 68:12, 68:13 36:4, 36:6, 73:1, moving [7] - 18:8, MS [23] - 3:9, 3:11, 13:21, 63:10 normally [1] - 60:12 73:10 18:12, 46:20, 49:17, 3:13, 3:15, 3:17, 9:2, neighboring [1] - North [8] - 17:14, older [2] - 49:25, 82:13, 83:4, 100:23 10:13, 10:24, 12:3, 33:11 29:12, 70:12, 70:15, 50:19 MR [162] - 3:3, 3:12, 12:16, 38:19, 43:19, neighbors [6] - 28:12, 70:20, 70:21 Olive [1] - 31:12 3:14, 3:16, 3:18, 43:25, 45:2, 45:17, 28:17, 74:11, 80:16, NOT [5] - 90:24, 91:6, omission [1] - 14:11 6:15, 6:20, 6:25, 46:3, 46:12, 46:15, 82:22, 87:14 97:13, 97:20, 98:2 ON [2] - 6:17, 102:19 7:10, 8:1, 8:2, 8:17, 103:6, 103:8, neighbors' [1] - 83:25 noted [1] - 47:2 once [8] - 17:23, 28:2, 8:22, 8:23, 8:25, 103:10, 103:12, NEPA [1] - 46:24 notes [1] - 105:5 58:12, 75:14, 92:10, 10:8, 10:21, 11:25, 103:14 never [10] - 9:7, 12:22, 98:22, 100:4, 100:16 nothing [11] - 15:12, 12:9, 13:5, 13:7, multiple [3] - 50:7, 15:10, 30:17, 32:15, one [61] - 3:21, 7:1, 18:14, 20:20, 23:16, 17:2, 17:4, 21:8, 50:13, 79:21 37:3, 45:9, 64:8, 27:12, 28:2, 34:5, 7:2, 7:12, 7:21, 21:10, 21:21, 22:8, municipalities [2] - 88:7, 95:1 37:3, 39:25, 53:24, 11:18, 13:18, 13:22, 22:9, 22:11, 26:6, 35:12, 101:10 new [22] - 9:18, 9:20, 74:24 16:7, 18:17, 19:15, 26:8, 26:9, 26:24, music [4] - 84:6, 28:5, 36:3, 36:5, nothing's [1] - 71:15 23:21, 25:3, 25:9, 27:1, 27:2, 27:4, 84:10, 84:12, 84:14 39:1, 43:6, 43:11, notice [1] - 51:18 28:17, 28:18, 29:25, 29:9, 29:11, 29:13, must [1] - 47:12 53:4, 62:24, 68:5, Novembrino [1] - 88:6 30:3, 30:7, 30:17, 29:24, 30:1, 30:3, 68:16, 71:6, 72:7, NOW [1] - 6:3 31:15, 31:19, 34:24, 30:21, 30:24, 31:1, N 81:25, 82:10, 85:4, nowhere [3] - 18:8, 36:4, 36:25, 38:8, 31:4, 31:6, 31:7, 87:11, 88:24, 89:7, 37:1, 39:8 39:4, 39:18, 39:23, 31:11, 35:20, 35:22, name [2] - 26:6, 56:6 89:25 40:4, 47:3, 48:4, nudge [1] - 79:23 38:12, 38:15, 38:17, names [1] - 12:21 news [6] - 36:20, 48:18, 50:11, 50:16, number [5] - 11:3, 43:14, 43:21, 43:23, Nancy [1] - 7:16 36:23, 37:8, 46:23, 52:6, 52:13, 53:25, 16:17, 27:25, 36:21, 44:1, 44:19, 45:5, national [5] - 50:2, 71:16, 71:22 54:3, 57:5, 65:21, 46:4 45:20, 46:6, 46:14, 93:22, 94:8, 94:13, newscast [1] - 37:4 71:23, 73:23, 76:7, numerous [1] - 60:12 46:16, 46:18, 50:22, 94:16 next [26] - 12:19, 13:5, 77:14, 77:18, 78:21, 50:24, 54:18, 54:20, nationally [1] - 14:20 16:24, 17:12, 18:4, 79:19, 81:13, 81:23, 58:3, 58:5, 58:15, natural [8] - 32:17, 18:15, 19:17, 21:19, O 82:3, 88:15, 88:16, 58:17, 61:7, 61:9, 34:5, 34:9, 34:16, 22:9, 27:2, 31:9, obtain [1] - 25:13 89:4, 89:13, 94:18, 61:15, 61:16, 62:15, 34:17, 34:20, 35:3, 35:20, 37:17, 38:17, 95:10, 96:5 obviously [1] - 47:1 62:16, 63:25, 64:1, 95:24 39:14, 41:25, 44:18, ONE [1] - 86:4 occur [2] - 45:9, 72:24 67:7, 67:22, 74:3, nature [2] - 12:8, 45:7, 59:21, 59:23, one's [1] - 11:7 occurred [1] - 8:11 74:4, 75:18, 75:19, 14:18 61:9, 61:16, 64:21, one-way [1] - 18:17 occurrence [1] - 41:16 77:8, 77:9, 77:12, Nay [1] - 11:16 67:19, 74:8, 99:24 ones [6] - 68:5, 69:10, occurring [3] - 21:25, 77:14, 78:1, 78:2, near [5] - 11:18, nice [5] - 9:3, 11:22, 69:11, 72:7, 76:17, 84:25, 85:2 80:4, 80:6, 80:8, 13:24, 14:10, 16:16, 19:14, 75:4, 75:10 94:23 odd [1] - 64:18 83:7, 83:9, 84:19, 18:8 nicest [1] - 17:8 open [4] - 11:2, 12:14, OECD [1] - 64:16 84:20, 85:12, 85:14, neat [1] - 86:17 night [16] - 4:10, 9:5, 75:9, 100:14 OF [13] - 1:1, 6:19, 85:19, 85:20, 85:23, necessary [1] - 56:19 25:3, 50:21, 62:18, opening [2] - 11:22, 86:4, 90:20, 90:22, 86:5, 86:8, 86:10, need [26] - 5:11, 11:3, 62:19, 62:20, 82:20, 12:12 91:5, 91:12, 97:10, 86:20, 87:4, 87:13, 16:10, 16:12, 19:23, 83:17, 83:23, 84:3, operate [1] - 14:8 97:12, 97:18, 98:1, 87:25, 89:9, 89:10, 20:1, 29:25, 44:21, 84:5, 87:22, 88:22, opinion [2] - 28:10, 103:18, 103:23 90:4, 90:11, 90:14, 46:19, 56:15, 56:16, 104:10 46:22 offer [1] - 7:4 90:15, 90:16, 90:17, 62:13, 63:7, 63:11, nightmares [1] - 96:16 opioid [1] - 96:17 offering [1] - 47:11 90:19, 91:14, 91:16, 63:24, 66:23, 67:13, nights [2] - 40:21, opioids [4] - 32:7, Officer [11] - 3:20,  10 32:9, 47:13, 47:19 owner [1] - 31:14 pass [4] - 91:17, 22:13, 23:2, 23:8, pictures [1] - 29:1 opportunity [3] - owners [1] - 14:23 91:23, 98:12, 99:15 23:9, 23:16, 23:17, piece [9] - 10:10, 12:17, 25:9, 35:16 OxyContin [3] - 47:20, passage [4] - 48:19, 24:5, 25:10, 27:17, 11:18, 34:19, 38:1, oppose [1] - 32:3 48:13, 48:20 59:3, 99:24, 103:2 27:22, 28:14, 32:25, 67:8, 95:13, 95:14, opposed [2] - 97:5, passed [2] - 3:6, 7:8 36:7, 36:11, 36:17, 96:6, 99:18 102:13 P passenger [1] - 78:18 36:22, 37:7, 37:16, pieces [2] - 91:21, Opposed [1] - 90:17 passing [2] - 17:7, 39:1, 40:23, 41:9, 98:23 option [2] - 26:23, packaging [1] - 34:18 33:13 42:17, 44:2, 44:13, pile [2] - 18:8, 18:12 32:18 pad [2] - 12:13, 88:6 past [13] - 9:24, 27:20, 47:8, 49:18, 51:13, piled [1] - 29:4 OR [10] - 91:2, 91:3, Paige [1] - 27:25 31:13, 44:9, 50:5, 51:18, 51:21, 52:6, pinned [1] - 5:3 91:9, 91:10, 97:16, pain [2] - 32:10, 47:10 62:21, 63:22, 68:15, 54:3, 55:11, 56:17, pipe [2] - 14:6, 15:10 97:17, 97:23, 97:24, paint [2] - 49:11, 73:3, 79:6, 79:22, 57:18, 57:25, 62:21, pipeline [1] - 56:21 98:5, 98:6 68:24 88:3 65:15, 65:20, 71:12, pipes [1] - 28:6 orange [1] - 84:22 painted [1] - 84:22 pasta [1] - 7:20 72:1, 72:17, 75:9, pitch [4] - 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