Council enacted an ordinance creating a sliding schedule of water and sewer rebates, but the minutes excerpt does not specify rebate amounts or eligibility requirements.
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The new rebate schedule may help qualifying residents reduce water and sewer costs, though the available minutes do not explain how much assistance is available or who qualifies. Council also approved $16,136.55 for fire attack hoses and nozzles and transferred $480,000 for repairs to the Lehigh Parkway staircase and the area around the General Trexler monument. Several additional grant appropriations and a proposed data-center zoning category were referred to committees for further review.
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Approved a sliding schedule of water and sewer rebates through Ordinance 16194.
Approved a $16,136.55 supplemental appropriation for Allentown Fire Department hoses and nozzle equipment through a fire equipment grant.
Approved a $480,000 transfer for repairs to the Lehigh Parkway staircase and flagstone around the General Trexler monument.
Approved a $144,723.75 transfer of HOME grant funds for costs associated with a project at 136 S 8th Street.
Referred grant appropriations totaling $2,721,878 to support community, cultural, and arts organizations to the Community and Economic Development Committee.
Referred a $55,000 transfer for traffic signal redesigns at four 17th Street intersections to the Public Works Committee.
Referred a $45,295.39 appropriation for new street trees to the Public Works Committee.
Referred proposed zoning amendments establishing data-center-related use categories to the Community and Economic Development Committee and the planning commissions.
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