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Council approves financing and grant applications

EastonMay 13, 20262 min read

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Council approved a 2026 general-fund budget amendment, an equipment lease line of credit for fire, police, public works and other departments, and applications for Grow NORCO, watershed-restoration and strategic-management grants. The city’s first Community Development Block Grant hearing identified approximately $1,000,000 in expected funding, including $133,723 for public-service programs.

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The approved equipment financing is intended to support essential municipal equipment, including public-safety and public-works needs, but the minutes do not state the credit limit or specific purchases. Council also adopted a five-year financial-management plan and authorized a second-phase application for strategic-management funding. A proposed affordable-housing ordinance and a public-health-code amendment were postponed for later meetings, while Heil Pool was reported as expected to remain closed for approximately two years.

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Approved Bill No. 8, amending the 2026 General Fund budget, by a 7-0 vote.
Approved Bill No. 9, amending the city zoning chapter concerning hearings, by a 7-0 vote.
Approved an equipment lease line of credit for essential-use equipment for fire, police, public works and other departments by a 7-0 vote.
Approved applications for Grow NORCO funding and the Pennsylvania DCED Watershed Restoration and Protection Program, each by a 7-0 vote.
Approved a five-year Financial Management Plan under the Pennsylvania DCED Strategic Management Planning Program and authorized an application for Phase II funding, each by a 7-0 vote.
Approved contracts for feral-cat Trap-Neuter-Return services by a 7-0 vote.
Tabled a resolution supporting the repositioning of the Historic District Commission as the initial review body for certain applications, by a 6-1 vote.
Approved the promotion of Michael Vargo from Assistant Solicitor to Solicitor by a 7-0 vote.
Approved the sale of a surplus 2009 KME ladder truck, with a proposed minimum amount of $50,000, by a 7-0 vote.
Tabled Bill No. 10, an ordinance amending the affordable-housing chapter, and Bill No. 11, an ordinance amending the public-health code, until later meetings.
Held the first public hearing on Community Development Block Grant requests. The minutes state that approximately $1,000,000 is expected, with $133,723 set aside for public-service programs.

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