Monday, July 6, 2009

City Council Meeting & Final Riverfront Project Plans: Wed., July 8th 6pm, Eastonian

ATTN: This Wednesday's City Council Meeting will be at a different place than usual--

Eastonian: Gold Room--Ground Floor
6pm: City Council Meeting
Immediately following: Public Meeting to
Announce Final Riverfront Park Plans


The agenda for the City Council Meeting portion is below (please excuse the bad formatting resulting from cut-and-pasting this in):

CITY COUNCIL TENTATIVE AGENDA

Stated Session (15)
Wednesday July 8, 2009 6:00 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. INVOCATION

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. ROLL CALL

5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

6. ACTION ON MINUTES – June 24, 2009 Council meeting minutes.

7. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION – David Ryan
SWEARING IN OF POLICE OFFICERS AND PROMOTIONS.

8. PUBLIC HEARING – Request for an Intermunicipal Liquor License transfer.

9. CITIZENS RIGHT TO BE HEARD – Agenda Items Only.

10. REPORTS RECEIVED BY COUNCIL

11. ACCEPTING REPORTS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL.

12. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
(a) Finance (Kenneth Brown)
(b) Economic Development (Sandra Vulcano)
(c) Planning (Pamela Panto)
(d) Public Safety (Jeffrey Warren)
(e) Public Works (Elinor Warner)
(f) Strategic Planning (Roger Ruggles)
(g) Report of City Solicitor (Attorney William Murphy)
(h) Report of Mayor (Salvatore J. Panto Jr.)

13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Bill No. 65, Amending Ordinance 5132, Providing Revenues and Appropriating Specific
Sums to be required for the purposes of City Government hereinafter set forth during the Fiscal Year 2009.
2. Bill No. 66, An Ordinance to amend the Code of the City if Easton by adding a new Article VI, to be entitled Funeral Benefits, to Chapter 114 Personnel.

14. CORRESPONDENCE

15. NEW BUSINESS
(a) Introduction of Legislative Bills:
1. Bill No. 67, Amending Ordinance 5133, Providing Revenues and Appropriating Specific Sums to be required for the State Highway Aid Fund hereinafter set forth during the Fiscal Year 2009.
2. Bill No. 68, Authorizing the transfer of funds in the 2009 State Highway Aid Fund.
(b) Adhering to Rules and Regulations of the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission.(R)
(c) Approving Appointments and Reappointments to Authorities, Boards and Commissions.(R)
(d) Approving an Intermunicipal Transfer of a Liquor License.(R)
(e) Approving a Grant Award Agreement from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.(R)
(f) Approving Purchasing of Property.(R)
(g) Authorizing the Opening of a Bank Account.

16. CITIZENS RIGHT TO BE HEARD- On any matter.

17. ADJOURNMENT

2 comments:

noel jones said...

FYI--There's an article about the riverfront park plans in today's Express Times, complete with diagram:

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1247025629239040.xml&coll=3

noel jones said...

Here's an even better article on the project by Michael Duck on the Easton Two Rivers Blog:

http://blogs.mcall.com/easton/2009/07/waterfront-plans-mark-your-calendars.html