Scranton passes up low bidder to keep CECO Associates as city engineer
By Jim Lockwood, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. | |
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Council voted 4-0, with President
But
CECO Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
The city on
"I'm concerned here that we are choosing to spend almost
In a caucus before the regular meeting,
Council also held a public caucus Thursday on the Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association Comprehensive Plan. While
During the caucus, City Planner
The caucus was informational, and council has no plan to vote again on adopting SAPA.
Council also has rescheduled its next regular meeting from
In other matters, council voted 4-0 on each of the following:
- To introduce a resolution to authorize a five-year labor contract with Local
- To introduce two separate resolutions to designate newly rehired
- To introduce an ordinance to transfer easements over three parcels owned by the city at
- To adopt an ordinance requiring secondhand shops that buy and sell gold, silver and jewelry to record detailed information from such transactions, including photos of sellers and the valuables. Such businesses, commonly known as pawn shops, will have to record the date, time and dollar amount of a sale; copy the seller's photo identification or, if no photo ID is available, take a photo of that person; and take close-up photographs of the entire item being sold to the shop. Violations of the new rules would carry a mandatory
- To adopt a resolution to retain
- To advance on second reading an ordinance to abolish and close two
- To adopt a resolution approving the mayor's appointment of
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