Harrisburg City Council - Legislative Session 6/9/2026

Since Harrisburg City Council hosted an

executive session prior to the start of

this legislative session, we will

conduct our legislative caucus and then

we will move right into our legislative

session. Um, I will call the meeting to

order. Mr. Trudeelle will lead the roll

call. The invocation this evening will

be led by Vice President Jones, followed

by the pledge of allegiance, which will

be led by Councilwoman Davis. For

communications this evening, we have two

points of communications. Uh first is a

presentation on the 2026 summer programs

hosted by parks, recreation, and

enrichment.

Excuse me. The second is an announcement

of a public workshop stakeholder series

facilitated by the Pennsylvania Downtown

Center.

We will then open the floor for courtesy

of the floor followed by the approval of

minutes for the legislative session that

occurred on May 26th, 2026.

Then we will have reports of committees.

I will deliver the first report on

behalf of the administration committee

on the work session of June 2nd, 2026.

Next, uh, Vice President Jones, our

budget and finance committee chair, will

share his committee report on the work

session of June 2nd, 2026.

And then I will deliver uh the public

safety committee report on behalf of our

public safety chair, Councilwoman Green,

on the work session of June 2nd, 2026.

Uh, we have two ordinances for first

reading. Bill 6 of 2026 will move to the

administration committee and bill 7 of

2026 will also move to the

administration committee. We do not have

any ordinances for amendment or

ordinances for final passage. We will

move to resolutions.

Uh the first resolution for

consideration this evening is resolution

46 of 2026 which we will vote upon.

Next, resolution 47 of 2026, which we

will vote upon. Resolution 48 of 2026,

which we will vote upon. Resolution 49

of 2026, we will vote upon. And

resolution 50 of 2026, we will vote

upon. Resolution 51 of 2026 will move to

the administration committee. Resolution

for 52 of 2026 will move to the public

works committee. Resolution 53 of 2026

will move to the public safety

committee. Resolution 54 of 2026 will

move to the administration committee.

Resolution 55 of 2026 will move to the

budget and finance committee. And

resolution 56 of 2026 will move to the

community and economic development

committee. Is there any old business for

discussion, council members?

Seeing and hearing none, any new

business?

Okay, I think I have one note of new

business. Okay, if everybody is ready.

The time is 6:25 p.m. I would like to

call our legislative session to order.

Mr. Trudeelle, could you please call the

role? Miss Davis

>> present.

>> Miss Green

>> present.

>> Mr. Jones

>> here.

>> Mr. Lolen

>> here. Miss Rolls

>> present.

>> Mr. Rodriguez

>> present.

>> Miss Hill

>> present. Thank you. Um as I mentioned at

the start of our legislative caucus, uh

we are a little delayed in getting

started this evening. Um Harrisburg City

Council hosted an executive session um

to dis to discuss

um our lobbying contract.

Okay, so let's get started. The

invocation will be led by Vice President

Jones.

>> Thank you, President Hill. Um I would

just say today I know um over the the

past week or so um you know the city of

Harrisburg you know is in mourning um of

one of our young ones being again taken

their lives taken way too soon. Um, but

I want to send a prayer out, a moment of

silence for him and his family and also

a prayer for the uh the other family as

well because you know I think there was

two lives impacted directly and um those

families as well are going to be left to

grieve and deal with that and we as a

community. So I'll ask you to join me

right now for a moment of silence.

>> Thank you.

Thank you, Vice President Jones. The

Pledge of Allegiance will be led by

Councilwoman Davis.

>> Can we sto please stand for the pledge

of

>> allegiance

to the flag of the United States of

America to the stands one

indivisible.

>> Excuse me. Thank you, Councilwoman

Davis.

For communications this evening, we have

two points of communication. The first

is a presentation on the 2026 summer

programs hosted by Parks, Recreation,

and Enrichment

We're ready for you whenever.

>> No, no, go ahead. Um, just a reminder,

please turn the microphone on and um

move it close to you so that everybody

can hear you. Thank you.

>> Uh, good evening. My name is Kevin

Sanders. Good evening.

>> Good evening. My name is Ryan Shipper.

We just give a general overview of the

program.

>> We'll give a general overview of the

program.

>> Uh so this year we're going to offer our

summer enrichment program at six parks.

uh the six parks

uh Wilson Park, Cloverly Heights, 15th

in Vernon, Reservoir Park, 7th in Rner,

and Sunshine Morrison Park. Um the dates

of camp, we start next Monday, June

15th. Um and camp will run until Friday,

August 7th. Um the times of our camps

are from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each

day. Um our camp is offered for ages

6:00 to 14. Um parents, guardians can

register uh at harrisburg.rect.com.

Um the cost for our camp is completely

free for residents of the city of

Harrisburg. Um we provide lunch in

partnership with a central PA food bank.

Um through our summer enrichment

program, we'll offer different

specialists uh that will come to the

camp to share different um activities

with the kids. Um these specialists

range from basketball, art in the park,

mindful movement, which is a yoga. Um

some of our campsites um will interact

with local vendors. Uh for example, 15th

and Vernon Park will work with Wild

Hart, uh the Hill Farm, um and do weekly

visits there. Um some of our camps will

participate in learn to swim at Jackson

Lake Park. Um we have some additional

offerings as well this summer that I

wanted to highlight. Um, we also offer

an summer enrichment evening program

that takes place at 7th in Rner um from

6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and that is also from

ages 6:00 to 14. We offer a tennis

program that's um at John Harris tennis

courts uh Monday through Thursdays, June

15th to August 6th. Um we have two

different sessions each um for the kids.

Um ages 6:00 to 10 will be from 4:00 to

6:00 p.m. ages 11 to 17 uh the later

session from 6:00 to 8. Um this year, um

I mentioned about the specialist, uh

basketball skills and drills clinics

we're running. Those will be at four

parks, uh Reservoir, Cloverly, 7th

Radner, and Sunshine Sunshine Morrison

Park. Um and those will be Tuesdays and

Thursdays. And we have afternoon and

morning sessions.

Another program we're offering this year

is uh street to stage dance. Um that's

going to be Tuesdays starting July 7th

through August 11th. Um, and we have a

similar setup to tennis where we have

age groups 6 to 10 and 11 to 14 with two

different time slots for those

respective groups. Um, this summer we

also have movie nights. Uh, with

construction being done at Reservoir

Park, we've shifted to three movie

nights at three separate locations. Uh,

the first movie night will be July 24th

at Jackson Lake Pool. We're doing a

Christmas and July night. Um, so we're

excited about that. Um, the next movie

night we're offering is July 31st at 7th

of Radner Field and our final movie

night will be August 7th at City Island.

Uh, community day this year is July 15th

at Jackson Lick Pool. Um, that is free

for the community to come out um and

have a free day of swim.

Any questions?

Um

if could you please remind me of the

deadline

uh for registration?

>> Yeah, so we have a kind of open

enrollment. Um if you missed the first

week, you can go ahead and register for

the second week. Um this year with the

numbers increase at at two of our parks,

at Reservoir Park and Seventh and

Radner, we are doing weekly signups. Um

so parents can take advantage of that.

Um at the other four parks, they can

register at any moment um at any time.

um if they're only able to come to the

last week of camp, you're more than

welcome to register uh that week before

camp starts.

>> And how can they they can register

through a physical form or do they have

to go through the rec desk?

>> Yeah, we would we would prefer uh going

through reces.com just so we make sure

we have all the appropriate contact

information. Um if parents have

difficulties signing up, please call the

uh parks and recreation office and we'll

we'll help them get registered.

>> Excellent. I don't have any other

questions. I will open the floor to see

if my colleagues have any questions for

you. Um, I'll begin with Councilwoman

Davis. Do you have any questions?

>> Thank you, President Hill. Good evening.

Thank you for your service and for being

here this evening. Sounds like there's a

nice variety of activities for the kids

this summer. I especially enjoyed

hearing about the movie night at Rner

Street uh park and I think what was the

other two?

>> Uh Jackson Lake Pool and City Island.

>> Jackson Lake Pool and City Island.

Sounds like that's going to be a nice

time. What movies will be shown? Um

>> yeah. So for Jackson Lake for our

Christmas in July, we're going to watch

Home Alone. Okay. Um for 7th of RER

since we have the new baseball field out

there. Um the plan is to Watt Sandlot.

>> Um and then City Island, we're going to

do it back uh near the 19th hole near

Water Golf. So we're going to do

Jurassic World uh the newest Jurassic

World that came out.

>> Can I come out?

>> Absolutely. It's completely free.

>> Thank you. That's all I have.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you very much.

>> Councilman Rodriguez, do you have any

questions?

>> Thank you, Madam President. Uh thank you

gentlemen for joining us this evening

and I appreciate you both uh joining us

at the town hall and explaining a lot of

information uh on that day at John

Harris but um I have also spoke with Kev

so I'm privy to the program and just

appreciate all that you do. Keep up the

great work. Thank you.

>> Thank you

Councilwoman Ross our parks recreation

and enrichment chair. Do you have any

questions?

>> Thank you. Um, well, I am in constant

contact with everybody in parks and rec.

So, I did know mostly all this

information and I just want to say I'm

just really excited about this summer. I

would say like within the last year, you

all have been doing just so great with

the programs,

um, the creativity and just kind of

bringing new life back into a lot of the

youth programs in the city. So, I'm I'm

just elated to see that. Um, I did sign

my daughter up for Reservoir, my

youngest one. She will be there if she

learns her multiplication facts. That's

that's our, you know, our agreement. So,

she got to go to third grade memorizing

her multiplication facts. So, if she

does that, you will see her. If she you

don't see her, she wasn't doing them.

So, but no, I'm just really excited. And

I kind of really like the um movies

being at different places. I loved

Reservoir, but I really like how they're

like kind of going around the city. So,

I would definitely love to see that

continue. That's just my two cents on

that. But other than that, just great.

Thank you for the creativity. Um, and

just bringing that back to the city. So,

thank you.

>> Thank you, Vice President Jones. Any

questions?

>> Uh, yes, I do. Uh, these were all my

ideas. No.

Um, what I'd like to say though, um, I

do appreciate that, um, the creativity

you guys are bringing, but I do have a

concern, um, for any activity that's

going to be on City Island. I want to

make sure that we have transportation

for our youth and anyone that's ADA

accessible. So, is there any way that we

can look into some sort of

transportation to get uh, those families

and young people back across that river?

Okay. Uh, we did not take that into

account because it's Friday night. Um,

we would probably have a hard time

coordinating that. We do have a field

trip that day. Um, but if you would if

you want to take the lead or

>> Yeah, absolutely. I I would mind doing

that. Um, seriously. Um, I think um, you

know, with a lot of those festivities,

transportation is a huge issue for a lot

of people in the city and around

Pennsylvania, period. But um just to to

have those young people moving back and

forth from across the island again, some

of their parents may be aging parents,

you know, and may not be able to

physically get those children there. So

yes, um there's something that we can

probably remedy to do that, but I wasn't

I mean I thought you guys had it, but

even I wasn't expecting it to be right

now, but um I think this is something

that we can work and get to. And that's

all I have.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you, Councilwoman Green. Any

questions? I don't have any questions

for you. Um I look forward to the

programs.

>> Thank you, Councilman

Lawson.

>> Thank Thank you. It does happen. Um I I

I have a a a question and and we did

discuss this somewhat on the the the the

town hall, but just because that's not

recorded. um who who staffs the um uh

the summer program

as far as the actual uh parks who who

would be there staffing the the

programs?

>> Yeah, so we um we onboard roughly 85 to

100 seasonal staff that works at the

parks programs uh throughout the summer.

Um that application process starts in

February. Um and we're still onboarding

and receiving clearances from the staff

and we place them um to work at the at

the program.

>> But but particularly are they um just

people from the community? Are they

students? Are they um retirees? Like

what who who's actually staffing?

>> Um we have kids that are graduating high

school all the way to teachers that are

working in the Harrisburg school

district. Um some employees that worked

in our program for 10 years.

>> Yeah.

>> Um so it's it's a it's a wider range.

Some it might be their first job. Some

it could be teachers that want to just

stay active in the community during the

summer.

>> Okay, great. The the reason I was asking

because I I know that a lot of them are

are like uh teenagers and and when

Councilman Jones alluded to today Doris

invocation was um you know some violent

acts that have happened within within

our city and and I was doing a little

research and googling and

major research has found that

kids who were employed over the summer

and more specifically by the the

government meaning us, they are 30 to

43% less likely to commit or be victim

to a violent crime. Um,

this has happened. They they found this

study in Chicago, in Philadelphia, and

and in in Michigan. So, we're we're

seeing like the work that you're putting

in is is is going to help make tangible

results to the lives of of a lot of our

our youth and even those those teachers

because they're seeing uh the kids over

the summer. So, I I I when we when we

had that discussion then I thought that

was impressive and I wanted to make sure

we had something that was on record and

recording that we're seeing the good

work that you're putting forward for uh

the the youth of Harrisburg. So, I just

wanted to make sure that that was a part

of uh of your presentation.

>> Thank you. Is there anything else you'd

like to share? Anything you think we're

missing?

>> Uh, nope.

>> Okay.

>> President Hill.

>> Yes.

>> Council question.

>> Sure.

>> Uh, Councilman Lawson triggered my uh

memory. I wanted to ask out of this all

the staff that are going to be at the

various locations, are any of the staff

um say CPR certified? What requirements

do they have to have in order to be uh

eligible to be there with our youth?

>> Uh so some of the site leaders are um

not every uh the wreck assistants are

not, but um traditionally at least one

of one of the site leaders is at a site

a specific site. I can't hear you. I'll

hit you.

>> Typically, the site leaders are

>> um as well as um the pool staff are all

certified.

>> The pool staff are all certified and the

site leaders. So, at each site, there is

a leader that is CPR certified there in

case something happens with you.

>> Thank you very much. That's important.

Thank you.

>> Thank you. The microphone is on. I I

think you're hearing a little echo and

there's there we're experiencing some

audio issues.

Okay. Well, thank you both for being

here for the reminders and we look

forward to a safe

summer season for our children. Thank

you.

Next, uh we have an a special

announcement of a public workshop

stakeholder series facilitated by the

Pennsylvania Downtown Center. We are

joined this evening by Julie Fitzpatrick

who serves as the executive director of

the uh Pennsylvania Downtown Center and

Iris Quigley uh who serves as the

content development and special projects

coordinator. Thank you both for being

here tonight.

>> Great. Thank you, President Hill. Thanks

for having us. So, we just want to give

you a little bit of an update too on the

process for the planning and the

community engagement. Iris is going to

give a brief update on the survey

because that was the last thing we

talked about at our last meeting um with

you. And then we'll talk about the

timeline for the rest of the strategic

planning process and the public meetings

for sure.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Uh good evening. Great to see you

all again. Uh yeah, I'm Iris Quickley.

and the special projects coordinator at

the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. I did

want to provide a quick update on the

survey. So, we have well over 4,000

responses to that. Um, we have mostly

closed it, but uh it is still open if

there are any additional uh people

wanting to share their thoughts and we

know that several organizations

throughout the city have paper copies

that they're going to be submitting over

the next couple weeks. So, great to just

see that we're reaching that wide

audience. Um, and that number is

continuing to grow. Of those 4,000

people, 800 of them did share that they

wanted to be kept informed on the

planning process. So, we are going to be

uh personally inviting those individuals

to the public workshops that are taking

place just so we can maintain that

contact and keep them informed um as

they wish to do so. So, we are

finalizing those responses, but super

excited to see where that's going and

how those responses will be uh shaping

the conversations that are happening at

the public workshops in the next couple

weeks.

Okay. And just to to update you on the

the timeline on the strategy, we are

holding the the public workshops as

they're up on the screen in June and

July. We're going to really be spending

that time crafting kind of assembling

everything that we've collected from the

surveys, from one-on-one interviews,

from the focus groups that we held um

within the last couple weeks in

particularly in May where we had over 60

participants during those focus groups.

And then um August we will have a draft

of this strategic plan. So that the the

intent will be the calendar of events

will be that by September we should have

a final plan. So we can certainly come

back and um many of you are part of the

planning process but we can certainly

present to council throughout that um

those two stages too. So when it comes

to the the public workshops we do have

postcards for everyone. Um I think every

council member has one by um by your

seat. And then we do have 150 that have

been printed and are going to be backed

by the door and available. There's over

um I think we're at around,00 that have

been printed so far that will be

distributed in various businesses and

throughout downtown.

It will also be available um through the

website that we have here. And

everything again is on um on the or on

the postcard really leading folks to um

learn more information on revitalized

downtown harrisburg um.com. So the first

one will be on June 18th. It is going to

be at John Harris High School. Our theme

of the of that night will be on the

quality of life and we're going to be

really focusing in on all of those

pieces that um we're going to talk about

community pride. We're going to talk

about the elements of, you know, what

makes Harrisburg a great place to live

and a great place to have a business,

great place to start a family, to retire

to, and everything that that means. It's

going to be broken out into

um three different sessions where we're

going to there's going to be stations

and opportunities for individuals to be

part of activities. We're going to have

a short presentation on the background

and really to have a better

understanding of community

revitalization and building a community

vision. And then we're going to have

opportunities for those participants to

break out into small discussion groups.

And it's in those moments where the

residents and the participants have an

opportunity to really build consensus

and really talk about some of the

questions that we're going to be posing

that during those times and then come

back share with the group and then we'll

move on to the next session on June 23rd

that will be at Camp Curtain the middle

school. Um that session is going to be

really focusing in on public spaces and

how we interact in those public spaces.

We look at our first place as our place

of work. Usually our second place is our

our home. Sometimes those two cross

over. And then the third place is really

those public spaces where we go to

gather where we go to meet up with new

friends or or make or meet up with old

friends, opportunities for us to really

come together as a community. So we're

going to be focusing in on a lot of that

on the 23rd. And then the third meeting

will be also um at our school here in

downtown at the Scitec campus and we're

going to focus on economic vitality. And

it's important to recognize that all of

these topics are you know really

pertinent whether you know the economic

vitality isn't just for business owners.

It's for everybody. We all have a say

and a role in this. And so we're going

to give opportunities for participants,

whether you're a resident, council

member, represent a nonprofit

organization, maybe you're a property

owner, a business owner. So there's

going to be opportunities for everybody

to have input from their perspective

during these public workshops. Again,

we're offering them during the day.

We're also offering them during the

evening so we can try to capture

individuals who have who are available

during those afternoon hours and those

who may only be available in the

evenings as well.

And I think, you know, the city has

certainly been supportive and uh, you

know, I think having making sure that

we're we're there in a school building

and bringing new people maybe into that,

you know, these properties that if you

don't have a student, you might not have

had a reason to visit, but trying to

create greater awareness too around the

school property. So, we're looking

forward to this. We would hope that each

one of you would be joining us during

those times. Um, we would also ask for

all of you to help us in inviting

individuals. So, please feel free to

take a number of these and pass them out

to all of your family and friends as

well. Thank you.

>> Thank you so much. I'm going to ask you

the same question I asked when I learned

of these last week. Um,

students, will students be in the

buildings? We know that school is

closed. Um, but will students have an

opportunity to participate?

>> So, they're certainly welcome and

invited to participate. However, due to

safety concerns for those properties

that have that are offering uh summer

classes, we actually have to have we're

we're not permitted to have these public

meetings in the same building while

they're summer classes. So, but they're

certainly welcome and you know, we've

certainly been asking the school

district too to share this information

and as outreach to those students. So,

encouraged,

but we also have to we you know, it has

to be on their terms.

>> Absolutely. I understand. I just wanted

to pose the the question publicly again.

Um I'll open the floor to my colleagues

who may have some additional questions

before you leave. I'll begin with uh

Councilman Lawson.

Thank you, President Hill, and thank you

guys for for this presentation. I I

definitely appreciate the the work

that's been done and and it's ongoing.

Um

I I don't have any uh direct questions

at at this Well, maybe just a little bit

because of the survey and and I want to

make sure that's public knowledge. Um

you said we had 4,000

um uh

people uh respond to the the survey and

and

I don't know that we we made a big deal

about how big of a deal that is for the

city this size to have that type of

response.

>> I try to talk about it every day.

Um it's the we're actually I think up

over 4400. So I don't want to you know

discount those extra 400. So over 4,000.

Typically when we have implemented

surveys like this in some of our other

third class cities throughout

Pennsylvania um we will often receive

about a tenth of the responses that

you've received here in Harrisburg. So

to think about that it's 10 times more

than we will typically receive for

communities of this size. And so

recognizing that there is a lot of

interest and a lot of um there's a lot

of pride in this town and it really for

us we're seeing this as an opportunity

to activate that pride. So um very

grateful for that participation. I think

we talked also last time on the number

of students who did respond to the

survey and who were part of that survey.

Um we looked at certainly residents

whether residents in the city, residents

in downtown. We looked at the number of

folks that maybe, you know, work here

versus only visit here. So, we're able

to kind of cross reference that in a lot

of different ways. Um, as Iris

mentioned, it is still officially open.

So, for anyone who, you know, we, like

we said, we do have some organizations

who have been collecting the paper

surveys from individuals who haven't had

access to the online survey. So, we're

making sure that we're including all of

those before we close it um you know in

its finality.

>> Okay. And and since you mention it and I

may be putting Iris on the spot, how

many of those people were actually

residents of the city of that 4,400?

>> I believe it was about 1,200.

>> Okay.

>> So, yeah, good good numbers. Yeah,

>> that's great.

>> And then, uh since we asked zip code, we

can also narrow narrow down to what

neighborhood they were in. So we can see

the respondents from downtown directly

compared to Midtown, compared to Allison

Hill, all of those things.

>> Okay, great. Thank you. That's that's

impressive. That's that's everything

that I have.

>> Okay, great. Thank you, Councilwoman

Green. Any questions?

>> Thank you very much for being here. Um,

thank you for the survey and for the

work that you've done. Uh, thank you for

getting some of these workshops set up

so we can have these discussions with

people. Um, I think Councilman Lawson

asked one of my questions. U my second

question is just kind of what is the

hope of the outcome right we go through

all of this what is the outcome that

we're looking for what are we looking to

do with all this information because a

lot of times we'll have conversations

we'll collect data and then it sits so

what's our goal

>> yeah so we we try not to call I mean

sometimes it it slips and we say plan

but we really talk about an

implementation strategy this is this is

a strategy that is that is designed not

just for one entity to implement this is

about partnerships and this is about

everyone and having a role in that

implementation. So part of having

various focus or various focus groups,

various working groups, various

stakeholder engagement um meetings

throughout the process is that everybody

starts to see what their role is. And I,

you know, I think that mentioning that

there is a lot of pride in this city and

it's this is really an opportunity to

activate that pride. Um,

one of the things that we're going to

ask folks to do as part of these public

workshops is to look at how each of us

as individuals can make a difference and

an impact in the future of Harrisburg

and recognizing that it takes this is

about one person, one business, one

moment at a time. You know, you can only

do so much as council. You need the

support of the community. Our business

community can only do so much. They need

the support of the community and it's

also about building empowerment too and

making sure again not that just that

every voice is represented and every

voice has an like input into the process

but that everybody also sees what their

role can be in that strategy and in the

solutions too. So the plan is going to

be set up in a way that it's going to

there's it's going to take many

different partners to implement it. And

so I I think we're going to also be

holding ourselves accountable during

that process so that it doesn't just sit

on the shelf.

>> All right. Thank you. That's the

question I have.

>> Okay. Thanks.

>> Thank you, Vice President Jones. Any

questions?

>> She stole my thunder.

>> No, that was the same question I had.

Um, she's correct. You know, there's a

lot of the times and we seen this

happen. Not saying this is you guys. Um,

we can just take an example of uh the

Harrisburg school district where we

spent a lot of time and money um

compiling a bunch of information only to

go back to a decision and tear our

school down. So hopefully that this

information is um scrubbed thoroughly

and u implemented in a way that is uh

fruitful for everybody all stakeholders.

So that's all I have.

>> Yeah. Thank you.

>> Thank you Councilwoman Ross. Any

questions?

>> Thank you President Hill and good

evening to you both. I'm happy to see

you back again um with further

communication on um how we're going to

revitalize downtown and um some great

meeting dates. So, I hope I can make it

to some of them. I put them in my

calendar. Um but most of my questions

have been asked and answered. I had the

same questions and concerns as many as

my council members. So, I think just

just looking forward to seeing the

information being used um that uh

people's concerns and their ideas are

taken into consideration and it's just

not them handing them out for free, but

saying I hear what you're saying and

let's see how we, you know, can

compromise and get these things done.

So, thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Thank you, Councilman Rodriguez. Do you

have any questions?

>> Thank you, Madam President. No, no

questions for me. Thank you for being

overseas for everyone.

>> Thank you, Councilwoman Davis. Any

questions?

>> Thank you, President Hill. No questions.

I just wanted to thank you for working

on this uh project and for uh organizing

the workshops so that everyone, every

resident, every one who works in the

city comes in the city to play. our

youth can have a voice and have a seat

at the table in collaborating on what we

all want for our downtown um you know

for our city. So, thank you for your

work.

>> Great. Thank you. Thank you. President

Hill, do you mind if I just go back to a

question that was asked earlier?

>> Sure.

>> Okay. Um, Councilman Green, you had

actually mentioned something about

outcomes, I believe. And, you know, I

think there's the intended outcomes and

then there's those kind of unexpected

outcomes. And, you know, we could say

that these are the things that we

thought would happen as part of the

process. But the things that are

happening that I think are those

unintended outcomes are what I what I

believe is like a a shift in

conversations. And my hope out of that

would be that we've you know even during

our focus groups we had a a focus group

of the ministerium community and we had

you know two representatives there who

had never met each other before and

started having a conversation that um

was talking they were talking about a

community kitchen and what that could

mean and and you know the needs that

each one of them may have and how they

can partner and I think it's those parts

that of life right that are kind

informal and they're sometimes

unexpected and you never know what could

come out of that. So that would be our

hope too that this is just helping to

spark and maybe be a catalyst for new

partnerships and new conversations and

just people meeting each other that

maybe have never had a chance to be, you

know, together or in the same room with

one another. So thank you.

>> Thank you. And one final question on the

hard copies of the surveys. If someone

had an interest in completing a hard

copy, where can they go and is there is

there a clear deadline at this point? At

this point, like Iris said, we are

working with a couple organizations who

had collected and we want to make sure

that those are captured. And then I

think once we have that, we would like

to just officially close and and really

make that announcement that, you know,

this is we, you know, we we put the

request out there. we kind of put that

call of action out and and this is how

the community responded and so we would

just want to make sure that we are

capturing them. Um obviously with the

the timeline that we have and developing

the plan then in July we'll want to

certainly have things collected you know

before the end of the month of July.

Okay,

>> that would be like the

>> So if someone's listening and they

haven't had an opportunity and they have

a burning desire, we encourage you to

take it hard copy, where can they?

>> So I would say really contact us. Okay,

so you can um reach out either of our

emails, Iris Quickley or U. Julie

Fitzpatrick pa.org

or um I'm happy to give my my private

cell phone number. Um it's 717-413-4630.

So

>> thank you. Thank you so much. Just I

just don't want to miss anybody in this

effort. Um it's too big uh not to have

everyone's voices captured. So thank you

for sharing. Thank you for being here. I

know that this was a a quick turnaround

from my ask, but I just wanted to

amplify um the this public workshop

series because I know that many are

still interested in having a dialogue

around the revitalization process. So,

>> yes, thank you. And there was a press

release that went out. So, our hope is

that, you know, others will be picking

up on that. I believe it was sent out

last Thursday or Friday. So, you know,

continuing to share, but honestly, with

something like this, the the personal

one-on-one invitation makes the world of

difference.

>> I agree. So, thank you.

>> Thanks.

>> Yeah, I was just going to add quickly,

we were checking out the channel 20 uh

videos just before we came and would

definitely love to see some promotion on

there and even for anyone who couldn't

come to one of the public workshops,

we'll not only have the feedback of

what's going on on the website, but also

using that as a platform to keep people

up to date. And yeah, I just keep

thinking uh the time is now. The place

is Harrisburg. Let's make it happen. So,

thank you guys so much.

>> Thank you. I'm happy to follow up with

our communications

um to determine if they're available to

participate or to utilize channel 20 in

some way.

>> Great. Thank you.

>> Thank you.

>> Bye.

>> Bye.

>> Okay, we will move forward with our

meeting agenda. Next, we have courtesy

of the floor. Uh just a few housekeeping

notes before we begin. Uh please state

your name and your address for the

meeting record. If you don't feel

comfortable sharing your address, please

share the vicinity in which you live

within the city. Uh you will have four

minutes to share your comments. Mr.

Trudale has added a timer to the screen

for your reference. And I'll begin to my

right. Is there anyone that would like

to offer public comment?

Good evening. My name is Melanie Cook

and I live in the Riverside. Is it on?

>> Hold on. I don't think it's on. There

you go. It's on now.

>> Um Melanie Cook. I live in the Riverside

neighborhood of the city of Harrisburg.

Um first, I'd like to acknowledge the

presentation that we just saw. It is an

example of what is possible when the

governor engages in a city and sees that

money is made available for projects.

And I think it's important to note that

this project is specifically revitalize

downtown Harrisburg and these public

workshops which are being held in our

public schools um

all of which are in neighborhoods that

are not in downtown Harrisburg. And I

say that not as as a total criticism

because I think revitalizing the

downtown of any city is important, but I

also don't think it should be lost that

public meetings will be held in

buildings where students last summer

were held up to be the primary threat to

downtown Harrisburg. And it was asserted

that that's why people were not coming

downtown. So, it's to me somewhat ironic

that these buildings will be the forum

for these meetings. And while you can

say it's open to the public, an effort

has to be made to ensure that the voices

of the public are heard. I applaud this

format. I think it's an excellent

format, but I think it's one that should

be spread throughout the city. These

workshops should not be focusing solely

on public uh safety uh public meetings.

Oh, wait. Whatever the four top three

topics are, quality of life, public

spaces, and economic vitality, those are

issues that address every neighborhood

in the city of Harrisburg. And these

type of forums need to go forward on

behalf of every neighborhood in the city

of Harrisburg. With respect to the

presentation by public uh the parks

department, many of you were at the

joint workshop several weeks ago that

included members of the school district.

And one of the comments that I believe

came out of Mr. Saunders was that the

level of particip participation with the

11 to 14y old age group um is somewhat

limited and a question was put what can

we do this year to rectify that? A

recommendation was made that we would

reach out to the school district have

them survey the kids and find out what

programs they're interested in and what

um would encourage them to more fully

participate. And I don't believe any

action has been taken on that. I'm not

criticizing you or laying it to solely

on city council, but we can't have these

meetings, have recommendations made, and

then not have the type of followup that

leads to the action that Miss Green uh

just spoke of. We meet publicly in the

city of Harrisburg often, and there's

not enough followup. We need to engage

the youth in our city. It is enough, not

enough, in my opinion, to acknowledge a

loss. We have lost young men who we

should not have lost. They should be

here. there should be more activities

for these kids. You heard um the

representative say that one of the

things that came out was the need for a

community kitchen. Please know that that

was recommended during the William Penn

task force CTE uh career and

technological uh engagement

subcommittee. That was one of the things

we recommended. the citizens of this

town speak out years ahead of when other

people who get the resources and get the

financing. I come to you again asking

this city council to engage with William

Penn. Anyone who has driven by can see

that they have placed the fencing up

which presumably is going to lead to the

demolition. I come to you because every

member of this city council has served

for at least six years in a public

decision-making capacity. The in that

time frame, the school district has had

five superintendent and only three

people sitting on that current board

have any experience. This is necessary

that you engage. You are who we come to.

>> Thank you. Is there anyone else who

would like to offer public comment to my

right?

>> Okay. Seeing and hearing no one.

>> Yes.

>> She said no.

>> I'll just take it off,

>> I think. Okay. Can you hear me?

>> All right. My name is Pamour and I'm a

resident of Harrisburg City. I live on

Pine Street, 124 Pine Street. Um, I

wanted to say uh because I don't say

enough in the positive, but the events

um down by the river are getting so much

more accessible. Thank you very much. I

really appreciate it. Um, this last one

I was able to go into just about all the

booths or at least get close to them,

which was awesome. Um, I do want to ask

again, and I will always ask about uh a

dog park along the riverfront. And I

know I've I've talked to some of you

about it. And any way I can help get

that, I would absolutely love it. And I

would get you names if you want me of

other dog owners down there. We talk

about it all the time how desperately we

want a dog park down there. Um, going

back to my usual requests is

accessibility.

There are still some curb ramps that are

really dangerous that haven't been

fixed. There's been a lot of work in the

city on the streets and things like

that, but I'm not seeing

um the construction or the the um

rebuild on some of the curb ramps where

the truncated domes, the bumps have

giant holes in them, especially down by

uh Yumburg, Burger Gum. I always say it

wrong. Um Yum Burger, that one is really

bad. And a lot of us who use either a

mobility device or a walker have talked

about, you know, worried about

somebody's going to put their foot in

that one big hole. Um, right on Pine

Street, the corner of Pine and Second.

Um, those are bad. And those are areas

where some of the city streets have had

some kind of construction or work done.

Um, and they haven't been fixed. And I'm

going to bring back again my other

request is for a way to for the city to

be monitoring the businesses that have

come in and the accessibility because

there's still some businesses that are

opening right along Second Street that

are not that are different from what the

past was in there and yet they're not

being required to make even their front

door accessible. making the uh there's

still steps to go in that new

apocathary. I can't say that right. And

then there's the the gold place on the

other side of the street from them. Um

you can't get into them and and they

know it. They nope, we got no

accessibility. So, you know, if you can

keep that again, I'm going to keep

coming back and bringing back the

accessibility requests for my community.

um cuz we are part of this community.

Thank you.

>> Thank you. Is there anyone else

in the middle section that would like to

offer a public comment?

>> Uh good evening council libby profit

profit from the experience incorporated

2000 block of chestnut street. Um, I

wanted to share with you. I know a few

months ago I came with a whole bunch of

documents. I'm like, I need to do

something with this. It's the advocacy

work that was done by Cannabis Education

Decriminalization Incorporated that

helped um to bring medical marijuana to

Pennsylvania. And no, I'm not a smoker,

but the need for freeing our melanated

people was important. So, I dropped off

two of these copies to the clerk's

office. the clerk has for uh council to

go through and it's in color. So some of

the highlights from the research you'll

find that is in there but the research

document the founding the organizing

even the letters from legislative uh

parties the ones that wrote the bill as

well as congress uh individuals is in

there. why I feel this is important to

you because I know you meet with

individuals who wants to advocate for

the city

and as we stand in Martin Luther King

Jr. building. We know that the reverend

never really went to anyone and said,

"Hey, you need to sign a contract with

me for us to do civil right action."

Right? And I can prove through this

less than 200page document that

we can make change without coming to

solicitate the city for money because

it was done. And no one can say they

gave me a scent, but it was done. And

here's the document. You have two

copies. So, I want you to be very

careful with individuals

that have a plan, right? A plan to help

is usually how they come. But who they

helping aside from theirel, their bank

account, and their mortgage. I want you

to be very, very careful um

about these individuals that have a plan

to help you advocacy work. And um I

People would tell me that there will

never be a man in the White House. I

wrote the plan. The government took the

plan and we had a man that was melanated

in the White House. I walked the street.

I got signatures. And this book has

hundreds of signatures. I put copies in

there that I did get and took to our

legislators. I put slides together. I

did the research. I took everything to

them. I put it in here for you guys to

see that um

sometimes you just have to see people

for who they are, right?

And not everyone that has a plan means

means well.

So I I wanted to bring this to you.

There's two copies that I've given to

Mrs. Trudale for you guys to review. I

couldn't really give you seven. I

couldn't do seven. It was fairly

expensive, right? And the other copy for

the public, if you do want to see this

document, it is named uh Driving a

Monster, a practical guide to grassroot

cannabis decriminalization by Libby

Profit, Cannabis Education and

Decriminalization. Like I said, I'm not

a smoker, but you don't have to be in

that community to know um how to help

in any situation. I may have been a

smoker at one time. Who knows, right?

So, please don't send me nothing. I

don't need it.

But this is just a grass.

This is just documentation of what I've

done. And if someone is coming and tell

you saying they're going to help you,

you can say we can look through this

say, "Well, can you do this? Have you

done this? Show me what you've done."

Okay. Thank you.

>> Thank you. Is there anyone else present

that would like to offer public comment?

Okay. Seeing and hearing none, we will

move forward with our meeting agenda.

Next, we have the approval of the

minutes for the legislative session that

occurred on May 26th, 2026. Council

members, are there any revisions to

those meeting minutes?

Okay, seeing hearing none, the minutes

stand approved. Next, we have reports of

committees. I will deliver the first

report on behalf of the administration

committee on the work session that

occurred on June 2nd, 2026.

On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026, the

administration committee met to discuss

two resolutions. Resolution 49 of 2026,

a resolution confirming the appointment

of Mr. Isaac S. Gaylord Esquire to serve

as an assistant city solicitor for the

city of Harrisburg. Attorney Gaylord was

present to answer any questions council

members had. Attorney Gaylord

reintroduced himself, sharing that he is

an attorney who previously worked for

the city of Harrisburg from 2019 through

2022.

Attorney Gaylord left the city of

Harrisburg for a role with the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

uh he was eager to return to the city of

Harrisburg. Uh council members asked the

following questions. What did you

previously work on when you were

employed by the city of Harrisburg? What

do you plan to uh work on upon your

return? Attorney Gaylord shared that his

previous work portfolio um included

contracts work, uh land use matters,

building code enforcement, and

legislation for Harrisburg City Council.

uh what was the main reason why you

wanted to come back from the state?

Attorney Gaylord responded that he

wanted more direct interaction with

people. Um

the next question, if you see something

wrong, how do you respond? He responded,

it depends on the situation. In general,

as a member of the law bureau, bringing

the issue before solicitor Grover is the

first step.

Councilman Lawson provided a comment and

interest in working with Attorney

Gaylord regarding an approach for

absentee landlords responsive

homeowners. Attorney Gaylord noted that

he uh was meeting with the codes

department to discuss their legal

process within the department.

Resolution 50 of 2026 is a resolution

implementing technical corrections

required by the Pennsylvania Municipal

Retirement System related to the passage

of resolution 34 of 2026 which ratified

an adoption agreement for the nonuniform

municipal employees retirement system

with the Pennsylvania municipal

retirement system to extend

uh the superanuation retirement known as

the rule of 80 effective January 1st,

2026.

Solicitor Grover was present to discuss

resolution 50 of 2026.

He explained the difference between

resolution 34 of 2026 and resolution 50

of 2026.

The language is identical. Exhibit A of

resolution 50 of 2026 is the signed

version of resolution 34 of 2026.

Exhibit B of resolution 50 of 2026 is

the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement

System defined benefit plan adoption

agreement amendment that was signed by

the city of Harrisburg. It is important

to note that the adoption agreement

amendment does not change the benefits

that will be received by beneficiaries

of the plan, but solely extends the rule

of 80 until December 31st, 2028.

I recommend my colleagues support both

resolution 49 of 2026 and resolution 50

of 2026.

Resolution 49 of 2026 ensures the law

bureau uh is at a full complement with

attorney Gaylord's return. And

resolution 50 of 2026 is the same

resolution we took action on during a

legislative session that was held on

April 28th of 2026.

Resolution 50 of 2026 will continue to

offer the rule of 80 to the to city of

Harrisburg employees. This concludes the

work of the administration committee.

The next report you will hear will be

delivered by our budget and finance

committee chair, Vice President Jones,

on the work session of June 2nd, 2026.

>> Thank you, President Hill.

On June 2nd of 2026, the budget and

finance committee held a work session

where we discussed resolutions 46 of

2026. Resolution 48 of 2026 and

resolution 40 of 2026. Resolution 46 of

2026 is a resolution authorizing the

city of Harrisburg to enter into a prof

professional service agreement with MOA

and Ducul PC for the purpose of

providing audit preparation services to

the city of Harrisburg. Resolution 48 of

2026 is a resolution authorizing the

city of Harrisburg to negotiate and

enter into a professional service

agreement with Ber and Ritter LLC to

perform the city of Harrisburg's annual

audit and financial report DCED CLGs 30

for the year of for the year ending

December 31st of 2024. Resolution 40 is

a resolution of 2026 is a resolution

approving the third proposed 2026 budget

reallocation.

President for resolution 46 of 26.

Present to discuss resolution 46 was Mr.

Brian McCutchen, the accountant manager.

Um not many questions were asked.

However, Mr. McCutchen did share with

council that the city requires certain

pre- audit services to be conducted in

order for audit to be successful.

One of the questions that were asked of

Mr. McCutchen was in regards to the fee

for services as written in the

resolution where the gross fee for this

engagement shall not exceed $25,500.

Councilman Lawson asked if the company

would actually reach uh the

aforementioned dollar amount. Mr.

McCussen replied that they usually reach

that amount or very close to it. Present

to present resolution 48 of 2026 was Mr.

Bri also Mr. Brian McCutchen he's famous

uh was a was accounting manager Mr. um

Brian McCuten Mr. McCussen explained

that this is a resolution tied to the

resolution 46 being the uh more duselu

does the prep work whereas bor and

ritter have been the city's independent

auditor for several years starting with

the year of 2019. Bora and Ritter will

prepare our annual audit report. These

fees shall not exceed 1,100,000

$137,500

for the year ended in December 31st of

2024. Councilman questions asked. Mr.

Councilman Rodriguez has concerns

regarding why the work was being divided

through two companies. Mr. Mr. Grover

clarified that the two cannot legally jo

be be joined joined uh because each

company has different areas of expertise

and the budget and and thater and Ritter

is obtained by this council and

therefore they report directly to us and

that's why they are separate.

Councilwoman Davis asked if the audit

review would help city council to better

understand the true financial picture

including liabilities.

Uh Mr. McCussen said that it will do it

will to a certain extent but that the

budget process throughout the year would

help in that area.

Present to discuss resolution 40 of 2026

was Miss Katrina Baltimore, president of

the civic club, uh CEO and founder of

Pops House, Miss Shelby Karnney, uh Miss

Patricia Robinson, CEO of Evolve Youth

Trades, Mr. Gregory Morris, president of

the Harrisburg Cougar Football

Association. This resolution had already

been passed, but the council crescent

that requested that all organizations be

provided line items for the monies

requested and the monies used which have

been provided to council with the

exception of the Harrisburg Housing

Authority due to conflicting schedules.

And this concludes the work of the

budget and finance committee. Thank you.

>> Thank you. I will deliver uh the final

committee report you will hear this

evening on behalf of our public safety

committee chair uh Chair Green uh on the

work session of June 2nd of 2026. Just

noting that I'm only delivering this

because uh Chair Green um she was

participating virtually and had to

attend to what she was doing. So she was

um unable to hear this and um Mr. Dorsy

and Coach K had been here all evening at

this point. They were like the last

people to go. So, I wanted to make sure

that we um honored their time. So, I

please bear with me as I um share this

report. On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026, the

Public Safety Committee met to discuss

one resolution. Resolution 47 of 2026, a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to negotiate and enter into a

memorandum of understanding with the JT

Dorsy Foundation to provide soccer for

success summer camps. Uh, Deputy Chief

Young on behalf of the Harrisburg Bureau

of Police was present and he shared a

brief synopsis of the summer camps. Two

soccer camps will be offered um at the

cost of $1,500.

Uh the uh anticipated participants uh

would be between 30 and 40 participants

free of charge to city residents. Uh the

dates for the camps um the first one

will be held July 21st through the 23rd

of 2026.

Um from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. uh for

ages 10 through 13. And then the second

camp would be held uh on August 5th

through the 7th of 2026, the same time

from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for ages 14

uh through 19.

JT Dorsy of the JT Dorsy Foundation um

was present. Um he mentioned that he has

worked closely together with the

Harrisburg High School uh soccer coach,

Coach K. Um and their goal is to create

a solid relationship between

uh the police and the community. Um Mr.

Dorsey explained that through his

foundation um his goals are mentorship,

nutrition, and community engagement.

Uh he noted that the first camp, the one

that will be held July 21st through the

23rd of 2026, will be held the week

after the World Cup final. So he

anticipates a lot of excitement um and

engagement from the participants.

Um he mentioned according high school

kids um he mentioned um female

participation. Um then coach Kay

mentioned the first girls high school uh

soccer team, the first girls middle

school soccer team. Um

partnering with college and career

education that's part of that

mentorship. Um the middle school track

team had 60 students come out. So it's

really an exciting time. Um an

agreement. So the thought is that this

agreement um will resume over multiple

years.

Um Mr. Dorsy mentioned that he doesn't

like to be in a position to give our

kids something and take it away. So the

thought is this is the beginning of um

potentially a three-year partnership to

start. So council members ask the

following questions. What's the goal

goal? What is the goal of a three-year

partnership? Um, how will the camps be

promoted? Will the CSAs play a role in

the camps at all? Uh, long-term

organizational goals, how many particip

participants can you accommodate? Uh,

would you be able to sustain if the city

doesn't provide funding? Are you getting

school district support? Are we seeing

local participation from some of the

kids playing multiple sports? Um, will

will there be officer involvement with

the summer camps?

Um,

so Mr. Dorsey explained um that he and

Coach K have created um a very safe

environment and a welcoming environment.

Um they encourage and work with the

football team. um if coach cow is

looking for a punter or a kicker,

they're happy to um offer a soccer

player, right? It makes sense. Um he

said they have a bilingual coach, which

is helpful um because um it is very much

diverse in um

ethnic makeup and um conversation

amongst the players. Um,

again, he emphasized mentorship being an

integral part of their programming. Um,

four of the six staffers are teachers in

the Harrisburg School District. Um, they

they have a large this is in reference

to um how the camp will the camps will

be promoted. Um, there are uh about 200

students in their database. So, they

will share the information with them.

Harrisburg Bureau of Police will provide

social media support as well. The CSAs

will be involved

um and the officers will be involved

with the camps as well. I believe um def

deputy chief young mentioned at least

one officer that used to play soccer. It

might be a few, but he mentioned one.

So, they're eager to participate. So I

recommend my colleagues support

resolution 47 of 2026 as it provides an

opportunity opportunity for our children

to learn a new sport or continue to hone

their soccer skills. Uh they will have

an opportunity to practice teamwork and

most importantly have some fun. Why not?

So this concludes um my report on behalf

of the public safety committee.

We will move forward with our meeting

agenda. Next, we have ordinances for

first reading. We have two ordinances

for first reading this evening. Uh the

first is bill 6 of 2026. Mr. Trudale,

could you please read it into the

record?

Bill six of 2026, an ordinance amending

part two of the legislative code under

chapter 1-201,

adding there to chapter 1-201.1

establishing a framework governing

timing, submission, and scope of matters

for items submitted to the city

solicitor by city council.

>> Thank you. Bill 6 of 2026 will move to

the administration committee. Next, we

have bill 7 of 2026. Mr. Trudale, could

you please read it into the record?

>> Bill 7 of 2026, an ordinance forgiving

and discharging 2023, 2024, 2025, and

2026 city real estate taxes, including

interest, penalties, and costs, and

striking off tax leans for the

properties located at 57 North 13th

Street, 1435 Satara Street, and 1437

Switer Street.

>> Thank you. Bill 7 of 2026 will also move

to the administration committee. We do

not have any ordinances for amendment or

ordinances for final passage. We will

move to resolutions. The first

resolution for consideration this

evening is resolution 46 of 2026. Mr.

Trudale, could you please read it into

the record? Resolution 46 of 2026, a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to enter into a professional

services agreement with Meer Ducul PC

for the purpose of providing audit

preparation services to the city of

Harrisburg.

>> Thank you. Uh council members, are there

any final questions, comments, or

concerns related to resolution 46 of

2026?

>> Okay, seeing and hearing none, Mr.

Trudeale, could you please call the

vote?

>> Miss Davis? Yes,

>> Miss Green.

>> Yes,

>> Mr. Jones.

>> Yay,

>> Mr. Lolen.

>> Yes,

>> Miss Rolls.

>> Yes,

>> Mr. Rodriguez.

>> Yes,

>> Miss Hill.

>> Yes.

>> Resolution 46 of 2026 passes by vote of

7 to zero.

>> Thank you. Next, we have resolution 47

of 2026. Mr. Trudeell, could you please

read it into the record? Resolution 47

of 2026, a resolution authorizing the

city of Harrisburg to negotiate and

enter into a memorandum of understanding

with the JT Dorsy Foundation to provide

soccer for success summer camps.

>> Thank you. Council members, are there

any final questions, comments, or

concerns related to resolution 47 of

2026?

Okay, seeing hearing none, Mr. Trudeale,

could you please call the vote?

>> Miss Davis,

>> yes.

>> Miss Green,

>> yes. Mr. Jones,

>> yay.

>> Mr. Lolen,

>> yes.

>> Miss Rolls,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Rodriguez,

>> yes.

>> Miss Hill,

>> yes.

>> Resolution 47 of 2026 passes by vote of

7 to zero.

>> Thank you. Next, we have resolution 48

of 2026. Mr. Chudale, could you please

read it into the record? Resolution 48

of 2026, a resolution authorizing the

city of Harrisburg to negotiate and

enter into a professional services

agreement with Ber and Ritter LLC to

perform the city of Harrisburg's annual

audit and financial report for the year

ending December 31st, 2024.

>> Thank you. Council members, are there

any final questions, comments, or

concerns related to resolution 48 of

2026?

Okay, seeing hearing none, Mr. Trudale,

could you please call the vote?

>> Miss Davis,

>> yes.

>> Miss Green,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Jones,

>> yay.

>> Mr. Lawson,

>> yes.

>> Miss Rolls,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Rodriguez,

>> yes.

>> Miss Hill,

>> yes.

>> Resolution 48 of 2026 passes by vote of

7 to zero.

>> Thank you. Next, we have resolution 49

of 2026. Mr. Trudale, could you please

read it into the record? Resolution 49

of 2026, a resolution confirming the

appointment of Mr. Isaac S. Gaylord,

Esquire to serve as an assistant city

solicitor for the city of Harrisburg.

>> Thank you. Council members, are there

any final questions, comments, or

concerns related to resolution 49 of

2026?

Okay, seeing and hearing none, Mr.

Trudale, could you please call the vote?

>> Miss Davis,

>> yes.

>> Miss Green,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Jones.

>> Yay.

>> Mr. Lawson,

>> yes.

>> Miss Rolls,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Rodriguez,

>> yes.

>> Miss Hill,

>> yes.

>> Resolution 49 of 2026 passes by vote of

7 to zero.

>> Thank you. Next, we have resolution 50

of 2026.

Uh, Mr. Trudeelle, could you please read

it into the record? Resolution 50 of

2026, a resolution implementing

technical corrections required by the

Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System

related to the passage of resolution 34

of 2026, which ratified an adoption

agreement for the non-uniform municipal

employees retirement system with the

Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System

to extend the superanuation retirement

known as the rule of 80 effective

January 1st, 2026.

>> Thank you, council members. Are there

any final questions, comments, or

concerns related to resolution 50 of

2026?

Okay, seeing hearing none, Mr. Trudale,

could you please call the vote?

>> Miss Davis,

>> yes.

>> Miss Green,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Jones,

>> yay.

>> Mr. Lawson,

>> yes.

>> Miss Rolls,

>> yes.

>> Mr. Rodriguez,

>> yes.

>> Miss Hill,

>> yes.

>> Resolution 50 of 2026 passes by vote of

seven to zero.

Thank you. Next, we have resolution 51

of 2026. Mr. Trudale, could you please

read it into the record?

>> Resolution 51 of 2026, a resolution

authorizing the city of Harrisburg to

enter into an agreement with Cordor

Auctions to dispose of personnel

property owned by the city of

Harrisburg.

>> Thank you. Resolution 51 of 2026 will

move to the administration committee.

Next, resolution 52 of 2026. Mr.

Trudale, could you please read it into

the record? Resolution 52 of 2026, a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to enter into a reimbursement

agreement amendment with the

Pennsylvania Department of

Transportation to accept an additional

award amount of 20 23,124

in transportation alternative set aside

funding for the purpose of funding the

capital area green belt pax tank parkway

trail restoration project.

>> Thank you. Resolution 52 of 2026 will

move to the public works committee.

Next, we have resolution 53 of 2026. Mr.

Trudale, could you please read it into

the record? Resolution 53 of 2026, a

resolution authorizing the city of

Harrisburg to negotiate and enter into a

lease agreement between the city of

Harrisburg as tenant and AR Uptown LLC

as landlord for the use of property

located at 2965 North 7th Street,

Harrisburg, PA as a community policing

station.

>> Thank you. Resolution 53 of 2026 will

move to the public safety committee.

Next we have resolution 54 of 2026. Mr.

Trudeau, could you please read it into

the record?

>> Resolution 54 of 2026, a resolution

authorizing the city of Harrisburg to

enter into an agreement with Keystone

Municipal Solutions to provide budget

management services to the city of

Harrisburg.

>> Thank you. Resolution 54 of 2026 will

move to the administration committee.

Resolution 55 of 2026, Mr. Trusdale,

could you please read it into the

record?

>> Resolution 55 of 2026, a resolution

approving the fourth proposed 2026

budget reallocation.

Thank you.

Council members, are there any final

questions, comments, or concerns related

to resolution 55? Oh, sorry. I said that

because there's a typo, so I wanted to

make sure that the law bureau saw that.

It's on the It's on the first page.

Well, no. Yeah. The first page of the

resolution is the final clause. Be it

further resolved that the mayor,

controller, business administrator, it

reads, and other all I believe it should

be and all other appro appropriate uh

city officials are hereby authorized and

directed to take all steps necessary to

affffectuate this resolution. So, I just

wanted to note that

>> we'll fix it.

>> Okay. Thank you. Resolution

55 of 2026 will move to the budget and

finance committee. Just got to keep

everybody on their toes. Our final

resolutions for discussion this evening

is resolution 56 of 2026. Mr. Trudeelle,

could you please read it into the

record? Resolution 56 of 2026, a

resolution approving the preliminary

final lot consolidation and land

development plan for 100 North 13th

Street in parentheses 112 North 13th

Street and 105 to 121 Lynen Street along

with associated site and access

improvements.

>> Thank you. Resolution 56 of 2026 will

move to the community and economic

development committee. Council members,

is there any old business for

discussion?

Okay. Any new business?

Okay. I have one order of new business.

Uh, okay. So, on the city's website,

there is on the city council page, there

is a blue button that reads board and

commission candidate form. Mr. TRale

will um show you manually how to find

it. There you go. And once you click on

that, you can um share your name and

your contact information and you you

will find a list of boards, commissions

or authorities of interest. And you just

kind of check off what you might be

interested in serving on. And then you

can share any other um information uh

sharing why you might be a good fit for

said board or boards. Um and you submit

it and it will be received

by the clerk's office and it will be

received by our business administrator

uh for review and hopefully uh we can

gain some new interest in participation

um on our volunteer boards and

commissions. So, just wanted to note

that. Uh, if there's no further

business, the time is 7:40 p.m. I will

entertain a motion to adjurnn.

>> So, move.

>> Is there a second?

>> Second.

>> Thank you. We stand adjourned.