Reading City Council Bi-weekly Update

~ A concise post on City Council ~

The City Council of Reading held a regular meeting on November 27, 2006. The following ordinances, resolutions and issues were discussed by council and decided upon during the meetings in the past two weeks:


• Unanimously voted in favor of making an application to the County of Berks for an allocation of County Liquid Fuels Tax Funds in the amount of $20,090 for stone wall repairs along Skyline Drive.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 76, establishing the General Fund Budget for the City of Reading.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 77 establishing the Capital Improvement Plan Budget for the City of Reading.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 78 establishing the Full-Time Employee positions for the City of Reading for the fiscal year 2007.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 79, levying the real estate taxes for the fiscal year beginning the first day of January, 2007 and ending the thirty-first day of December, 2007.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 80, amending and re-enacting Article 24-321 to 24-336 by increasing the Home Rule Realty Transfer Tax from 3% to 5%.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 81, providing for a tax on Earned Income on nine tenths of one percent.

• Tabled Bill No. 82, adopting General Obligation Bonds for the design, acquisition, construction, installation and furnishing of a new sanitary sewage collection and treating system.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 83, guaranteeing the City of Reading Redevelopment Authorities 2006 Pension Note.

• Tabled Bill No. 84, establishing a twenty-five million dollar line of credit in 2006.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No.85, amending Section 15-202, Parking Meter Zones of the Codified Ordinances, by accepting the number and location and type of parking meters.

• Tabled Bill No. 86, transferring the Section 407 of Chapter 15 Motor Vehicles and Traffic regulations concerning the parking of Mobile Homes and Truck Trailers to Chapter 10 Health and Safety.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 87, authorizing the Mayor to execute all documents relating to the transfer of the Elks Club from the City of Reading, to Our City Reading Inc.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Bill No. 88, adopting 2006 General Obligations Bond.

• Tabled Resolution approving an interest rate management plan for the 2008 General Obligations Bond.

• Administration withdrew Resolution establishing a Joint Municipal Authority & appointing Mayor as the City representative.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Resolution settling the federal law suit with the Caption Denise Wise v. City of Reading, et al, Case 2:06-cv-02181-SD and the payment of the settlement amount of $750,000 in three installments.

• Unanimously voted in favor of Resolution appointing Dave Johnson to the Redevelopment Authority.