2012 Lackawanna City Council Agendas/Business
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AGENDA
Reorganizational/Council Meeting
Council Chambers
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Meeting called to order/Pledge of Allegiance
NB: Meeting being recorded.
Roll Call: Council: Noman, ________, Kulczyk, Lewis, Pirowski
Hearings from Citizens:
Communications from the Mayor:
1. Mayor Szymanski - advises Council of his resignation in position of 2 nd Ward Council Member.
Mayor Szymanski issues the following executive orders:
2. Executive Order #1 – Appointment of Norman A. LeBlanc as City Attorney.
3. Executive Order #2 – Appointment of Thomas N. Love as Public Works Commissioner.
4. Executive Order #3 – Appointment of Dana Britton as Public Safety Director.
5. Executive Order #4 – Appointment of Angelo Iafallo as Parks & Recreation Director.
6. Executive Order #5 – Appointment of Ralph Miranda as Director of Development.
7. Executive Order #6 – Appointment of Maureen Gambino as Confidential Secretary to the Mayor
Communication from the Council:
8. Council President Pirowski – requests voting order be as follows: 1 st ward, 2 nd ward, 3 rd ward, 4 th ward, Council President.
9. Council President Pirowski – submits the following resolutions for Council approval:
Resolution # ___, 2012 – Appointment of 2 nd Ward Council Member
Resolution # , 2012 – Appointment of City Clerk
Resolution # , 2012 – Appointment of Council Member Noman as Council President Pro-Tempore.
Resolution # 2012 – Designation of City Council Meeting dates for the year 2012.
Resolution # , 2012 – Appointment of Council Clerk/Deputy Clerk
Resolution # , 2012 – Designation of Front Page Newspaper as official newspaper of the city.
Communications from Department/Division Heads:
10. City Attorney – seeks Council approval of settlement of $3,000 to Michael Abert for a law suit involving a fall due from the result of walking on Ridge Road when city snow plow covered sidewalk.
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The Eagle has landed.
We were told "change" has now begun in LA.
The " transition " of POWER seemed to have gone well at the swearing-in ceremony yesterday at the LA Senior Center. I am guessing appr. 150 people....standing room only, and lots of Hank P. fans clapping loudly for him. I can admit I did like to see the younger generation involved now in Lackawanna governmental administration. I hope their educated/goal-minded-visionary minds are the fit we have been pushing along for a very long time. I was 35 when I started out myself come to think of it, how time flies when you are having fun! HaHa. Lost my job.......Arrested 2x......MAJOR character assassinations---Public Humilation, etc. because I speak the truth about what they say/do and what they do not do for us. I sincerely have hope in the the new-comers, plan to be positive and offer any assistance I can give to the governmental powers now running LA.
I thought ALL of the Council-members would be present, but was surprised to see not all showed.
They had cookies and punch out for the crowd which was very nice and then they left to go on to Curlys'.
I saw a couple downers yesterday but the biggest to me was when someone said........"how our now EX-Mayor SACRIFICIED the last 8 years of his life for Lackawanna". HOW? When he gave up his little puddle-jumper to his son in order to drive the new City-owned SUV around town for the past 4 years or so? Aw.....and ALL those free "business" lunches when his own family brown-bags it? Awww.....
Out with the old and IN with the NEW.....Happy New Year All!
These thoughts fleetingly also crossed our minds........
Quote:
Originally Posted by
LAsurvivor
I found it interesting that our new Mayor and councilmen all talked about "Moving the City forward" while at the same time thanking and praising the outgoing mayor. It seemed like back handed compliments because it sure seemed like they acknowledged having a lot of work ahead of them, which shouldn't be the case if such a good job was done.
Can't decide if it was a lot of B.S. or if they were just "being polite." :witless:
Also.......
Why he did NOT personally hand the baton on to Geoff while giving one of his infamous speeches......Why he was NOT on program.........
Why he and the wife sat in back row ( son stood) instead of up front with the rest of dignitaries.......There were plenty of empty seats for him by podium......
Yep.......can't decide, BUT, who cares anyway?!:rolleyes:
How are the ill Councilmembers doing? New Date for Council Meeting yet?
Anyone know if the new date has been picked yet for our cancelled due to illness first meeting?
I don't see anything on the City web yet.........any news on date and how the ill Council-members are?
City & Region
Lackawanna
Illness forces Council to call off meeting
By Jay Tokasz
News Staff Reporter
Published:January 5, 2012, 12:00 AM
A much-anticipated first City Council meeting of 2012 in Lackawanna fizzled Tuesday when two councilmen didn't show due to illness, leaving the board without a quorum.
A packed house showed up to see the new Council in action, only to be told the meeting would have to be rescheduled.
Third Ward Councilman Francis Kulczyk, who has been ill, asked to be excused from the meeting early Tuesday. Then, at about 6:15 p. m., Council President Henry R. Pirowski received a telephone call from the daughter of Abdul Noman, who reported that the 1st Ward councilman was in the hospital.
Pirowski and 4th Ward Councilman Keith E. Lewis— both elected to the Council for the first time in November — were the only members present. Three Council members constitute a quorum.
The 2nd Ward Council seat —formerly held by Mayor Geoffrey
M. Szymanski— is still vacant. Council members were set to consider Annette Iaffalo and Rebecca Darch, both recommended by the 2nd Ward Democratic committee, to fill the seat until an election later this year.
Pirowski called off the meeting shortly after 7 p. m. and said it would be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Szymanski appointed his father- in-law, Norman A. Le- Blanc, to replace longtime city attorney Arc Petricca.
The mayor also appointed Dana Britton, who retired as a lieutenant from the Lackawanna Police Department, as director of public safety for the city. Britton succeeds Richard Startek.
Szymanski also reappointed Thomas N. Love as commissioner of public works, Angelo
J. Iaffalo as director of parks and recreation, Ralph Miranda as director of development and Maureen Gambino as confidential secretary — all of whom served in the same capacity under former Mayor Norman L. Polanski Jr.
jtokasz@buffnews.com
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