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  • November 18, 2025 Meeting Minutes

    Nov 18, 2025

    ·Hazleton, PA
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    The City of Hazleton Government Study Commission met on November 18, 2025, to discuss potential adoption of a Home Rule Charter, with six of seven commissioners present. Mayor Panto of Easton (population 30,504, annual budget $74 million) presented details on Easton's 2008 Home Rule Charter adoption, which expanded its city council from 5 to 7 members and enabled alternative revenue sources beyond property taxes. Jim Perry, President of Hazleton City Council with 11 years of service, testified that the current government structure limits revenue to property taxes and that a Home Rule Charter would provide options such as earned income tax to support city services. Commissioners Tom Bruno and Joe Zeller expressed support for pursuing a Home Rule Charter based on the need for alternative revenue mechanisms and community benefit, while the Commission heard a presentation from Pennsylvania Economy League consultant Fred Redding on the charter drafting process.

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October 7, 2025 Meeting Minutes

Oct 7, 2025

·Hazleton, PA
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The City of Hazleton Government Study Commission held a meeting on October 7, 2025, with six of seven members present to evaluate the city's current form of government over a planned 9-month study period. The Commission will decide whether to recommend retaining the current government structure or draft a Home Rule Charter, with the latter extending the process by an additional 9 months and requiring voter approval via referendum. Regular GSC meetings are scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 4:30 PM at City Hall Conference Room A, with agendas and minutes to be posted on the city website. The Commission is conducting interviews with current and former mayors, city council members, and department heads, and subcommittees held virtual discussions with representatives from Lancaster and Williamsport, both Pennsylvania municipalities with full-time mayors that adopted Home Rule Charters; Lancaster used Home Rule to increase its Earned Income Tax to fund public safety and public works.

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  • Select Budget Committee — Minutes 2025-09-25

    Sep 25, 2025

    ·Seattle, WA
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    The Select Budget Committee held a meeting on September 25, 2025, to review the Mayor's Proposed 2025 and 2026 Budgets through department overview presentations from the City Budget Office and department directors. The committee heard information items on budget process overview (Inf 2732), the CBO's 2026 proposed budget overview (Inf 2733), and federal backfill (Inf 2734). The committee also discussed Council Bill 121083, which proposes imposing a local sales and use tax to fund criminal justice investments and amends Seattle Municipal Code sections 5.60. The meeting was chaired by Councilmember Strauss with seven members present during the afternoon session, beginning at 9:31 a.m. and adjourning at 4:32 p.m.

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