ALLENTOWN, Pa. — City lawmakers are set to reconsider raising property taxes and lowering a planned hike in trash fees, just two weeks after rejecting the same compromise when it was proposed by Mayor Matt Tuerk.
The mayor in October proposed a 3.96% property tax raise coupled with a $135 per-unit increase in trash-collection costs related to Allentown’s new contract with J.P. Mascaro and Sons.
Three council members — Ed Zucal, Ce-Ce Gerlach and Natalie Santos — immediately opposed Tuerk’s proposal, which was doomed when Councilwoman Cynthia Mota came out against it in her Election Night victory speech…