ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Allentown City Council will have a special meeting Tuesday for a proposed budget compromise that would slash the city’s solid waste fee by $50 while reinstating a previously removed property tax increase.
The proposal, sponsored by Councilpersons Cynthia Mota Affa, Daryl Hendricks, and Santo Napoli, seeks to reverse a Nov. 19 amendment that removed Mayor Matt Tuerk’s proposed 3.96% tax increase from the General Fund Budget.
According to the meeting agenda, the sponsors argue the new plan is more equitable than the mayor’s initial compromise of a $25 waste fee reduction…