Projects sit on their parcel; meetings and hearings sit at their venue. Routine permits and closed items are hidden until you choose Everything.
MeetingAgenda, City of AllentownCity Council (City of Allentown) is scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM at Council Chambers. 1 business item on the agenda, including Bill 46 Amending Part 1 – Administrative Legislation, Chapter 75 – P
“R102 Authorization for a change order in the amount of $25,000.00 with Maher Duessel to assist with the preparation and refinement of a five-year General Fund financial projection to support the City’s 2027 budget proce
“Bill 57 Amending the 2026 General Fund budget to accommodate the upgrade of the part-time Clerk 3 Confidential position in Fire Administration & Operations within the Fire Department. The part-time Clerk 3 Confidential
“Bill 58 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of Two Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars ($277,683) from the Trexler Budget into Roosevelt Park, Fountain Park, and W
“Bill 60 Amending the 2026 Capital Fund and General Fund Operating Budgets to provide for a transfer of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) from the 2026 Parks & Recreation Aquatics Operating Budget into the Ithaca Park Ca
“Bill 59 Amending the 2026 Equipment Fund Budget to provide for an increase of Forty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($48,985.00) for the purchase of 1 electric passenger vehicle. The City was awarded $12
City Council (City of Allentown) took place on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM at Council Chambers. 2 business items on the agenda, including Allentown Housing Authority Presentation; Downtown Allentown Alliance Pr
City Council (City of Allentown) took place on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM at Council Chambers. 1 business item on the agenda, including Housing Information.
City Council (City of Allentown) took place on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM at Council Chambers. 9 business items on the agenda, including R100 Authorization of Cooperative Contract(s) in an amount greater than
Environmental Advisory Council (City of Allentown) took place on Monday, August 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM at Virtually through Google Meet.
City Council (City of Allentown) took place on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM at Council Chambers. 1 business item on the agenda, including Controller Candidate Interviews in the Order Evette D'Amore Jasmine Salgado
City Council (City of Allentown) took place on Monday, August 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM at Council Chambers.
Pennsylvania
The biggest of 72 updates to Allentown’s public record this month; 5 public meetings in the next three weeks.
Matches the US median of 48 · PA median 44
Steady. Records are moving at a typical pace for an area this size.
Development records: not yet available for Allentown. The city does not publish its permit and land-use cases in a form we can read yet, so this page shows meetings, hearings and agenda items only. We add development records as soon as a city opens them up.
The next public meeting in Allentown is the Planning Commission on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM at Council Chambers.
0 public hearings are scheduled in Allentown; 1 took place in the last 90 days.
4 zoning or land-use policy changes are in progress in Allentown: rezonings, code amendments and comprehensive-plan updates, from the city's official records.
Records updated Sep 3, 2026 · every record names its official source · www.allentownpa.gov.
median of 23 similar-size cities in PA
From the Census Bureau's survey of local government finances, which classifies every city's own accounts the same way; utilities and enterprise funds are included where the city runs them. Compared with the median mix of similar-size cities in the same state - a description of how the money is allocated, not a judgement of it. Read from the Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances.
Every number is the district’s own reporting: the yearly series and peer median come from its filings to the U.S. Census Bureau (all funds, comparable nationwide); the most recent school year comes from its filing to the state (General Fund) - two scopes, shown separately, never mixed. Dollars are divided by the district’s enrollment; the peer median is a size cohort, not a ranking. This is spending, never a rating of schools.
What the council decides, from the minutes - counts and roll calls, never a rating.
Checking the city’s meeting portal…
In FY2022, Allentown spent $1,526 per resident. The biggest shares went to general government & administration (25%), police (22%), fire (12%). Figures are the Census Bureau's own survey of local government finances.
In FY2022, Allentown raised $1,569 per resident, mostly from sales & other taxes (31%), charges & fees (30%), property tax (21%).
Allentown City Sch Dist spends $26,731 per student (1 more district serves parts of Allentown), from the Census Bureau's own survey of school district finances. The schools section on this page compares it with similar-size districts.
46 (Limited). It describes what official records show about responsiveness, safety and spending; it never ranks governments or predicts anything. For scale, the median across covered US cities is 48 and across covered PA cities 44.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM, Council Chambers.
Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
Most upcoming meetings list Council Chambers.
None are published as of September 5, 2026.
A public hearing is the part of a meeting where anyone can testify on the item. The agenda gives the sign-up and written-comment rules; AreaMatter shows them on the hearing page and links the official notice.
Yes - Bill 52 Amending Part II General Legislation, Chapter 660 Zoning, Article 5 Uses, Table 660-4 Use Table and Section 660-38 Manufacturing & Industry Group, adding public notice requirements and amending the use category Data Center Use.; Bill 52 Amending Part II General Legislation, Chapter 660 Zoning, Article 5 Uses, Table 660-4 Use Table and Section 660-38 Manufacturing & Industry Group, adding public notice requirements and amending the use category Data Center Use.; R89 Authorization for Contract with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., in the amount of $299,943.00 to provide Construction Management, Inspection, and Documentation services for the City of Allentown’s School Zone Improvement Project and 10th & Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Pedestrian Improvement Project. These projects include improvements at twenty-six (26) school zone locations and at the intersection of S 10th St & Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. funded through the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Grant Program and the Carbon Reduction Program. Two (2) proposals were received. The Contract term shall commence upon full execution and shall cease three (3) years thereafter. Upon written agreement from the City, this contract may be extended for up to an additional two (2) one (1) year terms beyond the contract expiration period at the same annual terms of the initial term.; Zoning Hearing Board.
Rezonings go through a public hearing before the planning commission or council; the hearing notice states how to testify and the written-comment deadline. AreaMatter shows the deadline and the official notice on each item.