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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City council Tuesday discussed two resolutions and two ordinances during a brief work session.</p><p>The four items on the agenda will be voted on at council&#8217;s public meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall.</p><p>The resolutions:</p><p>&#8226; The reappointment of Dr. Elliot Silkowski of Noble Lane, Wilkes-Barre, to the city&#8217;s Board of Health for a five-year term that expires Dec. 31, 2023.</p><p>&#8226; An application for traffic signal approval by PennDOT. It involves the ownership and maintenance by the city of a signal for a pedestrian crossing on South Franklin Street between Ross and South streets as part of the Streetscape project at the Wilkes University campus.</p><p>The ordinances:</p><p>&#8226; The amendment of the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan to include the transfer of $798,925 in revolving loan funds for the purchase of a new ladder truck and engine for the fire department. The fund balance increases to $1,526,978.</p><p>&#8226; The amendment of the garbage and refuse section of the city Code of Ordinances to include the increase of the recycling fee to $60 a year from $50. The fee was raised in Mayor Tony George&#8217;s $50.4 million balanced, general fund budget for this year.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jerry Lynott</p><p>jlynott@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or on Twitter @TLJerryLynott.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre council to vote on resolutions, ordinances