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BETHLEHEM CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2017 – 7:00 PM
TOWN HALL – 10 EAST CHURCH STREET – BETHLEHEM, PA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Invocation – Reverend Don Garrett, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley
Pledge to the Flag.

1.         Roll Call

2.         Approval of Minutes – August1, 2017

3.         Public Comment.  (on any subject not being voted on this evening – 5 Minute Time Limit)

4.         Public Comment. (on Ordinances and Resolutions to be voted on this evening – 5 Minute Time Limit)

5.         Old Business.

            A.        Old Business – Members of Council
            B.        Tabled Items
            C.        Unfinished Business

6.         Communications.

            A.        Director of Water and Sewer Resources – Recommendation of Award – Zimmerman
Environmental LLC.  
            B.         City Solicitor – Highway Safety Project Grant – Community Traffic Safety
Project
            C.        City Solicitor – Use Permit Agreement – Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce by and
through its Downtown Bethlehem Association – 2017 Harvest Fest
            D.        City Solicitor – Records Destruction  - Police Department

7.         Reports.

            A.        President of Council

            B.        Mayor

            C.        Public Safety Committee (Mr. Waldron)

8.         Ordinances for Final Passage.

            A.        Bill No. 29-2017 – Intermunicipal Agreement between the City of Bethlehem, the Bethlehem
Authority, and Upper Saucon Township Related to Water Service

9.         New Ordinances.

            A.        Bill No. 30-2017 - Amending Article 117 – Officers and Employees – Adding Restriction on
Acceptance of Gifts

                       
10.       Resolutions.

            A.        Authorizing Use Permit Agreement – Celtic Fest, Inc. d/b/a Celtic Cultural Alliance – 2017,
2018, 2019 Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival
            B.        Authorizing Use Permit Agreement – McCarthy’s Irish Pub, Inc. – McCarthy’s Irish Pub
Celebration
            C.        Authorizing Contract – Zimmerman Environmental LLC
            D.        Certificate of Appropriateness – 132 East Market Street
            E.         Certificate of Appropriateness – 438 Center Street

11.       New Business.

12.       Adjournment.