COUNCIL AGENDA

BETHLEHEM CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011 - 7:00 PM
TOWN HALL – 10 EAST CHURCH STREET – BETHLEHEM, PA

1. Invocation – Pastor Boddan Jurczyszn, Our Lord’s Ascension Polish National Catholic
Church

2. Pledge to the Flag.

3. Roll Call.

PUBLIC HEARING

City Council will conduct a Public Hearing to consider an Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to amend Section 1325.02 by adding a sentence to require the concurring vote of a majority of the Zoning Hearing Board.

7A Director of Planning and Zoning – Amending Article 1325.02 – Zoning Heard Board

7B Lehigh Valley Planning Commission – Amending Article 1325.02 – Zoning Hearing Board

4. Approval of Minutes – December 21, 2010 and January 4, 2011

5. Courtesy of the Floor. (for public comment on Ordinances and Resolutions to be voted on by Council this evening – 5 Minute Time Limit)

6. Old Business.

A. Old Business – Members of Council
B. Tabled Items
None.
C. Unfinished Business
1. Establishing Article 1716 – Landmarks and Properties of Historical Interest
(Assigned to Preservation Plan Task Force)

7. Communications.

C. Public Safety Committee Chairman – Replacing Article 735 – Emergency Alarm
Systems and Fees
D. President of Council – Amending Article 121 – Bond Issues, General Obligation
Notes, and Lines of Credit
E. Business Administrator – PMRS Ordinance – Early Retirement
F. City Solicitor – Records Destruction – Controller’s Office
G. City Solicitor – Records Destruction – Financial Services Bureau

8. Reports.

A. President of Council

B. Mayor

1. Administrative Order – Mark P. Jobes – Bethlehem Authority
2. Administrative Order – Joseph F. Bacak, III, M.D. – Board of Health
3. Administrative Order – Dino P. Cantelmi – Parking Authority
4. Administrative Order – Constantine Loupos – Zoning Hearing Board
5. Administrative Order – James K. Heitmann – Historic Conservation
Commission – South Bethlehem and Mount Airy
6. Administrative Order – Patricia J. Stahr – Board of Health

9. Ordinances for Final Passage.

None.

10. New Ordinances.

A. Bill No. 1 – 2011 – PMRS Ordinance – Early Retirement

11. Resolutions.

A. Police Pension Fund Resolution – Five-Year Method
B. Firemen’s Pension Fund Resolution – Five-Year Method
C. Officers’ and Employees’ Pension Fund Resolution – Five-Year Method
D. Certificate of Appropriateness – 115 East Market Street/Rear
E. Certificate of Appropriateness – 57 Wall Street
F. Certificate of Appropriateness – 534 Main Street

12. New Business.

13. Courtesy of the Floor. (for public comment on any subject – 5 Minute Time Limit)

14. Adjournment.