Bethlehem Township to Review Police Appointments, Vote on Selling Equipment Monday

Aug. 2, 2026

— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs

Bethlehem Township’s Board of Commissioners has a light agenda for Monday night.

The board will consider the appointment of a sergeant and corporal, and approve the sale of used equipment.

The township will use Municibid, sort of eBay for government sales, to auction off a trailer, mower, snow blower and other equipment.

A full list is available on the township website. Click on the Aug. 3 agenda, look for page 21.

The Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, in the municipal building, 4225 Easton Ave.

Here’s a link to the township website and below is a cut-and-paste version of the agenda:

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
AUGUST 3, 2026
7:00 P.M.
AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR
   Public comments on non-agenda items should be made during Courtesy of the Floor at the beginning of the meeting. Public comments on agenda items should wait until that specific item is reached on the agenda. A 3-5 minute time limit on each speaker may be considered and voted on by the board at the beginning of meetings with large attendance.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
   A. Regular Public Meeting – July 20, 2026
6. SUBDIVISIONS & LAND DEVELOPMENT
   B. A motion to extend the developer’s obligation to complete improvements, pursuant to the 2022
   resolution of approval, to September 19, 2027 for the Mower Road Land Development Plan.
   C. A motion to extend the developer’s obligation to complete improvements, pursuant to the land
   development agreement, to August 18, 2028 for the LVIP VI Lot 43 (Petrucci Office Building)
   Land Development Plan.
   D. A motion to approve Improvements Security Release #2 in the amount of $ 281,545.63 for LVIP
   VI Lot 43.
7. RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
   E. Resolution R058-26 appointing a sergeant to the Bethlehem Township Police Department.
   F. Resolution R059-26 appointing a corporal to the Bethlehem Township Police Department.
   G. Resolution R060-26 authorizing the township manager to utilize Municibid on-line government
   auction service for the sale of township-owned personal property.
   H. Resolution R061-26 appointing a member to the Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority.
8. PURCHASE ORDER, BILL AND CHECK REGISTER APPROVAL
   I. Purchase Orders
9. PO 20261509 – Penn Power Group LLC. – PPIS – $8,016.69
10. PO 20261510 – Brown-Daub Dodge – PPIS – $6,033.15
11. PO 20261511 – Core & Main – PPIS – $75,006.00
12. PO 20261519 – If It’s Water, Inc. – BTCC – $48,500.00
13. PO 20261531 – Albarell Electric, Inc. – PPIS – $5,025.00
14. PO 20261548 – City of Allentown – Police – $24,000.00
15. ADJOURNMENT