Sept. 20, 2027
— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs
Notre Dame High School’s plan for its athletic fields will be reviewed Monday by the Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners.
The proposal include a synthetic track around the football field, and a practice field where the track is now. The plan also shows a new parking lot between the softball field and the fieldhouse.
The board will also review a $900,000 settlement related to the retaining wall at the medical buildings under construction at Farmersville Road and Easton Avenue, and a motion related to the Township Manager position. The motion is not described.
This meeting is a big one, with an agenda 319 pages long.
The Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, at the municipal building, 4225 Easton Ave. Here is a link to the agenda and below is a cut-and-paste version of just the first two pages:
BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
7:00 P.M.
AGENDA
- CALL TO ORDER
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- ROLL CALL
- 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. - APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Regular Public Meeting – September 8, 2026 - PRESENTATION
B. 2025 Audit – Campbell, Rappold & Yurasits CPA - MOTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
C. A motion with respect to the Township Manager position.
D. A motion approving Grace Industries, Inc. Application for Payment #1 in the amount of
$7,769.25 for the Bethlehem Township (SR 2018) Freemansburg Avenue and 9th Street
Emergency Signal Project. - SUBDIVISIONS & LAND DEVELOPMENT
E. Sketch Plan – Notre Dame Master Plan
F. A motion to approve 2 relatively common waivers to plan design/process items for the proposed Autumn Estates Subdivision.
G. A motion to approve a waiver from the approval process, allowing the applicant to proceed with administrative review for the Chase Bank Land Development Plan.
H. A motion to approve a settlement agreement with TSV-HPIII Lehigh Valley for the retaining wall at 3311 Farmersville Road.
I. Resolution R068-26 granting approval of amended St Luke’s Medical Office Building (MOB) Land Development Plan. - RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
J. Resolution R067-26 authorizing applications to the Local Share Account
(Northampton/Lehigh Counties and Monroe County) Grant Programs of the
Commonwealth Financing Authority.
10. PURCHASE ORDER, BILL AND CHECK REGISTER APPROVAL
K. Bill Agenda of September 16, 2026.
L. Purchase Orders
- PO 20261761 – Eastern Time, Inc. – BTCC – $2,300.00
- PO 20261788 – Bath Supply Co. Inc. – PPIS – $2,460.00
- PO 20261820 – Old Dominion Brush Co. Inc. – PW – $4,763.20
- PO 20261821 – Stephenson Equipment Inc. – PW – $7,951.90
- PO 20261838 – Signal Service Inc. – BTPD – $5,632.00
- PO 20261839 – Signal Service Inc. – BTPD – $5,504.00
- PO 20261879 – Global Industries c/o Storage Concepts – PPIS – $5,546.04
- PO 20261882 – Patriot Workwear – BTPD – $6,624.00
- PO 20261891 – Qwick Kurb Inc. – PW – $4,598.47
- PO 20261892 – Old Dominion Brush Co. Inc. – PW – $4,763.20
- PO 20261904 – Resilite – The Mat Company – BTPD – $6,718.00
- APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT
M. Treasurer’s Report of August 31, 2026. - ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING
N. Meeting of September 30, 2026 - MONTHLY REPORTS
O. Community Center – Director Jackie Bittel
Community Development Department – Director Samantha Smith
Finance Department – Director Felix Martinez, Jr. (including 2027 Minimum
Municipal Obligation)
Police Department – Chief Gregory Gottschall
Public Works Department – Director Richard Kanaskie
Physical Plant and Information Services Department – Director Matt Miranda - ADJOURNMENT
pages 111 and 112
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