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Finance committee backs funding to add a second paralegal, administration cites mercantile tax revenue
Summary
The committee recommended placing legislation on May 6 to increase the budget to pay a second full-time paralegal for the solicitor’s office, using an estimated $50,000 from business privilege/mercantile tax revenue this year and proposing permanent inclusion in the 2026 budget.
The Bethlehem City Council Finance Committee voted to recommend legislation placing a budget adjustment on the May 6 council agenda to fund an additional paralegal position in the city solicitor’s office.
Council Chair Grace Krampsey Smith said the solicitor’s office has had one paralegal on staff since 1989 but that “the volume and complexity of city legal matters has increased,” prompting a request to add…
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