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Council approves St. Luke's testing contract, grant-prep transfer and storefront certificate

City Council of Bethlehem · January 6, 2026
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Summary

Council authorized a three-year contract with St. Luke's Occupational Medicine for DOT-regulated testing at $7,000 per year, approved a proposed $20,000 transfer to fund a grant writer for a Choice Neighborhoods application with the Bethlehem Housing Authority, and granted a certificate of appropriateness for storefront changes at 13–15 East 3rd Street. All formal votes recorded in the meeting passed unanimously.

Council approved a set of routine administrative measures in brief votes.

A resolution authorizing the mayor and controller to execute an agreement with St. Luke's Occupational Medicine to provide Department of Transportation-regulated random drug and alcohol testing was passed by roll-call vote, with the contract described as a three-year engagement at…

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