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Council approves St. Luke's testing contract, grant-prep transfer and storefront certificate
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 $7,000 per year and three renewal options. The resolution was sponsored by Councilwomen Leon and Wilhelm and recorded as passing 7–0.
In communications, the deputy director of community development (Sarah Satullo, referenced in the memorandum) recommended that the city and the Bethlehem Housing Authority submit a joint application for a FY2025 Choice Neighborhoods implementation grant and proposed transferring $20,000 to cover grant-writing professional services (the two entities would split the cost). That transfer was presented as recommended in the agenda materials; the transcript records the communication but does not record a separate roll-call vote on that transfer during the session.
Council also granted a certificate of appropriateness under Pennsylvania law and Bethlehem ordinance to modify the sign band and storefronts at 13 and 15 East 3rd Street; the resolution was sponsored by Leon and Wilhelm and recorded as passing 7–0.
Quote: As read on the agenda, the St. Luke's resolution authorizes city officials to execute an agreement for DOT-regulated testing.
