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Bethlehem council amends 2026 general fund budget in unanimous vote
Summary
Council passed an ordinance amending the 2026 general fund budget (Bill 012026) by a unanimous roll-call vote (7–0). The ordinance was sponsored by Councilwomen Leon and Wilhelm; the ordinance text in the transcript did not specify the dollar amount.
Council approved an ordinance to amend the 2026 general fund budget, identified in the meeting as Bill 012026, in a roll-call vote that passed 7–0.
The ordinance was introduced on the agenda as an amendment to the general fund for 2026 and listed Councilwomen Rachel Leon and Kira Wilhelm as sponsors. The clerk conducted a roll-call vote; each council member recorded an "Aye" and the mayoral representative recorded the result as passed, 7–0.
The meeting transcript’s ordinance text did not include a specific dollar amount tied to the amendment; the clerk identified the item on the agenda as Bill 012026 and recorded the unanimous vote.
Context: the council’s annual report earlier in the meeting referenced major capital and programmatic work in 2025 — including the completed Walnut Street garage redevelopment, a 517-space, $27,000,000 project — but the ordinance vote recorded at the meeting did not attach those specific capital numbers to Bill 012026 in the transcript.
Quote: During the roll call, each member answered "Aye," and the clerk announced, "Pass 7 0."
