BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 7:00 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. 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. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Regular Public Meeting – September 7, 2021 6. RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS B. Resolution R043-21 adopting the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority to enable the authority to provide for stormwater system planning, management, and implementation; authorizing and directing proper officers of the authority to perform all acts and execute all other documents required or contemplated; and extending the authority’s term of existence. C. Resolution R044-21 authorizing an application to the Local Share Account (Northampton & Lehigh Counties) grant program of the Commonwealth Financing Authority. 7. MOTIONS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS D. A motion authorizing correspondence to state legislators in support of amending Pennsylvania’s municipal development laws. E. A motion authorizing that Christine Bartleson be granted a normal retirement benefit from the Non-Uniform Pension Fund in the amount of $410.41 per month for life, effective October 1, 2021. F. A motion authorizing the 2021-2022 snow plowing/removal request for proposals (RFP). G. A motion authorizing a donation to ARCHIE in support of the Housenick fall tour event. 8. PURCHASE ORDER, BILL AND CHECK REGISTER APPROVAL H. Bill Agenda of September 15, 2021. I. Purchase Orders 1. PO 20211702 – Colonial Electrical Supply Co. – PPIS – $3,016.00 2. PO 20211703 – Cody Systems – PPIS – $16,504.04 3. PO 20211772 – C.M. High Inc. – PPIS – $3,106.33 4. PO 20211773 – Hunter & Sons Electric – PPIS – $3,988.00 5. PO 20211793 – City of Easton – Police – $2,276.55 6. PO 20211807 – Kids Play Tennis – BTCC – $1,926.20 7. PO 20211845 – Berkheimer OneSource – PPIS – $20,682.50 8. PO 20211846 – JWC Environmental – PPIS – $16,684.96 9. APPROVAL OF TREASURER’S REPORT J. Treasurer’s Report of August 31, 2021. 10. ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING K. Meeting of September 29, 2021. 11. MONTHLY REPORTS L. Finance Department (including 2022 Minimum Municipal Obligation) – Director Andrew Freda Community Center – Director Jackie Bittel Planning Department – Director Amanda Raudenbush Police Department – Chief Daniel Pancoast Public Works Department – Director Richard Grube Physical Plant and Information Services Department – Director Steve Hunsberger 12. ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2021-_____ A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, TO ADOPT THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO ENABLE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR STORMWATER SYSTEM PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING PROPER OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY TO PERFORM ALL ACTS AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED OR CONTEMPLATED; AND EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY’S TERM OF EXISTENCE WHEREAS, the Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority (the “Authority”) at its regular meeting of September 15, 2021, passed Authority Resolution No. __ of 2021, proposing to amend the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation to enable the Authority to provide for stormwater system planning, management, and implementation; authorizing and directing proper officers of the Authority to perform all acts and execute all other documents required or contemplated; and extending the Authority’s term of existence; and WHEREAS, Authority Resolution No. __ of 2021 further authorized and directed the Authority’s Secretary to submit certified copies of said Resolution to the Township’s Board of Commissioners for adoption and approval; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S. § 5605, the Authority has submitted to the Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners a duly certified copy of Resolution No. __ of 2021, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, that includes the proposed amendment and form of the Articles of Amendment necessary to amend the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation as proposed; and WHERAS, the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S. § 5605, requires that the Board of Commissioners of Bethlehem Township, being the governing authority of the municipality composing the Authority, adopt or reject the proposed amendment by resolution or ordinance; and WHEREAS, after due consideration of the proposed amendment, the Township wishes to adopt and approve the amendment as proposed to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation. BE IT RESOLVED, under the authority of the First Class Township Code by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Bethlehem, County of Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as follows: SECTION 1. The Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners, being the governing authority of the municipality composing the Authority, hereby adopts and approves the amendment to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation in the form proposed by the Authority’s Resolution No. __ of 2021; SECTION 2. The amendment to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation shall amend the Articles of Incorporation to enable the Authority to provide for stormwater system planning, management, and implementation, by amending the fourth paragraph in said Articles of Incorporation to read as follows: “4th. The provisions for which the authority is to be organized and incorporated are: to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own, lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, projects of the following kind and character: public school buildings and appurtenances, highways, parking spaces, parkways, parks, recreation grounds and facilities, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, playgrounds, tunnels, bridges, and stormwater systems or parts thereof including the planning, management, and implementation of stormwater systems.” SECTION 3. The amendment to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation shall amend the Articles of Incorporation to enable the Authority to extend the Authority’s term of existence by amending the seventh paragraph in said Articles of Incorporation to read as follows: “7th. The term of existence of said Authority shall be for a period ending December 31, 2070.” SECTION 4. The Bethlehem Township Board of Commissioners additionally approves the proper officers of the Authority to perform all acts and execute all other documents required to effectuate the amendments to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation adopted above; SECTION 5. Severability. If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this Resolution is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this Resolution. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Commissioners that this Resolution would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence, clause, section, or part thereof not been included herein. SECTION 6. Repealer. All resolutions or parts of resolutions which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. Effective Date. The effective date of this Resolution shall be its date of enactment. ADOPTED this _____ day of _________________, 2021. ATTEST/WITNESS BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP ______________________________ By: ______________________________ Laura G. Zapata Michael D. Hudak Secretary President, Board of Commissioners (SEAL) ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO: THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA In compliance with requirements of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S. § 5601, et seq., as amended and supplemented, and pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority (the “Authority”), proposing an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority, which proposed amendment has been submitted to and adopted and approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (the “Township”), the governing authority of the municipality composing the Authority, by Resolution duly adopted, the Authority hereby does file these Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation and does certify: 1. The name of the Authority is “Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority”; and the registered office of the Authority is located at 4225 Easton Avenue, Township of Bethlehem, County of Northampton, Pennsylvania, with a mailing address of 4225 Easton Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18020. 2. The Authority has been duly formed under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S. § 5601, et seq, pursuant to appropriate action for the governing authority of the Township, and the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Department”), approved November 18, 1952, as amended and supplemented by Articles of Amendment of the Authority filed with the Department, approved October 27, 1971, as further amended and supplemented by Articles of Amendment of the Authority filed with the Department, approved February 27, 2009. 3. A copy of the certified