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City Council is required to go through ethics training every two years, if Gadfly understands correctly.
The Mayor and department heads will attend as well.
Would be good for anybody contemplating running for office. Campaign season for mayor and other offices begins in a short 4-5 months or so.
The public is invited. Gadfly is curious and plans to attend. See the document at the bottom of the page for an idea of the content of the meeting.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
- Date:
- Thursday, August 27, 2020
- Time:
- 6:00 pm
- Location:
- Town Hall
DUE TO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY, TOWN HALL ACCESS IS CURRENTLY RESTRICTED. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE FOLLOW THE PHONE COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
PUBLIC COMMENT PHONE INSTRUCTIONS
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PHONE INSTRUCTIONS. If you would like to speak during the City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting on August 27, 2020, please sign up per the instructions below or call into the meeting when the Council President announces he will take public comment calls. If you would like to sign up to speak, email the following information to the Bethlehem City Clerk’s office (cityclerk@bethlehem-pa.gov) no later than 12:00 PM on August 27, 2020 (a) name; (b) address; (c) phone number; and (d) topic of comments. If you are signed up to speak, the City Council President will call you from (610) 997-7963. After all signed-up speakers talk, the Council President will ask whether anyone else would like to make public comments. If you want to speak at that time, call the Bethlehem City Council public comment phone line at (610) 997-7963.
NOTES. Calls to the public comment phone number will only be accepted during the designated public comment period with a 5 minute time limit. If you call and the line is busy, please call back when the current speaker is finished. As soon as your call begins, please turn off all speakers, computer speakers, televisions, or radios. At the start of your call, please state your name and address. A five minute time limit will apply to any public comments.
You can watch the City Council Meeting on the following YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRLFG5Y9Ui0jADKaRE1W3xw
Documents:
JFrankenburger Power Point Presentation 2020
Remember, City Council declined to adopt a more-meaningful ethics ordinance just a few years ago, although it was based on and comparable to those adopted by Easton and other PA cities.
Council preferred to stick with the statewide ethics statute, which is much less strict.