Although the year is winding down and Lower Saucon Township Council's last scheduled meeting of 2023 is Wednesday, Dec. 5, the draft agenda for the meeting indicates that council still has much business to consider, including the potential preliminary approval of Bethlehem Landfill's proposed Phase V Land Development & Lot Consolidation expansion plan Wednesday.
Although its final adoption was listed as an agenda item and a vote on it was expected, the 2024 Lower Saucon Township budget didn't go to a vote at council's Nov. 15 meeting. Council did, however, consider a proposal that wasn't on the agenda to lower property taxes by more than 50 percent.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, when a number of important local races will be decided. Among the most-watched races are those for Lower Saucon Township Council, Saucon Valley School Board and Hellertown Borough Council.Â
Jayne Shinko of Hellertown says state Rep. Milou Mackenzie's letter in which she questioned "outsider" influence in the Lower Saucon Township Council race failed to identify the "mega outsider" in the race. Shinko says that entity is "Waste Connections, a huge Texas corporation which has papered both Lower Saucon and Hellertown with political signs and filled our mailboxes with inaccurate political broadsides, all to advance its own self-interest and the growth of the Bethlehem Landfill rather than the interest of our community."
Saucon Source recently asked the six candidates running for three seats on Lower Saucon Township Council to answer the same five questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
The Lower Saucon Township Planning Commission voted 5-0 Thursday to recommend preliminary approval of Bethlehem Landfill's expansion plans, subject to conditions identified in a Hanover Engineering compliance letter being met. The commission also voted to recommend granting various waivers identified in the Oct. 19 letter, which are needed for the plans to proceed.
An agreement between opposing parties that places temporary limits on Bethlehem Landfill's efforts to expand across approximately 275 wooded acres in Lower Saucon Township was reached in Northampton County court Tuesday.
An offer to help fund the Hellertown Area Library for two years that was recently made by Lower Saucon Township was called into question by a number of Hellertown Borough Council members Monday, with council ultimately agreeing to reject it and release a community letter explaining why.
Lower Saucon Township resident Lynn Hill says some members of Lower Saucon Township Council are using a "bully pulpit...to push landfill propaganda."
Lower Saucon Township resident Mary Dawson says she and others who want home library services and the PA Access program restored are being ignored.
