Sunday, September 2, 2012
Lower Saucon Township was one of 28 municipalities to recently receive partial grants from the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority.
Both Lower Saucon Township and Hellertown are among 28 Northampton County municipalities to receive grants from the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority, which dispenses casino revenue, the Express-Times reported Tuesday. An article published by the newspaper indicates that more than $700,000 was awarded and split by the authority according to a formula that gives each municipal-applicant 55 percent of the total amount of money it requested. Lower Saucon Township had requested approximately $49,000 for a police car and a security system for Steel City Park, which last year was seriously vandalized. The Borough of Hellertown was also awarded 55 percent of its grant request, the article states. According to …
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Steel City Park
Riverside Dr & Mathews Ave, Bethlehem, PA
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Borough of Hellertown
685 Main St, Hellertown, PA
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
At their meeting Jan. 23, members of the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redvelopment Authority unanimously approved a modification request by borough officials for a six-month extension of a grant awarded in 2010.
Hellertown borough manager Cathy Kichline and police chief Robert Shupp briefly appeared before the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority in Easton Jan. 23, requesting a six-month extension for a grant that was awarded to the borough in 2010. The modification--which was unanimously approved by the authority--will allow leftover grant money to be spent by the borough, instead of being returned to the authority's pool of uncommitted funds to be awarded to future applicants. The $149,000 grant funded the full-time employment of two borough police officers in 2011, when it was used to pay for their salaries and benefits. At the time of its award it was anticipated that the funds would by now be depleted, …
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Borough of Hellertown
685 Main St, Hellertown, PA
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
On Dec. 19, Hellertown Borough Council unanimously approved recommending borough businessman David Heintzelman to fill a seat on the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority board.
A prominent local businessman has been nominated by Hellertown Borough Council to fill the borough's seat on the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority board. At council's Dec. 19 meeting, David Heintzelman was unanimously endorsed to complete the unexpired term of current gaming authority board member Stephanie Kovacs. Heintzelman, who owns Heintzelman Funeral Home, Inc., is well known in the Saucon Valley for his involvement in civic and charitable endeavors, including his ongoing chairmanship of the Saucon Valley Halloween Parade Committee. Kovacs, whose borough council term expires at the end of this year, is also stepping down from the nine-member gaming authority effective Dec. 31. She abstained from …
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Borough of Hellertown
685 Main St, Hellertown, PA
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Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc
326 Main St, Hellertown, PA
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Lower Saucon Township Council voted to recommend John Blair to serve on the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority at its Dec. 7 meeting.
A local businessman could be Lower Saucon Township's next representative to the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority, township council decided Dec. 7. John Blair, who owns John Blair Custom Homes, would replace authority member and current township councilwoman Priscilla deLeon, whose term on the authority board expires Dec. 31. Blair's name was brought up during a discussion about possible candidates to fill the vacancy because he earlier expressed an interest in serving on the board, council said. Councilman Ron Horiszny said he believes that any time a citizen expresses an interest in serving in such a capacity it should be encouraged. Horiszny also thanked deLeon for her two years of service on the …
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Lower Saucon Township hopes to receive casino grant money for a police officer and emergency vehicles.
The Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority listened to and asked questions about Lower Saucon Township’s 2011 restricted gaming grant applications at their Aug. 22 meeting in Easton. Lower Saucon Township Finance Director Cathy Gorman thanked the authority for the opportunity to present the township's two applications, and introduced Lower Saucon Police Chief Guy Lesser at the meeting. Lesser explained the first application, which is for funding to retain a police officer and purchase a new police SUV. “There has been a noticeable increase in each area of police activity” since the opening of the Sands casino in nearby Bethlehem, Lesser told members of the authority. Like Hellertown, Lower Saucon used …
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Monday, August 29, 2011
The borough's engineer and emergency personnel gave in-depth explanations of items contained in the 2011 restricted gaming grant applications at an authority meeting Aug. 22.
Hellertown borough officials presented their applications for the 2011 round of restricted gaming grants before the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority Aug. 22. As with all grant application presenters, Hellertown was given eight minutes to discuss each of its applications, with a seven minute time limit for follow up questions from authority members. Bryan Smith, an engineer with Barry Isett & Associates, Inc., presented the authority with the borough’s application for stamped crosswalks and traffic calming measures at Main Street and Cherry Lane. Smith told the authority that there have been some pedestrian accidents in the borough, including some fatal accidents. In addition, he said that approximately…
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Priscilla deLeon and Hellertown gaming authority representative Stephanie Kovacs maintain that deLeon's earlier statements were accurate.
At recent Lower Saucon Township Council meetings there has been considerable discussion regarding grant applications submitted by the township to the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority. The June 15 council meeting wasn’t much different. The council’s gaming authority representative, councilwoman Priscilla deLeon, defended her previous statements to council regarding the grant applications. At the June 1 township council meeting, council vice president Tom Maxfield read a letter into the record in which he stated that deLeon had given inaccurate information to council regarding gaming authority grant applications--information that led council to draft a letter asking for the abolition of the gaming …
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Council vice president Tom Maxfield said the board received misinformation from its gaming authority representative, council member Priscilla deLeon.
In a reversal of the motion made at its previous meeting, Lower Saucon Township Council last week voted 4 to 0--with one abstention--not to write a letter requesting the abolition of the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority. Council Vice President Tom Maxfield, who originally made the motion to write a letter requesting the abolition of the gaming authority, read a letter he wrote to council citing the reason for the change at the June 1 meeting. Maxfield explained that he believes council was misinformed by the Lower Saucon Township gaming authority representative, council member Priscilla deLeon, about the grant application process. In the letter Maxfield stated: “Subsequent information gathering, …
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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Friday, May 27, 2011
A motion to send a letter to Northampton County Council requesting the abolition of the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority was approved by Lower Saucon Township Council at its May 18 meeting.
Lower Saucon Township Council members agreed at their May 18 meeting to write a letter to Northampton County Council requesting that the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority be abolished. Council Vice President Tom Maxfield made the motion to write the letter and to suggest substituting the gaming authority “with something workable.” The motion passed 3-0, with Sandra Yerger absent and Priscilla deLeon abstaining. “(There) doesn’t seem to be any clear rhyme or reason (with the application process),” said Council President Glenn Kern in regards to the gaming authority. “It’s difficult to submit applications and there is no clarity in their responses.” DeLeon, who currently serves on the nine-member gaming …
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Lower Saucon Township
3700 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem, PA
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
A controversy arose among members about whether to score the applications based upon a 65-point or 110-point scale.
A disagreement over how grant applications for casino revenues should be scored was resolved at the Northampton County Gaming Revenue and Economic Redevelopment Authority's March 28 meeting, but not before stark differences of opinion among several of the board's members were once again revealed. The disagreement first came to light in February, after several municipal officials requested information about how their applications for uncommitted funds grants had been scored, and how they ranked among the 46 applicants for approximately $700,000 in uncommitted funds the authority is prepared to award. At that time Gaming Authority Chairman John Finnigan said he was uncomfortable explaining to the municipalities how their applications had …
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669 Washington St, Easton, PA
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Paul Edward
9:01 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Exactly! Why doesn't the police department use this money to train its officers how to use some discretion. Like maybe they could give you a warning if your headlight was burned out or ask a group of kids to leave the park after dusk. Oh yeah, that wouldn't generate any revenue. I remember when the police were hear to protect and SERVE. more ›