Northampton County Council met Nov. 17 to amend contracts with Billitier Electric and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

County council adopted resolution 62-2022 May 19. This resolution endorsed a contract with Billitier Electric for $29,712 for a boiler blowdown rerouting project.

The amended contract increased the amount by $5,112.79, for a total amount of $34,824.79. The increased price accounts for the installation of a step-up transformer compatible with the in-line pump.

Council also amended resolution 14-2019, involving PennDOT, which was passed in January 2019. The amended resolution increased the total expenditure to $1,724,681, 80 percent of which is federally funded, with 20 percent funded by the county for final engineering, right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation.

An ordinance entering into a $383,454 agreement with Wilmer R. Schultz for general and electrical construction on the Minsi Lake Park rehabilitation project was also approved.

At the next meeting, council will potentially vote on the 2023 tax millage rate. If approved, the rate would remain at the current 10.8 mills. Council may also vote on a county-funded employee health center, proposed by county Executive Lamont McClure.