“With the growth of the office, the busyness of the office, that continues to get increasingly busier, this Operations Manager Position will allow us to move forward and be more modernized with the office and the direction I want to take it in”, is how Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio described the significance of commissioners passing Bill 2023-22 June 14, allowing the creation of a new position in his office.

Buglio continued, “This is going to be a huge help to staff and the residents of Lehigh Co and beyond for us to continue to do rapid response.”

Chair Geoff Brace said, “This will give you the opportunity to spread out the on-call hours in your office, which is a 24/7 operation. And this is a reminder that your office is always required. That somebody has to be available to respond. The burden that you and the other on-call staff face does need to be spread-out, and this will help in that endeavor.”

With the passage of this legislation, a new position of Grade 21 is added for an operations manager, with overtime funds being transferred to fund this new position.

The following bills received first reading:

Approving a sublease agreement with Stinky Pigs LLC, which would allow for the county to enter into a lease with the Velodrome portion of the Bob Rodale Cycling and Fitness Park and provide food to its customers. Commissioner Zakiya Smalls is the sponsor.

Commissioner Ron Beitler disclosed that he would abstain from the bill due to a business relationship with the company.

Commissioners Dave Harrington and Zach Cole-Borghi sponsored a bill allowing a “recidivist study which will give us a baseline to let us know how we are doing, insofar as preventing people from committing crime after they gone through our criminal justice system.”

The next meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. July 12 at the county government center, 17 South Seventh St.