At an unusually brief meeting last night, Northampton County Council voted 6-2 to table a $35 million bond ordinance to finance the construction of a badly needed parking deck at the courthouse campus as well as an advanced radio system that would ensure communications among first responders throughout all four corners of the county.
Council member Jeff Corpora, who actually is a sponsor of the financing package, moved to table the ordinance because Council member Ron Heckman, who is battling a virus, was absent. Corpora's motion was seconded by Council member John Goffredo.
Once a motion to table is made and is seconded, no debate is permitted. Voting to table were Corpora and Goffredo, joined by Council members Lori Vargo Heffner, John Brown, Tom Giovanni and Ken Kraft. Voting against the motion to table were Council members Jeff Warren and Kelly Keegan.
At a committee meeting the day before, financial advisor Scott Shearer told Council that he does not believe there will be any change in the interest rates between July, when a larger bond package was proposed, and now. He said bind pricing would be known in late February or early March.
The overall price for construction of a stand-alone garage will be about the same as it was when the project was first proposed in July, according to Gary Warren of Skanska.
Executive Lamont McClure provided no report to Council.
In other business, County Council voted 8-0 to adopt an ordinance effectively granting a no-fault divorce between the county and its conservation district. It has been removed from supervision by the county administration.
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