Northern Lehigh School Board recently approved the following financial matters:

• An agreement with Better Than the Best Concrete LLC to replace the deteriorating sidewalk at the stadium at a cost not to exceed $7,500, to be paid from the 2019-2020 general fund budget.

• Terminated the agreement between the district and KRE Security/Investigations Inc. that was approved at the Aug. 12 board meeting for the 2019-2020 school year.

• An agreement with Kajeet to provide CIPA-compliant, education-only filtered Internet access for district students who do not have Internet access at their home, so they can utilize their laptops for homework and projects, with the devices to be funded from the technology budget.

• To allow Provident Energy to include the district’s electricity usage needs in their request for proposal for electricity from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2024; and to sign and enter into an agreement to purchase electricity for the district from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2024, in the event that future year-early purchasing is favorable for the district and time does not allow for a board meeting to take place.

• A contract with Key Business Solutions FP for a Post Base 65 postage machine in the amount of $130 per month for 63 months. The monthly cost includes all postage machine supplies and maintenance/repair costs.

• Released the $5,000 donation to the Slatington Public Library that is budgeted in the 2019-2020 school year.

• Addendum to the agreement with Portnoff Law Associates Ltd. to be the delinquent real estate tax collector for the 2019-2020 school year.

• Appointed of Statewide Tax Recovery as the delinquent per capita tax collector for the 2019-2020 school year.

• Appointed Brandy Wanamaker, Borough of Walnutport, as deputy tax collector in the event the tax collector becomes incapacitated.

— Terry Ahner