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Port Jervis council approves water system actions: meter table update, lead service inventory contract and $1.5M CDBG grant agreement
Summary
The Common Council adopted Local Law No. 3 (02/2025) to update water-meter fee tables, approved a contract with Gallagher & Gallagher for the city’s lead service inventory project, and authorized the mayor to execute a $1.5 million Community Development Block Grant to upgrade the city’s water filtration plant.
The Port Jervis Common Council on Feb. 3 approved multiple actions affecting the city’s water system, including a change to the city code to add larger meter sizes, a contract to continue the lead service inventory, and a resolution authorizing a $1.5 million Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) agreement to upgrade the water filtration plant.
Councilman Vicarello moved and Councilman Jeffrey Rhodes seconded public opening and adoption of Local Law No. 3 of 02/2025, described as an amendment to chapter 280 of the city code to add fee chart entries for larger water meter sizes (including 8-inch meters). The council opened the hearing and later adopted the local law; the motions carried.
Council records show the mayor was authorized to sign an agreement with Gallagher & Gallagher (project number 19627) for environmental/attorney and legal services connected to the city’s ongoing lead service inventory project. A staff member described the work as "the continued lead service inventory project that we are mandated to undertake," and the council voted to permit the mayor to sign the agreement.
Separately, Councilwoman Jacqueline Dennison read a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a CDBG agreement with the Housing Trust Fund Corporation for $1,500,000 to improve and upgrade the city’s water filtration plant. Dennison read language stating the Housing Trust Fund Corporation has awarded $1,500,000 to the city to "improve and upgrade the city's water filtration plant." The council voted to approve the resolution; the vote carried.
The CDBG resolution as presented directs the mayor (or designee) to execute the grant contract subject to review by corporation counsel. Council members noted that HUD deposits and grant processing were being monitored; the Housing Trust Fund award and the Gallagher & Gallagher agreement together continue the city’s work on water filtration and lead-service remediation planning.
The meeting transcript records motions and that votes carried on these items; detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the provided transcript.
