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Port Jervis council authorizes police to accept Stop DWI grant funding for 2025 and 2026 enforcement
Summary
The council approved two resolutions delegating authority to accept Stop DWI grant funding from Orange County and authorized city police to participate in high-visibility enforcement deployments for 2025 and 2026.
The Port Jervis Common Council on Jan. 13 approved two resolutions authorizing the city to accept Stop DWI grant funding from Orange County and delegating signature authority to Chief of Police William J. Wharton or Mayor Dominic Siklis.
The resolutions authorize the city to participate in Stop DWI enforcement deployments and high-visibility campaigns administered in 2025 and 2026. Council members approved both resolutions by voice vote; the motions passed with no recorded negative votes in the meeting transcript.
The council also moved to accept the police department's December monthly report; that motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The resolutions name the County of Orange as the funding source and explicitly delegate authority for contract execution to Chief William J. Wharton and Mayor Dominic Siklis. No dollar amounts for the grants were specified in the meeting transcript. The council did not record roll-call vote tallies in the minutes for these motions.
