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Middletown council approves package of 2025 policies, contracts and budget transfers
Summary
At its Jan. 9 meeting the Middletown Common Council approved multiple resolutions including committee assignments, investment and procurement policies, contracts for services and several budget transfers; most measures passed by roll call with unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
The Middletown Common Council on Jan. 9 adopted a series of resolutions covering standing committee assignments, city policies for 2025, contracts and multiple budget transfers.
Key approvals included committee assignments for 2025, an investment policy, a fee schedule, a procurement policy and a fund-balance policy for 2025. The council also approved agreements and contracts, including a third-party administration contract with Perma for 2025, acceptance of additional funding for the Golden Area Senior Transportation Program, authorization of 2025 contracts related to the Orange County Youth Bureau, awarding a sludge transport and disposal bid to TAM Enterprises and authorizing a purchase agreement with Kingsman Holdings LLC for 11–15 King Street (previously approved in substance by the council with an entity substitution).
Budget actions included transfers within the 2024 recreation and parks budgets (to purchase a UV system and cover other costs) and a transfer to cover unanticipated 2024 litigation expenses. The council also authorized a change in pay rates for part-time employees working the 2025 winter programs and accepted a donation from Sharon and Charles Shoemaker to fund clinic scholarships.
Several measures were introduced and carried with little discussion. The council also authorized a public hearing on a proposal to add restrictions to granting first-floor waivers in the DMU zoning district. Most roll calls recorded the same pattern: Alderman Tobin, Alderman John Francois, Alderman Johnson, Alderman Ray, Alderman Kleiner, Alderman Green, Alderman Witt and President Rodriguez recorded "Aye" on the listed measures; one item recorded an abstention by Alderman Witt on the pay-rate resolution for winter programs.
Votes at a glance (selection of measures adopted Jan. 9): - Standing committees and membership for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Witt — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Investment policy for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Johnson — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Fee schedule for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Green — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Procurement policy for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Kleiner — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Fund-balance policy for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Ray — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Appointment of a 207-a officer — Sponsor: Alderman John Francois — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Golden Area Senior Transportation Program additional funding (FY 24/25) — Sponsor: Alderman Tobin — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Orange County Youth Bureau: approval of 2025 contracts/request for funding — Sponsor: Alderman Witt — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Change in part-time pay rates for 2025 winter programs — Sponsor: Alderman Green — Outcome: Approved (Alderman Witt recorded an abstention) - Transfer: Recreation Dept. 2024 budget to cover UV system — Sponsor: Alderman Kleiner — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Transfer: Parks and Recreation Dept. 2024 budget — Sponsor: Alderman Ray — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Perma third-party administration service contract for 2025 — Sponsor: Alderman Johnson — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Public hearing authorized on adding restrictions to granting first-floor waivers in DMU zoning district — Sponsor: Alderman John Francois — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Transfer to cover unanticipated 2024 litigation expenses — Sponsor: Alderman Tobin — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Donation acceptance from Sharon and Charles Shoemaker for clinic scholarships — Sponsor: Alderman Witt — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Award bid to TAM Enterprises for sludge transport and disposal — Sponsor: Alderman Green — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Amendment to city code re: parking fines (increase up to $100) — Sponsor: Alderman Kleiner — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Rules of decorum for city meetings — Sponsor: Alderman Ray — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Agreement with Pamela Welch — Sponsor: Alderman Jean Francois — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous) - Agreement with Kingsman Holdings LLC to purchase 11–15 King Street — Sponsor: Alderman Tobin — Outcome: Approved (roll call; one abstention recorded by vote summary on the motion carry) - Audit motion: accounts audited, claims adjusted and warrants authorized — Sponsor: Alderman Johnson — Outcome: Approved (roll call, unanimous)
Most items were approved on roll call; full text of each resolution, contract and transfer was not read aloud in full during the meeting or is not specified in the transcript. Where the transcript did not provide dollar amounts, terms or project details, those fields are recorded as "not specified" below. The council discussed a few items in more detail (for example, kennel/parking fine amounts and the King Street sale entity substitution) but the recorded deliberations were brief.
