Middletown Board of Estimate accepts grants and donations, adopts recreation pass change and approves multiple utility bill adjustments

The Middletown Board of Estimate met on June 12, 2025, and approved a package of routine municipal items, including acceptance of donations and grants, a change to the recreation season-pass structure, banking and payment-service changes, approval of a school resource officer contract for the 2025–26 school year and several individual water- and sewer-billing adjustments.

Board member Massey called the meeting to order and led votes on each item. Most motions were moved by Massey and seconded by Rodriguez; the transcript records verbal approvals with “Aye” but does not record individual vote counts.

The board accepted a $1,000 Lions Club Camp scholarship donation. The motion was moved by Massey and seconded by Rodriguez; the transcript records the motion as approved.

On a separate item the board voted to accept state grant funds secured through Assemblywoman Gunther totaling $250,000. According to the materials discussed at the meeting, $200,000 will go toward a parking lot for the O&W project and $50,000 will go to an alley improvement project. Board members voted to authorize use of the general fund balance as needed to record the grant acceptance and related accounting.

The board approved an amendment to the recreation and parks fee schedule to replace monthly swimming-pool passes with season passes while keeping the resident price the same. The adopted structure includes a family-of-four season pass priced at $138 for City of Middletown residents. The transcript…