Middletown council approved a series of routine budget transfers and agreements covering pedestrian safety, animal sheltering and municipal vehicle needs.

For pedestrian safety, the council authorized a $27,000 transfer within the Department of Public Works budget to replace poles and equipment for three pedestrian crossings; the funds were moved from the city's light-and-heat account to DPW general expenses. City staff said the replacements are the result of vehicle accidents; any insurance recoveries are held in the city's insurance account and were not specified in detail at the meeting.

The council also approved agreements with the Humane Society of Port Jervis Deer Park for handling stray animals and with the Humane Society of Middletown for sheltering stray dogs and cats. Both measures were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote with no substantive discussion recorded.

On municipal vehicles, the council approved a $66,384.44 transfer within Public Works to purchase a 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe for the Commissioner of Public Works; the commissioner's current 2021 Tahoe will be transferred to the police department to meet operational demand. Meeting text identifies Jacob Teweel as the staff member who requested the vehicle and as the intended user. Council members briefly questioned whether the police department should instead receive the new vehicle, but the motion (moved by Rodriguez and seconded by Massey) carried.

Finally, the council approved a last-minute fire-department reallocation to purchase a new chief's vehicle after an accident that totaled the department's chief vehicle (the transcript references an individual named "Crash Brady"). The council approved transfers totaling $35,000 within the fire budget from several line items (radio systems $6,000; uniform allowance $5,000; personnel training $3,414.92; fire recognition/training $10,004.93; training field improvement $6,004.94; personnel education $5,000) to the equipment account, and authorized the treasurer to appropriate insurance proceeds of about $27,000 toward the replacement; the remaining balance will be addressed in the 2026 budget.

All listed measures were approved by voice vote during the meeting; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript beyond the spoken "Aye" responses in the meeting record.