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Port Jervis council closes hearing on proposed change to building review fees
Summary
The Port Jervis City Council closed a public hearing on Local Law No. 9, which would update engineering review fees for new commercial construction to 1% of construction cost or a $2,000 minimum; council closed the hearing after a staff presentation and no public opposition was recorded.
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — The Port Jervis City Council on Tuesday closed a public hearing on Local Law No. 9, a proposal to update engineering review fees charged by the building department for new commercial construction.
A staff presenter told the council the existing fee schedule was "extremely outdated" and that staff had repeatedly had to ask developers for additional funds to cover engineering-review costs. "We came in line with our most recent building projects as well as some other municipalities, and we're gonna change the code to either 1% of the construction cost or a $2,000 minimum," the presenter said.
The presenter framed the change as an effort to align Port Jervis with comparable projects and to reduce the number of supplemental fee requests to applicants. Council members discussed the proposal briefly and then moved to close the public hearing. The motion to close was seconded and carried on a voice vote; the transcript records the hearing was closed but does not record a formal adoption or final vote on the local law.
No members of the public spoke in opposition during the hearing. The council did not record a final adoption or a roll-call vote on Local Law No. 9 in the portion of the meeting captured by the transcript.
If the council follows typical next steps, the matter could return for a vote at a later meeting or be scheduled for further procedural steps; the transcript does not specify a date for final consideration.
