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Port Jervis council adopts 2025 budget with 2.5% tax levy
Summary
The Port Jervis Common Council approved the citys 2025 budget with a 2.5% tax levy in a 9 0vote, following a roll call that recorded unanimous support. The meeting also included approvals for several grants and labor agreements.
The Port Jervis Common Council on a unanimous roll call vote approved the citys 2025 budget, setting a 2.5% increase to the tax levy.
The budget motion was introduced by the finance chair and seconded; the council then conducted a roll call in which each named member voted "Yes," and the motion was recorded as passing 9 0to 00. Council members who spoke during the meeting praised the mayor, the finance chair and staff for producing a budget described as "doable."
The finance summary read during the meeting listed scheduled payables and notable items that the budget must cover, including Medicare vouchers and county landfill fees. The council also voted to pay bills totaling $542,351.12 covering multiple funds: general; water; sewer; capital; and trust and agency.
The council cast the budget vote after committee reports and several routine approvals. Speakers repeatedly emphasized fiscal restraint: one council member said the 2.5% levy represented a responsible outcome "from where we were to where we are now." The meeting record shows the council will resume regular business on Jan. 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
The budget adoption was the meetings principal formal action; other adopted items included local law changes, grant acceptances and memoranda of agreement that the council approved by separate motions.
