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Port Jervis hires two full-time officers and appoints new city assessor
Summary
Council approved hiring Sean Talmadge and Eric Hunter as full-time Port Jervis police officers (subject to background checks) and appointed Heather Marino as city assessor with a term to 09/30/2025; other commission appointments were also made.
The Port Jervis Common Council approved several personnel actions at its April 14 meeting, including hiring two full‑time police officers and appointing a new city assessor.
Council moved to hire Sean Talmadge, effective May 4, 2025, and Eric Hunter, effective May 5, 2025, as full‑time police officers for the City of Port Jervis. The appointments were made subject to satisfactory background checks and completion of required paperwork with the Orange County Department of Human Resources/Civil Service Division; the motion carried.
Later in the meeting the council nominated and then conducted a roll-call vote to appoint Heather Marino to the position of city assessor. Marino’s appointment will run through Sept. 30, 2025; council members noted that assessors in New York State are appointed to six‑year terms and that the council will extend that appointment at a future meeting to the full six‑year term. The roll-call recorded affirmative votes and the motion passed unanimously in the minutes.
The council also appointed Yvonne Duryea to a one‑year term on the veil service commission (through May 31, 2026) and appointed David Gonzalez to complete the remainder of the late Dan Olnick’s zoning board term (ending Jan. 31, 2027). Mayor and council offered condolences for Dan Olnick.
Contingencies and conditions: the police hires remain subject to satisfactory pre‑employment background checks and state/county paperwork; Marino’s assessor appointment was preceded by state background review and confirmation that she met training and education requirements, according to the record. The meeting minutes did not provide individual vote tallies for the police hires but recorded that motions carried.
