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Port Jervis council approves PBA agreement, tax rates and multiple resolutions in routine session
Summary
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Port Jervis Common Council approved a four-year PBA memorandum of agreement, adopted 2026 homestead and nonhomestead tax rates, authorized bid solicitations for a water-filter rehabilitation project, approved personnel appointments and several administrative resolutions; motions carried by voice vote.
The Port Jervis Common Council on Nov. 10 approved a series of routine but consequential actions, including a memorandum of agreement with the Port Jervis Police Benevolent Association, adoption of tax rates for fiscal year 2026, multiple personnel appointments, and authorizations to proceed with capital project procurement.
Labor contract: Council approved a memorandum of agreement with the Port Jervis PBA covering a four-year contract executed Nov. 6, 2025. The motion to approve the MoA was made by Councilman Lawrence Hockenberry and seconded by Councilman Jason Vicarillo; the council carried the motion by voice vote.
Tax rates and payments: Finance Chairwoman Misty Fuller presented bills to be paid across funds totaling $883,504.35 and moved to pay them; the motion carried. Fuller then read and the council adopted a resolution setting 2026 real property tax percentage rates at homestead 35.12949% and nonhomestead 54.72973 in accordance with city code and Real Property Tax Law §1903.
Personnel and appointments: The council approved several personnel actions: James Sullivan was noted to have passed his water treatment plant operator civil service exam and Jason James was moved from provisional to permanent effective Nov. 10, 2025; Jay Celio similarly passed the city electrician exam and was moved to permanent status. The council also approved appointing Stacy Hoskin to a full-time City Clerk-Treasurer position retroactive to Sept. 3, 2025, at an annual salary of $98,000 (appointment subject to submission of required employment documentation).
Project procurement and administration: Council authorized the director of public works to solicit bids for the water filtration plant filter rehabilitation project, describing required services and equipment and setting a bid due date of Jan. 6, 2026. The council also approved adding the deputy clerk-treasurer to the administrative/force account for CWSRF project number C3-5396-03-00 to authorize additional work and payment as needed, with required submission to NYS SEFC.
Other resolutions: The council adopted a final Title VI anti-discrimination plan for the Dial-A-Ride program (reapproved to include a complaint form), accepted resignations from two commission members, removed a deceased fire department member from rolls, approved a fire department members-and-grandchildren Christmas party, and adopted a 2025 multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan consistent with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.
All recorded motions in the Nov. 10 session were carried by voice vote; where specifics (individual roll-call tallies) were not recorded in the transcript, outcomes are reported as stated by the council minutes.
