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Port Jervis council approves bills, fire grant application and WQIP program management agreement
Summary
The Port Jervis Common Council approved payment of $748,668.45 in bills, authorized submission of a NYS volunteer fire capacity grant for a skid steer (estimated $9,000, grant up to $3,500), and authorized a WQIP program management services agreement with the community development agency.
The Port Jervis Common Council on [date not specified in record] approved a series of routine administrative items including payment of bills, personnel actions at the fire department, and grant-related resolutions.
Council voted to pay city bills totaling $748,668.45 across funds: general fund $567,098.37; water $62,828.36; sewer $1,866.91; capital $18,037.39; trust and agency $94,825.40; and IDA $4,012.02. Councilwoman Misty Fuller presented the finance report and a motion to pay the bills, which passed by voice vote.
The council also approved multiple fire department personnel actions by voice vote, including nominations for active membership at Tri State Hose Company No. 6 and interdepartment transfers. The council certified fire department officers for 2026, based on the department's submitted ballot.
On grants, the council authorized submission of the New York State Volunteer Fire Capacity Grant application to help purchase a skid steer unit. The council recorded an estimated purchase price of $9,000; the state grant offers up to $3,500 and the Port Jervis Fire Department proposed a local match of $3,500–$5,500 from its 2026 budget if the grant is awarded. The resolution authorizes the mayor or his designee to execute documents related to the application and subsequent purchase.
Separately, the council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a program management services agreement with the Port Jervis Community Development Agency related to a DEC Water Quality Improvement Program (WQIP) grant (WQIP grant number cited in the record). Council members said the city previously executed a DEC grant contract in 2019 for $1,882,500 to acquire watershed land and that the CDA will perform program management services for the current WQIP activity.
Other routine approvals included official acceptance of minutes from prior meetings (11/10/2025 and 11/24/2025), authorization to suspend the Dec. 22 council meeting and allow bills to be paid until the next meeting on Jan. 12, 2026, and approval of a Santa tour event for Dec. 20. Most motions passed by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript.
Next procedural steps announced at the meeting included upcoming committee and agency meeting dates and council follow-up on provenance documentation for the railroad artifacts discussed during public comment.
