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Port Jervis council confirms appointments, adopts administrative resolutions and approves $1.04 million in bills
Summary
At its organizational meeting, the Port Jervis Common Council confirmed mayoral appointments to boards and commissions, amended fire police bylaws, adopted routine administrative resolutions and voted to pay $1,036,113.02 in city bills.
The Port Jervis Common Council on Jan. 13 confirmed a slate of mayoral appointments to local boards and commissions, adopted several administrative resolutions and approved payment of more than $1 million in city bills.
Mayor Dominic Seguise presented reappointments and new terms for municipal bodies including the Planning Board, IDA, CDA, tourism board and city marshal positions. Council members moved, seconded and voted to confirm the appointees; multiple votes were recorded as "Aye" and the motions carried. The council also confirmed Matthew Withereau as city court judge for a term through Jan. 31, 2032 after a roll-call process in which council members responded "Yes."
Councilman Matt Negreanu introduced a resolution amending the Port Jervis Fire Department bylaws to change fire police appointment and oath procedures. The amendment replaces annual oath requirements with an oath administered upon appointment and makes appointments open-ended until removed by the mayor. The council adopted the bylaw amendment following a motion and a second.
Finance staff presented bills for payment totaling $1,036,113.02: $475,378.81 from the general fund, $116,176.06 from the water fund, $6,428.18 from the sewer fund, $123,687.43 from the capital fund and $314,442.54 from trust and agency funds. The council moved to pay the bills and approved the motion.
The council adopted routine housekeeping resolutions naming official banking depositories (TD Bank and M&T Bank and specified accounts), establishing a standard eight-hour workday for reporting to the New York State and local retirement systems, and designating the official legal newspapers and broadcast outlets for 2026 (Time Share of Record with Pike County Dispatch as alternate, WDLC radio and PJ TV 23).
All procedural motions on the organizational agenda were carried by voice vote unless otherwise recorded. The mayor announced the State of the City address for Jan. 26 at 6 p.m.; the council adjourned after the scheduled business.
The council did not set specific implementation deadlines beyond the terms listed with each appointment; budget and staffing implications for the administrative resolutions were not detailed during the meeting.
