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Council approves grants and contracts, censures member and adopts pipeline opposition resolution

City of Peekskill Common Council · January 27, 2025
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Summary

At its Jan. 27 meeting the Peekskill council unanimously approved a string of administrative resolutions including a $26,800 emergency contract to remove pier floats and acceptance of a $300,000 USDOT traffic-safety grant with a $75,000 city match; the council also voted 5–1 to censure Councilman Ramon Fernandez and unanimously adopted a resolution opposing Enbridge's Project Maple pipeline expansion.

The council voted on a block of resolutions that mixed routine appointments, emergency procurements and policy statements.

Among administrivia, the council authorized a retroactive emergency procurement (Resolution J3) to pay up to $26,800 to Madeline Marine Inc. for removal, storage and return of floating docks and gangways at Fleishman Pier. The council accepted a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (Resolution J8) to fund a comprehensive traffic-safety action plan; the award requires a $75,000 city match and staff will issue an RFP for consultant support.

On matters of ethics and policy the council adopted Resolution J9, a formal censure of Councilman Ramon Fernandez that the resolution described as arising from alleged conduct related to interactions with a former city-court judge and related records; the roll-call vote as read into the record was recorded as 5 in favor, 1 opposed (Fernandez) and one member absent. The council later adopted Resolution J10, a city resolution directing the mayor to send a copy to the governor and state agencies urging opposition to Enbridge's "Project Maple," which the resolution characterized as an expansion of gas pipeline infrastructure that would increase greenhouse-gas emissions and conflict with state climate goals. Both the censure and pipeline opposition were adopted after debate; the council recorded statements and a roll-call for the censure.

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