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Common Council adopts resolutions on mileage, meeting dates, Route 5 work and July 4 fireworks
Summary
The Dunkirk Common Council adopted Resolutions 15–18: an amendment affecting mileage reimbursement (Resolution 15), revised meeting dates (16), authorization for NYSDOT work in city right-of-way including Route 5 improvements (17), and a contract for July 4 fireworks (18). All were adopted on roll-call votes.
The Common Council voted to adopt four pre-filed resolutions during its February meeting.
Resolution 15 of 2026 — introduced by the clerk and discussed as an amendment that increases IRS-based mileage reimbursement — passed on a roll-call vote after council members debated whether to table until the agreement text was available. Resolution 16, changing council meeting dates for February and March 2026, passed without discussion.
Resolution 17 authorizes the State of New York to perform adjustment work on city-owned and city-maintained facilities within NYSDOT right-of-way via state-let contracts; council members said this will include repaving Route 5 through the city limits and reconstruction of ADA-compliant ramps at no expense to the city. Resolution 18 authorizes a professional services contract for the July 4 fireworks display tied to the 250th anniversary observance; it too was adopted by roll call.
Clerk Kirk read each resolution number and the motions were carried by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes. The council did not record any dissenting votes on the adopted resolutions.
