City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FOR THE FIRE STATION APRON REHABILITATION
PROJECT AT FIRE DEPARTMENT STATIONHOUSES
NOS. 2 AND 3, AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITATION OF
BIDS FOR IFB NO. 4.26, AND AUTHORIZING THE
USE OF URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY FUNDS
Whereas, by correspondence dated May 19, 2026, the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Works formally requested authorization for the City Council to declare that an emergency condition exists at Fire Department Stationhouses Nos. 2 and 3 due to the severely deteriorated condition of the apparatus aprons, which pose an immediate threat to public safety, emergency personnel, emergency response operations, and critical municipal infrastructure; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Mount Vernon has been advised by the Department of Public Works of urgent and deteriorating structural conditions affecting the concrete apparatus aprons located at Fire Department Stationhouse No. 2, located at 435 South Fulton Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York 10553, and Fire Department Stationhouse No. 3, located at 50 West 3rd Street, Mount Vernon, New York 10550; and
Whereas, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works and the Chief of Infrastructure have determined that the apparatus aprons at both facilities are severely deteriorated due to extensive cracking, spalling, settlement, and surface degradation caused by age, weather exposure, and repeated heavy loading from fire apparatus operations; and
Whereas, the deteriorated condition of the apparatus aprons poses an immediate and significant risk to public safety, emergency personnel, fire apparatus equipment, and the uninterrupted provision of emergency response services within the City; and
Whereas, the conditions at said facilities have already resulted in work-related injuries and continue to create hazardous operating conditions for emergency personnel and equipment; ...
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