Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on July 9, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on July 11, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with Startup Smartup for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s “Safe Place for Our Girls Program” for the Period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026 - ($7,500.00 shall be paid from Expense Code A7318-405 (contracted expenses)); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH STARTUP
SMARTUP FOR THE MOUNT VERNON YOUTH
BUREAU’S “SAFE PLACE FOR OUR GIRLS PROGRAM”
FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026
Whereas, in correspondence dated June 26, 2025, the Deputy Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Startup Smartup to provide its entrepreneurship curriculum, licenses, training, continued technical assistance, and support to staff for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Mount Vernon Safe Place for Our Girls Program for the period beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon Youth Bureau operates the “Safe Place for Our Girls Program” which provides critical services and educational opportunities to young women in the community; and
Whereas, pursuant to an Ordinance dated September 13, 2023, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau was approved to accept a grant from the United States Department of Health & Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families in the amount of Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars ($999,999.00) for the Safe Place for Our Girls Program for the contract period of August 30, 2023 through August 30, 2024; and
Whereas, a no-cost extension of this grant was subsequently approved, extending the funding period through August 30, 2025; and
Whereas, Startup Smartup provides an online curriculum teaching the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, including video tutorials, guidebooks, licenses, training, continued technical assistance, and support to staff to help young women learn how to start and manage their own businesses, develop communication and social-emotional learning skills, and enhance their personal and professional development; and
Whereas, the final cost to deliver this program shall not exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00), which shall be paid from Expense Code A7318-405 (contracted expenses); Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Authorization. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Startup Smartup to provide its entrepreneurship curriculum, licenses, training, continued technical assistance, and support to staff for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Mount Vernon “Safe Place for Our Girls Program” for the period beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026.
Section 2. Funding. The total cost of this agreement shall not exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) and shall be paid from Expense Code A7318-405 (contracted expenses).
Section 3. Term. The term of this agreement shall be from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, unless otherwise amended or extended by further action of the City Council.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.