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File #: TMP -1909    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved and sent to BOE
File created: 1/27/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/11/2026 Final action:
Title: Office of the Mayor: An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 1 adopted December 10, 2025, Entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 126, Article VI of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon Establishing Updated Sewer Rents and Refuse Sustainability Fees"
Sponsors: LPW
Attachments: 1. Referral letter- amending refuse fee
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Board of Estimate & Contract:

 

RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on January 28, 2026, and signed by the Acting Mayor on January 28, 2026, authorizing the Amendment of Ordinance No. 1 adopted December 10, 2025, entitled “An Ordinance Amending Chapter 126, Article VI of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon Establishing Updated Sewer Rents and Refuse Sustainability Fees,” as follows:

Type of Fee:

Amount:

Sanitary Sewer Fee

$1.25 per 100 cubic feet

Sanitary Sewer Fee Minimum Charge (up to 1500 cubic feet)

$18.75

Residential Refuse Fee (per unit)

$225.00

Low Income Senior Residential Fee (per unit)

$55.00 [$110.00]

Non-Residential Refuse Fee

$2,350.00

Non-Profit Refuse Fee (0.5 acre or less)

$725.00

Non-Profit Refuse Fee (0.51 acre or more)

$725.00 [$1,200.00]

Non-Profit Dormitory (Family) Refuse Fee

$110.00

Non-Profit Dormitory (SRO) Refuse Fee

$55.00

 

shall take effect January 1, 2026, and shall apply to all billing cycles thereafter; be, and the same is hereby approved.

 

City Council:

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1,

ADOPTED DECEMBER 10, 2025, ENTITLED “AN

ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 126, ARTICLE VI

OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON

ESTABLISHING UPDATED SEWER RENTS AND

REFUSE SUSTAINABILITY FEES”

 

The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:

Section 1.                     Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1, adopted December 10, 2025, entitled “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 126, ARTICLE VI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON ESTABLISHING UPDATED SEWER RENTS AND REFUSE SUSTAINABILITY FEES” is hereby amended as follows:

 

 

Section 2.                     Amendment to Fee Schedule.  Chapter 126, Article VI of the Code of the City of Mount Vernon shall be amended to update the schedule of fees as follows:

Type of Fee

Amount

Sanitary Sewer Fee

$1.25 per 100 cubic feet

Sanitary Sewer Fee Minimum Charge (up to 1500 cubic feet)

$18.75

Residential Refuse Fee (per unit)

$225.00

Low Income Senior Residential Fee (per unit)

$55.00 [$110.00]

Non-Residential Refuse Fee

$2,350.00

Non-Profit Refuse Fee (0.5 acre or less)

$725.00

Non-Profit Refuse Fee (0.51 acre or more)

$725.00 [$1,200.00]

Non-Profit Dormitory (Family) Refuse Fee

$110.00

Non-Profit Dormitory (SRO) Refuse Fee

$55.00

 

Section 3.                     Effective Date.  This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council and subsequent approval by the Board of Estimate and Contract and shall take effect January 1, 2026, and shall apply to all billing cycles thereafter.

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