Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on September 10, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on September 11, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to Attend the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) 2025 Fall Leadership Meeting in Oklahoma City, OK - (September 25 through September 27, 2025; One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), shall be paid from Budget Line A 1210.402 – Travel)); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ATTEND THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE
OF MAYORS (USCM) 2025 FALL LEADERSHIP
MEETING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Whereas, in correspondence dated September 5, 2025, Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard formally requested authorization to attend the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) 2025 Fall Leadership Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from September 25, 2025, through September 27, 2025; and
Whereas, the USCM Fall Leadership Meeting convenes Trustees, Advisory Board Members, Commission Chairs, Task Force Chairs, and the Executive Leadership Team to address pressing municipal issues, including housing, crime, transportation, environment, mayoral safety, and the evolving public health infrastructure; and
Whereas, the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon serves as a member of the Advisory Board, Co-Chair of the Youth Health and Human Services Commission, and Chair of the Aging Task Force, and in such capacities, is invited to participate without any registration fee; and
Whereas, the total cost of transportation, lodging, incidentals, and related expenses is estimated not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), and such expenses shall be allocated to Budget Line A 1210.402 – Travel; 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 of the City of Mount Vernon is hereby authorized to attend the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) 2025 Fall Leadership Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from September 25, 2025, through September 27, 2025.
Section 2. Expenses. All necessary and reasonable expenses related to the Mayor’s attendance, including transportation, hotel accommodations, and incidentals, not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), shall be paid from Budget Line A 1210.402 – Travel.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council and approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.