Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on November 25, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on November 26, 2025, retroactively authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement with the Westchester Board of Legislators to Provide Funding for the 2025 Summer Basketball Camp and Amending the City Budget Accordingly - ($28,837.00 to support the 2025 Summer Basketball Camp administered by the Department of Recreation. The Comptroller is authorized and directed to:
1. Deposit received funds into revenue account code A2229.15; and
2. Appropriate said funds into the following expense codes:
o A7310.104 - Youth Program Salary (Part-Time)
o A7310.458 - Sports, Equipment, Guest Speakers, and Supplies
; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE 2025 SUMMER
BASKETBALL CAMP AND AMENDING THE
CITY BUDGET ACCORDINGLY
Whereas, in correspondence dated November 6, 2025, the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Recreation formally requested authorization for Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard to retroactively enter into an agreement with the Westchester County Board of Legislators for the receipt of funds in the amount of $28,837.00 to support the 2025 Summer Basketball Camp administered by the Department of Recreation; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon seeks to continue providing high-quality recreational and youth engagement opportunities during the summer months; and
Whereas, the Westchester County Board of Legislators has offered funding to support a 2025 Summer Basketball Camp operated by the City’s Department of Recreation; and
Whereas, under this program, the City will receive Twenty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars ($28,837.00) for the operation of the 2025 Summer Basketball Camp, scheduled to take place from July 1, 2025, through August 31, 2025; and
Whereas, these funds are to be deposited into revenue account code A2229.15 (Westchester County funded recreation grants) and appropriated into expense codes A7310.104 (Youth Program Salary - Part-Time) and A7310.458 (Sports, Equipment, Guest Speakers, and Supplies); and
Whereas, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the residents of the City of Mount Vernon to authorize acceptance of the funding and execution of the agreement necessary to implement this program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Authorization to Enter into Agreement. The Mayor is hereby authorized to retroactively enter into an agreement with the Westchester County Board of Legislators for the receipt of funds in the amount of $28,837.00 to support the 2025 Summer Basketball Camp administered by the Department of Recreation.
Section 2. Term of Program. The program shall operate from July 1, 2025, through August 31, 2025, in accordance with the terms of the agreement and applicable City policies.
Section 3. Budget Amendment. The Comptroller is authorized and directed to:
1. Deposit received funds into revenue account code A2229.15; and
2. Appropriate said funds into the following expense codes:
o A7310.104 - Youth Program Salary (Part-Time)
o A7310.458 - Sports, Equipment, Guest Speakers, and Supplies
Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council and subsequent approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.