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File #: TMP -797    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 8/5/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/20/2024 Final action: 8/20/2024
Title: Youth Bureau: An Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor to Retroactively Enter into an Agreement with Inferno365 Fitness for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls and Girls Embracing Maturing Programs (from July 9, 2024 to August 16, 2024)
Sponsors: HR
Attachments: 1. Inferno365 Fitness summer.(1)docx.pdf

Board of Estimate & Contract:

 

RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on August 15, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Retroactively Enter Into an Agreement with  Inferno365 Fitness for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls and Girls Embracing Maturing Programs - (July 9, 2024, to August 16, 2024 - funds for this agreement for $9,000.00 shall be allocated from Expense Codes A7327.458 (misc.) and A7318-405 (contracted expenses), be and the same is hereby approved.

City Council:

 

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO

RETROACTIVELY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT

WITH INFERNO365 FITNESS FOR THE MOUNT

VERNON YOUTH BUREAU'S SAFE PLACE FOR

OUR GIRLS AND GIRLS EMBRACING

MATURITY PROGRAMS

 

Whereas, by letter dated August 5, 2024, the Deputy Director of the Youth Bureau has requested legislation authorizing the Mayor to retroactively enter into an agreement with Inferno365 Fitness to deliver the ULIFTT curriculum for the Safe Place for Our Girls and Girls Embracing Maturity programs from July 9, 2024, through August 16, 2024, at a total cost not to exceed $9,000.00; and

 

Whereas, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau has established the Safe Place for Our Girls (SP4OG) and Girls Embracing Maturity (GEM) programs to provide essential life skills, leadership qualities, and personal development tools to young girls; and

Whereas, the Youth Bureau received a grant in the amount of $999,999.00 from the Department of Health & Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families for the SP4OG program, as approved in an ordinance dated September 13, 2023, for the period August 30, 2023, through August 30, 2024; and

Whereas, the Youth Bureau has been authorized, as of March 13, 2024, to enter into a service agreement with the Westchester County Youth Bureau and the Board of Legislators for an amount of $180,718.00 for the period January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024; and

Whereas, Inferno365 Fitness has been identified to deliver its ULIFTT curriculum, offering six (6) 1-hour sessions to the GEM program at a total cost of $3,000.00 and twelve (12) 1-hour sessions to the SP4OG program at a total cost of $6,000.00, with a final cost not to exceed $9,000.00; and

Whereas, funds for these services are to be drawn from Expense Codes A7327.458 (miscellaneous) and 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 authorized to retroactively enter into an agreement with Inferno365 Fitness to deliver the ULIFTT curriculum for the Safe Place for Our Girls and Girls Embracing Maturity programs from July 9, 2024, through August 16, 2024, at a total cost not to exceed $9,000.00.

Section 2.                     Funding Allocation.  The necessary funds for this agreement shall be allocated from Expense Codes A7327.458 (misc.) and A7318-405 (contracted expenses), as specified.

Section 3.                     Definitions:

                     ULIFTT Curriculum: A program developed by Inferno365 Fitness designed to equip young individuals with life skills, leadership qualities, and personal development tools.

                     GEM Program: Girls Embracing Maturity, a program aimed at empowering young girls in Mount Vernon.

                     SP4OG Program: Safe Place for Our Girls, a program designed to support and develop young girls in Mount Vernon.

Section 4. Effective Date.  This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.