Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on January 10, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on January 11, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Startup Smartup for Mount Vernon Safe Place for our Girls Program (cost of program: $5,000.00 to be accounted for in Expense Code A7318-405 (Contracted Expenses), from January 1, 2024, through August 30, 2024), be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
STARTUP SMARTUP FOR MOUNT VERNON
SAFE PLACE FOR OUR GIRLS PROGRAM
Whereas, by letter dated December 26, 2023, the Deputy Director for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau has requested legislation authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Startup Smartup for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Mount Vernon Safe Place for Our Girls Program for the period of January 1, 2024, through August 30, 2024; and
Whereas, in an ordinance dated September 13, 2023, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau was awarded 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 Safe Place for Our Girls program for the contract period of August 30, 2023 - August 30, 2024; and
Whereas, Startup Smartup offers an entrepreneurship curriculum that aligns with the objectives of the Mount Vernon Safe Place for Our Girls program, providing licenses, training, technical assistance, and support to staff; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain, and enact:
Section 1. Authorization for Agreement. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Startup Smartup for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Mount Vernon Safe Place for Our Girls Program for the period of January 1, 2024, through August 30, 2024.
Section 2. Program Details. Startup Smartup will provide an entrepreneurship curriculum, licenses, training, continued technical assistance, and support to staff.
Section 3. Financial Allocation
(a) The total cost for this program will not exceed $5,000.00.
(b) Funds for this program are to be accounted for in Expense Code A7318-405 (contracted expenses).
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate and Contract.