Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on May 28, 2025, and signed by the Acting Mayor on May 28, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to Enter into a Service Agreement with the Westchester County, Westchester County Board of Legislators, and the Westchester County Youth Bureau for Funding of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program - (S.R.A.E.P.) - (from May 15, 2025, through December 31, 2025; grant funds to be received in the amount of $32,602. All funds received under this grant shall be recorded under Revenue Code A3820.3 and expenditures shall be properly appropriated in the City budget as identified above and following all applicable fiscal and audit requirements and grant funds shall be used exclusively to support the operations of the S.R.A.E.P., which is designed to:
• Promote healthy decision-making among youth,
• Provide education and support for teen pregnancy prevention,
• Deliver job readiness and work preparation training.
All expenditures shall be in accordance with the budget codes:
• A7338.101 - Salaries,
• A7338.803 - FICA,
• A7338.458 - Miscellaneous (including consumables, stipends; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ENTER INTO A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, THE WESTCHESTER
COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, AND THE
WESTCHESTER COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU FOR
FUNDING OF THE SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE
EDUCATION PROGRAM (S.R.A.E.P.)
Whereas, in a letter dated May 20, 2025, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon to enter into a service agreement with Westchester County, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, and the Westchester County Youth Bureau to receive grant funds for $32,602 for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (S.R.A.E.P.) from May 15, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon is committed to promoting the health, welfare, and development of its youth through supportive services and developmental programming; and
Whereas, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau serves as the City’s youth services agency, dedicated to the delivery of positive youth development programs; and
Whereas, Westchester County, through its Board of Legislators and Youth Bureau, has offered funding in the amount of Thirty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Two Dollars ($32,602) for the operation of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (S.R.A.E.P.) to be implemented by the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau from May 15, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and
Whereas, funding for the S.R.A.E.P. is provided through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (NYSOCFS) and is a reimbursable grant that requires no matching funds from the City; and
Whereas, the S.R.A.E.P. aims to promote healthy choices among youth through a positive youth development framework by supporting teen pregnancy prevention and enhancing work readiness skills; and
Whereas, program expenses will be accounted for under revenue code A3820.3 and appropriated in budget codes A7338.101 (Salaries), A7338.803 (FICA), and A7338.458 (Miscellaneous), which includes consumables, stipends, and supplies; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Authorization to Enter Agreement. The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon to enter into a service agreement with Westchester County, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, and the Westchester County Youth Bureau to receive grant funds for $32,602 for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (S.R.A.E.P.) from May 15, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
Section 2. Purpose and Use of Funds. The grant funds shall be used exclusively to support the operations of the S.R.A.E.P., which is designed to:
• Promote healthy decision-making among youth,
• Provide education and support for teen pregnancy prevention,
• Deliver job readiness and work preparation training.
All expenditures shall be in accordance with the budget codes:
• A7338.101 - Salaries,
• A7338.803 - FICA,
• A7338.458 - Miscellaneous (including consumables, stipends, and supplies).
Section 3. Revenue and Appropriation Accounting. All funds received under this grant shall be recorded under Revenue Code A3820.3. Expenditures shall be properly appropriated in the City budget as identified above and following all applicable fiscal and audit requirements.
Section 4. Reimbursement and Matching Funds. This grant is fully reimbursable and does not require any matching funds from the City of Mount Vernon.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Amendment shall take effect immediately upon approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.