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 Break Bread, Not Hearts for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Safe Place for Our Girls and Safe Haven Summer Programs - ($7,800.00, with funds equally allocated from Expense Codes A7318-405 and A7314-458), be and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
An Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor
to Retroactively Enter into an
AGREEMENT WITH Break Bread, Not
Hearts for the Mount Vernon Youth
Bureau’s SAFE PLACE for Our Girls and
Safe Haven Summer Programs
Whereas, by letter dated July 21, 2024, the Deputy Director for the Youth Bureau has requested that the City Council enact legislation authorizing the Mayor to retroactively enter into an agreement with Break Bread not Hearts, for the provision of nutrition and cooking instruction sessions for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Safe Place for Our Girls and Safe Haven Summer Programs for the period of July 9, 2024, through August 16, 2024; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon is committed to supporting the well-being and development of its youth through various programs and initiatives; and
Whereas, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Safe Place for Our Girls, serving 32 participants, and Safe Haven Summer Programs, serving 71 participants, provide essential services and opportunities for young people in the community; and
Whereas, in an ordinance dated September 13, 2023, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau was approved to accept a grant from the Department of Health & Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families for the Safe Place for Our Girls program in the amount of $999,999.00 for the contract period of August 30, 2023, to August 30, 2024; and
Whereas, an ordinance dated March 13, 2024, authorized the Mayor to enter into a retroactive service agreement with the Westchester County Youth Bureau and the Board of Legislators in the amount of $180,718.00 for the contract period of January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024; and
Whereas, Break Bread Not Hearts, founded in 2012, operates with the philosophy of “Cooking UP Community” and is dedicated to supporting local and regional farmers and producers, providing nutrition and cooking instruction sessions; and
Whereas, Break Bread, Not Hearts will provide six (6) nutrition/cooking instruction sessions per program at the rate of $600.00 per session, and conduct a “cook-off” at the end of the summer program, with program fees not exceeding $7,800.00; and
Whereas, funds for this program are to be equally accounted for in Expense Codes A7318-405 (contracted expenses) and A7314-458 (miscellaneous); Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain, and enact:
Section 1. Authorization. The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to retroactively enter into an agreement with Break Bread Not Hearts for the provision of nutrition and cooking instruction sessions for the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau’s Safe Place for Our Girls and Safe Haven Summer Programs for the period of July 9, 2024, through August 16, 2024.
Section 2. Funding. The total cost for the services that Break Bread Not Hearts provides shall not exceed $7,800.00, with funds equally allocated from Expense Codes A7318-405 and A7314-458.
Section 3. Program Details. Break Bread Not Hearts shall conduct six (6) nutrition/cooking instruction sessions per program and a “cook-off” at the end of the summer program, providing organic and natural food, cooking utensils, and necessary supplies.
Section 4. Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.