Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on January 14, 2026, and signed by the Mayor on January 15, 2026, authorizing a Transfer of Appropriated Funds Within the Fiscal Year 2026 Adopted Budget to Support the Auxiliary Police Unit, as follows:
From:
Amount:
To:
A3120.462
Auxiliary Police (Mount Vernon Police Department)
$25,000.00
A3640.462
Auxiliary Police (Office of Emergency Management)
; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF
APPROPRIATED FUNDS WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026
ADOPTED BUDGET TO SUPPORT THE AUXILIARY POLICE UNIT
Whereas, in correspondence dated January 6, 2026, the Director of the Office of Emergency Management ("OEM") formally requested authorization for the Comptroller to transfer appropriated funds in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) within the Fiscal Year 2026 adopted budget to properly align funding with the department having administrative and operational responsibility for the Auxiliary Police Unit, as set forth below; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Mount Vernon duly adopted the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which includes appropriations for the operation of the Auxiliary Police Unit; and
Whereas, the Office of Emergency Management has assumed direct administrative, operational, and oversight responsibility for the Auxiliary Police Unit; and
Whereas, the requested transfer consists of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) from the Mount Vernon Police Department budget line A3120.462 - Auxiliary Police to the Office of Emergency Management budget line A3640.462 - Auxiliary Police; and
Whereas, the Comptroller's Office has confirmed that the funds requested to be transferred are available, properly appropriated, and included in the Fiscal Year 2026 adopted budget; and
Whereas, the transfer will enable the Office of Emergency Management to effectively manage...
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