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 the Mayor to Retroactively Enter into an Agreement with the Westchester County Youth Bureau to Accept Funds for the GEM Program and to Provide Required City Matching Funds - (commencing January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028; $50,000.00 grant funds shall be accounted for in revenue code A2229.8 and appropriated to the following budget lines:
* A7327.101 - Salaries
* A6295.402 - Travel Expense
* A6295.405 - Contracted Outside Services
* A6295.458 - Miscellaneous
* A6295.467 - Program Supplies
This ordinance acknowledges that the GEM Program grant is reimbursable in nature, and the City's cash match is required); be it so, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU
TO ACCEPT FUNDS FOR THE GEM PROGRAM AND
TO PROVIDE REQUIRED CITY MATCHING FUNDS
Whereas, in correspondence dated December 29, 2025, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor to retroactively enter into and execute an agreement with the Westchester County Youth Bureau, enabling the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau to accept grant funding in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for the GEM Program; and
Whereas, the GEM Program is a three-year reimbursable grant, requiring a city cash match in the amount of Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($5,556.00) per year, for a total of three (3) years, commencing January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028; and
Whereas, the GEM Program provides after-school and summer programming at two to three (2-3) middle schools within the Mount Vernon City School District, targeting 55 middle sc...
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