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 Enter into an Agreement with Organizational Capacity Building (OCB) to Provide Professional Development Services for the WDAY Staff in Support of the Youth Employment Program - (the total cost of the professional development services shall not exceed $20,000.00, with services to conclude on or before June 30, 2026; initial expenditures under this agreement shall be paid from budget line A7321.405 - Contracted Outside Services, with full reimbursement to the City from grant funds received from the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board, in accordance with applicable grant requirements); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING (OCB)
TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES FOR THE WDAY STAFF IN SUPPORT
OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Whereas, in correspondence dated December 31, 2025, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Organizational Capacity Building (OCB) to provide professional development services for staff of the Workforce Development and Youth ("WDAY") program; and
Whereas, in an ordinance adopted on October 22, 2025, the City of Mount Vernon Youth Department was authorized to accept grant funding in the amount of Eight Hundred Thousand Sixty-Eight Dollars ($800,068.00) from the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board to support the City's Youth Employment Program (YEP); and
Whereas, Organizational Capacity Building (OCB) is an organization that works with public and nonprofit entities to strengthen internal systems and partnerships through the development of logic models, strategic plans, theories of change, data management syste...
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