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 Amendment of Ordinance No. 31, Adopted by the City Council on AUGUST 14, 2025, entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND TO INCORPORATE LEGACY PLANNING SERVICES IN THE MOUNT VERNON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER" - (Ordinance No. 31, as adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2025, is hereby amended to add Expense Code 8020.405, authorizing the Department of Finance to process all payments associated with and in support of the Mount Vernon Financial Empowerment Center (MVFEC); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 31,
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 14,
2025, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH
THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND TO
INCORPORATE LEGACY PLANNING SERVICES IN THE
MOUNT VERNON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER"
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain, and enact:
Section 1. The first decretal paragraph of Ordinance No. 31, adopted on August 14, 2025, entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND TO INCORPORATE LEGACY PLANNING SERVICES IN THE MOUNT VERNON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER," is hereby amended, and an additional paragraph is added to include the required expense code, as follows:
Whereas, in a letter dated January 8, 2026, [August 4, 2025], the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Planning & Community Development formally requested authorization to amend Ordinance No. 31, adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to execute the "First Grant Amendment," dated June 1, 2025, with the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, amendin...
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