Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on October 22, 2025, and signed by the Acting Mayor on October 22, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement with the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board to Accept Funds in the Amount of $180,000 for the Workforce Development Academy for Youth (WDAY) Program - (grant revenues shall be recorded in A4790.6, and expenditures shall be appropriated to the following budget lines:
* A6295.101 - Salaries
* A6295.104 - Part-Time
* A6295.402 - Travel Expense
* A6295.405 - Contracted Outside Services
* A6295.458 - Miscellaneous
* A6295.467 - Program Supplies
; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER
INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM
LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO ACCEPT
FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 FOR THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY FOR YOUTH (WDAY) PROGRAM
Whereas, by correspondence dated October 3, 2025, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board to accept reimbursable grant funding in the amount of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) to support the operation of the Workforce Development Academy for Youth (WDAY) Program administered by the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau; and
Whereas, the Workforce Development Academy for Youth (WDAY) is a year-round program that provides educational and employment services to eligible youth ages sixteen (16) through twenty-four (24) throughout Westchester and Putnam Counties; and
Whereas, the WDAY Program provides valuable opportunities to out-of-school youth (OSY) to obtain a high school equivalency diploma, explore career pathways, pursue higher education, a...
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