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 for the Youth Employment Program (YEP) Grant- (grant funds in the amount of $800,068 shall be recorded in Revenue Code A3989 and appropriated to the following budget codes:
* A7321.101 - Salaries
* A7321.104 - Part-Time
* A7321.203 - Equipment
* A7321.402 - Travel Expense
* A7321.405 - Contracted Outside Services
* A7321.458 - Miscellaneous
* A7321.467 - 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 FOR THE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (YEP) GRANT
Whereas, by correspondence dated October 10, 2025, the Executive Director of the Youth Bureau formally requested authorization for the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon to enter into an agreement with the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board to accept grant funds in the amount of $800,068 for the Youth Employment Program (YEP) for the period October 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and
Whereas, the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau continues to provide essential educational and employment services to youth in the City of Mount Vernon, helping them achieve self-sufficiency, develop career skills, and gain valuable work experience; and
Whereas, the Westchester-Putnam Local Workforce Development Board has made available grant funding in the amount of Eight Hundred Thousand Sixty-Eight Dollars ($800,068) to support the Youth Employment Program (YEP) for the program period beginning October 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026; and
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