Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on May 28, 2025, and signed by the Acting Mayor on May 28, 2025, authorizing the Condemnation and Disposal of City-Owned Vehicles - May 2025 - (proceeds for Thirty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($37,250.00) shall be deposited into Account Code A2650, titled Sales of Scrap and Excess Property, for the benefit of the City of Mount Vernon); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONDEMNATION
AND DISPOSAL OF CITY-OWNED VEHICLES - MAY 2025
Whereas, in a letter dated May 14, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works formally requested authorization to condemn the following vehicles as municipal surplus due to mileage, obsolescence, or non-serviceability; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon owns several vehicles that have been determined to be obsolete, beyond repair, or otherwise no longer serviceable for municipal operations; and
Whereas, the City Comptroller and Department of Public Works have reviewed and identified seventeen (17) such vehicles, including two (2) 2003 International Dump Trucks bearing Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) lHTWY AHT45J014270 and lHTWY AHT65J014271; and
Whereas, Brookfield Resource Management has submitted a proposal to purchase the above-referenced vehicles along with fifteen (15) additional vehicles, for a total sum of Thirty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($37,250.00); and
Whereas, said payment shall be made payable to the City of Mount Vernon and deposited into the City's revenue account code A2650 - Sales of Scrap and Excess Property; and
Whereas, the City Council finds it to be in the best interests of the City to formally condemn and dispose of the listed vehicles in accordance with municipal and applicable state guidelines for surplus property; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Counc...
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