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 Accept Grant Funds from the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency $233,193.00 for a Three-Year Period and to Continue Funding Grant-Funded Budget Specialist I Position - (for the Period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, currently included in the City's 2026 Annual Estimates (Budget) under Budget Expenditure Code A8020.101. Said grant funds shall be used exclusively to support the continued funding of the position of Budget Specialist I (Grant Funded) within the Department of Planning and Community Development, including salary and allowable administrative costs, as permitted by HUD regulations. The City of Mount Vernon shall continue to provide fringe benefits for the Budget Specialist I position as a partial match to the grant funding, in an estimated amount of $167,898.96 over the three-year grant period, to be paid from budget code ranges 9010 through 9070, subject to annual budget appropriations); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MOUNT
VERNON URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY IN THE
AMOUNT OF $233,193.00 FOR A THREE-YEAR
PERIOD AND TO CONTINUE FUNDING A
GRANT-FUNDED BUDGET SPECIALIST I POSITION
Whereas, in correspondence dated December 30, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Planning & Community Development formally requested authorization for the Mayor to accept grant funds from the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency in the total amount of $233,193.00 for the period January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon receives federal housing and community development funds administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), including the Co...
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