Mount Vernon — At a special meeting July 28, 2025, the Mount Vernon City Council voted to amend Ordinance No. 7 (adopted Feb. 11, 2025) to expand the contract with engineering firm Woodard and Curran to include a cost-estimate review for the Bronxville Field Club.

The amendment was offered by Councilman Gleason and seconded; Acting Council President Edward Poteet presided. "There is a discrepancy between the Bronxville Field Club and the city on how much the work would cost. Obviously, Bronxville Field Club is willing to do the work and pay for the work, so we wanted to get a realistic understanding and estimate of what this type of work will cost, and that's why we're amending the contract with Woodard and Curran," Councilman Gleason said.

The ordinance being amended originally authorized selection of Woodard and Curran for the South Third and South Columbus Avenue Flood Mitigation Project under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The amendment adds limited engineering services specifically to perform a cost-estimate review for the Bronxville Field Club. The transcript and the vote did not specify a dollar amount for the added scope, nor did it identify the funding source for the review work.

Council members recorded on the roll call as voting "aye" included Councilman Bachu, Councilwoman Gleason, Councilman Kenneth Thompson and Acting Council President Edward Poteet. The motion carried, and the amendment was adopted. The meeting record does not show further direction on schedule, contract execution steps, or whether Woodard and Curran’s work for the club will be billed to the club or to the city; those details were not specified during the meeting and were not included in the ordinance language read into the record.

The council convened the special meeting at 4:30 p.m. to consider this single agenda item; meeting notices were posted to the City website, social media and to the journal news. No public comment about this specific amendment appears in the transcript.

No implementation timeline, cost estimate, or funding breakdown was provided during the meeting. The council did not record any dissenting votes on the measure in the transcript provided.