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Council approves supplemental appropriations including engineering grants, CDBG updates and police reimbursements
Summary
Mount Vernon City Council adopted Resolution 2025-51 to update appropriations for multiple reimbursements and grants: reimbursements for police radar and cruisers, reimbursement for officer training, and engineering grants (including two items of $57,510 and $820,000). The resolution also updates CDBG fund accounting and advances work on Vine St.
Mount Vernon City Council on April 28 approved Resolution 2025-51, authorizing supplemental appropriations to reflect recent grant awards and reimbursements. City staff said the package contains several components including reimbursements for police equipment and training, engineering grants that were finalized earlier this year, and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fund adjustments tied to pedestrian and neighborhood revitalization work.
City Auditor (name not specified in the meeting record) described the largest items as two engineering grants — one for $57,510 and another for $820,000 — that received final approval in February and will be used to update project lines. The auditor also said the packet includes reimbursement for radar equipment and new cruisers purchased for the police department and a reimbursement that covers officers’ training costs.
Staff from the engineering department said the appropriation is needed to enter construction contracts; they said bids for the Vine Street (north side) sidewalk project open May 8 and the appropriation is the last step before executing contracts. The package also includes Riverside Park neighborhood-renewal work that will fund multiple activities discussed during earlier public meetings; staff said they had reached agreements with local pick‑up groups on some elements of the park work.
Council action and next steps
Council suspended the three-reading rule for the resolution and then adopted it in the same meeting. Staff said the non-general fund (CDBG - fund 206) schedules will be updated after council acceptance to reflect the grants and timestamps for public records. The administration noted it will present contracts to council if costs exceed administrative signing authority.
Clarifying details: two engineering grants were cited at $57,510 and $820,000; bids for the east-side Vine Street sidewalk project open May 8; CDBG fund 206 will be updated to reflect the awards.
