The Mount Vernon City Council on Nov. 24 adopted a series of resolutions that together clear the way for design work, construction bidding and future reimbursement of capital projects. The council approved authorizations to release requests for qualifications, advertise for bids, enter contracts and to use proceeds of bond or bond‑anticipation notes for several projects.

Key outcomes at a glance: the council adopted Resolution 2025‑109 (authorizing an RFQ for design of slakers/lime silos, a sodium hypochlorite treatment system to replace the chlorine dioxide system, and a southern water tower); Resolution 2025‑110 (advertise for bids for the 2024 CDBG Riverside Park neighborhood project); Resolution 2025‑111 (advertise for bids for the 2024 CDBG Burgess and Hamtramck Street Reconstruction Project); Resolution 2025‑119 (phase 1 Memorial Park improvements, taken to third reading and adopted); and Resolution 2025‑121 (advertise for bids for sludge removal for 2026–2028).

The council also adopted three separate bond‑authorization resolutions intended to permit the city to recoup costs from bond proceeds if bonds are issued later: Resolution 2025‑113 (up to $30 million for the Mount Vernon Justice Center), Resolution 2025‑114 (up to $25 million for a police station) and Resolution 2025‑115 (up to $6 million to purchase and renovate an existing building for a municipal center). On Resolution 2025‑113, staff emphasized these resolutions are procedural and do not require immediate bond issuance; the motion passed by a 6–1 recorded vote. Resolutions 2025‑114 and 2025‑115 were each recorded as adopted by 6–1 votes.

Supplemental appropriations were handled under Resolution 2025‑126, which was added to the agenda and adopted the same night to appropriate vehicle sale proceeds, training reimbursements and other small grants and to fund income tax refunds.

Council members repeatedly noted that committee review had occurred on many items, and several sponsors said more detailed financial figures and bond‑capacity calculations remain under development. The meeting record shows council asked staff for clearer bond‑capacity details before further spending decisions are made.

The meeting also recorded public comment in support of the West Side park project (CDBG funding) and closed with administrative updates from the mayor and a legal update about a long‑running dam litigation matter.

Votes and recorded outcomes referenced in the public minutes: where the meeting transcript records a tally, that tally is reported above (for example, Resolution 2025‑113 passed 6–1). Where the transcript does not include a roll call tally, the resolution is described as adopted by voice vote.