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Council accepts youth and community program awards totaling tens of thousands of dollars
Summary
Mount Vernon’s City Council accepted multiple small grants and program referrals — including $30,000 for OCFS EmpowerMED, $50,000 for GEM, $19,790 for Youth Services, and acceptances for Flying Classroom proposals — as part of Human Resources and Finance committee referrals.
During the Jan. 14 meeting the council accepted several program awards and referrals recommended by the Human Resources Committee. Recorded items included OCFS EmpowerMED for $30,000 (TMP-1858), GEM for $50,000 (TMP-1859), OCFS Youth Services for $19,790 (TMP-1860), M.I.M for $25,000 (TMP-1861), and Flying Classroom proposals for middle- and high-school students (TMP-1866 and TMP-1867).
Councilmember Cynthia Turnquest-Jones moved the HR items and Acting Pro Tempore Cathlin Gleason seconded; the measures were adopted unanimously. The minutes list attachments and award letters as the source documents for the grant amounts and program descriptions; departments receiving funds were expected to proceed per award terms.
