Board of Estimate & Contract

pNT ..f@k ie!l;! BOARD OF ESTIMATE & CONTRACT AGENDA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022 4:00 PM MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM - CITY HALL MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK & VIA FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTVERNONNY "REVISED" RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDINANCE 1. Autliorizing the Department of Buildings to offer a Professional Certification Pilot Program SETTLEMENT 2. Settling the Claim of Bank of America, N.A., as assignee of Altec Capital Services, LLC v. City of Mount Vernon - $85,000.00 ADOPTING THE 2022 ANNUAL ESTIMATE 3. Adopting the Mayor's 2022 Annual Estimate  t7 J'. ,L,1"'7 -] r. ifIllaal-,I ii BOARD OF ESTIMATE & CONTRACT AGENDA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022 4:00 PM MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM - CITY HALL MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK & VIA FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTVERNONNY RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDINANCE Authorizing the Department of Buildings to offer a Professional Certification Pilot Progran'i.  RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on HELD December 8, 2021 and signed by the Mayor on December 9, 2021, authorizingthe Departmentof Buildings to offer a Professional Certification FEB g 1 Pilot Program, be and the same hereby is approved. l ADOPTED BY BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND CONTRACT Assistant Corp7ation Cou@sel APPROVED Dept. DEPU'J'Y Clerk DEC 8 202! AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILLDINGS TO OFFER A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PILOT PROGRAM. WHEREAS, by Ietter dated November 18, 202I, the Commissioner of the Deparh'nent of Buildings l'ias requested legislation auihorizing said departtnent to implement a Professional Certification Pilot Program (Policy & Procedure Notice- PilotProgram:) attached; and WHEREAS, tl'ie aforesaid policy and procedure will enable Professional Engineers and Registered Architects to certify that the plans they file with the Department of Buildings are in compliance with all applicable laws thus eliminating the process of plan examination ai'id approval generaIly conducted by said depariment; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid policy and procedure will apply several layers of recourse should the P.rofessional certifying the work be found to have made false statements in ceitificates, foims, written statements, applications, reports, or certificates of cot-rection; and WHEREAS, it is fuither requested that the aforesaid be introduced initially as a Pilot Program for a period of six (6) months to a short Iist of designated Professionals. At tl':ie end of the trial, a revaluation wi?I be detenuined whether to make it a permanent policy moving forward; NOW, THEREFORE., The City of Mount Venion, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact: Section l. The Deparh'nent of Buildings is hereby authorized to implement a Professional Certification Pilot Program (Po[iq & Procedure Notice- Pilot Program) attached Section 2. There is no cost to the City Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval by the Board of Estimate and Contract Councilperson llSOFtSU CE APPROVED Dept. o Mavor DEe 8 2fl2! CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NY DEP ARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SHAWYN PATTERSON-HOWARD City Hall - One Roosevelt Square Patrick G. Holder R.A. Mayor Mount Vemon,NY 10550 Commissioner (9]4) (i65-2483 Fa'x (914) 465-2988 wvw.cmvny.com Dob@cinvny.com Dawnette McLaren-Nelson 2nd Deputy Commissioner Policy and Procedure Notice Pilot Program Professional Certification(Pro-Cert) Pilot Program: TheDepartmentof Buildingswill offer asofJanuaryr 1st,i 2022 a ProfessionalCertification(Pro-Cert)Programwhich enables Professional Engineers (PE) and Registered ', Architects(RA) to certify the plansthey file with the building depmtment are in compliance with all applicaMe la;ws. This will reducethe mnountof time an applicantwill take for aDOB permit by elimiffiating the process ofplan examination for approvaI. Applicants who use the Pro-Cert Program need to be aware that: * Professional Certification must be selected on the ffliug applications at the titne of ffling. * An application that is Professionally Certified goes through the same pre-ffling, paynnent, and data enty process. However, if all required documents are present, the application will be approved at the end of data entry. Professional Certification Applications are subject to audit bythe Department of Buildings. A Professionally Certified application does not go through the Departmentplan examination. The applicant can check the application status by contacting the Departtnent Clerks initiaIIy and e;ventually by using the OpenGov System (slated to be introduced to the public later in 2022. Exact launch date T.B.A.) Post ApprovaI Amendments to Professionally Certified applications must also be professionally Certified. Department examination and approval are not available. Twenty percent of all Post Approval Amendments are also subject to audit once,the application's first ': pennit has been issued. Effective: January 1, 2022 PURPOSE: enables Profe,ssional Engineers (PE) andRegisteredArchitects(RA) to cerf,fy;tha,the plane.they fil with the Depmtment are in compliancewith all applicablelaws. ' : " SPECIFICS: The following procedure shaIl be implemented: 1. The applicant, a Professional Engineer or Registered ArchitectI (P.E./R.A.), shoulds'eleptProfess7onal Certificatiqn on the fling application at the time of fiIing. ' The follo'iving documents shall be submitted: A h'i addition fo the standard fiting applicationa ProfessionallyCertifiedA2 docinnentim'9stbe filea'by a Professional. Engin6er, Registered Arcitect, or registereddesi: professional. "The 'jewcl of Westchester" ULu '- B dul( B Plans in triplicate, as well as submit an electronic fiJe, which shall include: 1. Seal & signature of the P.E. /R-A. on all submitted documents- 2. Construction Documents as noted on the back of the standard Building Pamit Application. C Any of the existing filing protocols may be used. i.e. online; or in-person filing. D ProfessionallyCertifiedA2filingsvirillnotbesubjecttoreviewbythedepartment'splaiiroom. E All standard fees applicable to a Professionally Certified A2 filing will apply. F Plan content mid format shall be in accordance with all applicable sections 6f Chapter I of the Building Code ofNY State, andwiththerelaiedmes andregulations oftheDepmtment. The Department of Buildings Shall: A Conduct random audits of professionatly Certified A2 applications that will review content. B Respond to questions related to the content of the Professionally Certified process or about this notice that are directed to the Commissioner of Buildings i9-  = v-% I, FEB0 i 2U22 Z WHEREAS, by letter dated January 31, 2022, Corporation Counsel requested the approval of this Honorable Board to settle the matter "Settlement of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as assignee of ALTEC CAPITAL SERVICES, LLC v. City of Mount Vernon, Settlement Amount: $85,000.00;" and WHEREAS, by letter dated January 24, 2022 (a copy of which is annexed hereto), the Wagstaff Firm, p.c. explained why it would be in the best interests of the City of Mount Vernon to settle said claim in the amount of $85,000.00; and WHEREAS, the City has successfully negotiated a settlement in this matter for Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) through the services of the Wagstaff Firm, P.C.; and WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel hereby recornrnends that the Board of Estimate and Contract approve the settlement of the aforesaid grievance in the amoiu'it of $85,000.00; NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, that the aforesaid claim of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., be settled for the sum of $85,000.00 and that said settlement be and the same hereby is approved; and be it further RESOLVED, that said sum be paid out of Budget Code A1930.494 (Judgments & Settlements (Increase for DEC Settlements)), 2022 Budget. APPROVED AS ADOPTED BY BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND CONTRACT X/ Assistant Corporatiofi APPROVED Dept. Clerk FEBO } 7.Olz HEL'D, WHEREAS, a public hearing having been held by this Board on the 24'h day of January, 2022 in reference to the Annual Estimate of the City of Mount Vernon, New York for the year 2022, pursuant to the provisions of Section 81 of the Charter of the City of Mount Vernon, NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of said Section 81 of said City Charter, as amended, tlie following itemized statement of the estimated revenues and expenditures of the City of Mount Vernon for the fiscal year commencing the first day of January, 2022 be and tlie same hereby is adopted by this Board of Estimate and Contract and submitted in final form to the City Council. (Attached Budget) ADOPTED BY BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND CONTRACT APPROVED Dept. Clerk