Board of Estimate & Contract

City of Mount Vernon, New York 1 ROOSEVELT SQ. RM. 104 CITY HALL, MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK 10550 & VIA FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTVERNONNY Meeting Minutes - Final Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:00 PM MAYOR'S CONFERENCE ROOM - 1st FLOOR Board of Estimate & Contract Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 Call to Order: At 3:00 PM by Chairwoman Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Roll Call: Roll Call and reading of agenda items administered by City Clerk Nicole Bonilla. Noticed in the Journal News. PRESENT Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, and Danielle Browne Esq. ABSENT Comptroller Darren Morton OTHERS: Chief of Staff Malcolm Clark, Asst. Corporation Counsel Johan Powell, City Clerk Nicole Bonilla, Deputy City Clerk Jordan Riullano, Assistant Comptroller Condell Hamilton ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGENDA RESOLUTIONS APPROVING ORDINANCES () 1. TMP -1398 Code: LPW Attachments: LSLFC - Referral Letter Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton () 2. TMP -1399 Code: LPW Attachments: LSLA - Referral Letter Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: Mayor Patterson-Howard - discussed the necessity for the salary increase and that the positions are grant funded. approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton Page 1 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 () 3. TMP -1448 Code: HR Attachments: NYP Referral letter- Artwork Program Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton () 4. TMP -1452 Code: HR Attachments: Storage Container Cassone Custom Container Worksheet Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: Mayor Patterson-Howard - Westchester Soccer Club is renting out Memorial Field and needed additional storage. approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton () 5. TMP -1420 Code: HR Attachments: Summer Youth Referral Award Letter for 2025-TANF-196,960 Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Page 2 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton () 6. TMP -1453 Code: HR Attachments: BITTS referral letter- Aviation 2nd Cohort $60K Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton () 7. TMP -1433 Code: PSC Attachments: Business Electronics Referral Letter Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, and Browne Nay: None Absent: Comptroller Morton Roll Call PRESENT Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Darren Morton, and Danielle Browne Esq. ABSENT None () 8. TMP -1444 Code: PSC Attachments: Updated IACP Conference Referral Letter Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Page 3 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: Mayor Patterson-Howard - explained there is no cost to the city and explained the need for the chief to attend the conference. approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None () 9. TMP -1439 Code: FP Attachments: 22 BROOKFIELD RD LETTER Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: Comptroller Morton - Is this to correct the past tax errors, not the current? Response: Council President Browne - Yes. Clerk is this the same property that the residents spoke of at the council meeting? Clerk Bonilla - Yes, it is. Mayor Patterson-Howard - This is a tax-exempt entity and we are working with them and the school district to have overflow parking allowed in the school parking lot. approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None () 10. TMP -1445 Code: FP Attachments: 40 N. 10th Avenue City Council Letter0001 Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: Comptroller Morton - Is this also a correction? Response: Council President Browne - Yes, this property was classified as commercial instead of residential. Page 4 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None () 11. TMP -1457 Code: FP Attachments: Custodial Acct 55 Pondfield Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE PARTIAL PAYMENTS - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC () 12. TMP -1458 Attachments: RESOLUTION FOR PARTIAL PAYMENT NO. 13 TO N WATER MAIN CLEANING COMPANY FOR SEWER S CLEANING & TELEVISING - PHASE 1 -$125,470.22 Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: Comptroller Morton - How is this being funded? Response: Assistant Comptroller Morton - WQIP. approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None SETTLEMENTS (Settlement in the Lawsuit in the 13. TMP matter of Jacqueline Smith - -1461 $5,000) Page 5 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 Attachments: SETTLEMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CL PERSONAL INJURY - PEDESTRIAN SLIP AND FALL (JACQUELINE SMITH) Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None TAX REVIEW SETTLEMENTS (Resolution for Tax Settlement for 14. TMP SMQ, LLC - $47,096.60) -1463 Attachments: Tax Settlement for Sixty SMQ LLC - $47,096.60 Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None (Resolution for Tax Settlement for 15. TMP Praetorian Mandeville LLC - -1462 $6,341.49) Attachments: Tax Settlement for Praetorian Mandeville LLC - $6,341.49 Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard On the question: none Response: none approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None Page 6 of 7 Board of Estimate & Contract Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 Agenda was concluded at 3:23 PM Chairwoman Patterson-Howard asked if there was new business: Mayor Patterson-Howard - spoke on the procedure for purchasing vehicles for different departments and spoke on an unfortunate accident that happened to one our staff and the use of grant funds to purchase lifesaving equipment and our partnership with Empress. Thanks NYC PD and FD as we transported to Jacobi hospital. Mayor asked for a motion to adjourn. Moved: Council President Browne, Seconded: Mayor Patterson-Howard approved Aye: Mayor Patterson-Howard, Comptroller Morton, and Browne Nay: None Absent: None There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:28 PM. Nicole Bonilla, MBA City Clerk Page 7 of 7