SPECIAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND HODGES:
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A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY 2026 STOP DWI GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $42,000 AND AMENDING THE CITY OF YONKERS GRANT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026.
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The City of Yonkers hereby ordains and enacts:
Section 1: Westchester County has authorized State grant funding of $8,400 per annum ($42,000 aggregate) to the City of Yonkers, acting by and through its Department of Public Safety Services, towards the 2026 Stop-DWI Grant Program, which provides funding to reduce the number of persons killed or injured in alcohol and other drug-related traffic crashes, and to promote DWI prevention as a public priority.
Section 2: The above constitutes a “Type II” action under SEQRA and its implementing regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 617, which constitute an action determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and therefore requiring no further environmental review.
Section 3: The Mayor of the City or his authorized designee is hereby empowered to execute any and all instruments and take such other actions as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
Section 4: The City’s Grant Budget for fiscal year 2025/2026 is hereby amended by increasing revenues and appropriations for the Police Department, as follows:
Increase Estimated Revenues
Westchester County
2026-2030 Stop-DWI Grant $42,000
Increase Estimated Expenses
Westchester County
2026-2030 Stop-DWI Grant $42,000
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect immediately.