Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council President Lakisha Collins-Bellamy: Yonkers Stated City Council Decision 9-10-24.

 

Stated City Council Meeting September 10, 2024 1. Special Ordinance authorizing acceptance of state grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Forestry Service in the amount of $1,000,000 and amending the City of Yonkers grant budget for fiscal year 2024/2025. (Adopted 7-0)   2. Special Ordinance - bond ordinance determining the terms, form and details of issuance of $13,760,000 school serial bonds-2024c and $11,455,000 general obligation serial bonds-2024d (Adopted 7-0) 3. Settlement - $30,000.00 Nelly Bautista v. City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0)  4. Settlement - $30,000.00 - Jazmin Seminario v. City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0) 5. Settlement - $315,000.00 Ercilia Perez v. City of Yonkers and Daniel Farrell (Adopted 7-0) 6. Resolution approving an Inter-Municipal Agreement between the City of Yonkers and the County of Westchester for the prisoner transportation agreement for the term 2024-2025 (Adopted 7-0)  7. Resolution approving an Inter-Municipal Agreement by and between the City of Yonkers and the County of Westchester to accept funding for the National Night Out Program (Adopted 7-0) 8. Resolution expressing the Yonkers City Council’s wish that the Yonkers Planning Board serve as lead agency for the purposes of SEQRA review and its referral to the City and County Planning Boards and all other appropriate agencies a proposed amendment of chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers known as the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of the City of Yonkers to add a new “Planned Film & Educational Development Use” to the MG district (Adopted 7-0) 9. Resolution by the City Council of Yonkers commemorating September 2024 as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0)   10. Resolution by the City Council of Yonkers commemorating September 2024 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0) 11. Resolution by the City Council of Yonkers commemorating September 2024 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0)   12. Resolution of the City Council of Yonkers declaring September 11, 2024 “Patriot Day and National Day of Service in honor of 9/11.” (Adopted 7-0) 13. Resolution of the City Council of Yonkers declaring September 12, 2024 “National Police Woman’s Day” in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0)   14. Resolution by the City Council of Yonkers declaring September 15th to October 15th Hispanic Heritage Month in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0)   15. Resolution of the Yonkers City Council proclaiming September 2024 as “National Suicide Prevention Month.” (Adopted 7-0) 16. Resolution of the Yonkers City Council to proclaim September 2024 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0) You can tune in to City Council meetings via the City Council Facebook page, City Hall TV (accessible via the City of Yonkers website), Optimum channel 78, or Verizon Fios channel 39.