MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR QUARTER 3, 2026
New business openings include the First Street Breakfast Company and Crispy Tattoo.
Welcome to the new Mount Vernon City employees hired since Jan. 1, 2026- Camden Leonard in Public Works, and David Frankfurt, Monet Roelle, Nick Macke and Morgan Kelley as new officers with the Police Department.
Important dates coming up….
Aug. 8 Sidewalk Sales
Aug. 15 Breakfast with the Mayor at First Street Breakfast Club-9:30 AM. The opening question will be-“what does/should economic development look like in Mount Vernon?
Aug. 19 Cornell new students arrive on campus
Sept. 8 Dog swim at the Mount Vernon City Pool
DID YOU KNOW?
Citizens can put in a work order that needs the attention of City staff? Visit the City website-cityofmountvernon-ia.gov, Request for Action, complete and hit Submit. In the second quarter, 52 work orders were written up between internal and citizen requests with almost all completed in the quarter as well.
Don’t forget to keep up with the latest in the Mount Vernon area by going to VisitMVL on social media.
Have a question of City Hall staff: Use the contact tab on the City of Mount Vernon web page or contact me at twieseler@cityofmtvernon-ia.gov.