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County executive seeks $150,000 to supplement Willow program for women and infants
Summary
Anna Sapak requested a $150,000 transfer from the improvement initiative fund to the Department of Health to supplement the Willow (Women and Infants Linking Lifetime Opportunities for Wellness) program; no committee vote was taken because there was no quorum and sponsors will introduce the executive item on the floor.
Anna Sapak, a policy analyst on the county executive’s team, asked the Albany County Legislature health committee to transfer $150,000 from the improvement initiative fund to the Department of Health to supplement the Willow program, an initiative described in the meeting as Women and Infants Linking Lifetime Opportunities for Wellness.
"I'm here to request that, you approve the transfer of $150,000 from the improvement initiative funds to go to the Department of Health to supplement the Willow grama, which is the Women and Infants Linking Lifetime Opportunities for Wellness program," Sapak said.
Committee members did not raise substantive questions during the discussion. A committee member moved to advance the item by adding sponsors; because there was no quorum the committee did not take a formal vote. The presenter and committee leadership said the executive item can be introduced on the legislative floor through the individual-exchange process and will proceed with sponsors from the committee. Miss Benno was named as a sponsor during the meeting.
The meeting record did not include a detailed breakdown of how the $150,000 would be spent inside the Willow program or the program’s current budget; those details were "not specified" in the discussion.
Next steps: the transfer will be introduced on the legislative floor through the individual-exchange process as an executive item; the committee recorded no formal motion or vote at the meeting.
