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Agency amends evaluation criteria to consider on-site childcare in project scoring
Summary
The agency voted to amend its evaluation criteria so projects that include on-site childcare will be considered during evaluations, in response to a New York State requirement; the change will be circulated to taxing jurisdictions for approval.
The board approved a resolution to amend the agency’s uniform evaluation criteria to include consideration of on-site childcare for qualifying projects. Speaker 5, a staff member identified in the meeting as leading the change, cited a state requirement: "New York State has required that we include in our policy, to get special and projects that include on-site childcare. So we are taking that step now to to approve that."
Speaker 5 said the agency will incorporate the requirement into its policy and circulate the amended policy to taxing jurisdictions for their approval. "At some point, we will include that in the policy, of circulated to all the taxi jurisdictions for approval. But right now, we are amend we are passing a resolution, whereby the agency will consider, on-site childcare in their evaluation criteria," Speaker 5 said in the meeting record.
A motion to adopt the amendment was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript shows the board also approved minutes for the meeting listed as 01/15/2024 earlier in the session and took a moment to recognize the passing of Steve Deere; both items were handled during the same meeting segment as other business. The recognition was informal; no formal condolences or proclamations were recorded beyond members noting his passing.
