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Committee approves resolutions 1–5 in single voice vote; adjournment motion carried
Summary
At the July Health and Human Services Committee meeting the body approved agenda items 1 through 5 in a single block and later moved to adjourn; no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
MONTICELLO, N.Y. — The Sullivan County Health and Human Services Committee moved and approved resolutions numbered 1 through 5 as a single block vote during its July 17 meeting and subsequently adjourned.
A motion was made to move items 1–5 in block, a second was recorded, and the committee approved the motion by voice vote (“Aye. Aye.”). No roll-call vote or individual yes/no tallies for committee members were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The committee earlier discussed two agenda items in particular: (a) authorization to join a social care network platform (Unite Us) with a reduced county share because the network will pick up platform costs for certain staff and programs, and (b) authorization for a contract with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to provide increased funding over a five-year period to support the county child advocacy center. Both items were part of the bundled resolutions that the committee moved in block.
Why it matters: The Unite Us arrangement was described as reducing county costs for the social care network and enabling broader participation by county divisions and partner staff; the OCFS contract was described as a substantial multi-year funding increase tied to the county’s child advocacy center operations.
Vote details: Motion to move items 1–5 in block — seconded — approved by voice vote. No individual tallies or named movers/seconders were recorded in the transcript. A motion to adjourn was subsequently made and carried.
