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Ballston Spa trustees vote to become authorized users of New York State language-interpretation contract
Summary
The board approved enrolling the village as an authorized user of the New York State Office of Language Access contract to obtain on-demand interpretation and translation services for police and village offices; staff said the contract is pay-as-you-go and recommended LanguageLine Solutions as a commonly used vendor.
The Ballston Spa Board of Trustees voted Aug. 25 to complete paperwork to become an authorized user of a New York State language-interpretation contract, giving village staff and first responders access to on-demand interpretation and document-translation services through state-approved vendors.
Trustee Ben (first name used in the transcript) presented research on interpretation options and recommended pursuing the state contract managed by the New York State Office of Language Access. Ben told trustees the state contract allows municipalities to become authorized users and to…
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