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Unions press Essex County on $1 million transfer, ask why YMCA was excluded from shelter awards
Summary
Union representatives and public commenters pressed the board for written details about a $1,000,000 budget transfer linked to the Department of Family Assistance and Benefits (DFAB); county staff said no $1,000,000 was taken from DFAB and explained Newark YMCA's shelter proposal was rejected for missing documents.
Union leaders and members of the public pressed county officials for clarity about a $1,000,000 line in the meeting packet and raised concerns about homelessness contracting processes.
Lisa Maddox Douglas, president of the Public Employee Supervisors Union for the Division of Family Assistance and Benefits, told the board she was "unclear" why a $1,000,000 transfer appears in resolution materials and urged the administration to explain the transaction in writing and to address persistent staffing vacancies at DFAB, including the absence of a county welfare agency director. "We are supposed to be at 832 employees," she said, and…
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