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Committee approves block appointments and several contract and grant amendments, including an OCFS grant for child advocacy
Summary
The committee approved a block of board appointments and approved multiple contract and grant amendments: a one‑time $66,666 OCFS grant for the child advocacy team, a $32,000 amendment for the county’s PERS provider, and several contract extensions and amendments; some amounts were truncated in the transcript and require verification.
The Ulster County Health, Human Services and Human Rights Committee on Feb. 6 approved a block of appointments and multiple contract and grant amendments affecting county health and social‑services programs.
The committee blocked resolutions 3, 4, 5, 8, 11 and 12 for a single voice vote after a motion by Legislator Harmon and a second by Legislator Collins; the transcript records one committee member saying, “I opposed,” but the speaker was not identified on the record.
Among the items the committee approved individually:
- Resolution 6 (listed as number seven on the chair’s agenda) authorized a contract amendment with Gateway Community Industries, doing business as Gateway…
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