Meeting authorizes application for up to $1 million from Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation

Meeting participants voted to authorize staff to apply for capacity‑building and predevelopment funding from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation in an amount not to exceed $1 million.

A staff member introduced the item, saying that “Ashley has an MOA of … the amount not to exceed $1 million,” and asked the group to consider a resolution authorizing the application. A participant responded “I’ll move.” The chair called for comments and then a voice vote; one participant said, “I oppose.” The transcript does not record the full vote tally or the names of the motion’s mover and seconder for this item.

The vote was recorded as moved and the meeting proceeded. Later in the session a committee member said the Committee of the Whole — which had been suspended earlier — would reconvene at the end of the Ways and Means meeting to adjourn that session and arrange another time later this month to complete the outstanding agenda item. The meeting then took a separate motion to adjourn, with a participant identified as Healey called and a second recorded.

The transcript does not specify departmental sponsorship, the precise text of the resolution beyond the application authorization, or a final numerical vote count; those details were not provided in the recorded segments.