County Council Review

After nearly a month since the last meeting, here's what is being voted on during the next County Council meeting on June 3 at 6 p.m.

It's been nearly a month since the last County Council meeting. During the next meeting on June 3 at 6:00 p.m., the public is welcome to join and make their voices heard before ordinances come to a final vote. Here's the rundown on the ordinances that will be voted on in the next meeting: 

• Eighth 2025 General Fund Budget of $433,620 for additional federal revenue for housing immigration detainees. During the May 6 meeting, constituents voiced their concerns at its first reading. Constituent Matt Texter urged council that if Erie has an opportunity to "to make sure that when we look back, Erie's business wasn't in handling those that did not receive due process, that Erie's business isn't now a moneymaker off of not having a clear understanding of what the benchmarks of a criminal are."
• An ordinance for the Fourth 2025 General Fund Budget of $125,228 for release of restricted fund balance of adult probation supervision fees. 
• An ordinance for the approval of a waiver of the bid requirements under the purchasing and sales procedures of the administrative code and approval of a sole vendor contract between FirstMatch and County of Erie Juvenile Probation.
• An ordinance Amending the Erie County Administrative Code to remove Erie County Care Management, Inc. and all references thereto from Article II, Section 5(B) of the Code, including removal of all provisions of Subsection (1)(a) of the Code; and repealing all inconsistent ordinances.