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Erie County Council approves $77,330 library supplemental appropriation, confirms two board appointments
Summary
At its April 22 meeting, the Erie County Council approved a $77,330 supplemental appropriation for the library fund and confirmed appointments to the county Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Board and the Library Advisory Board. Council also held first readings on three ordinances and tabled one item.
Erie County Council on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, approved a $77,330 supplemental appropriation to the county library fund and confirmed two board appointments, council members said during a regularly scheduled meeting at the Erie County Courthouse.
The supplemental appropriation — Ordinance No. 18-2025 — allocates $77,330 to recognize state aid district deferred revenue for the period July–December 2024. Council members voted in favor of the appropriation during the meeting; the roll call recorded affirmative votes from Council members Drexel, Horton, Schauerman, Winarsky, Bale and Chairman Scatella.
The council also voted to confirm Jeffrey A. Shaw to the Erie County Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Board for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2027, and approved the reappointment of Kimberly A. Grove to the Erie County Library Advisory Board for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2027. The roll calls for both appointments recorded affirmative votes from the council membership present at the time.
Council held first readings for three ordinances but took no final action on them. Those first reads were: - Ordinance No. 20-2025, a general fund supplemental appropriation of $25,000 for safety and security improvements to be reimbursed by an AOPC safety and security grant; - Ordinance No. 21-2025, an amendment to Ordinance No. 9-2025 (details of the amendment were not specified in the transcript); - Ordinance No. 22-2025, a repeal of Resolution No. 28-2017.
Separately, agenda item D was listed as tabled. The meeting also included a brief announcement about early in-person voting for the primary election: early voting began Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Erie County Courthouse, hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; the transcript noted mail-in ballots had been shipped.
The meeting opened with roll call and routine business, including a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting, which was adopted by roll call. The council adjourned after announcing the next Finance & Personnel Committee meeting for Thursday, May 1, 2025, and the next regular council meeting for Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
Votes at a glance: - Ordinance No. 18-2025 (Library Fund supplemental appropriation, $77,330): approved. Recorded affirmative votes: Drexel, Horton, Schauerman, Winarsky, Bale, Chairman Scatella. (Motion/second not specified in the transcript.) - Appointment: Jeffrey A. Shaw to the Erie County Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Board (term to expire Dec. 31, 2027): approved. Recorded affirmative votes: Schauerman, Buonarski, Bale, Copeland, Drexel, Horton, Chairman Scatella. - Reappointment: Kimberly A. Grove to the Erie County Library Advisory Board (term to expire Dec. 31, 2027): approved. Recorded affirmative votes: Winarsky, Bale, Copeland, Drexel, Horton, Schauerman, Chairman Scatella. - Minutes from previous meeting: adopted. Recorded affirmative votes included Copeland, Drexel, Horton, Schauerman, Buonarski, Bale and Chairman Scatella. - Agenda item D: tabled. - Ordinances No. 20-2025, 21-2025 and 22-2025: first readings only; no final action taken.
Meeting notes: The transcript records minimal debate on the listed items. No motions failed or were amended on the record. Several roll-call affirmative votes were captured verbatim in the meeting record for the motions noted above.
