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Erie County Council overrides two executive vetoes in separate votes
Summary
Council voted to override the county executive's vetoes on two ordinances: Ordinance 11 (overridden by Ordinance 14 action) passed unanimously; Ordinance 12 (overridden by Ordinance 15 action) passed 5–2.
Erie County Council voted to override executive vetoes on two separate ordinances during the meeting.
Council took up Ordinance 14 (council action to override the executive veto of Ordinance 11) and approved the motion on a roll-call vote that carried 7–0. The meeting record shows affirmative votes from Mrs. Schauerman, Mr. Winarski, Mr. Bale, Mr. Copeland, Mr. Drexel, Mr. Horton and Chairman Scatella.
The council then considered Ordinance 15 (council action to override the executive veto of Ordinance 12). That motion passed by a 5–2 vote. The recorded votes were: Mr. Winarski (yes); Mr. Bale (no); Mr. Copeland (yes); Mr. Drexel (yes); Mr. Horton (yes); Mrs. Schauerman (no); Chairman Scatella (yes). Council discussion before the vote focused on problems the council has experienced obtaining IT support from the administration and the desire of some members to move IT support for certain functions to the courts for better responsiveness; those operational concerns were cited by members explaining their votes but did not appear as a formal policy change in this meeting.
Both override votes are recorded as final council actions in the meeting minutes and were carried by the tallies noted above.
