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Committee adds FOIL notification policy for employee disciplinary records and reviews news on assigned-counsel program
Summary
A policy on notifying employees when disciplinary records are requested under FOIL was added to the agenda and carried for resolution consideration. The committee also discussed recent Buffalo News reporting on the Erie County Assigned Counsel program and related oversight concerns.
The committee added to the agenda a proposed policy on employee notification when disciplinary records are requested under the Freedom of Information Law (added 03/30/26). Supervisor Perkins moved to add the policy for committee consideration and the motion carried; the item is marked for resolution consideration in the minutes.
Separately, committee members reviewed and noted Buffalo News coverage of concerns raised about the Erie County Assigned Counsel program, including headlines reporting audits, forensic reviews and allegations that some private attorneys received more than $300,000 in taxpayer funds to represent indigent defendants. The minutes list those articles for committee awareness; no formal action was recorded on the topic in these minutes.
