Council debates whether purchasing‑code amendment should apply to county‑backed projects and authorities
At first reading of a purchasing‑code amendment, council members and legal staff disputed whether the change should apply only to county‑funded projects or also to county‑backed projects and independent authorities; administration signaled conditional support for deleting an exclusionary clause to broaden applicability.
The full story
Council reviewed an amendment to article 3, section 1e of the Erie County Administrative Code that would change purchasing rules. Several council members asked whether the draft should reach projects the county backs financially or simply county‑funded projects, and whether the county has legal authority to require authorities to comply.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.