Erie County legislators expect ugly fight before vote on how to spend stimulus money

Erie County legislators expect ugly fight before vote on how to spend stimulus money

Sandra Tan
Publication Year: 2021

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The Democratic majority of the Erie County Legislature stands poised to approve County Executive Mark Poloncarz’s $123.7 million spending plan Thursday, which would take one of the biggest windfalls in decades and use it to boost a variety of infrastructure and community improvement projects, as well as county payroll.

But the Republican-supported minority caucus is gearing up to wage a battle on the Legislature floor. They will push to sidetrack the county executive’s spending plan and replace it with a different plan that they say offers more public input.