{"id":52266,"date":"2025-12-04T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/52266\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:37:13","slug":"erie-county-legislature-approves-amended-2026-county-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/52266\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Legislature approves amended 2026 county budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Erie County Legislature approved the amended 2026 county budget Thursday morning by a vote of 7 to 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz’s $2.1 billion budget proposal features a property tax decrease, from $3.29 cents per thousand dollars of assessed value to $3.09.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The budget<\/a> includes more than $800,000 for new snowplows and $2.7 million for infrastructure projects around the city. The budget also includes $9.2 million for Buffalo Police and Fire, $7.4 million for the Dept. of Public Works- Division of Buildings, $8.2 million for Dept. of Public Works – Division of Engineering, $3.4 million for Dept. of Public Works – Division of Streets, $600,000 for Parking Enforcement, $62,900 for Dept of Management Information Systems and $3.7 million for Cultural and Education investments.<\/p>\n

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(Spectrum News 1 \/ Kenny Mitchell)<\/p>\n

The major amendment made to Poloncarz’s budget was the axing of a $20 million appropriation to start design and engineering work for a new county jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposal was for a new\u00a0$430 million\u00a0jail and holding center in Alden.\u00a0Erie County Sheriff John Garcia says\u00a0$54 million\u00a0in immediate upgrades and repairs are now needed at facilities across the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Members of the\u00a0Legislature say property taxes would have\u00a0likely gone\u00a0up\u00a0if they approved the\u00a0$20 million to be spent on that process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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