JULY 9, 2009

COUNTY LEGISLATURE APPROVES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE AUDIO VISUAL INFORMATION IN AUTO BUREAUS, GAIN REVENUE

The Erie County Legislature unanimously voted to allow Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul to enter an agreement to provide audio visual public service information and pre-approved advertising in the Erie County Auto Bureaus for three years at its July 9 session.

The County Legislature approved the contract with Metrodata Services at no cost to Erie County for equipment, installation and standard content. Metrodata will provide the county with a minimum of 33 percent of the net revenue from its advertisers.

"Through the net revenue generated from the advertisers in annual payments, the net cash value of this contract is expected to exceed $100,000," County Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams (D-Buffalo, 3rd District) said. "The information and advertising shown on the audio visual screens in the Auto Bureaus will not only enhance the image of the bureaus, it will provide information and entertainment for the customers."

The audio visual information and advertising will be installed at Auto Bureaus which have seating, including the downtown Buffalo Rath Building location, 95 Franklin Street; Dick Road and George Urban Boulevards in Cheektowaga; the Eastern Hills Mall on Transit Road in Clarence, and Erie Community College South Campus on Southwestern Boulevard in Orchard Park.

"The plan includes having the contract state no alcohol or tobacco advertising be included, and that there will be one minute for the County Clerk's Office to provide information for every 10 minutes of programming," Legislator Miller-Williams, whose district includes the Rath Building location, said. "I would like to thank County Clerk Kathleen Hochul and her staff for their work on this issue."

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