JULY 25, 2008

COUNTY LEGISLATOR WROBLEWSKI, LEGISLATURE APPROVE EFFICIENCY FUNDS TO MOVE DMV, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

Erie County Legislator Timothy M. Wroblewski (D-West Seneca, South Cheektowaga) and the County Legislature approved efficiency grant requests to help fund moving the Erie County Clerk's Office Department of Motor Vehicles' office and the Erie County Attorney's Office at last week's regular session

The grant request being made to the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority, which controls these funds, asks for $1,772,000 to help move the Clerk's DMV offices to the first floor of the Rath Building on Franklin Street from their current site on Broadway in downtown Buffalo, and to help relocate the County Attorney's offices.

"I am pleased that the County Legislature joined me in approving these efficiency grant actions that will allow Erie County to operate in a more productive manner," Legislator Wroblewski said. "The use of these efficiency grants will also save the county from having to provide and spend those funds up front. This effort will produce a direct savings of about $1.7 million to Erie County taxpayers by not having to be spent out of operating funds."

"We need to continue to work on methods of running Erie County more effectively and efficiently," Legislator Wroblewski, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, continued. "That is why the County Legislature also authorized the Erie County Sheriff's Office to accept $750,000 in efficiency grant funds to help replace the aging fleet of police vehicles. These new vehicles will allow our Sheriff's personnel to operate in safer and more fuel-efficient ways."

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