JANUARY 9, 2009

COUNTY LEGISLATURE REAPPOINTS CHAIR LYNN M. MARINELLI, MAJORITY LEADER MARIA R. WHYTE

Erie County Legislator Lynn M. Marinelli (D-Buffalo, Tonawanda) has been re-elected as the Legislature Chair and County Legislator Maria R. Whyte (D-Buffalo, 6th District)) was re-elected as Majority Leader during the Legislature's reorganization meeting January 8.

Legislator Marinelli will serve in her fourth consecutive one-year term as Chair of the Legislature, after serving two terms as the Majority Leader. Legislator Whyte will be serving in her fourth consecutive one-year term as Majority Leader.

Chair Marinelli also named the 2009 County Legislature committee chairs, all reappointments from 2008. They are: Finance and Management, Legislator Kathy Konst (D-Lancaster, Elma); Government Affairs, Legislator Barbara Miller-Williams (D-Buffalo, 3rd District); Energy and Environment, Legislator Daniel M. Kozub (D-Lackawanna, Buffalo); Community Enrichment, Legislator Betty Jean Grant (D-Buffalo, 7th District); Health and Human Services, Legislator Thomas J. Mazur (D-Cheektowaga, Depew); Economic Development, Legislator Timothy M. Kennedy (D-South Buffalo); Public Safety, Legislator Timothy M. Wroblewski (D-West Seneca, South Cheektowaga).

Legislator Robert B. Reynolds Jr. (D-Hamburg, Evans) will continue as chair of the Distressed Property Task Force and Legislator Michele M. Iannello (D-Kenmore) will lead efforts on green initiatives.

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