JULY 17, 2009

COUNTY LEGISLATURE ANNUAL MID-YEAR BUDGET HEARINGS TO CONTINUE OVERSIGHT, REFORM MEASURES

The Erie County Legislature will conduct its mid-year budget hearings as part of its continuing oversight and reform measures starting at 9 a.m. Monday, July 20, in the County Legislature Chambers on the Fourth Floor of 92 Franklin Street in Buffalo.

The County Legislature will hold these mid-year budget hearings through the Finance and Management Committee, which is chaired by County Legislator Kathy Konst (D-Lancaster, Elma).

"The mid-year budget hearings, through the Legislature gaining information from the various department heads and other administration officials, are a key weapon in our fight to continue to right Erie County's fiscal ship," Legislator Konst said. "Assessing Erie County's financial health through examination of the departments' spending and revenues, and comparing them to the projections, allows the Legislature and departments to be able to adjust to changing situations before they become crises."

"The County Legislature instituted the mid-budget hearings as part of its reform measures to increase its oversight of financial matters," County Legislature Chair Lynn M. Marinelli (D-Buffalo, Tonawanda) said. "We are continuing to monitor spending and revenues as part of our County Charter designated roll of fiscal oversight, which our constituents demand."

The mid-year budget hearings will proceed through Tuesday and Wednesday, July 21-22, with call back for departments needing to provide additional information to be held Friday, July 24.

The complete mid-year budget hearing schedule can be found at www.erie.gov/legislature.

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