Council reviews multiple appointments, auditor engagement and board reappointments

Erie County Council reviewed several appointment items on Jan. 8, including the appointment of an auditor to conduct the county audit for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 2025, and multiple board and commission reappointments.

Chair introduced auditor engagement letters and explained that there are separate letters and contracts for each appointment, which audit committee had previously reviewed and recommended to council. A council member said the audit committee had reviewed the documents previously and had no problem with the engagement.

The council also considered several board reappointments: a possible reappointment to the Erie County Land Bank (seat currently occupied by Dave Mitchell), a possible appointment of Kevin Smith to the Regional Airport (term listed as expired 12/31/2025 in the packet) and the reappointment of Ronald Bold to the Erie County Planning Commission. Members noted some clerical errors in the memo (a wrong expiration year printed) and asked that those be corrected on the agenda.

Councilors asked no substantive objections to the appointments in the transcript excerpt, but the record shows requests for corrected paperwork and a routine briefing from the audit committee rather than a recorded vote.