Erie County Council approves multiple budget supplements, ordinances and personnel actions
June 22, 2026 | Erie County, Pennsylvania
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Erie County Council on June 22 approved a slate of ordinances and budget measures covering procurement rules, grant funding and personnel changes.
Key votes at the meeting included an amended adoption of Ordinance 44-2026, which amends the Administrative Code to require an electronic bidding process for competitive bids and RFPs; the council amended the ordinance to move the effective start date from July 1 to August 1 to allow training time and approved the amended ordinance by roll call.
The council approved Ordinance 45-2026, a $614,508 supplemental appropriation to the 2026 drug and alcohol fund for revenue received from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol, and Ordinance 46-2026, a $491,158 capital-project fund supplement funded by the Erie Regional Library Foundation for library renovations. It also approved Ordinance 47-2026, a $74,082 general fund supplement to create a data governance administrator position in the information technology department, and Ordinance 48-2026, a planning fund revision eliminating the GIS administrator position (offset $74,082).
Ordinance 50-2026, confirming the salary for a full-time assistant public defender as amended, was approved on roll call. Several other measures were introduced on first reading, including Ordinance 51-2026 (library fund supplement of $2,000 from UPMC), Ordinance 53-2026 (creation of a $4,550 revenue line for human resources rental revenue), Ordinance 54-2026 (county solicitor temporary staff costs, $15,363), Ordinance 55-2026 ($67,568 for county executive expenses), Ordinance 56-2026 ($1,000,000 transfer to revolving loan fund), Ordinance 57-2026 (creation of a $1,442,530 revolving loan fund budget), Ordinance 58-2026 ($189,218 for unemployment/workers' comp expenses), Ordinance 59-2026 (refunding bonds for the convention center authority), Ordinance 60-2026 (part-time assistant public defender salary), Ordinance 61-2026 (library staffing changes, $1,669), Ordinance 62-2026 (position change to full-time for county executive department, $4,434). These were read on first reading and will return for further consideration.
On second reading the council approved Ordinance 52-2026, a $24,825 public health fund supplement for a wellness program grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health Wellness Initiatives.
Notably, the council approved Ordinance 63-2026 on second reading, a $4,158 general fund revision and waiver of the human resources code to adjust the starting salary for the director of the Human Relations Commission. Councilman Copeland supported filling the HRC position and voted yes while noting objections to attaching waivers to positions rather than to specific people; the motion passed 6–1 with Councilman Bale recorded as the lone no vote.
The council also voted to approve four repository parcel sales (items N–Q) as a bundled vote.
What happens next: several items introduced on first reading will return for second readings; departments and staff will implement appropriations and hiring actions authorized by the adopted ordinances.
Key votes at the meeting included an amended adoption of Ordinance 44-2026, which amends the Administrative Code to require an electronic bidding process for competitive bids and RFPs; the council amended the ordinance to move the effective start date from July 1 to August 1 to allow training time and approved the amended ordinance by roll call.
The council approved Ordinance 45-2026, a $614,508 supplemental appropriation to the 2026 drug and alcohol fund for revenue received from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol, and Ordinance 46-2026, a $491,158 capital-project fund supplement funded by the Erie Regional Library Foundation for library renovations. It also approved Ordinance 47-2026, a $74,082 general fund supplement to create a data governance administrator position in the information technology department, and Ordinance 48-2026, a planning fund revision eliminating the GIS administrator position (offset $74,082).
Ordinance 50-2026, confirming the salary for a full-time assistant public defender as amended, was approved on roll call. Several other measures were introduced on first reading, including Ordinance 51-2026 (library fund supplement of $2,000 from UPMC), Ordinance 53-2026 (creation of a $4,550 revenue line for human resources rental revenue), Ordinance 54-2026 (county solicitor temporary staff costs, $15,363), Ordinance 55-2026 ($67,568 for county executive expenses), Ordinance 56-2026 ($1,000,000 transfer to revolving loan fund), Ordinance 57-2026 (creation of a $1,442,530 revolving loan fund budget), Ordinance 58-2026 ($189,218 for unemployment/workers' comp expenses), Ordinance 59-2026 (refunding bonds for the convention center authority), Ordinance 60-2026 (part-time assistant public defender salary), Ordinance 61-2026 (library staffing changes, $1,669), Ordinance 62-2026 (position change to full-time for county executive department, $4,434). These were read on first reading and will return for further consideration.
On second reading the council approved Ordinance 52-2026, a $24,825 public health fund supplement for a wellness program grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health Wellness Initiatives.
Notably, the council approved Ordinance 63-2026 on second reading, a $4,158 general fund revision and waiver of the human resources code to adjust the starting salary for the director of the Human Relations Commission. Councilman Copeland supported filling the HRC position and voted yes while noting objections to attaching waivers to positions rather than to specific people; the motion passed 6–1 with Councilman Bale recorded as the lone no vote.
The council also voted to approve four repository parcel sales (items N–Q) as a bundled vote.
What happens next: several items introduced on first reading will return for second readings; departments and staff will implement appropriations and hiring actions authorized by the adopted ordinances.
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