(Buffalo, NY, January 27, 2006) - - The county comptroller wants to know why the control board is paying 30,000 dollars a year in rent at the Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo, when they could have stayed for free at the Rath Building.
Even a control board member says it was a mistake in fiscal judgement.
Erie County Control Board member Sheila Kee: "It was a missed opportunity because even though $30,000 on a billion dollar budget doesn't seem like a lot, ya know what? The only way we're gonna solve this problem is lots of $30,000 savings issues, and that's how you get to the big number."
Mark Poloncarz says he'll examine the board's lease at the Ellicott Square Building to see if they can legally leave and move to a county facility.