County Millions Missing from Budget

County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz says that millions of dollars in costs are missing from the Erie County budget. County Executive Chris Collins did not include 16-million in Medicaid-related charges that are supposed to be paid to ECMC and the Erie County Home. Poloncarz says the budget is therefore out of balance. Collins says he knows his neck is stuck out a bit, but says he's working out a deal to forgive the debt, or at least spread it over the next couple of years. The county control board will meet Monday to review Collins' budget.