Overview
Erie County’s adopted 2026 operating budget totals $2,283,493,525 across six operating funds, of which the General Fund alone is $2,081,160,029 — up $112,976,577 from the 2025 adopted General Fund figure of $1,968,183,452. The summary shows appropriations equal to revenues in every fund, so the adopted operating budget is balanced as printed.
Source: Erie County 2026 Adopted Budget, Book A (Operating Funds).
At a glance
Headline budget
The Summary of All Funds (page 375 of Book A) gives 2026 Legislative Adopted appropriations and revenues for each operating fund. The General Fund dominates the operating budget at about 91% of the all-operating-funds total.
| General Fund appropriations, 2026 adopted | $2,081,160,029 |
| General Fund appropriations, 2025 adopted | $1,968,183,452 |
| General Fund increase | $112,976,577 |
| Total all operating funds, 2026 adopted | $2,283,493,525 |
| Total all operating funds, 2025 adopted | $2,156,577,219 |
| All operating funds, 2026 adopted | $2,283,493,525 |
Outside the operating-funds total, the same summary lists the Sewer Fund ($84,313,823), Sewer Debt Service ($8,061,500) and the Pharmaceutical Litigation Settlement Fund ($6,121,726) for 2026 adopted. Those three are shown here for completeness and are not added into the $2,283,493,525 operating total.
Source: Erie County 2026 Adopted Budget, Book A, Summary of All Funds.
Breakdown by fund — 2026 adopted
Appropriations equal revenues in each fund as printed.
| Fund 110 — General | $2,081,160,029 |
| Fund 140 — Utility | $38,800,536 |
| Fund 210 — Highways / Road Repair Reserve | $59,104,071 |
| Fund 230 — E-911 | $14,753,480 |
| Fund 310 — Operating Debt Service | $53,595,350 |
| Fund 820 — Library | $36,080,059 |
| Total — all operating funds | $2,283,493,525 |
Source: Erie County 2026 Adopted Budget, Book A, Summary of All Funds.
Elected officials
As named on the cover of the adopted book. No legislator roster or vote count is shown because the Book A extract does not list them.
| County Executive | Mark C. Poloncarz |
| Budget Director | Mark D. Cornell |
Sources & notes
- Only source used: Erie County, 2026 Adopted Budget, Book A (Operating Funds), amended and adopted December 4, 2025. 2026 Adopted Budget, Book A.
- Sum checks: operating-fund appropriations exact ($2,081,160,029 + $38,800,536 + $59,104,071 + $14,753,480 + $53,595,350 + $36,080,059 = $2,283,493,525); appropriations equal revenues in every fund as printed.
- What is not claimed: the $2.081 billion figure is the General Fund only, not the whole operating budget; no tax levy or tax rate is shown because the Book A summary extract does not state one; capital funds outside Book A are not covered.
- Jurisdiction palette: No verified New York jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.