Erie County Department of Health

Erie County Council on Tuesday night will voter to create a county agency called the Erie County Rail Future Commission and fund it with $1 million in gaming revenue. The group, made up of an appointed board and a chief administrative officer, is designed to lobby for enhanced rail service and "establish relationships with all rail-oriented organizations in the Northeast Corridor and work to promote rail service of all kinds throughout Erie County," according to the resolution that would create the commission.