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Erie County’s helicopter deal shows how its purchasing office slipped past its own guardrails

An April audit says Erie County’s purchasing office let one helicopter become two without legislative review, paid a deposit to the wrong vendor and could not document much of its own work. Legislators now want answers.

An Airbus H125 helicopter on display at an aviation trade show

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