# 10.13.26 Full Legislature Meeting


**Body:** Monroe County Legislature
**Date:** October 14, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Healthcare, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Monroe County Legislature’s October 13, 2026 meeting included major capital-project and contract oversight discussions. The Legislature approved, by a 22–4 roll-call vote, a $116.9 million bond resolution for the Seneca Park Zoo Tropical Exhibit and Main Entry Plaza Phase 2, superseding a 2022 resolution. Discussion referenced a revised overall project budget of about $135 million, including county, state, and Zoo Society funding, and construction cost increases; members also discussed a proposed $2 million buffer for contracts nearing $80 million, although the transcript does not clearly establish the disposition of that amount. The Legislature also approved 2026 operating-budget appropriation transfers and ARPA appropriation transfers and subaward grant amendments.

Members voted to begin a legislative review of the state findings concerning Brian Harmon’s death in the county jail and the fitness of jail medical contractor Prime Care Medical, which provides services under a county contract. Debate focused on oversight and whether to limit the contractor’s upcoming renewal to six months while the review proceeds; the transcript does not clearly capture the final terms or vote on that contract-related measure. The Legislature also adopted a local law establishing an animal-abuse registry that restricts listed individuals from obtaining animals through county shelters or pet dealers. Public speakers urged additional county funding or policy changes for childcare assistance, housing vouchers, and shelter allowances, but no related spending action is clearly recorded.

**Source:** Monroe County Legislature