MONROE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY, JANUARY 26, DUE TO IMPACTS FROM WINTER STORM

ROCHESTER, NY – County Executive Adam Bello announced today that all County offices are closed on Monday, January 26 as a result of the Winter Storm that has impacted the region. All buildings will be closed to residents and visitors, including:

• Monroe County Office Building

• CityPlace

• 111 Westfall Road

• 691 St. Paul Street

• Monroe County Hall of Justice

• Monroe County Veteran’s Service Agency

• Monroe County Office for the Aging

• Monroe County Clerk’s Office and all DMV locations – all appointments are canceled

• Seneca Park Zoo

All essential Monroe County personnel will still report to work, including all staff at Monroe Community Hospital and the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, Monroe County Department of Environmental Services Pure Waters, and Monroe County Probation Officers.

Staff from Monroe County Department of Human Services will work to reschedule any in- person appointments with residents. Anyone in need of traditional emergency housing placement should call 585-442-1742 during regular business hours or 211 during afterhours. Additionally, the CPS hotline at 1-800-342-3720 is open to accept reports of child abuse/neglect.

A Code Blue designation is in effect across New York State, including Monroe County. Monroe County’s Department of Human Services will be conducting outreach efforts to offer homeless individuals emergency housing. If anyone is in need of shelter, or knows someone who is, please call the 211 Life Line to access assistance. If our shelters reach capacity, alternate arrangements will be made.

During Code Blue, individuals in need can also request free transportation via RTS to a warming shelter in the City of Rochester at any bus stop. If the nearest shelter is already on the bus route, the bus will transport them directly there. If a participating warming center is not on the bus route, the bus will transport them to the RTS transit center, where an RTS employee will escort them to the appropriate bus route that will take them to a shelter with available space.

Monroe County Warming Center Sites:

• Open Door Mission, 156 N Plymouth Ave., Rochester, RTS Routes: 15, 21

• House of Mercy, 285 Ormond St., Rochester, RTS Route 3

• Saving Grace Ministries (men only), 1140 Norton St., Rochester, RTS Route 4, 5

• Oak Orchard, First Baptist Church, 124 Main St., Brockport, transportation available through RTS OnDemand