Rochester

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/ (City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York)
• Meetings list: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/meetings, archive https://www.cityofrochester.gov/meetings/archived and calendar https://www.cityofrochester.gov/meetings/calendar. Each meeting page links its agenda, minutes, worksheet and certified ordinances.
• Council legislation, minutes and proceedings: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/departments/city-council/city-council-legislation-meeting-minutes-and-proceedings
• City Council home: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/departments/city-council; boards and commissions: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/boards-commissions
• Meeting video: Rochester City Council YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_U7nbtS5kEz4bjEM8AGXlQ (council meetings, committees, Police Accountability Board and hearings). Council meetings also air on City 12 (Spectrum 1303) and the Council Facebook page.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor Malik D. Evans
• City Council (nine members, four-year terms; Tuesday 6 PM regular meetings at City Hall, 30 Church St): President Miguel A. Melendez Jr., Vice President LaShay D. Harris, Mitch Gruber, LaShunda Leslie-Smith, Stanley Martin, Chiara Smith, Mary Lupien, Bridget A. Monroe and Michael A. Patterson
• Standing committees: Neighborhoods, Jobs and Housing (Patterson), Budget, Finance and Governance (Gruber), People, Parks and Public Works (Monroe), Public Safety (Harris) and the Committee of the Whole
• City Clerk's office: Deputy City Clerk Tremain Harris
• City Planning Manager: Kevin Kelley
• City Planning Commission (monthly, 6 PM): Chair David Watson, Vice Chair Eugenio Marlin, Milton Pichardo, Nicholas Carleton and Niner Davis
• Zoning Board of Appeals (monthly Thursday, 6 PM) and Rochester Preservation Board (first Wednesday or near, 6 PM): members are listed by initial and surname in the decision grids and are not given pages
• Other boards on the calendar, not read: Board of Ethics, Civil Service Commission, Police Accountability Board, Public Library Board, Rochester Land Bank, Rochester Roots HDFC, Housing Stability Fund, Traffic Control Board and Environmental Commission

Data quality notes

• The City posts planning, zoning and preservation decision grids in the minutes slot; they are summaries of results, not full minutes. Council minutes exist only for 2026-09-22 and 2026-10-06; the 2026-10-20 outcomes come from the worksheet and vote counts were not verified.
• Proposed legislation and certified ordinance PDFs that contain only images were not read. The 2026-09-17 hearing session and the October hearings with the administration (video only) were not summarized.
• No video was found for the City Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals or Preservation Board. Council video is on the channel above.
• The City Clerk, Neighborhood and Business Development commissioner and zoning manager could not be confirmed from the City site and are not named. The Rochester City School District is separate from the City and is not covered.
• Meeting pages cover 2026-09-01 to 2026-12-03; December agendas are not yet posted.