Week ending Oct 23, 2026
Erie County paid $8.3M last week: The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Inc, $1,460,748
$8,251,166.51
across 478 checks, Oct 19 to Oct 22. Quieter than a typical week (about $11.4M).
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Biggest payments
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo IncCounty Attorney$1,460,748
Enterprise FM TrustBureau of Fleet Services$1,371,069
Buffalo Hearing and Speech CtrHealth$779,103
Suit-Kote CorpHighways$618,813
Summit Educational Resources IncHealth$396,347
That brings The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Inc to $14,937,657 from the county this year.
New vendors
Paid by the county for the first time since at least 2020.
Newcom Wireless Svcs LLCCentral Police Services$25,847
Up close
Public Works & Sewer
$2,051,910 across 113 checks this week. Enterprise FM Trust received 67% of it. Public Works & Sewer spending for 2026 so far: $93.8 million.
Enterprise FM TrustBureau of Fleet Services$1,371,069
Rodriguez Construction Group Inc.Public Works$199,387
Sprague Operating Resources LLCUtilities$116,128
2026 so far$533.0M
vs $555.6M at this point last year (down 4%)
Figures come from the Erie County Comptroller’s weekly vendor-check reports and match each report’s printed total to the penny. They cover check-register spending only, not purchasing cards. Payments to individuals are never named.