 AUTHORIZATION TO FILE SECTION 16 REPORTS

I hereby authorize and

designate Ronald A. Miller, Sonia M. Dumbleton
or Michael D. Grover to

execute and file or cause to be filed, on my
behalf any Forms 3, 4 and
5,
including any amendments thereto, that I
may voluntarily or be
required
to file with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission as a
result of
my ownership of, or transactions in,
securities of Financial

Institutions, Inc.  This authority shall
continue until I am no longer

required to file such forms, or until
sooner revoked by me in writing.



In witness whereof, I have executed this authorization this 23rd
day of

December 2005.

							 Erland E. Kailbourne


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							Financial Institutions,

Inc.


Ronald A. Miller
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Witness

