FY21 City Council Budget Presentation Schedule & Public Input

FY21 Budget Schedule and Public Input

Public Input for Virtual Meetings

Residents are now able to provide public input during live, virtual city meetings.

In order to sign up to provide live input, residents will need to fill out and submit this form online by noon on the day of the meeting. Residents must call into the meeting using the number which they have provided on this form so that they can be identified during the meeting. The number will not be visually displayed on broadcast or streaming.

This form will only need to filled out once and will be in effect for all subsequent  meetings.

Other Methods for Public Input
Those wishing to share comments with the City Council (Public Hearing and/or
Workshop settings) are encouraged to do so by the following methods:

 Mail: City Clerk/Public Input, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867 (must
    be received at least three full days prior to the anticipated meeting date)
 email PublicInput@rochesternh.net (must be received no later than 4:00 pm
    of meeting date)
 Voicemail 603-330-7107 (must be received no later than 12:00 pm on said
    meeting date in order to be transcribed)

All mail, email, and voicemail communications will be included with the said meeting
Council packet as an addendum.

FY 21 Budget
Presentation Schedule


April 21st - City Manager’s FY 21 Budget Presentation

April 28th- Special Meeting

First Reading O&M & CIP refer to Public Hearing-O&M Presentations
1- School Department O&M & CIP
2- Police & Dispatch
3- Library
4- City Clerk-Elections
5- Assessing
6- Tax Collector
7- Welfare
8- Finance/General Overhead
9- City Manager/ City Council

May 5th - Regular City Council Meeting/Committee of the Whole Budget- O&M
Department Presentations
1- Fire Department
2- Public Works, Public Buildings, Water, Sewer, Community Center
3- Economic Development
4- Information Technology Services
5- Legal
6- Planning
7- Recreation & Arena8- BZLS 

May 12th- Committee of the Whole Budget Workshop- Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
Presentations-All Departments
1-Public Works, Public Blds, Water, Sewer, Community Center
2-MIS/IT
3-Police & Dispatch
4-Fire
5-BZLS
6-Econ Dev
7-Arena
8-City Manager
9-Debt Service
10- TIF Districts – GSBP, GRDD

May 19th- Public Hearing O&M & CIP- Committee of the Whole Budget discussion

May 26th- Committee of the Whole Final Budget Adjustments

June 2nd- Regular City Council Meeting-O&M & CIP Budget Adoption

June 9th, 16th, 23rd- Reserve if needed for additional Budget Workshops and/or Special
Council Meetings for Budget deliberations & adoption.