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Rochester Town Meetings

What’s happening in Rochester government — Select Board, School Committee, Planning, Finance, and Town Meeting. Show up. Speak up. This is how Rochester has governed itself since it became a town in 1686.

Rochester runs on Town Meeting — the purest form of self-government in America, where residents, not politicians, set the budget and make the rules. Our Annual Town Meeting is held in the spring. The meetings below are open to the public. The single most effective thing any resident can do is walk into the room.

Select Board
Three elected members
Paul Ciaburri (Chair), Bradford Morse (Vice-Chair) and Adam Murphy (Clerk), with Town Administrator Cameron Durant. Agendas and meeting packets are on the town site.
Annual Town Meeting
Every spring
The warrant — every article the town will vote on — is posted by the Town Clerk ahead of the meeting. Read it before you go.
Boards & Committees
Planning, Finance, Schools
Most of what changes a town happens at board meetings nobody attends. Seats open every year — tell us if you would serve.

Town Calendar & Agendas at townofrochestermass.com »

Meeting dates, agendas, and minutes are published by the Town of Rochester at townofrochestermass.com. Always confirm the time and location on the official town calendar before attending — meetings are occasionally rescheduled.