City Council meetings move to inperson at James W. Foley Community Center

The Community Room at the James W. Foley Community Center will be home to City Council meetings beginning tonight. . (Rochester Voice photo)

ROCHESTER - City Council meetings will move from remote to inperson at the Community Room at the newly named James W. Foley Memorial Community Center starting tonight when the City Manager will begin presenting his FY22 Proposed Budget.

The former Rochester Community Center was recently renamed to honor the slain journalist.

City Manager Blaine Cox will follow this week's workshop with department presentations on the following six Tuesdays. The Public Hearing for the proposed budget is scheduled for May 18.

The outdoor signage is not up yet, but inside the name James W. Foley Memorial Community Center is prominently displayed.

Beside the budget, other agenda items include discussion of the proposed Ethics Commission and City Charter amendments that might be necessary to ensure the commission's equitable oversight of all city boards members.

All the meetings start at 6:30 p.m.

Public Input Options:

In-Person, email, or voice mail. (When permitted, please check the meeting agenda.)

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 the meeting date.)

Voicemail: 603-330-7107 (Must be received no later than 12:00 pm on the meeting date in order to be transcribed.)

How to Watch:

Meetings/Workshops will be televised live on Atlantic Broadband channel 26, Comcast channel 22, and live-streamed/archived at www.rochesternh.net/government-channel.

When entering the Community Room, visitors are asked to use the rear parking lot door across from the tennis courts.