Rochester Special & Annual Town Meeting
May 18, 2026

For a complete text of the Annual Town Meeting Articles click here for the PDF of the Meetng Warrant

Article 1: Approved - Town Report
Article 2: Approved - Elected Officials' Salaries
Article 3: Approved - New Personnel Classification and Compensation Plan
Article 4. Approved - $28,129,536 FY27 Town Budget
Article 5: Approved - New Revolving Fund Spending Limits
Article 6: Approved - Natural Resources Funding
Article 7: Approved - Future funding of OPEB: $15,000
Article 8: Approved - Biennial Actuarial Study funding: $8,750
Article 9: Approved - Funding of Capital Items
Article 10: Approved - Capital Improvement Fund refunding: $110,000
Article 11: Approved - Roadway Line Painting: $100,000
Article 12: Approved - Police Cruiser Lease-Purchase: $54,675
Article 13: Approved - Fire Department Pick-Up Truck: $21,636
Article 14: Approved - Library HVAC and Building Repairs: $23,951
Article 15: Approved - Facilities Maintenance Fund: $20,000
Article 16: Approved - COA Transportation Program Fund: $10,000
Article 17: Approved - COA Revolving Fund: $20,000
Article 18: Approved - COA Kitchen Maintenance Fund: $10,000
Article 19: Approved - Board of Assessors MASS DOR Mandates: $20,000
Article 20: Approved - Supplement Special Education out-of-district tuition: $250,00
Article 21: Approved - Increase Special Education Stabilization Fund: $50,000
Article 22: Approved - Fund Unemployment Compensation Expenses: $100,000
Article 23: Approved - ORR Gateway Liability Payment: $716.000
Article 24: Approved - Pay-Off Non-Exempt Debt: $179,520
Article 25: Approved - Prior Year Cemetery Tax Bill: $2,600
Article 26: Approved - Fund Consultants: $35,000
Article 27: Approved - Adopt newly codified General Bylaw rewrite- Approved
Article 28: Approved - Adopt newly codified Zoning Bylaw rewrite- Approved
Article 29: Failed - Rezone 711 Mary's Pond Road, 73 County Road, 35 County Road
Article 30: Failed - Rezone Decas Processing Plant
Article 31: Postponed Indefinitely - rezone two cranberry bog parcels
Article 32: Approved - Authorization of Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT)
Article 33: No Action Taken - Citizen's Petition to prohibit the clear cutting of over an acre of land for solar farms and put restrictions on battery storage units.
Article 34: Accepted - Town Election Warrant