Important Documents

City..
• City of Rochester, Assessing Talking Points [.PDF]

• Water and Sewer Rates [.PDF]

• City Voting Records from 2001-2007 [.ZIP file of 11MB]

• Assessments - White Paper [.PDF]

• Franklin's Success With Tax Cap - By Kenneth Merrifield, Mayor of Franklin [.PDF]

• Tax Cap Road Show [2MB PPT]

• Fighting an Incorrect Assessment [Rochester Taxpayers-created document .PDF]

• Municipal Tax Rates - February 2008 [.PDF]

• Economic Development Plan - 2006 [.PDF]

• Property Tax and Spending Cap vs Spending Cap [.PDF]

• Proposed City of Rochester Charter Amendment [.PDF]

• Rochester Proposed Spending Cap Charter Amendment [.PDF]

• Tax Cap Discussion [132KB PPT]

• Constructive Suggestions

School..
• Rochester School Inspection Report 2009-2010 [.PDF]

• School Board Attendance [.PDF]

• Rochester Public Forum on BSF [.PDF]

• School Budget Overview [.PDF]

• Proposed Admin Contract by Position [.PDF]

• Proposed Admin Contract Q&A [.PDF]

• Administrator Contract Tentative Agreement [.PDF]

• Proposed Cuts School Budget 2010 - Part 1

• Proposed Cuts School Budget 2010 - Part 2

• Small School Links [.PDF]

• Q & A Session on Second Rochester High School [.PDF]

• November 2008 Student Enrollment [.PDF]

• Cover Letter for Contract Documents [.PDF]

• Rochester's Paras - Cola Steps Under Evergreen Clause [.PDF]

• Rochester's Paras - Para Benefit Increases [.PDF]

• Rochester's Para Contract of 10-27-2008 (protected) [.XLS]

• Rochester's Health Insurance Data (protected) [.XLS]

• Rochester's Paraprofessional Pay Scale (protected) [.XLS]

• Dropout Rates for Grades 9-12 for 2006-2007 [.PDF]

• Student/Teacher Ratio as of 10/01/2007 [.PDF]

• Average Elementary Class Size by District as of 10/01/2007 [.PDF]

• Contract Information [.PDF]

• Rochester Student Population Variance from 2003-2008

• Rochester Student Population Projections for 2007

• Rochester Overview of Yearly School Budgets

County..
• Strafford County 2007 Wages [.PDF]

• Strafford County Employee Healthcare Plan [.PDF]

• Strafford County Employee Healthcare Premiums [.PDF]

• Strafford County Proposed Staff Reductions 2009 [.PDF]

• Strafford County Tax Apportionment [.PDF]

• Strafford County Union Contract [5 MB .PDF]

General...
• RCTA's Energy Saving Tips File [.PDF]

• A River Divides It - The Atlantic Institute [PDF 352KB - View in browser]
  This white paper demonstrates how sales taxes ruined the economy in Vermont.

• 15 Years of Folly - Yankee Institute [PDF 1.8MB - Best to download]
  This study demonstrates that sales and income taxes do NOT lower property taxes.