ROCHESTER New Hampshire’s mayors are working on a joint letter to Gov. Chris Sununu and the state’s education commissioner and congressional delegation to request they help cities and towns projecting they’ll be hit with millions of dollars of uncontrollable cost increases this fiscal year.
Rochester Mayor Caroline McCarley shared the news Tuesday during a meeting in which her city officials forecasted Rochester’s budget will increase by roughly $3.4 million due to state and federal costs.
“I don’t know that anyone will come of (the letter), but I just did want to let folks know we have been pretty actively engaged in trying to explain why,” McCarley told Rochester City Council’s Finance Committee during a meeting Tuesday night. “The arguments are being made, but we will have to track those very carefully.”