Trustees of the Trust Fund

Rochester Trustees of the Trust Funds Meeting Minutes Sunday, March 22, 2026 5:00 PM at the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center Members Present in Person: Brett Johnson Jerry Rainville Jill Trombley Ray Varney Minutes I. Call to Order: Trustee Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. II. Roll Call and public input: No one from the public was present. III. Approval of minutes from last meeting: Trustee Rainville made a motion to approve meeting minutes from February 10th and 17th. Trustee Trombley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. IV. Items to Discuss a) Discuss month to present to City Council and School Board. It was discussed that August would be a good month to present to both the City Council and School Board. Trustee Johnson will reach out to Mayor Charles Grassie Jr and School Board Chair Matthew Pappas to set this up. b) Old Rochester Cemetery snow storage. Trustee Johnson will drive by the cemetery to see if snow still exists. If so, and access is blocked, he will reach out to DPW to have them contact the business owners that abut the cemetery to ask them to preserve pedestrian access during the winter months. c) Main Street Sponsorship with William Evans Trust funds. The Trustees discussed distributing some money to Rochester Main Street to assist with youth programs they offer. Trustee Varney made a motion to gift $1,000 to Rochester Main Street from the William Evans Trust to go towards youth programs. Trustee Trombley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. d) Next cemetery clean-up day. It was discussed that Gonic Cemetery and Wingate on Bernard Road would be good cemeteries to clean up in the fall of 2026. Trustee Johnson will reach out to Rochester Main Street and  Rochester Rotary Club and Trustee Rainville will reach out to Rochester Social Club to solicit volunteers. e) Adams and Pray application. One application was received with the help of the City Clerk’s Office. Trustee Johnson made a motion to gift $1,000 from the Seth Adams Fund and $500 from the George & Hattie Pray Fund to the sole applicant. Trustee Rainville seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. f) Spaulding High School Scholarship Committee update. Trustee Rainville is attending the Scholarship Committee meetings again this year. He stated that things are moving along very nicely. One item of note is that the Trustees decided this year and going forward that for scholarship checks less than $1,500 will be awarded directly to students if the Trust allows. Scholarship checks $1,500 and greater will be made out to both student and school. g) Other. Trustee Johnson will reach out to Mr. Todd Marsh with Municipal Welfare to see if he knows of any Rochester based non-profits who could use some funds from the William Evans Trust. The Trustees will discuss awarding funds at the next meeting. Trustee Varney will reach out to Community Action Partnership of Strafford County to get another contact for us. The Trustees awarded some funds recently to help with fuel assistance. V.Adjournment and public input: No one from the public was present. The Trustees will meet next on Tuesday, May 19th at 4:30 PM. Trustee Johnson adjourned the meeting at 5:48 PM. Minutes respectfully submitted by Brett Johnson