Tucked behind downtown along the Paint Creek Trail and near Rochester Municipal Park, the Rochester Municipal Building is the government hub for the city of Rochester, which includes about 12,000 residents living, working, shopping and playing on about 2,500 acres of land.
- The city is governed by an elected, seven-member City Council, which each November appoints a council member to serve as mayor for one year. City services are managed by a City Manager, who also is appointed by council members.
- The current mayor is Jeffrey Cuthbertson; the city manager is Jaymes Vettraino. The council meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month.
City recreational services include five parks, the popular Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve and a network of two major walking/biking/jogging trails. Its downtown is full of locally owned shops and restaurants.
The Hartland Township Hall includes municipal offices and meeting rooms. The publicly elected seven-member board of trustees generally meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. The board, which has five part-time members and a full-time clerk and treasurer, oversees township government and hires a manager to manage the day-to-day operations.
Macomb Township Fire Department Station No. 1, also known as the Joseph E. Koss station, is one of four stations that serve the 36-square-mile Macomb Township community. The fire department offers child passenger seat inspections, smoke detector evaluations and installations, fire extinguisher use training, blood pressure checks and emergency preparedness training. The department also offers fire and safety presentations to schools and members of the community.
