The City of Rochester Hills
Hills Herald
News & Information
Winter 2010
Have You Been Counted?
Did you know in Los Angeles, there are fewer people than
there are automobiles? China has more English-speaking
people than the United States? The first official census was
taken in 1790, and the first census form was not created until
1810? Most importantly, did you know that more than 60%
of our local and major road funding is based on our city’s
population count?
You are probably wondering how
I know these facts to be true, or at
“The 2010
Bryan K. Barnett, Mayor
the very least why they even matter.
Census
These facts are the result of millions
affects the
of people across the United States
amount
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who completed their census forms. It
is true that the methods of counting
of federal
have improved drastically since 1790,
Fiscal Updates 3
dollars that
but each decade it gets more difficult
A Message from Sheriff Bouchard 4
to get an accurate count of population
Rochester
Tree Maintenance 6
in the United States.
Hills
This March, every household in
Families First 10
receives for
Rochester Hills will receive the 2010
Museum News & Programs 13 Census, which counts all residents
our local
Parks Updates 14
living in the U.S. In a time where
roads, OPC
every dollar makes a difference, and
A Message from the Fire Chief 16
and our
while we are tightening the purse
Assessing/Treasury Updates 17 strings locally, participating in the
schools.”
City Council 22
2010 Census is perhaps the easiest

way you can contribute to our community in this financial time
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