BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Annual Town Meeting Final Results

Efficiency Initiative Committee

FY09-FY14 Capital Improvements Program

Annual Town Meeting 5/28/2008
Warrant opening and closing dates:
OPEN: Thursday, February 14
CLOSE: Thursday, March 13 at noon

FY2009 BUDGET CENTRAL


Brookline Selectmen make pledge to work with DEP to remove all paper from trash.
 

Final Results - Special Town Meeting 11/13/2007 (PDF)

Selectmen's Meetings/Agenda
 

DUTIES

The Board of Selectmen is composed of five members who are elected for three-year terms. As the Chief Elected and Executive Officers of the Town, the Selectmen are vested with all the municipal authority not specifically retained by the Town's legislative body, Town Meeting. The Selectmen appoint a Town Administrator, responsible for the daily management of the Town, whose powers are specified in Chapter 270 of the Acts of 1985, as amended.

The Selectmen issue the warrants for Town Meetings and make recommendations on the warrant articles; initiate legislative policy by inserting articles in Town Meeting Warrants and then implement the votes subsequently adopted. They adopt town administrative policies; review and set fiscal guidelines for the annual operating budget and the six-year capital improvements program and make recommendations to Town Meeting on the same. The Selectmen appoint department heads and members of most official boards and commissions; hold public hearings on important town issues and periodic conferences with agencies under their jurisdiction and with community groups; represent the Town before the General Court and in all regional and metropolitan affairs; and enforce Town By-Laws and regulations.

The Selectmen also serve as the licensing board responsible for issuing and renewing over 600 licenses in more than 20 categories, including common victualler, food vendor, liquor, lodging house, open-air parking lot, inflammables, special events and entertainment.

Unless otherwise posted the Board of Selectmen meets on Tuesdays starting at 7:00 p.m. with the exception of the third Tuesday of the month when an afternoon session will begin at 4:00 p.m. and an evening session at 8:00 p.m to take up licensing matters.