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Police Cruiser Study Committee - Board of Selectmen
06:00pm at Northwood Town HallMon, Oct 22
Fire-Rescue Officers Meeting07:00 PM - 07:30 PMFire-Rescue Business Meeting07:30 PM - 09:00 PMZoning Board of Adjustment06:30 PMTue, Oct 23
Cemetery Trustees Meeting09:00 AM - 10:00 AMBoard of Selectmen Meeting06:00 PM - 08:00 PMThu, Oct 25
Planning Board Regular Meeting06:30 PMTue, Oct 30
Wed, Oct 31
Highway Advisory Committee Meeting07:00 PM - 08:00 PMTue, Nov 6
Conservation Commission Meeting07:00 PM - 09:00 PMRecreation Commission Meeting06:00 PM - 07:00 PMWed, Nov 7
Facilities Committee Meeting07:00 PM - 08:00 PMThu, Nov 8
Planning Board Work Session06:30 PMTue, Nov 13
Board of Selectmen Meeting06:00 PM - 08:00 PMWed, Nov 14
Recycling Committee-Monthly meeting06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Board of Selectmen
Northwood Town Hall
818 First New Hampshire Turnpike
Northwood, NH. 03261
(603) 942-5586
(603) 942-9107 Fax
"Every town, at the annual meeting, shall choose, by ballot, one selectman to hold office for 3 years. The selectmen shall manage the prudential affairs of the town and perform the duties by law prescribed." - New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated Chapter 41 Section 8.
The Board of Selectmen acts as the executive branch of the Town Government carrying out the policies and laws set forth by the vote of the Citizens at Town Meeting. Despite their responsibility as municipal executives, Selectmen can only exercise those powers set forth by State law.
In Northwood, the Board of Selectmen is made up of three members, each elected to a three year term. After Town Meeting, the Board selects a presiding officer from their ranks who shall be the Chair. Traditionally, the Chair has been the individual in the last year of their term.
* The most recent town election resulted in the passage of a petition Warrant Article to increasing the Northwood Board of Selectmen from a three member to a five member board. At the town election next March voters will elect two selectmen for a three year term and one selectmen for a one year term.