town board
Municipal governing body
A town board is the governing body of a town, typically consisting of elected officials who oversee local administration, budgets, and ordinances.
The term is used primarily in the northeastern United States, where towns function as municipal units: The town board voted to approve the new zoning regulations.
Equivalent bodies elsewhere may be called town councils or selectboards.
- local governmentRegional civic administration
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- elected officialsLeaders chosen by vote
public hearing · supervisor · ordinances · budgeting · property tax · municipal code · resolutions · zoning · civic participation · assessor · committee · tax collector · planning commission · clerk · special session · planning · open meeting · public comment
- local councilsmunicipal council, city commission, county council, district council, village council
- notice boardscorkboard, pinboard
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
town boardfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
national legislature · Congress · United Nations · national government · world government
town boarddictator
Ruler with total control
autocrat · monarch · military junta · one-man rule · tyrant