NH RSA 37 and the Town Manager / Selectmen / Town Meeting Form of Government

Since 2002, the Town of Lincoln has operated under the Town Manager / Board of Selectmen / Town Meeting form of government. In this form of government, the Town Manager is appointed according to the provisions of NH RSA 37.

According to NH RSA 37:5, “the Town Manager shall be the administrative head of all departments of the Town and be responsible for the efficient administration thereof... He shall have general supervision of the property and business affairs of the Town and of the expenditure of moneys appropriated by it for Town purposes”. The specific powers and duties of the Town Manager are spelled out further in NH RSA 37:6.

NH RSA 37:3 states that the Town Manager “shall in all matters be subject to the direction and supervision, and hold office at the will, of the Selectmen”. Under RSA 37, the Town Manager, under the supervision and direction of the Board of Selectmen, functions as the head of the executive branch of the town government, and Town Meeting, composed of all legal voters of the Town, serves as the legislative branch of the town government.

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Lincoln's new Town Manager, Carina Park will begin working officially in the Town Manager capacity on Monday, December 13, 2021. Please feel free to stop by Town Hall and welcome Carina to the Town of Lincoln!

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