Town Selectmen in 2009 - Celebrating the town’s 250th Birthday
Town-Selectmen: The most common form in Maine. Woolwich relies on a board of selectmen to function as the executive arm administering, enforcing, and carrying out the decisions made by the town meeting.
Warrant. The written notice, signed by at least a majority of the selectmen, which calls a town meeting and lists all the articles or items of business which will be voted on at the meeting. It must be posted in at least one public and conspicuous place in the town at least seven days before the town meeting.
Property taxes: The primary source of revenue for the town of Woolwich and are used to provide local government services. Other than excise taxes on motor vehicles and boats, municipalities are barred by Maine law from using any other form of taxation to raise revenues to fund local services. Property taxes also fund county government.
Woolwich Town Meetings - where citizens decided what their government should be.
Participation is the right and responsibility of every citizen.
A “Guide” to Town Meetings
