Boards & Commissions

250th Anniversary (Sestercentennial) Celebration Committee

This Celebration Committee will be formed to organize and plan a diverse program of events and activities to celebrate the Town of Mansfield’s 250th anniversary of becoming a town, which occurred on August 23, 1775.

Airport Commission

Learn about the Airport Commission's members and their duties.

Animal Welfare Committee

The Animal Welfare Committee is a permanent committee formed by the Select Board composed of five members and two alternate members appointed for terms of three years each, so arranged that the terms of as nearly equal a number of members as possible expire each year.

Audit Committee

View members of the Audit Committee and their duties.

Board of Assessors

The Board of Assessors is responsible for annual reporting to the Select Board for determining classification in the tax rate setting process.

Board of Health

The mission of the Mansfield Board of Health is to protect, preserve and improve the public health, environment and wellbeing of our citizens through the enforcement of federal, state and local statutes and regulations, education and promotion of sanitary living and working conditions, and protection of the environment from disease and pollution.

Board of Library Trustees

The Board of Library Trustees shall be responsible for the operation and administration of the Mansfield Public Library.

Cable Access Corporation

Review members and meeting dates for the Cable Access Corporation.

Capital Improvement Program & Committee

Browse documents relating to the current Capital Improvement Program and current project updates.

Community Service Awards Committee

The Community Service Recognition Award is presented annually to a citizen of Mansfield who exemplifies the spirit of public service by sharing their time, talent and energy for the betterment of our community.

Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission is responsible for preserving and protecting the natural resources of the town, and has the authority to acquire and hold land, and can exercise all the powers and duties of Conservation Commissions under the General Laws.

Constables

See a list of the current member constables of Mansfield.

Council on Aging Board

The Mansfield Council on Aging is a multi-faceted human services department which services the needs of all elders, age 60 and over.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Downtown Committee

The purpose of the Committee is to develop a vision for the downtown, to review infrastructure, parking and roads and to promote downtown events and activities.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee shall annually report to the voters on the proposed annual budget and all financial articles in any town meeting, among other duties.

Historical Commission

The Historic Commission is charged with the preservation, protection and development of the historical or archeological assets of such city or town.

Housing Authority

The Mansfield Housing Authority is an agency that provides safe and sanitary housing for low and moderate income families.

Industrial & Development Commission

The Commission shall assist the Town Manager in his function, of development of the general economic base of the town.

Keep Mansfield Beautiful

The mission of Keep Mansfield Beautiful is to empower residents, business owners, and local government leaders to make Mansfield a greener, cleaner place to live, work, and play.

Mansfield Local Cultural Council

Mansfield Local Cultural Council (MLCC) is a subsidiary of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Massachusetts Cultural Council grants funding to MLCC, which then re-grants the funds to local individuals and organizations.

Mansfield Housing Corporation

The mission of MHC is to work in cooperation with the Mansfield Housing Authority to perform its duties.

Municipal Building Committee

The Municipal Building Committee is responsible for developing planning reports, oversight of design plans and specifications, construction management and originally equipping all municipal and school building projects requiring structural alteration or new building construction.

Non-Profit Gift Fund

In 2007, the Mansfield Select Board formed the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee, (NPGFC), with the sole purpose of equitably distributing donated monies to Mansfield non-profit programs and projects.

Open Space & Recreation Committee

Open Space and Recreation Committee Webpage

Planning Board

The board shall act as the town’s review clearinghouse for municipal project plans for all public ways, utilities, lands, buildings, and other public structures.

Recreation Commission

Get more information about the Parks and Recreation Commission.

School Committee

The School Committee shall be the chief policy-making body for the School Department and shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools to be its chief executive officer.

SRPEDD

The Southern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) is a regional planning agency serving 27 cities and towns in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Town Moderator

The purpose of the Town Moderator is to conduct annual and special town meetings.

Tax Increment Financing Advisory Committee

The Tax Increment Financing Advisory Committee negotiate proposals from qualified companies and makes recommendations to the Select Board and Town Meeting.

Volunteer Advisory Subcommittee

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Ad Hoc Committee

World War II Scholarship Committee

View the members that make up the World War II Scholarship Committee.

Zoning Board of Appeals

Submit zoning applications to the Board of Appeals.