Town Council

Town council members and the town clerk are elected at large for two years and represent all of West Hartford. All town council members are volunteers and do not get paid for this service to their community. The town has operated under a Council-Manager form of government since 1919. West Hartford was the first town in the state and one of the first in the country to adopt this form of government where the council acts as the elected policy board and the town manager serves as the chief executive officer responsible for carrying out the policies of the council.

Town council minutes are transcribed verbatim and kept for review in the town clerk's office and the town libraries. Each town council and board of education meeting is televised live on WHC-TV (AT&T: channel 5)

All matters relating to the Town Council are on record and available for public inspection and inquiry in the Council Clerk's Office.

New hours for the Town Clerk's office as of July 7, 2008:

The Town Clerk's office may be reached at (860) 561-7437.

For a listing of Council meetings, agendas, actions, archives, and a list of West Hartford's Town Councilors, click here.

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