(a) 
The members of the Board of Selectmen shall be a First Selectman and four Selectmen.
[Amended referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(b) 
The First Selectman, during his or her term of office, shall not hold any paid civil office under the government of the United States, the state of Connecticut, or any subdivision thereof, except that of a Notary Public.
(c) 
No member of the Board of Selectmen shall, during his or her term of office, hold or be appointed to any other office or employment in the government of the town of Guilford except as provided in Sections 3-2(c), 4-12(b) and 4-12(c).
[Amended referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(d) 
The salaries of the Selectmen shall not be diminished during their term of office.
(a) 
The First Selectman shall be the chief executive and administrative officer of the town, and shall have the powers and duties of First Selectman prescribed by the Connecticut General Statutes and by this charter. He or she shall be responsible to the Board of Selectmen for the administration of agencies under the direct supervision of the Board, and shall execute or cause to be executed town ordinances, and regulations or resolutions voted by the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(b) 
He or she shall preside over meetings of the Board of Selectmen. At the first meeting following its election, the Board of Selectmen shall choose a member of the Board who shall preside in the absence or disability of the First Selectman and carry out all the duties of the First Selectman.
(c) 
He or she shall be an ex officio member of all boards and commissions of the town, but such ex officio membership shall be without vote.
(a) 
The Board of Selectmen shall generally supervise the administration of the affairs of the town, except those matters which by the Connecticut General Statutes or this charter are exclusively committed to the Board of Education or other agencies.
[Amended referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(b) 
The Board of Selectmen shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of all the agencies of the town, and for keeping under review the present and future needs of the town. It may by resolution or regulation require such reports and joint meetings as may be useful to it in the performance of its duties. As soon as possible after the annual audit is completed, it shall prepare and publish the annual Town Report.
(c) 
Three members of the Board of Selectmen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Three votes shall be necessary to constitute a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen. The Board may make regulations for the conduct of its meetings and for the execution of its duties. It shall by regulation provide for regular meetings at least once a month, and a procedure for calling special meetings. Regulations of the Board shall be filed with the Town Clerk.
[Amended referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
[Amended referendum 11-8-2005, effective 12-8-2005; referendum 11-4-2008, effective 12-4-2008]
(a) 
Except for the powers committed to the Board of Education by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Board of Selectmen shall have the sole power, subject to the requirements of the Connecticut General Statutes and of this charter:
(1) 
to incur indebtedness in the name of the town, and to provide for the due execution of contracts and evidences of indebtedness issued by the town;
(2) 
to take, purchase, lease, sell, or convey real or personal property of or for the town;
(3) 
to institute, prosecute, defend or compromise any legal action or proceeding by or against the town;
(4) 
to enter into contracts for any services and to purchase or contract to purchase any supplies, materials, equipment and other commodities required by any town agency, except the Board of Finance with respect to the town audit provided in Section 6-2. The Board of Education may request the Board of Selectmen to act for it in the making of such contracts and purchases. The Board of Selectmen may by resolution or regulation delegate its powers in this subsection (4) to any town agency;
(5) 
to issue notes in anticipation of tax collections payable within the fiscal year in which the notes are issued, and to issue bonds or other notes when authorized by a town meeting, in each instance upon such terms and conditions as the Selectmen may approve, including without limitation the manner and form of issue and sale thereof, the date and rate of interest thereof, the designation of a bank or trust company to act as certifying or paying agent thereof, and the designation of the persons to sign such notes in the name of or on behalf of the town. The Board of Selectmen may by resolution delegate its power to determine such terms and conditions to the First Selectman, and the Finance Director;
(6) 
to accept, or refuse to accept, roads offered to the town;
(7) 
to abandon or discontinue town roads, subject to the approval of town meeting
(8) 
to enact, repeal or amend ordinances not inconsistent with this charter or the general statutes; provided however that such action shall be taken only following a public hearing held by the Selectmen upon not less than five days' notice published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town. The effective date of any such action shall be thirty days after its publication in full or by summary in accordance with section 7-157(b), in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town, or such later date as may be set forth in the action. Any ordinance action in accordance with this provision may be modified or nullified by special town meeting called within the aforesaid thirty day period in accordance with Section 7-1(b), and the calling of such a meeting to consider any such ordinance action, shall automatically extend the effective date of any such ordinance action which would otherwise occur prior to the holding of such meeting, to three days after said meeting is held.
(9) 
to exercise the powers of the legislative body of the Town with regard to any reserve fund for capital and non-recurring expenditures.
(b) 
The Board of Selectmen shall have such other powers and duties as are provided for Boards of Selectmen by the Connecticut General Statutes and this charter.
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a clerk of the Board of Selectmen, who shall keep minutes of meetings, and record all votes and other actions of the Board of Selectmen and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Selectmen shall direct.