(a) 
Elective Offices - The offices to be filled by the voters shall be the select board, school committee, planning board, moderator, and housing authority and such members of regional authorities or districts as may be established by statute or inter-local agreement.
(b) 
Eligibility - Any individual registered to vote in Longmeadow shall be eligible to hold any elective town office, but no person holding any elective town office shall simultaneously hold any other elective town office.
(c) 
Nomination Procedures - The number of signatures of voters required to place the name of a candidate for any town office on the official ballot for use at any town election shall be as prescribed by general law, or town by-law, and certified by the registrars of voters.
(d) 
Election - The regular election of town officers shall be held annually on a date fixed by by-law.
(e) 
Compensation - Elected town officers shall receive for their services such compensation as may annually be voted and provided for that purpose by appropriation.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office - There shall be a select board consisting of five members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties - The executive powers of the town shall be vested in the select board. The select board shall have the powers and duties given to boards of selectmen under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, except those powers and duties assigned by this charter to the town manager, and shall have such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by by-law or by other town meeting vote. The select board shall be the water and sewer commissioners of the town. The select board shall cause the laws and orders for the government of the town to be enforced and shall cause a record of all its official acts to be kept. To aid the select board in its official duties, the board shall appoint a town manager, as provided in article five.
(c) 
Appointing Powers - The select board shall appoint the town manager, town counsel, special counsel, labor counsel, registrars of voters (but not the town clerk) and other election officers, and members of all appointed multiple-member bodies for whom no other method of selection is provided by the charter or by by-law, except officials appointed by state officers.
(d) 
Policy Role - The select board shall be the primary policy body for the town; guide long range operational and facilities planning; supervise officials appointed by it; and monitor budgetary compliance.
(e) 
Licensing Authority - The select board shall be the license board of the town and shall have the power to issue licenses, except those licenses issued by the town clerk in accordance with general law, to make all necessary rules and regulations regarding the issuance of such licenses and to attach such conditions and restrictions thereto as it deems to be in the public interest, and to enforce the laws relating to all businesses for which it issues licenses.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office - There shall be a school committee consisting of seven members elected for three-year terms, so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties - The school committee shall have all of the powers and duties school committees are given under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by by-law or by other town meeting vote.
(c) 
Appointing Powers - The school committee shall appoint a superintendent of schools and such other officers associated with the schools as school committees are authorized to appoint; fix their compensation and define their duties; make rules concerning their tenure of office, and discharge them.
(d) 
Policy Role - The school committee shall be the policy making body for the school system; guide long range educational planning and facilities needs; supervise officials appointed by it; and monitor budgetary compliance. The school committee shall make all reasonable rules and regulations, consistent with law, for the administration and management of the public schools of the town.
(a) 
Term of Office - There shall be a moderator elected for a term of three years.
(b) 
Powers and Duties - The moderator, as provided in article two, shall preside over and regulate the proceedings at all sessions of the town meeting in accordance with rules of procedure, shall participate in the appointment of the finance committee in accordance with section 2-10(a); and shall have all of the powers and duties given to moderators under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by by-law or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition; Term of Office - There shall be a housing authority consisting of five members who shall be voters of the town. 1 member of the housing authority shall be a tenant member appointed by the Select Board and 3 members shall be elected by the town. The fifth member shall be appointed by the Commonwealth as provided by law.
[Amended 10-25-2022 STM by Art. 21]
(b) 
Powers and Duties - The housing authority shall have all of the powers and duties given to housing authorities under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, and such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by by-law or by other town meeting vote.
(a) 
Composition and Term - There shall be a planning board consisting of five members elected for five year terms so arranged that as nearly an equal number of terms as possible shall expire each year.
(b) 
Powers and Duties - The planning board shall have those powers and duties given to planning boards under the constitution and general laws of the Commonwealth, except those powers and duties assigned by this charter to the town manager, and shall also have such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by the charter, by by-law, or by other vote of town meeting. The planning board shall further be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the long-range plan of the Town of Longmeadow.