No % Avg Min Max Total % with Type of Government BOF of of Population Population Population Population BOF Towns Towns Selectman 8,627 856 27,953 888,552 97 94.17% 103 60.95% Board of Alderman 31,190 12,942 52,894 124,758 1 25.00% 4 2.37% Council Manager 31,302 11,328 127,390 939,059 5 16.67% 30 17.75% First Selectman Council 36,244 36,244 36,244 36,244 1 100.00% 1 0.59% Selectman Representative Town Meeting 39,470 20,938 61,983 197,352 4 80.00% 5 2.96% Mayor Council 54,196 9,680 146,824 1,354,897 12 48.00% 25 14.79% Mayor Council City Manager 62,280 62,280 62,280 62,280 0 0.00% 1 0.59% 3,603,142 120 71.01% 169 100.00%

Population based on numbers published by CERC in July 2012. Most towns reported as of 2011. A few are 2010. Average population derived by total in category divided by number of towns in category rounded to a whole number. (i.e. Selectman Town Meeting average is 888,552 /103 = 8,627)

% of BOF is based on the number of towns within the category that have BOF compared to the total number of towns in the category rounded to 2 decimal places. (i.e. Selectman Town Meeting 97 towns out of 103 have a BOF (103/97)*100 = 94.17%)

% of towns for each category is based on the number of towns within the category compared to 169 towns in the state rounded to 2 decimal places. (i.e. Selectman Town Meeting - (103/106)*100 = 60.95%) Of the 169 towns in the State of CT 120 (71%) have a Board of Selectmen; 49 (29%) have finance departments in lieu of the Board of Finance

Board of Selectman – Town Meeting

Town BOF Charter Town BOF Charter Andover X Lisbon X Ashford X Litchfield X Barkhamsted X Lyme X Beacon Falls X Madison X X Bethany X Marlborough X X Bethel X X Middlebury X X Bethlehem X Middlefield X X Bolton X X Monroe X X Bozrah X Morris X Bridgewater X New Fairfield X Brookfield X X New Hartford X Brooklyn X Newtown X X Burlington X X Norfolk X Canaan X North Canaan X Canterbury X North Haven X X Canton X X North X Chaplin X Stonington Chester X Old Lyme X Clinton X X Old Saybrook X X Colchester X X Orange X X Colebrook X Oxford X X Columbia * Plainfield X X Cornwall X Pomfret X Cromwell X Portland X Deep River X Preston X Durham X X Putnam X X East Granby X Redding X East Haddam X Ridgefield X X East Lyme X X Roxbury X East Windsor X X Salem X X Eastford X Salisbury X Easton X Scotland Ellington X X Seymour X X Essex X Sharon X Franklin X Sherman Goshen X Simsbury X X Griswold X X Somers X X Haddam X X Southbury X X Hampton X Sprague X Hartland X Stafford X Harwinton X Sterling X Hebron X X Stonington X X Kent X Suffield X X Killingworth X X Thomaston X Lebanon X Thompson X Board of Selectman – Town Meeting

Town BOF Charter Town BOF Charter Union X Weston X X Voluntown Willington X Warren Wilton X X Washington X Windham X X Waterford X X Windsor Locks X X Westbrook X X Woodbridge X X Woodbury X X Woodstock X

Columbia has a Financial Planning and Allocation Commission

Portland has a Finance Department

Mayor Council Selectman – Representative Town Meeting Town BOF Charter Bridgeport X Town BOF Charter ristol X X Branford X X Danbury X Darien X X East Hartford X Fairfield X X East Haven X X Greenwich X Guilford X X Westport X X Hamden X Ledyard X X Mayor – Board of Alderman Middletown X Montville X Town BOF Charter Naugatuck X Ansonia X New Britain X X Derby New Canaan X X Milford X X New Haven X Shelton X New Milford X X

Norwalk X Plymouth X X Prospect Stamford X X Torrington X X Vernon X Wallingford Waterbury X West Haven X Wolcott

Council – Manager Mayor – Council – City Manager

Town BOF Charter Town BOF Charter Avon X X Meriden X Berlin X Bloomfield X First Selectman – Council Cheshire X Coventry X Town BOF Charter East Hampton X X Trumbull X X Enfield X Farmington X

Glastonbury X X Granby X X Groton X Hartford X Killingly X Manchester X Mansfield X New London X Newington X North Branford X Norwich X Plainville X Rocky Hill X South Windsor X Southington X X Stratford X Tolland X Watertown X West Hartford X Wethersfield X Winchester X Windsor X

% of Towns by Form of Government

0.59% Selectman Town Meeting

2.96% 14.79% Mayor Board of Alderman 0.59% Council Manager 17.75% 60.95% First Selectman Council

Selectman Representative Town Meeting Mayor Council 2.37%

Mayor Council City Manager Board of Finance By Form of Government

0.00% Selectman Town Meeting

48.00% Mayor Board of Alderman 94.17%

Council Manager 80.00% 25.00% First Selectman Council

Selectman Representative Town 100.00% Meeting 16.67% Mayor Council

Mayor Council City Manager Average Town Population By Government Type

Selectman Town Meeting 8,627

Mayor Board of Alderman 62,280 31,190

31,302 Council Manager

First Selectman Council 54,196 36,244

Selectman Representative Town 39,470 Meeting Mayor Council

Mayor Council City Manager