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Address
Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave
Newton Centre, MA 02459
617-796-1000
TDD/TTY 617-796-1089
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday
8:30am- 8:00pm
Boards, Commissions & Committees
Newton residents participate in local government as members of more than one hundred Boards, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Councils serving the City of Newton. Such broad citizen involvement helps our government remain open and responsive to the people of Newton. Residents play a critical role in the work required to address a wide variety of needs in the City.
Appointments to the City's boards and commissions are made by the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen and the School Committee. If you have an interest and would like to volunteer to serve, please send a resume and statement of interest to Megan Costello at mcostello@newtonma.gov, or mail to Megan Costello, Mayor's Office, 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02459 or to apply online click here.
To view a listing of boards and commissions that currently have openings, please click here.
Listed below are the links to information on each Board, Commission, Committee or Advisory Council.
Committees with Mayoral Appointments
Election Commission
Health and Human Services
- Biosafety Committee
- Childcare Commission
- Environmental Health Advisory Council
- Health and Human Services Council
- Hoarding Task Force
- Human Rights Commission
- Institutional Biotechnology Committee
- Youth Commission
Licensing Board
Mayor's Office
Parks & Recreation
- Community Education Commission
- Dogs Off-Leash Advisory Committee
- Parks & Recreation Commission
- Urban Tree Commission
Planning & Development
- Angino Farm
- Austin St. Joint Advisory Planning Group
- Commission on Disabilities
- Community Preservation Committee
- Conservation Commission
- Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Economic Development Commission
- Fair Housing Committee
- Historic Preservation
- Housing Partnership
- Human Service Advisory Committee
- Mayor's Mixed-Use Task Force
- Newton Corner Advisory Committee
- Newtonville Advisory Committee
- Nonantum Advisory Committee
- Planning & Development Board
- Real Property Reuse
- Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee
- Transportation Advisory Committee
- Urban Design Commission
- West Newton Advisory Committee
- Zoning Board of Appeals
- Zoning Reform Group
Public Buildings
- Design Review Committee
- Designer Selection Committee
- Energy Commission
- Green Energy Newton
- Newton North High School Liaison Committee
- Sustainable Newton Committee
Public Works
Retirement Board
Other
Committees of Elected Officials
Board of Aldermen
Volunteer for an Aldermanic Board, Committee, Commission or Advisory Council HERE
- Community Preservation
- Finance
- Land Use
- Long Range Planning
- Post Audit and Oversight
- Programs & Services
- Public Facilities
- Public Safety & Transportation
- Real Property
- Traffic Council
- Zoning & Planning