Overview of Home Rule/Forms of Local Government

Municipal Charters and Home Rule in MA by Robert W Ritchie, MMA 2006

What is Home Rule?

• Read the What is Home Rule (PDF) on the Mass.gov website
• Massachusetts Division of Local Services, January 2020

A Review of Municipal Government Structures

• Read the July 21, 2016, City and Town (PDF) article online
• Massachusetts Division of Local Services: City and Town, 7/16

Forms of Local Government. 2019-2020 Directory, MMA

• Look over the Forms of Municipal Government (PDF) online
• Massachusetts Municipal Association

Forms of Local Government, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• Prepared by the Forms of Government Committee, MMA
• View the Forms of Local Government (PDF) online
• Massachusetts Municipal Management Association

Citizen's Guide to Town Meetings

• View the Citizen's Guide to Town Meetings webpage

Town of Nantucket Charter Article IV Town Administration

• Learn more about Article IV online