The Town of Williamstown encourages residents to help shape our community by volunteering on Town boards, committees, and commissions. Current vacancies are announced below and posted in the Town Clerk’s office.
Some board and committee members are appointed by an official or the Select Board. Other members are elected.
Appointed Positions
Please fill out an online Government Engagement Form to be considered for an appointed committee position. Email the completed form to comment@williamstownma.gov
Elected Positions
If you would like to run for an elected position, fill out nomination papers available in early February. Nominations are due 49 days prior to election (usually late March). Town Elections are generally held on the second Tuesday in May, one week before Town Meeting.
Current Vacancies (updated 11/14/2025)
- Constables – (1) vacancy
- Fence Viewers – (1) vacancy
- Mount Greylock Advisory Council- (1) vacancy, appointed by the State
- Municipal Scholarship Committee – (4) vacancies
- Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate – (1) vacancy
- Mobile Home Rent Control Board – (1) vacancy
How Committee Members are Decided
Select Board Appointed
- Affordable Housing Trust
- Agricultural Commission
- Berkshire Regional Transit Authority
- Board of Registrars
- Cable Television Advisory Committee
- Community Preservation Committee
- Constables
- Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire
- Fence Viewers
- Hoosic Water Quality District
- Mobile Home Rent Control Board
- Mount Greylock Advisory Council
- Municipal Scholarship Committee
- Northern Berkshire Solid Waste Management District
- Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts
- Zoning Board of Appeals
Town Manager Appointed
- Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
- Board of Assessors
- Board of Health
- Conservation Commission
- Council on Aging