The Board of Health are the policy makers responsible for protecting the public health of the community by adopting relevant local health regulations and by carrying out preventative programs.
The Conservation Commission is the Town body responsible for protecting Westford's natural resources. It is also responsible for the administration of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and Westford's Wetlands Bylaw.
The mission of the Town of Westford GIS Department is to promote, and develop a geographic information system resource for local decision makers and the general public.
The committee is authorized, through appropriation, to obtain architectural and engineering services for site selections and preliminary schematic drawings, financial estimates, design, construction and initial furnishing for Town building projects.
The Board has 2 functions as defined by Massachusetts law: to establish planning goals and to prepare plans to implement those goals, which take the form of the town's zoning bylaws; and to administer the Subdivision Control Law which establishes the process for development of new roads and new housing.