The supervisor serves as the chief executive officer of town government. She presides at all town board meetings, directing the legislative and administrative functions of that body. The supervisor also oversees the day-to-day operations of a municipal government of 24 departments, employing just under 2,000 people, and providing services to some 762,000 residents. As the chief financial officer of the township, the Supervisor is responsible for the creation and the implementation of a town budget of $383.5 million.
	Council members are responsible for adopting the annual budget, adopting and amending the town code and the building zone ordinances, adopting all traffic regulations, and hearing applications for changes of zone and special exceptions to zoning codes.
	Meetings of the Hempstead Town Board are divided into three sections. The public hearing calendar is a list of cases that are advertised in advance as to date, time, place and subject matter before being heard by the town board. Matters heard at a public hearing are resolved by a publicly announced decision. The administrative calendar is a list of resolutions to be voted upon by the Hempstead Town Board. At the conclusion of each meeting, the town board remains seated to hear comment from individual citizens who would like to address the board on any issue of concern.
	This section contains a searchable index of the laws, regulations and ordinances of the Town of Hempstead.