2022 Re-Organizational Meeting. From left to right: Rita Sheehan, Town Clerk; William Crumley, Town Councilman; Bernard Cohen, Town Councilman; Daniel Sturm, Town Supervisor; Victoria Simpson, Town Councilwoman; and Lillian Hendrickson, Town Councilwoman. Photo by Matt Shortall, courtesy of Sullivan County Democrat.
The Town Board is comprised of the Town Supervisor (two-year term) and four council member (four-year staggering terms). They set policy, adopt local laws and resolutions, hire most staff, and regulate the Town of Bethel Code and Laws of the State of York. There is no weighted voting, each vote counts equally including the Town Supervisor.
The Town Board are members of the Sullivan County Visitor's Association, Sullivan County Parntership for Economic Development, Bethel Business Association, the New York State Association of Towns and the Bethel Local Development Corporation.