Editing Brentwood, New Hampshire (section)

==Government==
Brentwood's executive is a five-person [[board of selectmen]], serving staggered three-year terms and meeting weekly (biweekly in spring and summer).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Selectmen |url=https://www.brentwoodnh.gov/towncloud/entity/board-of-selectman-1 |publisher=Town of Brentwood}}</ref> Brentwood's legislature is a [[town meeting]], held in March, at which every registered voter can vote on the annual town budget and amendments to it. The Swasey Elementary School has a separate town meeting. Classes above Grade 6 travel to regional schools in School Administrative Unit (SAU) 16.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - SAU 16 - Exeter NH |url=https://www.sau16.org/en-US |website=www.sau16.org}}</ref>

SAU&nbsp;16 is governed by [[Town meeting#Official ballot referenda (SB&nbsp;2)|official ballot referendum (SB&nbsp;2)]], in which there is a "deliberative" town meeting but the final vote is by secret ballot in all participating towns, at the same annual election at which voters elect town and school officials. Every town in SAU 16 votes on the representative(s) of it and of all other towns in SAU&nbsp;16.

Citizen petitions have sought to change Brentwood's two town meetings to SB&nbsp;2, but have always fallen short of the 60% vote required. However, the 2025 municipal town meeting voted to cap the municipal budget at 4% growth above the prior year, not adjusted for inflation or population change.<ref>The enabling law for such a cap is RSA 32:5-b.</ref>