City Leadership
Mayor’s Office
The Mayor
Charlie Sisitsky
Charlie Sisitsky knows Framingham the long way. He has lived here since 1971, raised four kids who all went through the city’s public schools, and spent two decades on the Board of Selectmen, from 1998 until the town became a city in 2018. When the charter took effect he won a seat as the District 1 City Councilor. In 2021 he was elected the city’s mayor, sworn in on January 1, 2022, and in 2025 voters returned him for a second four-year term that began January 1, 2026, making him the first mayor in Framingham’s short history as a city to be re-elected. The job suits a career built on it: more than forty years in public administration, including Planning Director in Medford and, for over twenty years, Planning Director and Director of Public Works in Natick. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from WPI and a master’s in Community Planning and Area Development from the University of Rhode Island.
| In office | Since January 1, 2022 (second term began January 1, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Office | Memorial Building, 150 Concord Street, Room 213, Framingham, MA 01702 |
| Phone | 508-532-5411 |
| Website | framinghamma.gov/Office-of-the-Mayor |
What the Mayor Does
Framingham’s charter hands nearly all of the city’s executive power to one elected person. That is what “strong mayor” means, and it is worth understanding exactly what that power covers:
- Runs the city: the mayor directs every municipal department and is responsible for enforcing the charter, the ordinances, and the law.
- Writes the budget: the mayor builds the annual city budget and sends it to the Council, which sets the starting line for almost every spending fight.
- Appoints leadership: the mayor names the department heads and many of the people who sit on boards and commissions.
- Holds the veto: the mayor can reject an ordinance the Council passed, and the Council can override that veto only with a larger vote.
The Administration
The mayor does not do all of this alone. Behind the office sits an administration of department heads and professional staff who actually deliver the services you notice only when they stop: clean water, plowed roads, building inspections, public health, parks, police, and fire.
- Chief of staff and mayoral staff: run policy, communications, and constituent help out of the Memorial Building.
- Department heads: appointed by the mayor to lead the city’s roughly three dozen departments and divisions.
- Boards and commissions: resident volunteers, many of them mayor-appointed, who weigh in on everything from zoning to disability access.
Contact & Engage
- Visit: the Mayor’s Office is in the Memorial Building, 150 Concord Street, Room 213.
- Call: 508-532-5411.
- Read up first: the mayor’s page on framinghamma.gov posts the annual State of the City address and executive orders, so you can walk in knowing where the mayor already stands.
Sources
Framingham government website (framinghamma.gov). Verified July 2026.
Make Your Voice Heard
Writing to the people you elected is one of the most direct moves you can make. A short, specific message about one real problem gets further than a long angry one, and in a city this size, it really does get read.