The Village Board consists of five members: the mayor and four trustees. Many of the staff involved in the village's…More governing process is made up of unsalaried volunteers. This includes the mayor, the board of trustees, and the village boards, committees, commissions and councils. </p> <p>Rye Brook operates under the village law, general municipal law and local finance law, as well as the Municipal Home Rule and the Statute of Local Governments, which grants home rule power.</p> <p>The mayor and chief executive officer governs the village along with a board of trustees, who in turn appoints the village administrator.   The administrator supervises all village operations through the department heads and according to the law.</p>