This is the section of law that states the board needs to act as a body.

§ 3-7. Authority.
A. Board acts as a body. The town board, as the executive body of the town, acts as a
unit and must function as a body (Town Law §§ 60 and 63). An individual board member
may not unilaterally act on behalf of the town board. Thus, each town board member has
no more or no less authority than any other board member. Therefore, no board member
can legally act independently of the others or outside of the board. This means that no
single member of the town board can act for or commit the board as a body to any
particular