The first chairman of the Jorhat Municipal Board was Lt. Col. Thomas Playfair, who held the position from 3 February 1911 to 2 March 1917.
The current Municipal office is located on the 2nd floor of the Unnayan Bhavan Complex in Jorhat, Assam.
Now, the Board's range has extended to a total of 9 square kilometers, 19 wards, and a steadily growing population reaching over 1 million residents of Jorhat.
In the year of 2015 Jorhat municipality election, Bharatiya Janata party got the majority and form the board under the chairperson sjt Aruna Dutta for the first time.
The Jorhat Municipal Board works to provide new ways to better the quality of local life for the cities people while preserving the natural environment.