The City Council
Council-Manager form of government.
mayor-council, city commission, and council-manager
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Medium to large cities
homogeneous cities -> Small to Medium sized cities
Most cities have a mayor council form of government. Both the mayor and the council are elected and make decisions that are based on the good of the city.
City officials are elected by voters who are qualified to vote in municipal election. The Mayor and city council people are the offices most all cities hold elections for.
In Canadian politics, the leader of the Municipal Government is called a Council-chief Administrative Officer (CAO). A CAO may be known as the city administrator, municipal manager or city commissioner and is largely a modified version of the council-manager system popular in the US.
Mayor-council government is a common form of local government in the United States. In this type of government, a mayor is elected by the people and he serves as the executive officer along with an elected council that serves as the legislative body.
Generally, a city government is run by a mayor. She or he works with a city council or other form of elected government. The mayor is usually elected. Sometimes cities are run by a city manager who is appointed or hired by the city council.
Features of Mayor-Council Plan Organization Executive and legislative leaders are elected separately Executive leader has the most authority Popularity Popular in older cities in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Midwest XEPA