Local Government Roles
This is an elected position and they usually appoint their staff and oversee city operations.
What is a mayor?
This person can do duties such as document meetings, manages public records and oversee elections.
What is a city clerk?
This person can be described as a motivator
What is a leader?
The core question of this article
Is it practical to separate politics from administration?
Who is Derek Easterling?
Group of people who work with the mayor to oversee programs, budgets, and can also pass city ordinances.
Who is the city council?
This department is responsible for sanitation, water and sewer services and other maintenances of a city
What is the Department of Public Works?
This form of government has a manager that runs day to day operations and oversees departments.
What is Council-Manager?
According to the article, the purpose of this is to "...provide political guidance to public administration..."
What is politics?
The first African-American to be elected as sheriff for Cobb County
Who is Craig D. Owens Sr.?
Separate from local politics, this position is meant to oversee and handle day to day city operations.
Who is the city manager?
This group of people review zoning, land usage, developmental plans and the overall placement of housing, parks and infrastructure in the city.
Who is the planning commission?
What is a manager?
In order to lessen the politics within public administration, the council-manager form of government adopted these traits.
What is Expertise, Neutrality and Hierarchy?
Considered a historic district within the city of Marietta
Downtown Marietta, Kennesaw Ave, Forest Hills, Church Cherokee Streets
This role often handles the administrative work of the local government and can handle licensing and permits. The duties of this role can differ depending on the city.
What is a city clerk?
This department upkeeps safety and sanitary standards. Standards can include zoning, building and housing regulations.
Who is the Department of Code Enforcement?
Within the chapter, the author uses this analogy to describe the "...involvement of the council and staff in key stages..."
What is the Flight Analogy?
This method was used to analyzed the theory and practice between dichotomy.
What is the SEM (structural equation modeling) method?
Funded by SPLOST, this project is the most recent development which includes serving as a concert and event site in Kennesaw
What is the AMPHITHEATER AT DEPOT PARK?
This position plays a major role in the mayor-council form of government
What is a Chief Administrative Officer?
This department is not within all cities, but are responsible for preservation of historical buildings and districts.
What is the Historic Board?
Gulick and Urwick developed this acronym to define functions of a manager.
What is POSDCORB (planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, budgeting)?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Also currently being funded by SPLOST, this is an ongoing project to make transportation improvements around Marietta and Cobb County.
What is the Transportation Improvement Program?