Local Governments
What level of government is closest to the people in New Brunswick?
What are local governments?
What are the three main parts of a local government structure?
What are councilors, deputy mayor, and mayor?
What divides local governments into smaller geographic regions?
What are wards?
Councils oversee the planning, growth, and ________ of communities.
What is safety?
Decisions are made by the council as a whole, not by individual ________.
What are members?
What Act outlines the goals of local governments in New Brunswick?
What is the Local Governance Act?
Who acts in place of the mayor when needed?
Who is the deputy mayor?
What can council use to change the number of wards?
What is a by-law?
Councils listen to residents’ concerns and ________.
What are needs?
What type of council makes decisions collectively?
What is a municipal council?
One goal of local governments is to foster safe and ______ communities.
What is viable?
Who chooses the deputy mayor?
Who is the council?
Councilors represent their ward but act for the entire ________ government.
What is local?
Councils create, debate, and vote on what?
What are by-laws and resolutions?
What type of vote is needed for council decisions to pass?
What is a majority vote?
How many local governments/municipalities are there in New Brunswick?
What is 77?
Unlike the mayor and councilors, the deputy mayor is not chosen by direct ________.
What is election?
Wards usually have an ________ number of councilors.
What is equal?
Councils support and participate in local activities and ________.
What are events?
What does majority vote mean?
What is more than half the council members agree?
How many First Nations communities are outside local government jurisdiction?
What is 16?
True or False: Citizens directly elect the deputy mayor.
What is False?
What is the purpose of wards?
What is dividing local governments into smaller geographic areas for representation?
What is one major responsibility of councils?
What is making decisions for the community?
True or False: One council member can make decisions for the whole council.
What is False?