Counties
This is the governing body of a county.
What is the board of supervisors?
This is the governing body of a city.
What is city council?
This is the governing body in a town.
What is town council?
This is what level of government runs the court system for localities.
What is the state?
This is the type of locality that is found most often in Virginia.
What is a town?
Of full-time or part-time, this is what members of the board of supervisors typically work.
What is part-time?
This is the person chosen to head city council and represent the city.
Who is the mayor?
In a city, the council is headed by the mayor. This is who heads the council in a town.
Who is the mayor?
This is the position that every locality has that helps with law enforcement in a locality.
What is a sheriff?
This is the type of locality that Lynchburg is.
What is a city?
The board of supervisors chooses this executive to work full-time to oversee the operations of the government.
Who is a county manager?
This is the person hired by the city to work full-time and oversee operations.
Who is the city manager?
This is the full-time person chosen by a town council to oversee the operations of the town.
Who is the town manager?
Every local government must have this job to make sure the court system runs efficiently.
What is a Clerk of the Circuit Court?
This is a source of supply that can be easily gotten, when needed.
What is a resource?
This is the group responsible for overseeing the K-12 public schools in a county.
Who is the school board?
This is the body who runs the public schools in a city.
What is the school board?
This is the locality that shares some services with a town.
What is a county?
Local governments are required to have this position to disburse the money to the departments of a locality.
What is a treasurer?
This is the person in charge of collecting taxes for a locality.
Who is the Commissioner of the Revenue?
Of elected, appointed, or either, this is how the school board members for a county are chosen.
What is either?
Of a city or county, this is the one that is typically larger in area.
What is a county?
Of towns and cities, this is the one that is usually larger.
What are cities?
This is the document that gives local governments their structure and power.
What is a charter?
The federal, state, and local governments all promote public health and safety and regulate land use, making these powers this.
What is concurrent?