History
Types of Elections
City Boards & Services
Miscellaneous
Forms of Local Government
100
the date when villeges began to develop into cities
What is 10,000 B.C.?
100
an election to elect members of the city council and mayor
What is a Local Election?
100
the board that runs the libraries
Who is the Library?
100
to bring property into boundaries
What is an Annex?
100
council/assembly governs: mayor appoints department heads and controls them
What is a Strong Mayor-Council/Assembly?
200
the date people began to live in permanent settlements
What is 3,500 B.C.?
200
a method of enacting ordiances that begins with petitions by citizens
What is an Initiative Election?
200
a board to plan, build, and oversee parks and other recreation for city residents, such as races, sports classes,etc.
What is the Parks and Recreation?
200
elected officials that run local and state elections among other things
Who is County Board of Supervisors?
200
council/assembly governs: mayor appoints few, if any department heads and limited controls over them
What is a Weak Mayor-Council/Assembly?
300
the first needs of ancient cities
What is Order, Peace, and Security?
300
a petition process by which voters can remove an elected official from office in midterm
What is Recall?
300
the service of collecting garbage and keeping the city clean
What is Sanitation?
300
federal money given to states or cities to help pay for programs
What is Grant-In-Aid?
300
council/assembly appoints manager to carry out policies and she/he appoints department heads
What is a Council/Assembly Manager?
400
the first areas of authority in ancient cities
What is Caretaker of Crops and Chief Planner of Defense?
400
an election to determine whether a city may borrow money by selling bonds
What is Bond Election?
400
a board that plans the use of buildings or activities that occur in each area of the city
What is Planning and Zoning
400
an organization that provides essential product or services, such as light, water, gas
What is Public Utility?
400
elected commissioners each head a department and together govern the city
What is Commission?
500
the model colonists used for their local governments
What is Old English Laws?
500
an election to determine whether a city will adopt its own constitution and to elect people to draft it
What is a Charter Election?
500
anything constructed by government with public funnds for the use or pleasure of the general public, such as libraries, etc.
What is Public Works?
500
people joined together and given the authority to act as a single entity, as a city
What is Corporation?
500
the authority for locally elected officials to make local decisions
What is Home-Rule?
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