Terms
– establishment of a city as a legal body
incorporations
city with over people 300,000
Metropolitan class
The owners of taxable property include business as well as this group of people.
Homeowners
The executive branch of city government is headed by either a city manager or this person.
Mayor
This is where county courthouses and county government offices are located.
is the oldest and most common form of city government in America.
Mayor-council government
The number of years in a term of office for most elected officials
4
Federal officials use this to allocate funding to state, local, and tribal governments.
Census data.
Mayor of Omaha
Jean Stothert
A level of government for an area larger than a city but smaller than a county.
A township.
Lawmaking body in Omaha that makes city ordinances. Sometimes known as the board of alderman or city commissions.
City Council
There are___________ Counties in Nebraska.
93
Which level of government collects property tax?
county
Governor of the state of Nebraska
Jim Pillen
City Governments are missing a ___________ branch.
judicial
Another name for a city
Municipalities
How many city council members are on the board in Omaha?
7
In a strong-mayor system of city government, the mayor prepares this spending plan.
Budget
When a candidate runs on their own merits rather than as a candidate of a political party, they run on this basis.
Non-partisan
The process by which a city or a county regulates how people use various areas of land.
Zoning
The power of government to use or take private property for public purposes without the owner's permission.
Eminent domain.
The most common form of city government,
the council-manager plan.
100 to 800 people living in this area
Village
School districts are an example of a
special district
a major unit of local government in most States, created by the State
County