Types of Local Government
Typically the largest political unit in a state there are more than 3,000 of them in the USA.
What is a county?
A law usually of a city or county.
What are ordinances?
A charge on land and buildings.
What is property tax?
List 3 ways that local governments provide public safety.
What is the police force, firefighters, building and health inspectors?
A gathering of local citizens to discuss and vote on certain issues.
What is a town meeting?
The power to create local governments is given to:
What are the states?
A document granting power to local government.
What is a city charter?
The city council acts as the city's legislature passing these city laws.
What are ordinances?
Examines causes of death within a county.
Who is the county coroner?
Delaware and Hawaii have only 3 of these.
What are counties?
Most large cities have this type of government; in which the mayor has very substantial executive powers.
What is a Strong-Mayor Plan?
A government of an incorporated place that serves the people of an urban area.
What is a municipality?
Over 40% of money given to local communities by state and local governments.
What is a grant?
This is the county official who is in charge of administering elections, as well as keeping track of marriage certificates.
Who is the county clerk?
A political unit that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.
What are towns?
The Mayor-Council Plan in which most of the power rests with the council itself.
What is the Weak-Mayor Plan?
The right of a city or a country to write its own charter.
What is home rule?
A large city and its suburbs.
What is a metropolitan area?
Besides property taxes name 2 other ways that local governments can collect revenue.
What are sales and income taxes?
What are service fees? What are city run businesses?
The town where the county courthouse is located.
What is the county seat?
The goal of the type of government is to run government like a business.
What is the Council-Manager plan?
A unit of government that is formed to handle a specific task like transportation or education.
What is a special district?
The smallest unit of local government.
What is a village?
Examines taxable property within a county.
Who is the county tax assessor?
List 3 problems that the city of Detroit is currently facing.
What is debt, urban decay, lack of jobs, lack of residents, inability to pay for basic services (like police, fire, and ambulance services)?