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Types of Services
Community Leaders
Paying for Local Government
Social & Political Responsibilities
Rules and Laws
100
Operating a fire department meets the need for this type of service in a community.
What is safety?
100
This individual is the leader of most local governments.
Who is the mayor?
100
Local governments pay for most services by collecting this money from citizens.
What are taxes?
100
These people work without being paid to improve the community.
Who are volunteers?
100
This person has the power and authority to place someone under arrest.
Who is a police officer?
200
Providing swimming pools in a community supports this type of service for the citizens who live there.
What is recreation?
200
The members of this group are chosen by citizens in the community to help make the laws.
What is city council?
200
These are taxes paid by people in a community who own homes and businesses.
What is property taxes?
200
This person runs for office because he or she thinks they can help the community as an elected official.
Who is a candidate?
200
This person has the power and authority in a courtroom.
Who is the judge?
300
Libraries support this type of service offered by local governments.
What is education?
300
Elected officials have power and authority in local government because citizens give it to them with this.
What is their vote or consent?
300
Local governments can charge this for some services it provides such as admittance into a community pool or for trash pick up.
What is a fee?
300
This is an important way that citizens give their consent to elected leaders.
What is voting?
300
This is something citizens could do to help get a new law passed in their community.
What is write to city council, attend a town meeting, or speak with the mayor about concerns?
400
Building roads and maintaining bike paths support this type of community service.
What is transportation?
400
Theses are community leaders who make decisions about fun things in a community.
What is the Park District Board or Parks and Recreation Department?
400
Local governments can get grants or gifts of money from these types of government.
What is state government or national government?
400
The responsibility of learning about the candidates who run for public office and what they'll do as a leader should happen before this takes place.
What is voting or an election?
400
These government leaders work together to make laws in a community.
Who are the mayor and council members?
500
Providing snow removal and clean drinking water supports this type of community service.
What is safety?
500
This group of elected citizens help a community meet its need for education.
What is the school board?
500
Many counties have this type of tax in which a small part of certain purchases goes to the government.
What is a sales tax?
500
This is a group of elected officials who makes laws for the community, state, or country.
What is government?
500
This would be a consequence for not obeying a law.
What is paying a fine or going to jail?