PEOPLE/JOBS
The leader of the Executive branch of government
Who is the Governor?
City laws
What are ordinances?
Age of the mayor of Hillsdale Michigan when he was elected
What is 18?
Public works, Planning, Police, Fire Protection and other offices
What are head of department positions the mayor appoints?
In early town meetings in New England they made the important decisions
Who are the citizens?
Duties include: recommends a budget; oversees city departments; deals with personnel matters
Who is the Council-Manager?
Village
What is the smallest unit of local government?
Number of elected officials that govern most counties
What is three to five?
Counties in Louisanna
What are parishes?
They exist to serve the needs of the people who live in a concentrated area
What are municipal governments?
Keeps official government records
Who is the County Clerk?
City wide elections
What are At-Large Elections?
The number of districts that Illinois has
What is 3200?
Type of government that more important in the south and west
What is county governments?
Two forms of government started in the early 1900's
What are Council-Manager and Commission?
The leader of towns and cities
Who is the mayor?
Government
What is a group of people that has the power to rule over a community?
Name of central cities and suburbs with a combine population of 50,000 or more
What are Metropolitan Statistical Areas?
Two types of special-purpose districts
What are school districts and special districts?
Works closely with the police department to establish the causes of unusual or suspicious deaths
Who is the county coroner?
Group of elected officials in New England
Who are the Selectmen?
Communities near or around cities
What are suburbs?
The amount of county or county like units in the U.S.
What is over 3000?
Town governments receive their authority from here
What is the state?
How often New England residents get together to vote on local ordinances, taxes and budgets
What is once a year?
They enforce court orders and manages the county jail
Towns were the county courthouse is located?
What is the county seat?
The length of time city council members serve
What is four years?
This allows cities ro write their own charters, to choose their own trype of government and to manage their own affairs
What is the Home Rule?
The amount of local governments in the U.S.
What is over 89,000?
They make decisions in court
Who are judges?
New England Town
What is the oldest form of government in the US?
The annual budget that the 18 year old mayor of Hillsdale was in charge of
What is 20 million dollars?
These states are not divided into counties
Who is Connecticut and Rhode Island?
Boroughs
What Alaska calls it's counties?