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Mayor–council government

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system, the elected mayor is granted almost total administrative authority with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads, although some city charters or prevailing state law may require council ratification. In such a system, the mayor's administrative staff often prepares the city budget,
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system, the mayor has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as council chairperson. The mayor cannot directly appoint or remove officials and lacks veto power over council votes.
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Most major North American cities use the strong-mayor form of the mayor–council system, whereas middle-sized and small North American cities tend to use the council–manager system.
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although that budget must be approved by the council. The mayor may also have veto rights over council votes, with the council able to override such a veto.
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The form may be categorized into two main variations depending on the relative power of the mayor compared to the council, the
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Kathy Hayes; Semoon Chang (July 1990). "The Relative Efficiency of City Manager and Mayor–Council Forms of Government".
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who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected
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Executive leader and executive committees elected by the council from among themselves
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constitutes the legislative body. It is one of the two most common forms of
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George C. Edwards III; Robert L. Lineberry; Martin P. Wattenberg (2006).
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Executive leader elected by the council from among themselves
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State and Local Government: Politics and Public Policies
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Index

Mayor-council government
Politics series
local government
separate
Mayor - Council
mayor
City council
Council - Manager
city manager
fused
City Commission
Direct democratic forms
Town meeting
Executive arrangements
England
icon
Politics portal
v
t
e
local government
mayor
city council
local government in the United States
council–manager government
City commission government
Town meeting
doi
10.2307/1060487
JSTOR

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