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  1. The council–manager government is a form of local government used for municipalities, counties, or other equivalent regions, commonly used in the United States and the Republic of Ireland. The council–manager form is also used in New Zealand for regional councils , and in Canada and many other countries for city and county councils .

  2. There are three general types of municipal government: the mayor-council, the commission, and the council-manager. These are the pure forms; many cities have developed a combination of two or three of them. Mayor-council

  3. Dec 13, 2016 · Council-Manager. Characteristics include: City council oversees the general administration, makes policy, sets budget. Council appoints a professional city manager to carry out day-to-day administrative operations. Often the mayor is chosen from among the council on a rotating basis. This is the most common form of government.

  4. Jul 1, 1995 · The newest of the three major forms of city government, the council-manager form quickly gained acceptance among cities of all sizes and continued in 1994 to be the most popular form in American cities of more than 10,000 population. In Texas this form is even more dominant: 251 of the 290 home-rule cities in Texas operate with a city council ...

  5. The council-manager government is one of two main variations of representative municipal government in the United States that began in Staunton, Virginia in 1908. This system of government is used in the majority of American cities with populations over 12,000.

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