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23 Cards in this Set
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types of local government |
-general purpose -single purpose -metroplitan areas50k -metropoitan areas49k and under |
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county government |
-they contain one or more cities -role is to assess property tax and collection, law enforcement, elections, record keeping, and road maintenance -handles healthcare hospitals pollution control transit, industries, social services and consumer protection |
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orgianization of counties |
elected board with president council elected executive plan administrator plan elect county; clerk, treasurer, coroner, prosecutor, sheriff, commissioners, tas assessor |
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municipal government |
creating cities -incorportations -charter -cities= units of local government city governental structure -mayor council form strong and weak types -council manager form -city commissioner form which is best? -none, communities decide issues -planning and land use -annexation -finances -representation |
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towns and townships |
-20 towns per state -more populated towns become municipalities or in less populated ones decease - |
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special districts |
can be created in three ways -states can create them through specail enabling legistation. -general purpose govt. may adopt a resolution establishing a special district -citizens may initiate districts by peririon, often followed by a referendum Needed -address deficenties in local govt such as technical, financial constraints, and political explanations concerns -lack of accountability -can be costly |
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school districts |
-school board 5-7 members elected by superintendent issues -funding |
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community power |
elite theory -small group rules at own benefit pluralist theory -competing groups that clashes to produce societal rule -involves bargaining, compromise and accomidation |
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property rights |
eminent domain -restictions on localities public prupose |
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local executives |
mayors |
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local legislatures |
-councils, commissioners, town boards, special boards, school boards -factionalism conflict - |
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distribution of authority |
state regulated local governments -finances -personal -structure -processes -functions -service standards state and local conflicts state imposes on local centralized and decentralized state mandates -funded or unfunded -promote uniformity of policy -mandate reimbersment requirments organizations -task forces -advisory commissioners -department of community affairs |
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metropolitics new challenge |
smart growth -leapfrog development sprawl vs smart growth -smart growth reduce sprawl and minimize its impacts shadow governments -private enterprise -public private partner ship -subsidiaries of conventional governments with unusual powers regional governance -states decision |
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local government in texas |
-has 4835 local governments -more authoirty and less populated areas -historical begins with municipalities -1836 changes municiples to counties -county commissioners court: main government unit of the ounty, plans budgets -composition: 1 judge 4 commissioners |
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county judge |
elected county wide 4 terms no limits may serve as actual judge most cases is administrator |
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county commissioners |
elected by geographic districts 4 year terms, no limits |
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county government responsibilites |
maintain roads health care public facilites libraries parks assist with natural disastor logistics and costs administer all elections in the county |
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functions of county government |
road maintenance law enforcement dispute resolution record keeping social services |
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sheriff district attornies county prosecutors county clerk |
chief law enforcement officer DAs handle serious crimes CP take less serious CC keeps records |
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Mayor council form of city government |
-has a mayor and city council -mayor elected at large -council at large of cingle member districts -share of power between manager and mayor -hires a city manager to run the city does not campaign or run for office - |
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school districts school board of trustees |
-adopts budget sets tax rate -superintendent -select textbook -sets school calendars |
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non school districts |
municipal utilities districs -provide services to areas outside cities flood control districts community college districts hospital districts water districts |
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councils of governments |
COGS -planning boards that try to coordinate efforts of local governments -comprise mostly of elected officials -deal with issues relevant to several local governments - |
