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The council – manager government form is one of two predominant forms of municipal government in the United States ; the other common form of local government is the mayor-council government form, which characteristically occurs in large cities.
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* 1624 – The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
* 1920 – The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
Pope Clement VII ( 1523 – 34 ) was vehemently against the idea of a council, agreeing with Francis I of France.
Pope Paul III ( 1534 – 49 ), seeing that the Protestant Reformation was no longer confined to a few preachers, but had won over various princes, particularly in Germany, to its ideas, desired a council.
The council was reconvened by Pope Pius IV ( 1559 – 65 ) for the last time, meeting from 18 January 1562, and continued until its final adjournment on 4 December 1563.
The history of the council is thus divided into three distinct periods: 1545 – 49, 1551 – 52 and 1562 – 63.
He secured, during the council's second period, 1551 – 53, an invitation, twice given, to the Protestants to be present and the council issued a letter of safe conduct ( thirteenth session ) and offered them the right of discussion, but denied them a vote.
Then, in the time of Pope Gregory VII ( 1073 – 1085 ), canonists who in the Investiture Controversy quoted the prohibition in canon 22 of the Council of Constantinople of 869 – 870 against laymen influencing the appointment of prelates elevated this council to the rank of ecumenical council.
From the Eastern Orthodox perspective, a council is accepted as being ecumenical if it is accepted by the Eastern Orthodox church at large – clergy, monks and assembly of believers.
The remaining church at large – clergy, monks and assembly of believers – accepted the council in spite of its failure to heal the rift of the Great Schism.
* 1934 – In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
Francis Dvornik argues that Pope accepted the acts of the council and annulled those of the Council of 869 – 870.
Ewuare's grandson Oba Esigie ( 1504 – 1550 ) eroded the power of the uzama ( state council ) and increase contact and trade with Europeans, especially with the Portuguese who provided a new source of copper for court art.
She decided that an ecumenical council needed to be held to address the issue of iconoclasm and directed this request to Pope Hadrian I ( 772 – 795 ) in Rome.
* 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
* 1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
* 1914 – The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I.
Libertarian Marxism includes such currents as Luxemburgism, council communism, left communism, Socialisme ou Barbarie, the Johnson – Forest tendency, world socialism, Lettrism / Situationism and operaismo / autonomism, and New Left.
Additionally, Marxism – Leninism opposes certain aspects of other forms of Marxian socialism, including left communism and council communism, as well as certain aspects of non-Marxist socialist movements, such as anarchism and syndicalism.
council and manager
Under this plan, a small, elected council makes the city ordinances and sets policy, but hires a paid administrator, also called a city manager, to carry out its decisions.
Usually, there is no set term ; the manager serves as long as the council is satisfied with his or her work.
Salem is governed using the council – manager government model.
It is governed by an elected mayor and six elected councilmembers, who form the city council, and an appointed city manager, under a council-manager style of government.
Most municipalities except for the very small ones hire an executive manager who may or may not be a member of the municipal council.
Galveston's city council serves as the city's legislative branch, while the city manager works as the chief executive officer and the municipal court system serves as the city's judicial branch.
The city council appoints the city manager, the city secretary, the city auditor, the city attorney, and the municipal judge.
The city manager hires employees, promotes development, presents and administers the budget, and implements city council policies.
Its county seat and largest city is Heber City. The county is governed by a county council with an appointed county manager.
These were replaced with an elected chief officer ( the county executive ), a county council with 15 members ( 13 elected by district, two elected county-wide ), and an appointed county manager.
Vinton is an incorporated town with an elected town council and town manager.
The primary governing body of Wilkes County follows a council – manager government format with a five-member Board of Commissioners and the County Manager.
The primary governing body of Rowan County follows a council – manager government format with a five-member Board of Commissioners and the County Manager.
Under this form an elected Board of Commissioners appoints a manager to oversee the day to day operations and carry out the will of the council.
Buncombe County has a council / manager form of government.
The city council appoints a city manager, who manages the day-to-day operations of the city.
A city council acts as the legislative body, and the council-appointed manager handles the traditional day-to-day chief executive functions.
Initially, Plan E government in Worcester was organized as a 9-member council ( all at-large ), a ceremonial mayor elected from the council by the councilors, and a council-appointed city manager.
Usually in Finland the highest executive official is not democratically elected, but appointed to a public office by the city council, and is called simply kaupunginjohtaja " city manager " or kunnanjohtaja " municipal manager ", depending on whether the municipality defines itself as a city.
Under council-manager government, the mayor is a first among equals on the city council, which acts as a legislative body while executive functions are performed by the appointed manager.
The mayor and city council serve part-time, with day-to-day administration in the hands of a professional city manager.
Mountain Brook has a city council / mayor / city manager system of government.
The city council consists of 5 members elected at large, and the council considers most issues and appoints the police chief, the fire chief, and the city manager ( with the mayor ).
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