In this franchise, the player is a mayor that may, at their leisure, take a city from a single village to a successful metropolis, laying down zones, taking care of the public services and stimulating the city's economy.

The move may be too slow: in June 2010, Court ordered the eviction of Paris older artist's squat, a renowned place for close-to-free concerts ( 5, 000 groups in 10 years, from all countries ), and where the state-owned Culture TV-channel ARTE itself went to record live sessions: and there was nothing the mayor could do, the tenant being a private investor.

The board may have a chairperson or president who functions as chief executive officer, or there may be an elected mayor.

Bills passed by a simple majority are sent to the mayor, who may sign them into law.

These seem to have been mercenaries, brigands or outlaws, who may have at one time led a settled life, but with bad-luck or due to the force of circumstances, contributed a rootless element of the population, prepared to hire themselves to whichever local mayor, king or princeling prepared to undertake their support.

Some cities that used to have a city council but have subsequently had it abolished may have charter trustees, drawn from the local district council, who appoint the mayor and look after the city's traditions.

Furthermore, the term " city manager " may be seen translated as " mayor ".

In many cities and towns, the charter or some similar fundamental document provides that in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office of the mayor, another official will lead the municipality for a temporary period, which, depending on the jurisdiction, may be for a stated period of days or months until a special election can be held, or until the original end of the term to which the vacating mayor was elected.

The charter may also provide for an acting mayor to serve in the event that the incumbent mayor is determined to be too disabled to continue to perform the duties of the office, either for a temporary period or permanently.

The council also overrode a veto on a bill stating that the citizen's council may no longer exist and that the mayor may not meet with any organization in any location inside or outside the Gould city limits without the permission of the city council.

A locally elected mayor and 13-member council have governed the District since 1973 ; however, the Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws.

The mayor shall be the chief executive of the City of Canton ; shall preside at meetings of the mayor and council ; shall see that all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations are faithfully enforced ; shall see that all officers and employees shall faithfully discharge their duties ; shall sign with the clerk of council any deed, lease, conveyance and contract that may be authorized and directed by the Mayor and Council.

A directory of trees and bushes contained in the arboretum may be viewed in the mayor and clerk's offices.

The mayor attends and may speak at council meetings, but voting is confined only to breaking a deadlock with an affirmative vote for passage of an ordinance or resolution.

The mayor, elected from among the members of the committee, presides at meetings and performs other such duties as the Township Committee may prescribe.

The mayor may select a chief administrative officer to oversee the different departments.

Each mayor may serve up to two 4-year terms.

The mayor may appeal in the extreme case of opposition against the decision of the Council or the district councils, where he is satisfied that the decision jeopardized the welfare of the community.

The position of " mayor " present in this type of legislative body is a largely ceremonial title, and may be selected by the council from among its members or elected as an at-large council member with no executive functions.

On the Republican side NPP-affiliated statehood Republicans control the GOP local chapter ( Republican Party of Puerto Rico ), headed by state chair and Aguadilla mayor Carlos Méndez, Republican National Committeeman and Governor Luis Fortuño and Republican National Committeewoman Zoraida Fonalledas.

Some cities or counties also have an annual State of the City Address given by the mayor, county commissioner or board chair, including Sonoma County, California ; Orlando, Florida ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Parma, Ohio ; Detroit, Michigan ; Seattle, Washington ; Birmingham, Alabama ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Los Angeles, California ; Buffalo, New York ; Rochester, New York ; San Antonio, Texas ; McAllen, Texas ; and San Diego, California.

The chair of the agency is appointed by the President and should not have a concurrent elected position such as mayor.

The county mayor, typically, serves as chair of the County Commission and breaks a tie if one occurs during voting.

The mayor has no more authority than other city councilors, but is the ceremonial head of the city and chair of the city council and school committee.

The mayor, who holds little executive power, is periodically selected among current city council members to chair meetings and is " considered the official representative of the city.

The City Council chooses one of its members as mayor, and another as vice-mayor ; the mayor serves as chair of the council and school committee, and performs certain ceremonial duties.

The chair of the village board, Hoskins ' equivalent of mayor, is Nancy Staub ; she was first elected in January 2007.

The mayor serves as the chair of the township committee and has powers vested in the mayor's office by general law.

The Council president has no authority other than to chair Council meetings in the mayor's absence ; the Council vice president chairs meetings in the absence of both the mayor and the Council president.

The executive branch is headed by a mayor, elected for a two-year term and who is also a full voting member ( and chair ) of the board of trustees.

Voters now elected five commissioners, with the commission chair serving as mayor.

The mysterious black associate of Rupert Anderson who threatens to castrate the mayor while he is bound to the chair is based on Colombo crime family capo and FBI informant Gregory Scarpa Sr.

The commissioners elect one commissioner as mayor, however the mayor is only responsible for his or her departments and serves as the chair of the commission.

The city mayor acts as chair of the Council and is elected by the Council from among its members.

The city elects seven council members at large for four-year terms ; the council selects from among its own a member to serve as mayor, vice mayor, chair, and vice chair.

The chair of the parish council became the mayor of Frodsham.

In Haifa, where former Green candidate ( presently of Kadima ) Yona Yahav was re-elected to a second mayoral term, the Greens hold four seats, while in Tel Aviv, where Green Party chair Pe ' er Visner serves as deputy mayor, the Greens hold three seats.

He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006.

Slocum made his reconnaissanace the next morning, found the town empty, accepted the surrender of the mayor and occupied the city a little before noon.

New Orleans had a notorious red-light district extending over twenty-eight city blocks, and the business-minded mayor of the city journeyed to Washington to present the case for `` the God-given right of men to be men ''.

The mayor put the city under the municipal equivalent of martial law and declared a curfew.

At his return from Ethiopia, he married Virginie Vincent de Saint Bonnet in 1848, and settled in Hendaye where he purchased 250ha to build his castle, and became the mayor of the city from 1871 to 1875.

The city is governed by a " strong " mayor system who appoints two council members and / or city residents to serve at the mayor's pleasure on the board of public works and safety.

Local businesses again wanted relief, historians sought a reuniting of the waterfront with the city, and nearby residents desired removal of the matte green-painted elevated road, which mayor Thomas Menino called Boston's " other Green Monster ".

The king and his mayor then turned to besiege their other rival in the city and took it and the treasury, and received the recognition of both Chilperic as king and Ragenfrid as mayor.

The city's former mayor, Darwin Hindman, is largely in favor of a non-motorized transportation system, and can often be seen riding his bicycle around the city.

In 1983, Harold Washington became the first black mayor of the city of Chicago.

In 1969, he became the first African American since the Reconstruction era to have been elected as mayor in a Mississippi city, Fayette in Jefferson County.

, city government consists of mayor Bill Gluba and a ten-person council.

The mayor is top elected individual for the city.

The city administrator, currently Craig Malin, is appointed by the mayor with confirmation by two-thirds of the council.

Parker was a resident of Davenport and one of six trustees elected to govern the city with Rodolphus Bennet being the first mayor.

The charter was amended again in 1851 to expand the city area, provide greater detail of the duties of the mayor, city council, and other officials.

After 1900, each mayor brought new agendas for city improvement.

The pan-blue coalition captured 16 of 23 county and city government offices under the leadership of popular Taipei mayor and KMT Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou.

During the political opening after the military regime, the people elected the city's first woman mayor, Maria Luíza Fontenele, and had the first city hall commanded by a left-wing party.

Returning to the Hôtel de Ville ( city hall ), the mob accused the prévôt des marchands ( roughly, mayor ) Jacques de Flesselles of treachery and butchered him.

He secured his place in history as a tough-minded reform mayor who helped clean out corruption, bring in gifted experts, and fix upon the city a broad sense of responsibility for its own citizens.

To obtain large-scale federal money the mayor became a close partner of Roosevelt and New Deal agencies such as CWA, PWA and WPA, which poured $ 1. 1 billion into the city from 1934 – 39.