His advisers were men like the famous jurist Ulpian, the historian Cassius Dio and a select board of sixteen senators ; a municipal council of fourteen assisted the urban prefect in administering the affairs of the fourteen districts of Rome.

These influences washed into municipal politics during the early and mid-1970s when three members of the Human Rights Party ( HRP ) won city council seats on the strength of the student vote.

The municipalities merged in the course of the latest municipal reform of the 1970s are also called Stadtbezirke ( quarters or districts ), and are Ortschaften (“ settlements ”) in terms of Baden-Württemberg ’ s Gemeindeordnung ( municipal code ), which means, each of them has its own council elected by its respective residents ( Ortschaftsrat ) and is presided by a spokesperson ( Ortsvorsteher ).

The seat of the municipal council is the island's main town, Rønne.

Under the legislation that created the 26 districts of Northern Ireland, a district council whose area included an existing municipal borough could resolve to adopt the charter of the old municipality and thus continue to enjoy borough status.

It remained a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged into the South Hams district, and became a successor parish of Dartmouth with a town council.

A municipality is governed by a municipal council ( or city council ) elected by proportional representation once every four years.

In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Geneva there were 80 spots open on the municipal council.

The municipal council of Hilversum in 2010 consists of 37 seats, which are divided as followed:

As a commune, the Juan Fernández Islands are a third-level administrative division of Chile governed by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

Mecca is governed by the Municipality of Mecca, a municipal council of fourteen locally elected members headed by a mayor ( called an Amin ) appointed by the Saudi Government.

Balboa maneuvered and was appointed Mayor on the first official cabildo abierto ( municipal council ) held on the mainland.

The colony, and in particular the Asunción municipal council ( cabildo ), earned the reputation of being in continual revolt against the crown.

Headed by a Chinese mayor and municipal council, the new city governments first task was to create a new city-center in Jiangwan town of Yangpu district, outside the boundaries of the foreign concessions.

The municipality's jurisdiction is limited to a region of 786 hectares in area and 5 meters in elevation, while each of the city's suburbs is administrated by its own independent municipal council.

Wrocław is currently governed by the city's mayor and a municipal legislature known as the city council.

The remit of the council and president extends to all areas of municipal policy and development planning, up to and including development of local infrastructure, transport and planning permission.

Each county has its own county council ( fylkesting ) whose representatives are elected every four years together with representatives to the municipal councils.

In 1960, he was elected into the municipal council of Ludwigshafen where he served as leader of the CDU party until 1969.

In December 2005, local elections were held in Ramallah in which candidates from three different factions competed for the 15-seat municipal council for a four-year term.

The citizens of the city elected their own mayor and municipal council and helped send an elected representative to the National Assembly in Paris.

The commune of Dakar is ruled by a democratically elected municipal council ( conseil municipal ) serving five years, and a mayor elected by the municipal council.

Today, the Chicago Park District consists of 552 parks with over of municipal parkland.

Since 1897, the municipal council has been elected by proportional voting and consists of 30 members and 15 alternate members.

The municipal council of Haarlem consists of 39 seats, which are divided as follows:

Many municipal services are provided through the Regional Municipality of Waterloo ( often referred to as Waterloo Region or the Region of Waterloo ), which consists of the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge, and the townships of Woolwich, Wilmot, Wellesley, and North Dumfries.

The judicial branch also consists of lower courts, including district courts, municipal courts, and courts of first instance.

As with most counties in the state, the court system consists of municipal courts for each township, borough and city, as well as a New Jersey Superior Court for the county.

The municipal council of Alkmaar consists of 37 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council consists of 37 seats.

The municipal government of Henlopen Acres consists of seven elected officials who serve on the town's council, one of whom serves as mayor.

The Edmonston municipal government consists of four members of Council and a Mayor who, beginning in May 2008, are elected to three-year terms.

The municipal government of Pekela consists of 15 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Aalsmeer consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Amstelveen consists of 37 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Beemster consists of 13 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Beverwijk consists of 25 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Blaricum consists of 13 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal government of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Bussum consists of 23 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Castricum consists of 23 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Drechterland consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Edam-Volendam consists of 21 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Enkhuizen consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Graft-De Rijp consists of 13 seats, which are divided as follows:

The municipal council of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude consists of 11 seats, which are divided as follows: