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Council-Manager Government

• Born out of progressive reform movement
• Catalysts for local change
• Mass immigration urbanization
• Corruption in America 19th-20th Centuriesthink
  Gangs of New York

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Council-Manager Government

• Engagement of the business sector
• Rise of a scientific approach to local
  government management
• The beginning of transparency and accountability
  to the citizens of each local government

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Council-Manager Government

• Teddy Roosevelt and the National Municipal League
  lead charge against local corruption

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Landmarks in Council-Manager History

• 1908 Staunton, Va., establishes first
  professional managers position
• 1912 Sumter, S.C., adopts council-manager
  charter
• 1914 Birth of ICMA as professional organization
  for appointed managers and administrators
• 1924 ICMA Code of Ethics

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Did you know?

• Council-manager is the most popular form of
  government in the U.S.
• 49 of municipalities use the form
• Form is adaptable. Key components flexible
  elements that vary across states
• Council-manager governments do have mayors 67
  are directly elected

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Council-Manager Form of Government

• No separation of powers between executive and
  legislative functions
• Power concentrated in one elected body
• Policy making responsibility is with body of
  elected officials
• Management of the day-to-day operation by a
  nonpartisan, trained professional

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Council-Manager Form of Government

• Council is governing body
• Sets policy through legislation
• Usually consists of five to nine members
• Can be elected by district and/or at large

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Council-Manager Form of Government

• Town supervisor, mayor, board chairman, council
  president or chair of county legislature is
  presiding member of governing body.
• Can be selected by body or elected at large, and
  provides political leadership

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Council-Manager Form

• Manager hired by entire governing body
• Responsible to governing body for policy
  implementation
• Serves as chief advisor to elected body
• Serves at the pleasure of elected body
• Prepares the budget
• Directs day-to-day operations
• Appoints/dismisses most positions

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Benefits of Council-Manager Form

• Day-to-day operations managed by highly trained,
  educated professional experienced in local
  government management practices

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Benefits of Council-Manager Form

• Manager carries out the policies established by
  elected governing body with an emphasis on
  effective, efficient, and equitable service
  delivery

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Benefits of Council-Manager Form

• Elected governing body has time to devote to
  policy planning and development

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Benefits of Council-Manager Form

• Centralized administrator accountable directly to
  elected governing body promotes enhanced
  responsiveness to citizens
• Professional managers dedicated to ideals of
  democratic governance and public service promotes
  integrity and accountability

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About Professional Managers

• Work with range of individuals involved in many
  service areas
• Specialize in finding innovative solutions to
  local government challenges
• Make our communities great places to live!

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About Professional Managers

• Possess management know-how to build strong
  communities, if not from ground up, then by
  ensuring the continuous improvement of community
  services
• Increasingly enter profession with a masters
  degree, often in public administration

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About ICMA

• Home for professional managers
• Premier local government leadership and
  management organization
• Mission to create excellence in local governance
  by developing and fostering professional local
  government management worldwide

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About ICMA

• Provides technical and management assistance,
  training, and information resources in
• Ethics education and training
• Performance measurement
• Community/economic development
• Environmental management
• Technology
• Many other service areas

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About ICMA

• Of ICMAs 8,300 members, roughly 5,300 are city,
  town, or county managers or senior-level
  assistant/ deputy managers
• Decisions made by ICMA members affect more than
  400 million people in thousands of communities

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ICMA Credentialing

• Nearly 1,000 ICMA members designated as
  Credentialed Managers (CM)

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ICMA Credentialing

• Credentialing Program defines and recognizes
  members qualified by
• Combination of education and experience
• Adherence to high standards of integrity
• Commitment to lifelong learning and professional
  development

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For More Information

• Contact
• ICMA
• 777 North Capitol Street, N.E., 500
• Washington, DC 20002-4201
• 202/289-4262
• http//icma.org