local council
Neighborhood governing body
A local council is the elected body that governs a municipality, district, or other subdivision of a country.
In British usage especially, it refers to the administrative authority handling roads, housing, rubbish collection, and similar services: The local council approved new parking restrictions.
Members are councillors.
- parishLocal church community
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- public consultationFormal gathering of community views
- public meetingOpen gathering for discussion
- municipalityLocal governing district
road maintenance · speed bumps · bylaws · park management · planning permission · planning committee · waste management · bin collection · community · councillors · citizen participation · tax collection · zoning regulations · public libraries · permits · rates · residents · stakeholder engagement
- Rwanda Governmentministries, ministry, governors, mayors, provinces
- Thai governmentprovince, municipality, provincial governor, subdistrict, village
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- British governanceborough, county, shire, county councils, Westminster
- local governancemayors, town meeting, councils, community board, aldermen
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
local councilnational government
Country's central ruling body
federal government · central government · national parliament · Congress · national legislature
local councilprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
corporation · private citizen · neighborhood association · homeowners association · unincorporated area
local councilprivate corporation
Business with restricted ownership
multinational corporation · private enterprise · private sector · quango · dictatorship