town council
Village governing body
A town council is the elected governing body of a town, responsible for local matters like zoning, public services, and municipal budgets.
Members are typically called councilors or council members: The town council voted to approve the new park.
In the U.S., town councils exist mainly in smaller municipalities, while larger cities have city councils.
Elected municipal legislator
- mayorElected head of municipality
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- representativesThose acting for others
- wardProtected person; division
voting · motion · quorum · agenda · minutes · sessions · deliberations · debate
Official government regulation
- bylawInternal governing rule
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
charter · provision · enactment · ratification · policy · rulemaking · approval · variance
People living somewhere
- citizensMembers of a nation
- communityCollective of connected people
- townhallLocal governance headquarters
- meetingsOrganized group assemblies
assembly · forum · engagement · participation · grassroots · petition · constituency · taxpayers
Basic physical systems
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
- streetsPublic urban ways
planning · development · parks · sanitation · lighting · roads · water · waste management
alderman
Elected municipal legislator
- mayorElected head of municipality
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- representativesThose acting for others
ward · voting · motion · quorum · agenda · minutes · sessions · deliberations · debate · amendment
ordinance
Official government regulation
- bylawInternal governing rule
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- zoningSectioning areas by use
regulation · charter · provision · enactment · ratification · policy · rulemaking · approval · variance · permit
residents
People living somewhere
- citizensMembers of a nation
- communityCollective of connected people
- townhallLocal governance headquarters
meetings · assembly · forum · engagement · participation · grassroots · petition · constituency · taxpayers · ratepayers
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
- public worksGovernment-built community structures
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- sewerageWastewater removal infrastructure
streets · planning · development · parks · sanitation · lighting · roads · water · waste management · maintenance
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- CouncilsSanhedrin, Soviet, Duma, curia, conclave
- assembliesdelegates, gathering, Roman Senate, sessions, general assembly
- town governmentselectmen, alderman, aldermen, assessor, constable
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- civic lifevoting, civic engagement, civic responsibility, civic education, civic leader
town councilfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
national parliament · Congress · central government · national government · state legislature
town councilmayor
Elected head of municipality
autocrat · city manager · military governor · strongman · one-man rule
town, council, downtown, uptown, hometown, township, townhouse, councilman, townsman