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Council-Manager Form of Government

Considering changing your community's form of government to the council-manager structure or already entrenched in a form of government change campaign?  Need specific information on the benefits of professional local government management through the council-manager form?  Access ICMA's best CM information housed in the Council-Manager Form Resource Package.  Feel free to print out any or all of the documents and even post a link to your own website.

Professional Managers and Economic Growth

A new video released by the Life, Well Run campaign explains how professional government managers help create a business-friendly environment in Lake County and the villages of Glenview and Woodridge, Illinois.

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Questions & Answers

Where are the Assistants?

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City Manager retention vote requirement

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Citizen Recognitions

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Impact of formal change in council-magaer relationship?

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Recent Documents

ICMA Municipal Form of Government Survey 2011 Summary

Survey | ICMA | 2012

Defending the Public Sector without Being Defensive: Why Local Government...

Conference Document | Howard D. Tipton | 2011

Defending the Public Sector without Being Defensive: The Power of...

Conference Document | Janet and Bob Denhardt, American Society for Public Administration | 2011

Defending the Public Sector without Being Defensive: Getting Squeezed

Conference Document | Robert Barkin, American City and County | 2011

Defending the Public Sector without Being Defensive: The Value of...

Conference Document | By Randall Reid, Alachua County Florida | 2011

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Topic Leaders

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Perego, Martha

Director of Ethics, Team Leader for Membership and Professional Development, ICMA
Washington, DC

Frisby, Michele

Director, Public Information, ICMA
Washington, DC

Dailey, Jared

Program Manager, Ethics & Form of Government, ICMA
Washington, DC

People with Expertise

The following individuals have identified themselves as being knowledgeable in this area.

Basalusalu, Peni

Volunteer, City of Galt
Galt, CA

Bernal, Noel

City Administrator, City of Falfurrias
Falfurrias, TX

Vautaw, Robert

Public Safety Officer, City of Huntington Woods
Huntington Woods, MI

Johnson, Michael

Student, University of Norwich

Kemp, Roger

Practitioner in Residence, Department of Public Management, College of Business, University of New Haven
Meriden, CT

Ferris, Steven

Chief Consultant, Planning and Project Development Services

Blog Posts

Why Professionally-Managed Communities Matter to Business Owners

Keith Strigaro

Managers as CEOs

Keith Strigaro

Inside Town Hall of Basalt

Orathai Kokpol

Local Government Managers Help Elected Officials Do their Job Better

Keith Strigaro

Advantages of the Council-Manager Form of Government

Gabriel Brehm

The Perfect Storm

Catherine Smith

While You Were Out...

Gabriel Brehm

ICMA's Kevin Duggan and Mike Conduff to host web conference on council-manager relationships

Rick Aronhalt

Punch clocks, plastic bags, and wind energy: New on the KN, April 15-21

Peter Dunn

Growth of the Council-Manager Form of Government

Alexandra Iannolo

Stereotypes in Council-Manager Governments (part 5 of 5)

Kevin Carter

Stereotypes in Council-Manager Governments (part 4 of 5)

Kevin Carter

Stereotypes in Council-Manager Governments (part 3 of 5)

Kevin Carter

Stereotypes in Council-Manager Governments (part 2 of 5)

Kevin Carter

Stereotypes in Council-Manager Governments (part 1 of 5)

Kevin Carter

Nebraska wants to share the message of Life, Well Run

Abigail Lundy

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