Summary of results from 2014 County Form of Government Survey. Covers form, structure, referenda, commission composition, and more.
"Sacramento's election showed the Fund's key role in educating the public on professional local government management," said Ron Gould, ICMA West Coast VP.
On 11/4, Sacramento residents will vote on a proposal to abandon council-manager government in favor of the mayor-council form. ICMA issued a response to the proposal, submitted on behalf of 4 Calif. members.
At this exact moment 100 years earlier, the city council had voted to hire Westmount’s first general manager.
One community adopted C-M government, another retained the commission form, and a third rejected a proposal to create a county manager position.