Summary of Survey Results

Form of government survey; Community engagement in police services; CAO Salary Survey

Seventy percent of the top 10 healthiest U.S. jurisdictions ranked by U.S. News & World Report are professionally managed.

George B. Cuff breaks down the importance of council-manager relationships, the cost of change, and explores the fatal flaws of governing and managing.

The council-manager form of government promotes professionalism and democratic values.

This table presented in this document shows longitudinal form of government statistics, in four-year increments.

ICMA staff reviewed the list of 100 small cities and towns identified by CNN-Money magazine as having the outstanding qualities American families care about most.

To be successful, communities need strong political AND managerial leadership.

In 1908, a single city adopted what would eventually become the council-manager form of government.