1. See the plan
If you were Mayor of Conyers what are three things you would work to fix or create? Remember you are not the president so make sure what you say you will change would be something a mayor could do ?

2. Creating the City Look at how City governments function
Breakdown the different forms
Finish what we can of the flipped episode while you work on John Jefferies

3. How Cities are formed
Counties are created by amending the GA constitution
Cities are created by a Municipal charter that is sent to the General Assembly
Originally cities were created near trade centers
Over 500 different cities and towns in GA

4. What Cities Do
A city provides services like police, fire, garbage, and water
It is key that there is no duplication of services in city and county so they communicate to avoid that
Counties have county commissioners, Cities have either a Weak Mayor, Strong Mayor, and Council Manager
City Manager
Tony Lucas
Mayor Mills

5. Type
Power of Mayor
Power of Council
Examples
Weak Mayor
-Mayor shares duties with Council
-Only serves as a Figurehead role
-Usually sits on City council
-Day to day operations
-Appoint council committees
-Develop cities budget
-Confirm and fire department heads
-Small towns mostly
Strong Mayor
-CEO
-Hiring and firing
-Administer city’s budget
-Make appointments
-Veto legislation passed by the city council
-Adopt ordinances and resolutions
-Override Mayor’s veto
-Large Cities mostly
-Atlanta
-New York City
Council Manager
-Ceremonial-- actual day to day operations are conducted by the City Manager
-Set city’s policy.
-Hires city manager
-Most Cities
-Conyers

6. This Project gets Flipped
Work on your John Jefferies comic strip. It needs to be colored by Friday to be presented
Watch the show to get ideas as to what you could talk about