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 ?

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

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

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

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

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