1. Local
Government

2. What is a local government?
Preview Activity
What is a local government?
List those you can think of in local government.

3. An ordinance is a______ made by a local government.
law

4. Constitution General Assembly
Local Government:
All powers of local government in Virginia are given to them by the ________________ of Virginia and the acts of the ______________________.
Constitution
General Assembly

5. executive counties towns cities Local Government
Local governments exercise legislative, ____________, and judicial powers. The units of local government in Virginia are ___________, _________, and ___________.
executive
counties
cities
towns

6. Local Government
Not all counties and cities are given the same powers. Cities have charters listing their _______________.
powers

7. Local Government:
Each Virginia county and city has an elected or appointed _________ board, which oversees the operations of the K-12 public schools in the county or city.
school

8. Suffolk School Board

9. Board of Supervisors City Council Town Council
make ordinances/laws
adopt/approve annual
budget

10. Suffolk City Council

11. Mayor – elected by voters or local legislature Manager – hired by
*Carry out state & local laws
*Prepare annual budget

12. Suffolk Mayor
Linda T. Johnson

13. Suffolk City Manager
Patrick Roberts

14. Local Government:
In every Virginia locality, _________ courts resolve judicial disputes. Judges of Circuit Courts, district courts, juvenile and domestic relations courts, and small claims courts hear cases in each locality.
state

15. State courts in local areas
*Circuit Courts
*District Courts
~small claims courts
~juvenile and domestic
relations courts
* Interpret state and local laws
* Solve judicial disputes

16. clerk sheriff commissioner treasurer
Local Government:
The Virginia Constitution requires that voters in every locality elect a _________, a _____ of the circuit court, a ________________of revenue, and a _____________.
clerk
sheriff
commissioner
treasurer

17. Suffolk Sherriff
Raleigh H. Williams

18. Suffolk Clerk of the Circuit Court
W. Randolph Carter, Jr.

19. Suffolk Commissioner of Revenue
Susan L. Draper

20. Suffolk Treasurer
Ronald H. Williams

21. Local Government
Individuals can have the greatest influence on the decisions made by _______ government officials.
local

22. Enforce health safety Educate land taxes
Local Government:
Virginia local governments exercise defined powers, including the power to...
___________ state and local laws
Promote public ___________
Protect public _____________
____________ children
Protect the environment
Regulate ________ use
Levy and collect _________
Enforce
health
safety
Educate
land
taxes

23. Local governments may be required to formulate, adopt, and implement public policies in response to _____________issues and events.
international

24. health safety Economic Environment
International issues and events that would require policy decisions by local government officials could include the following:
Public ____________ concerns in the event of a pandemic
Public ___________ in the event of an act of terrorism
______________development policies in response to the emerging global economy
Policies to protect the _________________
(e.g., wildlife, water, air, etc.)
health
safety
Economic
Environment

25. Exercise Your Brain
Determine the international issue the local government is responding to in each scenario below.