Brockport Village Board Analysis

In the State of Texas, the Council-Manager form of government is preferred by all of the major cities, except for Houston who prefer the Mayor-Council form of government. Under the Council-Manager form of government, the voters are at the top of the hierarchical structure. In this capacity, the voters elect a small City Council, including a mayor, who is the presiding officer over the City Council. Although the Mayor is symbolically the “Head of State”, he or she is not the head of government. The Mayor and City Council have the authority to appoint four of the city’s government officials: the City Manager, the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the Municipal Judge (some cities elect this position). Moreover, although weak in this form of government, the Mayor has a vote on many issues impacting the city; however, lacks any type of veto authority (except in a few cities), which means that laws are passed by on a majority-rule voting system of the total City Council Members, meaning all City Council Members must vote in order to pass a law. Most importantly, the Mayor and City Council primary role lies in the establishment of a strategic vision for the city. Once this is accomplished, the Mayor and the City Council are responsible for generating a strong mission statement that aligns with a set of clear goals, resulting in effective government policy guidance for execution by the City Manager to run the city. Collectively, the Mayor and City Council hire the City Manager who has full management authority, to execute the Mayor’s and City Council’s vision for the city. However, a City

In addition to the CCP, each county has an executive committee comprised of CCP members that include; the Chief probation officer, Chief of police, Sheriff, District Attorney, Public Defender, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, a representative from either the County Department of Social Services, Mental Health, or Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs, who are appointed by the County Board of Supervisors (Bird 2016). The Executive Committee presents the recommended plan, which is deemed accepted by the county Board of Supervisors unless the Board rejects the plan by a four-fifths vote. This complex mix of bureaucracies is in place to separate the state from any direct realignment responsibilities other than funding 2016).

The Hallsville Independent School District board meeting was very conductive. An agenda was handed out to everyone present, and it had every point to be made at the meeting neat and organized for everyone to follow. The meeting is mostly open to the public which provides a great way for everyone to feel up to date with what is going on in the school district, and be able to help in any way they can when problems arise. Once the superintendent had finished speaking about who was being recognized, the updated itinerary, and the HISD Education Foundation Report, he closed the meeting from the public. School board meetings benefit the community by letting the people not associated with a job through the school know what is going on in the district.

held at the call of the mayor, there are 6 district commissioners. District Commissioner 1-

In this type of system, the County Commission stands as the executive leader of the county. The Commission is made up of three commissioners that are elected every six years. One member is elected, by the body, as President of the Commission during the first meeting of the year in January. The current commissioners are Agnes Queen, Patrick Boyle, and Thomas Fealy, with each representing a different magisterial district of the county (lewiscountywv.org). Their powers and duties consist of but are not limited to having jurisdiction in all matters of probate, custody of all deeds and any other paper presented for record in the county, and having the superintendence and administration of the internal police and fiscal affairs of the county

On November 9th 2015, a town hall meeting took place in my political science class. This meeting was a chance for students of the school to bring up concerns, or issues regarding there education. For their voice to be heard directly to the faculty that runs the school, the students could finally have a chance to get a valid answer. There was questions about safety, mathematics, community college education, and typical student issues.

Time, place of meeting, and environment - The school board meeting is held at Jones Magnet Middle School, 1819 Nickerson Blvd. at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is held in the auditorium and it is open to the public. The members of the board sat next to one another on stage while the visitors sat t in the audience. There was a clear distinction between the members and visitors. The environment is very structured and the members of the Board were task orientated. There was a great sense of group cohesiveness among the members and I could see there was a great deal of respect.

There were a couple information sessions to reach out to Montgomery county residents to inform, and consult them on the programs and budgets of the County’s public school and the college. Montgomery County Council Education Committee Chair, Craig Rice, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent, Jack Smith, and Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard graced the information session. I appreciated their effort to seek input from the public who will be receiving the education and it also show transparency of the whole process. Before the hearing, I had little to no knowledge of how the school (Montgomery College) got its funding and how reliant it was on the county and state. Council member Rice gave a speech outlining the budget priorities that were established by the Board of Education.

(Stakes, 2013) The others that are established by local law are the board of commissioners that was mentioned in the paragraph earlier. "The commissioners of the counties have the powers to adopt ordinances, resolutions, or regulations relating to county property, county affairs, and the operation of local government". (Vyas, 2014)

Student Assemblies encouraged the entire student body of an institution to gather in scheduled assemblies to discuss and vote on matters of concern.

On April 3rd, at 7:30 pm I went to a Town Hall meeting in Annville, PA. This representative town meeting was led by five individuals elected by the township voters, and are known as the “Township Commissioners”. These people are Thomas Embich, Henri Lively, Rex Moore (President), Jim Scott (Vice-President), Joann Zimmerman. The job of these elected board members is to be“responsible for the general governance of the Township with legislative, executive, and administrative powers to ensure sound fiscal management and secure the health, safety, and welfare of community residents.”(Administration) With this in mind, the board was able to successfully go through and cover all topics listed on the agenda in an organized fashion with

On April 28, students from Chagrin Falls High School participated in the “We are the Majority” rally. More than 200 students from Northeast Ohio participated in the rally to bring awareness that most students do not drink or use drugs. The rally consisted of team building exercises and a flash mob outside the Global Resource Center. The day ended with a march to Chagrin Falls City Hall where various speakers talked to the students about being a leader both at school and in the

The meeting I attended started out completely different from what I expected. Bill Terry and another gentleman sat in front of the crowd expressing how the meeting would have no agenda. They explained, mostly to the Collegedale Academy students, that this was a rare occurrence from what normally takes place in a regular commission meeting.

Joshua Kennon (2007), stated that “The board of directors is the highest governing authority within the management structure at any publicly traded company and is usually made up of the directors who are elected for a specific number of years by the shareholders”. According to Wikipedia,” A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization”.

Upon completion of the Village Builder’s Project, the student and family would have identified and established their own natural support systems within their community. The student will carry on the role as the scholar and the parent will take on the role as the Overseer. The natural support system will consist of Elder and Career Informer. These two position will be sought after within the family first and if this attempt is unsuccessful then local community entities that the student and parent are involved with will be pursued. For example, the church they attend. Pillay (2011) explored the role of the black church and the Barbershop/Beauty Salons as resources for African American persons living with HIV/AIDS. Based on attempting to find