A. Name the 3 people who spoke to us at City Hall.
B. What is the main job of the mayor? The Mayor oversees the city's main departments by budgeting the city's revenue to the different Columbus departments. C. Name 1 project the Mayor's office is working on to improve Columbus. Currently, the Mayor's office is working on is Blueprint Columbus, an initiative that works to achieve water quality goals in Columbus. D. What is the main job of the City Attorney? The City Attorney handles all legal matters of the city by giving legal advice for city departments. E. Mr. Pfeiffer tried to make a point with our class regarding making change. What do you think his point was (besides being involved)? To make a change, people must be able to be able to address the issues society wishes to suppress, be knowledge about the government, and exercise the right to vote when you turn 18 years old. F. Exactly what type of city government does Columbus follow? Columbus follows a Mayor-Council where the Mayor is elected separately from the council that maintains legislative powers. G. What is an ordinance and what are some of the interesting ordinances that Columbus has? An ordinance is a piece of legislation that is put into effect by municipal authority. Some ordinances the city of Columbus has put into effect are changing parking infraction fines, updating Columbus' Fire Prevention Code, enacting new sanitary sewer service rates and new water rates for 2015. |
|