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1	Municipal Government Transition in Denton, Texas Starr, Jimmie Don 06 1900 (has links) Transition in the form of municipal government is always a complex and challenging task. The process involves serious risks of instability in a municipality's affairs, and this in turn may have adverse consequences for the community as a whole. But at the same time, changes in the form of government and in the personnel responsible for the management of public affairs may hold promise of improvements, which will benefit a city and its citizens. This thesis examines the experience of Denton, Texas, in making a transition from a mayor-commission to a council-manager form of government. T his major governmental change in Denton required several years. The period of transition examined in this study will be from 1955 to the end of 1961. municipal governments Denton, Texas mayor commission government council manager government
2	Council-Manager Government in Transition: The Change to “Stronger Mayor” in Cincinnati Spence, John Thomas January 2003 (has links) No description available. council-manager municipal government local government stronger mayor Cincinnati government
3	THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 'CONCILIATED MODEL' OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. TESTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE 'HYBRID MAYOR' CHARTER REFORMS MERGNER, STEPHEN T. 17 July 2006 (has links) No description available. Political Science, General Cincinnati mayor conciliated hybrid charter municipal urban stronger council-manager council manager strong council strong mayor weak mayor weak council
4	Toward a Causal Model of Texas City Manager Policy Role Orientations Smith, Russell Lane 05 1900 (has links) The purpose of this thesis was to develop and test a causal model of Texas city manager policy role orientation. The first chapter contains a selective review of major works concerning the city manager and the council manager plan. From these works, research perspectives and variables thought to affect managerial policy behavior were identified. A policy role orientation typology was constructed from nine role questions. Four "types" of managers were identified. After a review of the characteristics of the Texas council-manager cities and managers surveyed, the analysis of the isolated variables was carried out. A causal model of managerial policy role orientation was developed and the predictions and assumptions were tested. Further study was indicated, due to the model's failure. municipal government Texas council-manager cities
5	An Analysis of the Flypaper and Fungibility Effects of Intergovernmental Revenue on Municipal Operating and Capital Budgets Boadu, Bernard 05 1900 (has links) The flypaper effect states that grants-in-aid increases public spending more than a comparable increase in personal income. If aid increases spending, then there is the possibility that it displaces own-source revenue or a portion of the aid itself is used to meet other priorities of governments, fungibility. Different local government structures have the tendency to prioritize either the operating or capital budget. Empirical evidence shows that federal and state grants have different flypaper effect. While fungible state aid is allocated to the operating budget, that of federal goes to the capital budget. Council-manager and mayor-council form of governments do not allocate fungible intergovernmental aid differently between the capital and operating budgets. Flypaper effect fungibility council-manager form of government mayor-council form of government

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