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Warmup – 3/23/12

What do the top two pictures show? Where is this place located? What is the bottom a map of?. Warmup – 3/23/12. Counties and Municipalities. What is a county?. The largest territorial and political subdivision in North Carolina. Why do states form counties?.

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Warmup – 3/23/12

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  1. What do the top two pictures show? Where is this place located? What is the bottom a map of? Warmup – 3/23/12

  2. Counties and Municipalities

  3. What is a county? • The largest territorial and political subdivision in North Carolina

  4. Why do states form counties? • To set local public policy and carry out state guidelines

  5. How many counties has the NC General Assembly divided NC into? • 100

  6. What is the structure of county government in NC? • County Legislature – Board of County Commissioners • Elected by – citizens of the county • Responsible for: set county tax rate approve county budget establish county policy

  7. County Government Cont. • County Executive – County Manager • Hired by – Board of Commissioners • Responsible for: draft county budget carry out policies of the Board appoints people to lead some county departments

  8. State Mandated (Required by State) Boards • ABC Board – monitors alcohol sales • Board of Elections – looks over election procedures • Board of Education: sets and adopts a school budget follows policies of state department of education sets the local school curriculum

  9. County Law Enforcement • The Sheriff

  10. Register of Deeds • Elected by the voters • Record legal documents: land ownership, marriages, births, and deaths

  11. Clerk of Court • Elected by the voters in county • Guides the county court system but is a state employee because all courts are controlled by the state

  12. What is a municipality? • Cities, towns or villages

  13. How are municipalities created? • Incorporated means that the state has declared that the area is a city, town or village • Charter – outlines the basic rules for a municipality

  14. How can a city expand its boundaries? • Through Annexation: process of bringing unincorporated land into an existing municipality

  15. How is a municipality governed? • Run by an elected governing board called a city council or city board • An elected mayor usually presides over the council.

  16. What is the Mayor-Council Plan? • Mayor has real power and serves as the chief Executive (carries out policy)

  17. What is the Council-Manager Plan? • Governing council hires a professional Manager to carry out policies (most of NC)

  18. What enforces laws in most municipalities? • City police force – not elected but hired

  19. Local Legislation • Ordinance: Local laws • Referendum: Allowing voters to accept or reject a local law

  20. What services are provided by county and municipal governments? • Turn to page 408 in your book to complete the chart.

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