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On July 5, 2011, the Richmond city council voted unanimously to issue municipal identification cards to Richmond residents, regardless of immigration status. In a letter to the council urging passage of the measure, a city council member and the mayor argued that "many Richmond residents lack the necessary forms of official identification that ...
The council-manager system is similar to the typical governance of a publicly traded corporation. [4] Under the form, an elected governing body, usually called a city council, board of aldermen, or similar title, is responsible for legislative functions such as establishing policy, passing local ordinances, voting appropriations, and developing an overall vision, similar to a corporate board ...
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. [1] [2] House building permits, for example, are subject to building codes. There is also a "plan check" (PLCK) to check compliance with plans for the area ...
Opinion: Readers dig in on war, eminent domain and city elections in letters published Oct. 23-29, 2023. Letters: Letters: I’m a former mayor. Josh Mandelbaum has what it takes.
Eleven Rutherford County Commissioners censured Mayor Joe Carr Thursday for signing a contract prior to receiving the required Purchasing Committee approval.. The censure to express the commission ...
Letters patent (plural form for singular and plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title or status to a person or corporation. Letters patent can be used for the creation of corporations, government ...
The mayor opposed the tower project and used renderings of the large buildings on his campaign literature, linking their approval to his rival, former Mayor Maurice B. "Mo" Hill Jr., whom he ...
[1] [21] [22] The first meeting of the Council of the Nations and Regions, which also included England's combined authority mayors and the mayor of London, took place the following day. Unlike the proposed "Council of England", the Mayoral Council does not include local government representatives in areas without a mayoral combined authority ...