DID YOU KNOW that the Council-Manager system is the most common form of local government?
According to surveys by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), this form of government grew from 48% usage in 1996 to 55% usage in 2006. It's most popular in cities with populations over 10,000, mainly in the Southeast and Pacific coast areas. Some examples are Phoenix, Arizona; Topeka, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas, and Rockville, Maryland.