HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES

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HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATES

I. INTRODUCTION

A local government refers to the governmental center of specific relatively smaller area. It is the main administrative workplace for all the transactions happen in that area. It is the center for all the negotiations. According to Wells (1939), it is the place where all necessary local dealings and connections together with its people meets and negotiates. As compare to a state or province, the area being governed by a local government covers as smaller proportion of land proper such as city, county, town or municipality. According to Kemp (1999), a “city includes similar municipal political entities such as municipalities, towns, townships and boroughs.” However, according to him, a county “are administrative arms of state that provide general government services such as courts, jails, law enforcements, land records, vital statistics, public health welfare and roads. As a state is being governed by its head, commonly known as governor, a city or municipality, however, is presided over by its elected authority known as the mayor. The local government serves as a place for local affairs and interactions by those who are locally selected authority. It also refers to the legitimate organization of people, who are locally elected by the citizens living in the same area. The term ‘local government’ is used to differentiate it from a nation or state level known as national or central government. In most of the nations, where it is appropriate, each local government is authorized to work separately but can be interact with each other. It is the level of the government that is accountable for the everyday operation of a