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council-manager plan definition

council-manager plan (-man′ə jər)

a form of municipal government in which an elected, usually nonpartisan, council sets policy, passes ordinances, and appoints a city manager, who administers the day-to-day operations of the municipality under the council's supervision

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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