Council Manager Form of Government

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do you know who represents you in arvada's government arvada uses a council manager style of government one of the most common forms of local government in the u.s it means elected council members vote on and direct the policies for the city and appoint a city manager to carry out and oversee day-to-day operations arvada currently has seven council members all arvada voters elect two at-large members and the mayor and arvada voters in each of the four districts elect one member the four voting district boundaries are periodically adjusted based on census data to help ensure equal representation currently arvada has 124 402 residents city council members are elected to four-year terms elections are held in odd-numbered years elections for terms alternate so seats for districts 1-3 and an at-large position are elected in one election cycle while seats for districts 2 4 1 at large seat and the mayor are elected in the next election cycle council members are limited to three four-year term