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MOGicantbewitty t1_iwhvmdt wrote

Reply to comment by LegisLAYshun in Towns and Mayors by jonahofthesea

Thanks for the fabulous explanation from another government nerd. I was even about to get all into the Town Administrator with Selectboard and Town Manager with Town Council distinction but you made it perfectly clear that the two types you discussed were the basic categories that can have more variation.

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LegisLAYshun t1_iwi410j wrote

Thanks for the award! As much as I love to talk about the structures of government, I figured I'd keep it as relevant to the question as possible. It doesn't even touch on cities with commissioners instead of a city council, mostly because I'm reasonably sure no Plan C cities currently exist in Massachusetts, despite it being an option in statute.

If any other nerds want to know more about other municipalities' forms of government, I found this listing from the MMA from a few years ago: https://www.mma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/muni_forms_of_gov_2017.pdf. There have been a few changes since then (as someone mentioned elsewhere in the thread, Framingham is now a city) but it is still a good overview.

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MOGicantbewitty t1_iwjieix wrote

May we one day meet geeking out about municipal government! It just makes me happy to see somebody do such a great job with a complex topic that I really enjoy myself.

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