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The City of Muskogee is governed by a city manager, mayor and a city council under the council-manager form of local government.〔(City Council ), (City of Muskogee ) (accessed April 30, 2010)〕 The governing document of Muskogee is the City Charter of Muskogee. ==Mayor and city council== The city is divided into four wards with each ward being represented by two members of the council. Each member is elected by the city as a whole, but he or she must reside in the ward they represent. Elections are held on the first Tuesday in April in each even numbered year. The next election will be held in April, 2010. All elections are non-partisan and the Mayor and the members of the Council receive no salary or compensation for their services. The Mayor is the head of the city for all ceremonial purposes and, by Oklahoma state law, the Governor of Oklahoma must recognize the Mayor as the city commander for the purposes of martial law. The Mayor serves as chair of the Council, presides over all meetings, and has a full vote on all matters. The Council elects one of its members to serve as Vice Mayor who becomes the Mayor in the event of a vacancy in the office of Mayor. The Mayor, with the approval of the Council, appoints members to city boards and commissions and, during a state of emergency, assumes emergency powers. The current Mayor of Muskogee is the Honorable John Tyler Hammons, who, at the time of his election, was a 19-year-old University of Oklahoma freshman. Mayor Hammons was first elected, with 70% of the vote, on May 13, 2008, in an election against former Muskogee Mayor Hershel McBride.〔(ap.google.com, U. of Okla. freshman, 19, elected mayor of Muskogee )〕 Hammons was elected to a second term on April 6, 2010. The current members of the City Council of Muskogee are: *Mayor * *John Tyler Hammons *Ward I * *Bob Coburn * *David Jones *Ward II * *Shawn Raper * *James Gulley *Ward III * *Robert Perkins, Sr., the current Vice Mayor of Muskogee * *Randy Howard *Ward IV * *Kenny Payne * *Jackie Luckie 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Government of Muskogee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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