Local Government in Connecticut.
Material type: TextSeries: The Driftless Connecticut SerPublisher: Middletown : Wesleyan University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780819574022Subject(s): Connecticut -- Politics and government | Local government -- ConnecticutGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Local Government in ConnecticutDDC classification: 352.14 LOC classification: JS451.C85 -- C66 2013ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is Local Government in Connecticut? -- 2 Forms of Local Government -- 3 Who Runs These Governments? -- 4 Key Local Government Officials and Their Roles -- 5 State Government vs. Local Government -- 6 Charter Revision Process -- 7 Municipal Employees and Unionization -- 8 Federal Government's Role in Local Government -- 9 Some Nuts and Bolts of the Local Government Process (or How Business Is Transacted at the Local-Government Level in Connecticut) -- 10 Where Does the Money Come From? -- 11 Where Does the Money Go? -- 12 Public Safety: Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services -- 13 Homeland Security and Emergency Management -- 14 Public Works -- 15 Land Use: Planning and Zoning, Wetlands and Watercourses -- 16 Risk Management in Local Government -- 17 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Local Government -- 18 Health and Human Services -- 19 Municipal Clerk -- 20 Education: Function, Role, Relationship to Town -- 21 Technology in Local Government and Education -- 22 Other Local-Governmental Officials -- 23 Two-Year Political and Financial Calendar -- 24 Public and Private Utilities -- 25 Economic Development at the Local Level -- 26 Regionalization -- 27 Freedom of Information Laws and Ethics -- 28 Basics of Municipal and Educational Pensions -- 29 Public Policy in Local Government -- 30 Careers in Local Government -- Appendixes -- A Abbreviations and Acronyms -- B Key Associations Involved with Connecticut Local Government -- C Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs) and Map of Counties -- D Higher Education in Connecticut -- E Municipal Forms of Government in Connecticut as of 2013 -- F Municipal Populations, Revaluation Dates, Town Code Numbers -- G Map of Towns and Cities -- H Partial List of Connecticut General Statutes for Municipalities.
Bibliography -- Index.
Indispensable guide to the ins and outs of Connecticut local government.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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