Municipal Services

Match description of the mayor and city council.

• Mayor

• The leader of the executive branch of a city or town government.

• Option 3?

• They make me give 3 matching options

• City Council

• The people elected to make laws for a city or town.

Match each type of municipal service to its description.

• Health and Public Welfare

• The goal of this department is to prevent emergencies by educating the public. However, it also includes services like: 911, Police, Fire Department and Emergency Responders (Ambulances).

• Utilities

• Municipalities are in charge of educating the citizens who live there from pre-K through grade 12. These services make up the biggest portion of spending for most cities and towns.

• Land Use Management

• The goal of these services is to help keep people healthy and safe by providing:

  -Relief for people during/after emergencies

  -Job training

  -Subsidized housing

  -Conducting Health inspections of stores and restaurants

• Public Safety

• The city planning services help to manage the growth of community. The people who work in this area of the local government decide what land can and cannot be used for things like homes, businesses and factories.

• Education

• People pay for these services through fees and bills. They include things like: gas, electricity, trash pickup, water, and wastewater treatment.

Match each type of tax the description of municipal revenue.

• Grant

• Taxes that people have to pay on many things that they purchase.

• Income Taxes

• Taxes that people have to pay on the money that they earn from their job.

• Sales Tax

• A sum of money given by the state or federal government that has to be used for a specific purpose.

• Bond

• Taxes that people have to pay each year on the property, or properties, that they own that they own.

• Property Tax

• When a local government borrows money from the citizens, and people/businesses outside of the city to raise money.

  The city makes a promise to the people back with interest after a certain number of years.

The city of Malden wants to build a new school, but they are not sure where in the city they should build it.

Which department of the municipal services should they put in charge of this job?

• Education Department

• Utilities

• Land Use Management

• Public Safety

• Health and Public Welfare

A water pipe has exploded in the middle of the city. Homes and businesses in the downtown area are now flooded.

Which department should be put in charge of fixing and repairing this situation?

• Education

• Utilities

• Public Safety

• Land Use Management

• Health and Public Welfare

The city wants to build a new hospital for people in the city and surrounding areas. However, it needs more land to build the hospital and will need to purchase the homes of two city residents using eminent domain.

Which department of the local government will be in charge of negotiating with the home owners to buy their land?

• Education

• Utilities

• Public Safety

• Land Use Management

• Health and Public Welfare

Students across the public schools have started breaking out in chickenpox. The number of students with the chickenpox is increasing with each day that passes and the city needs to do something to stop it.

Which department of the government should the city put in charge of handling this situation?

• Education

• Utilities

• Public Safety

• Land Use Management

• Health and Public Welfare

A new company is opening a factory that builds computer chips in the city. The city government wants residents of the city to be able to get jobs at the factory when it opens and wants to help citizens get training in the process.

Which department of the government should be put in charge of this situation?

• Education

• Public Safety

• Utilities

• Health and Public Welfare

• Land Use Management

People who purchased the the pre-cooked foods at Stop & Shop recently are suddenly getting sick with food poisoning. All of the people who have been seen at the hospital with symptoms in the last two days, reported buying and eating food from this area of the store.

Which department of the government should the city have look into this situation?

• Education

• Public Safety

• Health and Public Welfare

• Utilities

• Land Use Management

It has been a very dry spring and summer in Massachusetts and the city is concerned about wildfires starting in wooded areas that surround it. The government wants to make sure that citizens are educated on they ways that they can help to prevent forest fires.

Which department should be in charge of educating the citizens on how to prevent forest fires.

• Education

• Public Safety

• Utilities

• Health and Public Welfare

• Land Use Management