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Alpharetta Government
Alpharetta runs as a council-manager city: a directly elected mayor and six council members, with a professional city manager running the day-to-day.
Council meetings, the budget, and the downtown and parks agendas all run through the city's official channels.
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The structure
Mayor, six council seats, a city manager
The mayor and council are elected citywide, and the council hires the city manager who runs the departments. Meetings are public, and the downtown and parks agendas dominate the calendar.
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