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The City of Roswell
operates as a Mayor/Council form government with a City Administrator. The Mayor and
six Council members are part-time employees. A full-time city administrator, Kay Love, serves
at the pleasure of Mayor and Council and is responsible for carrying out their policy directives and managing the day-to-day
operations of the City. The
Mayor and Council are elected by the entire City and serve "at large" with post assignments rather than districts.
Each year at the first regularly scheduled meeting in January, the Council elects a Mayor Pro Tem from among its members.
Roswell’s Mayor Pro Tem assumes all duties and
powers of the Mayor during the Mayor's absence or disability. Roswell's Mayor serves
as the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor is the presiding officer at Council meetings and will vote only
in the case of a tie between council members. Mayor
- Jere Wood
Council Member - Lori
Henry
Council Member - Jerry Orlans
Council Member
- David Tolleson
Council Member - Kent
Igleheart
Council Member - Rich Dippolito
Council
Member - Becky Wynn
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United States Federal Government Every person in the United States is represented by two US Senators and
one US Congressman. The Senators represent everyone in their state, and the Congressmen each represent a specific area
within the state. Our representative, Dr. Tom Price, represents most of Roswell and parts of Marietta and Alpharetta. United States President - Barack Obama
US
Senator - 'Johnny' Isakson US
Senator - Saxby Chambliss US
Representative - Dr. Tom Price
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Fulton County Government
Fulton County
is governed by a 7-member Board of Commissioners. The commissioners are part-time and serve concurrent four year terms.
Five commissioners are
elected by geographic district and two are elected countywide, including the chair. The
Commissioner representing our area is Lynn Riley, District 3. Commission meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m.
in Assembly Hall, located on the Pryor Street level
of the Fulton County
Government Center, 141 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta. Meetings
are open to the public. The Fulton
County Taxpayers Foundation is a non-profit watch-dog organization dedicated to ensuring Fulton County tax-payer monies
are spent wisely and productively.
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The House of Representatives
and Senate operate with similar powers, except that appropriation bills must originate in the House, while confirmation of
the Governor’s appointments rests with the Senate. The concurrence of both bodies is necessary before any bill
may become a law. The House of
Representatives has 180 members and the Senate has 56. Two-year terms of office apply to both houses, and the entire
membership of each body is elected at the same time. The General Assembly meets in regular session
on the second Monday in January for no longer than 40 days each year. Georgia Governor - 'Sonny' Perdue
Georgia
State Senator - Dan Moody
Georgia State Representative
- Wendall Willard
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