Council-manager government

The council–manager government is a form of local government commonly used for municipalities and counties in the United States, in Ireland, in city, district, and regional councils in New Zealand, and in Canadian municipalities. In the council-manager government, an elected city council hires a manager to serve as chief executive. The city manager can be replaced by a simple majority at any time, making it similar to the parliamentary system of national government, but with the difference that the city manager is a professional administrator rather than a politician.