Show mayor mayo r council 1 C goal novt for cities proves popular 1 1 I h e mayor council plan now under consideration on by the utah legislative council is the most popular form orm of government for cities in the united states ficco iding to a study just released by utah foundation the nonprofit government at al research organization ob serves that nearly halt half of all U S cities with more than 5 population operate un der the mayor council plan chis plan is most popular in the very I 1 lirgg irge cities 94 ot of cities over and in the small cities 59 of cities with 1 t 11 5 to 10 tion included are both strong mayor cities where most of the administrative powers are vested in the may or and weak mayor cities where the city council often through boards or committees assumes a more direct control over administrative affairs tile the antysis 0 municipal government types indicates that the fastest growing form of government tn in the U S is the council manager plan at tile the present time 35 of the cities operate under this form of government in utah two second class cities ogden and provo and eleven third class cities have the council man ager plan in operation declining in importance Is the commission form of government with only 13 of all U S cities over population still retaining this plan the foundation report notes that at one time the commission plan was used in more than a third of the large and medium sized cities of tile the united astl states ates currently there are three utah cities salt lake city logon logan and murray operating under the commission form |