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Uni-Gov -?
the consolidation of Indianapolis and Marion County governments?
Updated: 5-20-1984?
On Jan. 1, 1970, the city of Indianapolis expanded its boundaries to include all of Marion County. This consolidation was called unified government or Uni-Gov.
Many units of city and county government were consolidated into one civil government, including the City Council and the County Council which joined to become the City-County Council. The structure of Uni-Gov was divided into three branches similar to the federal government: the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.
The executive branch includes the mayor, deputy mayors, which the mayor appoints, and six departments: Administration, Metropolitan Development, Public Works, Transportation, Public Safety and Parks and Recreation . The executive branch carries out the day-to-day operations of the city. Each of its six departments has a director appointed by the mayor and approved by the City-County Council. Each department has an appointed board of directors which approves all contracts and department budgets before they are submitted to the City-County Council. The appointed board members are not paid, and the board meetings are open to the public.
The legislative branch of Uni-Gov is the City-County Council. It has exclusive power to adopt budgets, levy taxes and make appropriations. The council can enact, repeal, or amend local laws (ordinances). Its 29 members have appointive powers and they confirm the mayor's appointments.
The judicial branch consists of a Circuit Court, a Superior Court, a Municipal Court and a Small Claims Court.?
Not all functions of local government were absorbed by Uni-Gov:
Excluded cities and towns.?The cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence and Southport and the town of Speedway were not annexed into the Consolidated City of Indianapolis. These municipalities are called excluded cities and towns. In addition to voting for the mayors and councils of their respective cities and towns, residents can also vote for the mayor of Indianapolis plus a City-County Council member and four at-large council members. This arrangement was passed because residents are obligated to pay many countywide taxes and the mayor's powers extend to the entire county.
Included towns.?There were 16 towns in Marion County with fewer than 5,000 people that elected to retain town status as defined by the state constitution. They are, however, included for governmental purposes in the Consolidated City of Indianapolis.
Townships.?In each of the nine townships in Marion County there is an elected township assessor, township trustee and a three-member advisory board. The nine townships are:?
CENTER?
DECATUR FRANKLIN LAWRENCE PERRY?
PIKE WARREN WASHINGTON?
WAYNE?
School districts.?There are 11 school districts Marion County. Each determines its own budget and policy within state law.?
Independent municipal corporations.?There are six independent municipal corporations largely unaffected by Uni-Gov: the Capital Improvement Board, Health and Hospital Corp., Indianapolis Airport Authority, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis Public Transportation Corp. and the Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority.
County offices of assessor, auditor, coroner, prosecutor, sheriff, surveyor, recorder, treasurer and clerk of the circuit court (county clerk).?All of these offices, except the assessor, were written into the state constitution and cannot be eliminated unless the constitution is amended. When Uni-Gov was formed, Marion County government did not fade away, and the county still exists as a separate entity.
Marion County Department of Public Welfare.?The Department of Public Welfare administers welfare services under the supervision of the Indiana Department of Public Welfare.
Police and fire special service districts.?The jurisdiction of the Indianapolis police and fire departments were changed very little by the Uni-Gov act, although the law did allow for subsequent expansion of the special service districts .
翻譯：
1970年1月，印第安納波利斯市擴(kuò)大邊界包含進(jìn)了全部的馬里昂（Marion）縣，這樣的合并就做聯(lián)合政府（unified government or Uni-Gov）。
許多市和縣的政府部門被合并為一個政府部分，包括市議會（Council）和縣議會被合并成為市縣聯(lián)合議會。聯(lián)合政府的結(jié)構(gòu)被分成三個部分，類似于聯(lián)邦政府：行政部門、立法部分和司法部門。
行政部門包括市長、由市長任命的副市長和六個局：行政管理局、都市發(fā)展局、公共事務(wù)局、交通局、公安局和娛樂休閑局。行政部門執(zhí)行每日的行政管理。六個局的局長由市長任命，市縣聯(lián)合議會批準(zhǔn)。每個局都有一個任命的委員會（board of directors），負(fù)責(zé)批準(zhǔn)所有的合同和提交市縣聯(lián)合議會之前的局預(yù)算。任命的委員會成員沒有薪水，委員會會議對公眾開放。
市縣聯(lián)合政府的立法部門是市縣聯(lián)合議會。它對批準(zhǔn)預(yù)算、征稅和撥款有絕對的權(quán)力。它可以制定、廢除法律、修改地方法令。它的29個議員有任命權(quán)，可以批準(zhǔn)市長的提名。
司法部門由一個巡回法院、一個高級法院、一個市鎮(zhèn)法庭和一個小額索賠法庭組成。
并不是所有的地方政府職能都被市縣聯(lián)合政府吸收了。
例外的市鎮(zhèn)
櫸樹林（Beech Grove）市、勞倫斯（Lawrence）市和南港（Southport）市以及斯比德威（Speedway）鎮(zhèn)并沒有被合并入統(tǒng)一的印第安納波利斯市政府，這些市鎮(zhèn)被稱為是例外的市鎮(zhèn)。這些市鎮(zhèn)的居民投票選舉各自市鎮(zhèn)的市長、鎮(zhèn)長和市鎮(zhèn)議會，同時也投票選舉印第安納波利斯市的市長和市縣聯(lián)合議會議員，最多4名。這樣的安排是因為這些居民交了很多縣稅，并且印第安納波利斯市的市政權(quán)力已經(jīng)擴(kuò)展到了整個縣。
包含的鎮(zhèn)
一共有16個鎮(zhèn)，涉及小于5000居民，選擇根據(jù)州憲法保留鎮(zhèn)的法律地位。但是，它們被包含在合一的印第安納波利斯市中。
鄉(xiāng)
在馬里昂縣的九個鄉(xiāng)中，每個鄉(xiāng)都有一個選舉出來的鄉(xiāng)審核員（township assessor），理事（trustee）和3人組成的咨議會（advisory board）。
學(xué)區(qū)
馬里昂縣一共有11個學(xué)區(qū)。根據(jù)州法，它們各自決定自己的預(yù)算和政策。
獨立的市鎮(zhèn)法人團(tuán)體
一共有6個獨立的市鎮(zhèn)法人團(tuán)體幾乎沒有受到市縣聯(lián)合政府的影響，它們是：資金管理會（Capital Improvement Board）、健康和醫(yī)療集團(tuán)（Health and Hospital Corp.）、印第安納波利斯機(jī)場管理局（Indianapolis Airport Authority）、印第安納波利斯-馬里昂縣公共圖書館（Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library）、印第安納波利斯公共交通集團(tuán)（Indianapolis Public Transportation Corp.）以及印第安納波利斯-馬里昂縣建設(shè)管理局（Indianapolis-Marion County Building Authority）。
縣政府的審核員、審計員、驗尸員、檢察官、治安官、檢察員、記錄員、財務(wù)員和巡回法院中的職員（縣的職員）
所有這些公務(wù)員，除了審核員，根據(jù)州憲法都不能被撤銷，除非州憲法被修改。當(dāng)市縣聯(lián)合政府成立時，馬里昂縣政府并沒有消失，仍然作為一個獨立的機(jī)構(gòu)存在。
馬里昂縣公共福利局
該局在州公共福利局的監(jiān)督下提供福利服務(wù)。
警察區(qū)和消防區(qū)
市縣聯(lián)合法案幾乎沒有改變警察區(qū)和消防區(qū)的管轄，盡管法律允許這種變動。
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