UMeya ohlelweni lweMeya oluqinile
Ngaphakathi kohlobo lommeya oqinile kahulumeni, i-mayor isebenza njengesikhulu esiphezulu.
Njengomongameli we-US ezingeni likahulumeni, igunya eliphezulu ngaphakathi kukahulumeni womuzi linikezwe ngodolobha. Leli fomu likahulumeni wasekhaya livame ukusetshenziswa emadolobheni amakhulu lapho amaMeya adinga khona ukuxhumeka nakakhulu kwezombusazwe kanye nezombusazwe kanye nabaphathi bomphakathi.
UMeya ubhekene nomphakathi womuzi njengomongameli ubuso be-United States. Ngesikhathi izinhlekelele zemvelo nezomuntu, i-meya ingaphandle phambili ihlinzeka izibuyekezo kulabo abathintekayo yile nhlekelele kanye nomshini wezindaba kazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe. Isibonelo, uMeya waseNew Orleans uRay Nagin wayelokhu ekhuluma ezindabeni ngemuva kwesiphepho uKatrina ngo-2005. Esinye isenzakalo sommeli esibhekene nabezindaba ngesikhathi senhlekelele kwakunguMeya waseNew York City uRudy Giuliani ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ngoSepthemba 11, 2001.
Amalungu abasebenzi baseDolobha ayobika kumeya. Njengomphathi omkhulu, i-mayor inamandla okuqasha nabasebenzi bomlilo.
Kwamanye amadolobha amakhulu aseMeya, umkhandlu wedolobha unamandla okuqinisekisa noma ukwenqaba ukuqokwa kwamagoya.
UMeya ohlelweni loMkhandlu-uMphathi
Ummeli ohlelweni lomphathi-mkhandlu uyinhloko engokomfanekiso yedolobha. Eqinisweni, iMeya yiyokuqala phakathi kokulingana emkhandlwini womuzi. I-mayor kumele isebenzise ithonya ngaphezu kwamandla asemthethweni ukuze kuqhutshwe i-ajenda yenqubomgomo yedolobha.
Umkhandlu wedolobha ngaphansi kokuhola kukaMeya ngumzimba wezomthetho wedolobha ngenkathi umphathi wedolobha engumbusi. Umkhandlu wedolobha uqasha umphathi ukuthi asebenzise imithetho nemigomo ayamukelayo. Umphathi uqondisa abasebenzi ekufezeni imisebenzi yansuku zonke yedolobha. Imenenja iphinde isebenze njengomeluleki womgomo omkhulu womkhandlu.
Uma umphathi wedolobha edinga ukuxhumana ngolwazi olubucayi kumkhandlu wedolobha, i-mayor ngumuntu wokuqala oxhumana nabo abaphathi. Ukusuka lapho, umphathi angathintana namanye amalungu omkhandlu, noma ummeli angasakaza ulwazi. Kuxhomeke ebuhlotsheni phakathi kommeya, umphathi namalungu omkhandlu. Izibonelo zolwazi olubucayi zingabandakanya ukudubula okubandakanyekayo, ukuyeka umsebenzi wekhanda lomnyango, amangahemu wezomthetho oseduze nomuzi noma ingozi yokuphepha emsebenzini.
AbaMongameli base-US Ababe basebenze njengoMeya
- UGrover Cleveland wayekhonza njengomphathi waseBuffalo, eNew York, kusukela ngo-1881 kuya ku-1883. WayenguMengameli wama-22 no-24 esebenza ngo-1885-1889 no-1893-1897.
- U-Andrew Johnson wayekhonza njengomphathi weGreeeneville, eTennessee, kusukela ngo-1830 kuya ku-1883. WayenguMongameli we-17 okhonza u-1865-1869.
- UCalvin Coolidge wayekhonza njengomphathi wase-Northampton, eMassachusetts, kusukela ngo-1910 kuya ku-1911. WayenguMengameli wama-30 okhonza u-1923-1929.
Izidumi Ezake Zasebenza NjengaMeya
- Ngaphambi kokuba uSara Palin abe ngumphathi wezidunankulu wongameli kanye nombusi wase-Alaska, wayengumphathi wase-Wasilla, e-Alaska. Wasebenza njengomeya phakathi kuka-1996 no-2002.
- Umqondisi we-actor kanye nefilimu uClint Eastwood wayekhonza njengomphathi weCarmel-By-The-Sea, eCalifornia phakathi kuka-1986 no-1988.
- Umculi uSonny Bono wayekhonza njengomphathi wePalm Springs, eCalifornia, phakathi kuka-1988 no-1992. Wakhonza eNdlu Yezimele zase-US kusukela ngo-1995 waze wafa ngo-1998.
- Ngaphambi kokuba abonise inkulumo yakhe ye-TV enhle, uJerry Springer wayengumphathi waseCincinnati, e-Ohio. U-Springer wayekhonza njengowodolophu wonyaka owodwa phakathi kuka-1977 no-1978. U-Springer wakhonza emkhandlwini womuzi 1971-1974 no-1975-1978 ngokuzihoxisa phakathi kwezigaba ezimbili.