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City Government GoverninQ Body several separate boards and commissions to The City of Louisville is a home rule city, administer the operations of certain services. regulated by a City Charter. The city operates under a council-manger form of government, Services whereby the city constitutes the city's The city provides a full range oflocal legislative and governing body. The City government services including police Council consists of six members. Two protection, municipal court services, street and members are elected from each of the city's road maintenance, public improvements, three wards to serve staggered four-year terms planning and general administration, as well as: of office. The city council meetings, held the Parks & Recreation - A variety of first and third Tuesday of each month, are presided over by the Mayor, who is elected at recreation opportunities are offered in large to serve a four-year term. The Mayor has Louisville. The Recreation Center, a 57,000 all the powers, rights, and privileges of a square foot multi-use center features a 160-foot council member. water slide, six-lane 25-meter pool, hot tub, steam room and sauna, a gymnasium and handball/ racquetball courts. The Coal Creek Golf Course offers everything for the golf enthusiast. Trails are established for biking and walking. A lighted ball field complex, containing four fields, opened in 1996. In 1994, the Louisville Recreation Department received the Gold Medal A ward, the National A ward for Management Excellence in Parks & Recreation. Library - The Louisville Library has a collection of over 64,000 items that includes books, videotapes, books on tape and compact disc, compact discs, DVDs, magazines, newspapers, framed art prints and computer software. This collection will increase once the new 32,500 square foot library is completed in the summer of 2006. OrQanization Water Treatment & StoraQe - Average Consumption (Annual) 3.0 MGD; Peak The city council appoints the city manager to Consumption (Summer) 7.0 MGD; Current serve as the chief administrative officer of the Treatment Capacity (Net) 12 MGD; Hardness of city. The city manager serves at the pleasure of city council, implements their policies, Water: 30.37 PPM. provides organizational leadership for Sewer Services - The sewage facility is an addressing major issues, direct business and extended aeration/ activated sludge system with administrative procedures and appoints an existing plant capacity of 3.4 MGD. Treated department directors. discharge has direct flow to Coal Creek. The city council also appoints a city attorney, a Existing average annual flows are 1.85 MGD. Ultimate projected plant capacity: 3.5 MG municipal judge, a prosecuting attorney, and 5