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