Editing Opelika, Alabama (section)

==Government==
[[File:Opelika City Hall Memorial.jpg|thumb|Memorial at Opelika City Hall]]

Opelika is governed by a mayor-council government, with a mayor and a five-member city council.
The chief executive official of the city of Opelika is the mayor. The mayor is elected at-large for a four-year term. The mayor has complete executive power in the city, and can appoint and dismiss department heads at will.

The mayor of Opelika is Gary Fuller.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mayor's Office | publisher = City of Opelika | url = https://www.opelika-al.gov/202/Mayors-Office | accessdate = October 27, 2023}}</ref> Council members include:<ref>{{cite web | title = City Council | publisher = City of Opelika | url = https://www.opelika-al.gov/406/City-Council | accessdate = October 27, 2023}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=width|
*Eddie Smith - Ward 4 (president)
*Erica Baker-Norris - Ward 2 (president pro-tem)
*George Allen - Ward 1
*Tim Aja - Ward 3
*Todd Rauch - Ward 5}}

In 2007, the city council designated Opelika as a [[City of Character]], to recognize, emphasize and enforce 49 character traits throughout the community, and to mandate character training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.envisionopelika.org/?p=45|title=Envision Opelika » City of Character<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=January 6, 2008|archive-date=June 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614003001/http://www.envisionopelika.org/?p=45|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charactercities.org/aboutus/charactercities/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118225650/http://www.charactercities.org/aboutus/charactercities/|url-status=dead|title=Character Cities, Counties, and States – International Association of Character Cities<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=January 18, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.characterfirst.com/aboutus/#qualities |title=About Us – Character First!<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231171401/http://www.characterfirst.com/aboutus/#qualities |archive-date=December 31, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>