Editing Ashland, Kentucky (section)

==Government==
[[File:Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton addressing a crowd.jpg|thumb|President [[Bill Clinton]] addressing a crowd in Ashland in 1996]]

===Local government===
Ashland is governed by a City Manager form of government.<ref name="PD_HIS">"Ashland Police Department." Ashland Police Department. December 30, 2006 [http://www.cji.net/AshlandPD/].</ref> The government switched from a council-manager to a city commissioner-manager form of government in 1950.<ref name="HIS_ASHLAND_1954"/> The City Manager is the chief administrative officer for the city who reports to a Board of Commissioners. Department heads ranging from the Police to Public Works report to the City Manager. The interim City Manager is currently Tony Grubb.

The [[Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky|Mayor of Ashland]] is elected for a four-year term and is not term-limited. The mayor presides over City Commission meetings, is a voting member of the City Commission and represents the city at major functions. The current mayor is Chuck D. Charles.

Ashland's current City Commission members are Mayor Chuck Charles and Commissioners Marty Gute, Sonny Martin, Tim Renfroe and D.J Rymer.

In 1925, a new city hall was erected at the corner of 17th Street and Greenup Avenue.<ref name="HIS_ASHLAND_1954"/>

===Federal representation===
The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] operates the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland]] in [[Summit, Kentucky|Summit]], [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Boyd County, Kentucky|Boyd County]],<ref name="AshlandAOHandbookEng1">"[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/ash/ASH_aohandbook.pdf Admissions & Orientation (A&O) Handbook]." Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland. 1 (1/51). Retrieved on February 1, 2011. "The Federal Correctional Institution of Ashland, Kentucky, is located five miles southwest of Ashland in Summit, Kentucky."</ref><ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=ash FCI Ashland Contact Information]." [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]. Retrieved on February 1, 2011. "FCI ASHLAND FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ST. ROUTE 716 ASHLAND, KY 41105."</ref> {{convert|5|mi|km}} southwest of central Ashland.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/ash/index.jsp FCI Ashland]." [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]. Retrieved on February 1, 2011.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Ashland Post Office and the Unity Contract Station.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/ashland-1140-carter-ave-ashland-ky-1353484 Post Office™ Location - ASHLAND] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712090521/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/ashland-1140-carter-ave-ashland-ky-1353484 |date=July 12, 2011 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on February 1, 2011.</ref><ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/unity-contract-station-2025-29th-st-ashland-ky-1436354 Post Office™ Location - UNITY CONTRACT STATION] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120105009/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/unity-contract-station-2025-29th-st-ashland-ky-1436354 |date=January 20, 2012 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on February 1, 2011.</ref>

The [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky]] maintains courtroom and office facilities in the Carl D. Perkins United States Courthouse & Federal Building in downtown Ashland.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/?q=court-info/court-locations/Trenton |title = Ashland &#124; Eastern District of Kentucky &#124; United States District Court}}</ref>