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==Government== {{see also|List of mayors of Chapel Hill, North Carolina}} [[File:Chapel Hill Town Hall 2020.jpg|thumb|right|Chapel Hill Town Hall]] Chapel Hill uses a [[council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government. The community elects a mayor and eight council members. Mayors serve two-year terms, and council members serve staggered four-year terms, all elected by the town at large; town elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. Mayor [[Jessica Anderson (mayor)|Jessica Anderson]], a former council member, succeeded four-term mayor [[Pam Hemminger]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/local-election-coverage/jess-anderson-wins-chapel-hill-mayoral-election|title=Jess Anderson Wins Chapel Hill Mayoral Election|last=Lewis|first=Victor|date=2023-11-07|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref> In 2015, Hemminger defeated incumbent [[Mark Kleinschmidt (politician)|Mark Kleinschmidt]], who had been elected in 2009 as the first openly gay mayor of Chapel Hill, succeeding outgoing four-term mayor [[Kevin Foy]].<ref name=wunc>{{cite news|first=Frank|last=Stasio|title=Chapel Hill's First Openly-Gay Mayor Reflects On His Home |url=http://wunc.org/post/chapel-hills-first-openly-gay-mayor-reflects-his-home |work=[[WUNC (FM)]] |date=November 5, 2014 |access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> The town adopted its flag in 1990. According to flag designer Spring Davis, the blue represents the town and the University of North Carolina (whose colors are [[Carolina blue]] and white); the green represents "environmental awareness"; and the "townscape" in the inverted chevron represents "a sense of home, friends, and community."<ref>{{cite web | date=September 24, 1990| title=MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990 AT 7:30 pm| publisher=Town Hall| url=http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/records/minutes/1990/900924.htm| access-date= August 1, 2011}}</ref> The town's seal, has, since the 1930s, depicted Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and protector of cities. Having gone through several revisions, the seal, which also serves as the town logo, was most recently updated in 2005 to a visually simpler version.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/agendas/ca050411/4e-Resolution%20to%20Update%20Town%20Seal.htm | title=Resolution to Update Town Seal | date=April 11, 2005 | work=Town of Chapel Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.townofchapelhill.org/government/newsroom/publications/town-logo | title=Town Logo and Seal | work=Town of Chapel Hill |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}</ref>
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