Editing Middletown, New York (section)

==Government==
Middletown is governed by a mayor and a city council known as the common council. It consists of nine members: an alderman-at-large, who acts as president of the council, and eight members elected from wards. Each of the city's four wards elects two members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.middletown-ny.com/mayor.htm |title=The Mayor and the Common Council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514131228/https://www.middletown-ny.com/mayor.htm |archivedate=2010-05-14|publisher=City of Middletown |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref> The mayor and the president of the common council are each elected [[at-large]] for four-year terms. The other council members have two-year terms. Terms of office begin on January 1.

A fire chief and three assistants are elected every three years by members of the city's engine companies. A corporation counsel, commissioners of public works and of assessment and taxation, a city clerk, registrar and a treasurer and any other officers required are appointed annually by the mayor and confirmed by the common council.<ref>Middletown [https://www.ecode360.com/documents/MI0232/MI0232-C.pdf City Charter, Title II, Election and Appointment of Officers], November 1, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2012.</ref>