Editing Mount Vernon, Illinois (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
[[File:Jefferson County Courthouse in Mount Vernon.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jefferson County Courthouse (Illinois)|Jefferson County Courthouse]]]]

The city of Mount Vernon uses a [[Council-manager government]] with a mayor.<ref name="City Government Information">{{cite web|title=City Government Information|url=http://www.mtvernon.com/city_council.htm|website=City of Mount Vernon|access-date=March 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304195540/http://www.mtvernon.com/city_council.htm|archive-date=March 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Mt. Vernon City Council meets regularly on the first and third Mondays each month.  Meetings are moved to the following Tuesday if the first or third Monday falls on a holiday.<ref name="City Government Information"/>

The elective officers of the City of Mt. Vernon shall be a Mayor, four Councilmen, a City Clerk, and a City Treasurer. At the general election for City officers to be starting in January 1969 and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected a Mayor, City
Clerk, City Treasurer, and two Councilmen. At the general election held in 1967 and every two years thereafter, two Councilmen shall be elected.<ref>Mt. Vernon City Ordinances Article 1, Section 1.1 (a)</ref> The mayor is John Lewis.<ref name="Elected Officials">{{cite web|title=Elected Officials|url=https://mtvernon.com/elected-officials|website=City of Mount Vernon|access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>