Editing Largo, Florida (section)

==Government ==
[[File:Largo, florida city hall 02.jpg|thumb|left|Largo City Hall]]The City of Largo is governed by a city commission of seven people elected at large to staggered four-year terms. The mayor acts as a member and presiding officer of the commission.<ref name="Commission">{{cite web |url=http://www.largo.com/department/?fDD=2-0 |title=Commission Dept. |publisher=City of Largo |access-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> The commission's role encompasses the setting of city policy, exercising those duties imposed by the charter and law. In so doing, the city commission executes the city's powers by the passage of resolutions and ordinances. The commission appoints and directs the city manager and approves the city manager's appointments for city attorney, assistant city manager, and city clerk.

The city manager directs the administration in governing and providing municipal services to Largo. The Administration Department includes the City Manager's Office, the City Attorney's Office, the City Clerk's Office, the Communications and Marketing Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and the City Attorney.<ref name="Budget">{{cite web |title=Budget Dept. |url=http://www.largo.com/department/division.php?fDD=3-84 |access-date=22 June 2012 |publisher=City of Largo}}</ref>

The city manager is appointed by and answerable to the city commission as a whole. The City of Largo is unique in that a supermajority of commissioners is required to terminate the city manager. The city manager appoints and supervises all department directors, and with commission approval, appoints the assistant city manager, the city clerk, and the city attorney.