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==Government== {{see also|List of mayors of Salina, Kansas}} Salina is a [[Kansas#Important cities and towns|city of the first class]] with a [[council-manager government|commission-manager]] form of government which it adopted in 1921.<ref name="gov1">{{cite web|title=Salina|work=Directory of Kansas Public Officials|publisher=The League of Kansas Municipalities|url=http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=55|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Commission>{{cite web|title=City Commission|publisher=City of Salina, Kansas|url=http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/122/default.aspx|access-date=February 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214154057/http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/122/default.aspx|archive-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[city commission]] consists of five members elected [[Plurality-at-large voting|at large]], one of whom the commission annually selects to serve as [[mayor]]. Commission candidates who receive the most and second–most votes are elected for a four-year term; the candidate who receives the third most votes is elected for a two-year term.<ref name=Commission/> The commission sets policy and appoints the [[city manager]], who serves as the chief executive, responsible for administering the city government and appointing all city employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Government|publisher=City of Salina, Kansas|url=http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/132/default.aspx|access-date=February 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214153611/http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/132/default.aspx|archive-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Salina Fire department operates four stations inside the city.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Salina is the [[county seat]] of Saline County. The [[county courthouse]] is located downtown, and all departments of the county government base their operations in the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saline County–Official County Government Website|url=http://www.saline.org/Home.aspx|access-date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> Salina lies within [[Kansas's 1st congressional district|Kansas's 1st U.S. Congressional District]]. For the purposes of representation in the [[Kansas Legislature]], the city is located in the 24th district of the [[Kansas Senate]] and the 69th, 71st, and 108th districts of the [[Kansas House of Representatives]].<ref name="gov1"/>
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