Editing Bonner Springs, Kansas (section)

==Government==
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The Bonner Springs City Council consists of nine members who are elected in non-partisan elections across four wards. The mayor is elected at large, and together with the council, select and appoint a professional [[city manager]] to operate the city. Operating as the legislative branch of the city, the council provides policy direction to the city manager.

The vast majority of Bonner Springs lies in Wyandotte County as the other parts of Bonner Springs lie in neighboring Leavenworth and Johnson County. Bonner Springs acts as an incorporated city - retaining its own government and autonomy - while also being part of the [[consolidated city-county]] government known as the "Unified Government". The UG consolidates the governmental functions of Wyandotte County and [[Kansas City, Kansas]], under one entity, while also performing typical [[county (United States)|county]] government functions for the incorporated cities of Bonner Springs and [[Edwardsville, Kansas|Edwardsville]].