Editing Moberly, Missouri (section)

==Government==
The city of Moberly was born of a railroad auction on September 27, 1866. The county incorporated the town in 1868 with a board of trustees. The same year that the [[Wabash Railroad]], St. Louis & Pacific Railway shops were finished in Moberly,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randolphhistory.com/randolph-county-overview/|title=Randolph County Overview|publisher=Randolph County Historical Society|access-date=2015-06-12}}</ref><ref>"History of Moberly" pamphlet from Randolph County Historical Society, four pages.</ref> the city entered a charter into state record and incorporated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=nTUQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA179|title=List of Works Relating to City Charters, Ordinances, and Collected Documents|publisher=Harvard College Library|page=179|date=1913|access-date=2015-06-12}}</ref> At the time, there was no such thing as a [[council-manager government]], but the 1950s saw the government form come into vogue in Missouri.<ref name="MOMunicipalities"/> <!--I cannot find online when the city changed its charter-->Now, the city of Moberly has a council-manager government. The council consists of five members elected for three-year terms and one city counselor who drafts ordinances and acts as legal counsel. Each year, the council elects one of its members as mayor and one as mayor ''[[pro tempore]]'' to serve for one year. To manage the city and oversee day-to-day operations, the council selects a city manager.<ref name="CityWebsite"/> In 2024, the government had these officers:

===City Council===
*Brandon L. Lucas, Mayor
*John W. Kimmons, Jr., Mayor Pro-Tempore
*Mike Skubic, Councilman
*Chuck McKeown, Councilman
*Sarah Barfield Graff, Councilman
*Randall Thompson, City Counselor
*Michael R. Bugalski, City Manager

{{wide image|Downtown Moberly, Missouri.jpg|1000px|A panorama from the northeast corner of the Kwix-Kres-Kirk office building in downtown Moberly, Missouri.}}