Editing Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (section)

==Government==
The city of Myrtle Beach has a [[council-manager government]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Myrtle Beach Form of Government |url=http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/govinfo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906214517/http://www.cityofmyrtlebeach.com/govinfo.html |archive-date=6 September 2017 |access-date=5 February 2017 |website=The City of Myrtle Beach}}</ref> The Mayor sits as a Council member-at-large and presides over [[City council]] meetings. If the Mayor cannot preside over a City Council meeting, the Mayor Pro-Tem is the [[chairman|presiding officer]] of the meeting until such time as the Mayor returns to the seat. The City Manager is responsible for the administration and the day-to-day operation of all of the [[municipal services]] and city departments. The City Manager also maintains intergovernmental relationships with federal, state, county and other local governments. The city of Myrtle Beach reformed into a council-manager government system in 1974 under the administration of Mayor Bob Hirsch and city manager David Stradinger, who moved away from the city's former [[Strong mayor|strong-mayor form]] of government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prabhu, Maya T. |date=10 March 2013 |title=Former Myrtle Beach mayor reflects on establishment of a professional government |url=http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article16643870.html |access-date=5 February 2017 |website=Myrtle Beach Sun News}}</ref>

===Mayors===
Brenda Bethune is the mayor of Myrtle Beach. She has served since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayors of Myrtle Beach, SC |url=http://www.hchsonline.org/officials/mayormb.html |access-date=5 February 2017 |website=Horry County Historical Society |archive-date=19 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419123950/http://www.hchsonline.org/officials/mayormb.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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!'''Name'''!!'''From'''!!'''To'''
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|Dr. W. Leroy Harrelson||1938||1939
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|Ben M. Graham||1939||1941
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|Dr. W. Leroy Harrelson||1941||1943
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|O.C. Callaway||1943||1947
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|H.W. Tallevast||1947||1949
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|J.N. Ramsey||1949||1954
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|Ernest W. Williams ||1954||1955
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|W.E. Cameron||1956||1959
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|Mark W. Garner||1960||1974
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|Bob Hirsch||1974||1978
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|Eric Ficken||1978||1982
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|Robert M. Grissom||1982||1998
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|Mark Struthers McBride||1998||2006
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|John Rhodes||2006||2018
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|Brenda Bethune||2018||present
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