Editing Winston-Salem, North Carolina (section)

==Government==
[[File:City Hall, Winston-Salem, NC (49030479998).jpg|thumb|[[Winston-Salem City Hall]]]]

===Local government===
The governing body for the City of Winston-Salem is an eight-member [[Municipal council|City Council]] (called the Board of Aldermen until December 2002<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hinton |first=John |date=June 21, 2022 |title='She wanted to make the community a better place': Joycelyn Johnson, who represented Winston-Salem's East Ward for 16 years, dies at 73 |work=The [[Winston-Salem Journal]] |url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/she-wanted-to-make-the-community-a-better-place-joycelyn-johnson-who-represented-winston-salem/article_a60b804e-f1ae-11ec-b39f-570f7131a718.html |access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref>). Voters go to the polls every four years in November to elect the mayor and council. The mayor is elected [[At-large|at large]]; council members are elected by citizens in each of the eight [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]] within the city. The City Council is responsible for adopting and providing for all ordinances, rules and regulations as necessary for the general welfare of the city. It approves the city budget and sets property taxes and user fees. The Council appoints the [[city manager]] and [[city attorney]], and approves appointments to city boards and commissions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityofws.org/Departments/City-Council|title=City Council|work=www.cityofws.com|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

{{as of|2020|September}}, the mayor of Winston-Salem was [[Allen Joines]] (D), who was first elected in 2001 and is the longest-serving mayor in the history of the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityofws.org/Departments/Mayor/Meet-the-Mayor|title=Mayor Allen Joines|work=www.cityofws.com|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> The members of the City Council were Mayor Pro Tempore Denise "D.D." Adams (D–North Ward), Barbara Hanes Burke (D–Northeast Ward), Annette Scippio (D–East Ward), James Taylor Jr. (D–Southeast Ward), John Larson (D–South Ward), Kevin Mundy (D–Southwest Ward), Robert Clark (R–West Ward), and Jeff MacIntosh (D–Northwest Ward).

City officials appointed by the City Council include the city attorney – Angela Carmon – and the city manager.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Winston-Salem |url=http://www.cityofws.org |access-date=2015-09-10 |website=www.cityofws.org}}</ref> Longtime city manager Lee Garrity retired on June 23, 2023, after serving for 17 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Wesley |date=2023-06-23 |title=Lee Garrity clears his calendar, looks forward to life in retirement from position as Winston-Salem city manager |url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lee-garrity-retires-as-winston-salem-city-manager/article_7c9f1530-0b94-11ee-b39f-eb317fa1dd40.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Winston-Salem Journal |language=en}}</ref> He was replaced by William Patrick "Pat" Pate on November 6, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Wes |date=2023-11-07|title=New city manager takes the helm in Winston-Salem |url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/government-politics/william-patrick-pate-takes-oath-as-winston-salem-city-manager/article_ad908420-7cec-11ee-9c4e-7fd14c0203a5.html |access-date=2024-05-02|website=Winston-Salem Journal |language=en}}</ref>

====Emergency Services====
The city of Winston-Salem is patrolled by the [[Winston-Salem Police Department]] and the [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] Sheriff's Department. The chief of police is William H. Penn,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief William H. Penn {{!}} City of Winston-Salem, NC |url=https://www.cityofws.org/2852/Chief-of-Police-William-H-Penn#:~:text=William%20Penn%20is%20the%20sixteenth,Science%20Degree%20in%20Criminal%20Justice. |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=www.cityofws.org}}</ref> and the sheriff is Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.<ref>[https://forsyth.cc/Sheriff/ "Welcome to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office"], official website of Forsyth County, NC, government. Retrieved August 13, 2023.</ref> [[Fire protection]] is provided by the [[Winston-Salem Fire Department]], and the chief of the department is William "Trey" Mayo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief & Assistant Chiefs {{!}} City of Winston-Salem, NC |url=https://www.cityofws.org/318/Chief-Assistant-Chiefs |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=www.cityofws.org}}</ref>