Editing Maple Heights, Ohio (section)

== Government ==
The City of Maple Heights has a [[Mayor–council government|strong-mayor government form]] and is governed by an elected mayor, elected council president, and elected council.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MAPLE HEIGHTS|url=https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/mapleheights/latest/mapleheights_oh/0-0-0-23522|access-date=2021-10-20|website=American Legal Publishing Corporation|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Mayors ===
The City has had 16 people serve as mayor, including current mayor, Annette M. Blackwell, with 2 mayors having served in non-consecutive terms. Between the city's founding and the current administration, there have been a total of 18 mayoral administrations. Mayor Blackwell was elected in 2015 as the first female and first African American mayor in the city's history.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Zicari|first1=Peter|last2=clevel|last3=.com|date=2015-11-04|title=Cuyahoga County local results: Election 2015|url=https://www.cleveland.com/election-results/2015/11/2015_cuyahoga_county_local_voting_r.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=cleveland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maple Heights Mayor Is a First in More Ways Than One|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/03/06/maple-heights-mayor-is-the-first-woman-and-african-american-elected|access-date=2021-06-15|website=spectrumnews1.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== City Council ===
The council has seven members, with each member representing a portion of the city, known as a district. The City of Maple Heights has a municipal election on November 2, 2021 with Council President and Councilmembers for Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 up for election. Before the General Election in 2017, Council President and Councilmembers were elected every two years. Following the approval of Issue 68, Council President and Councilmembers are elected for four year terms with even numbered District Councilmembers elected in 2019 and every four years thereafter and odd numbered District Councilmembers elected in 2017 and every four years thereafter.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/pdf_boe/en-US/electionresults2016/112016/official/11082016OfficialResultsbyContest.HTM|title=SUMMARY REPORT {{!}} November 8, 2016 {{!}} Official Resultsaccess-date=2021-10-30|website=boe.cuyahogacounty.gov}}</ref>

Member of the City Council include:<ref>{{cite web |title=City Council Members |url=https://citymapleheights.com/government/city-council/ |accessdate=March 28, 2023 |publisher=City of Maple Heights}}</ref>
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* Ron Jackson, council president
* Leonette F. Cicirella, clerk of council
* Stafford L. Shenett Sr., District 1 councilman
* Toni Jones, District 2 councilwoman
* Timothy Tatum, District 3 councilman
* Dana Anderson, District 4 councilwoman
* Tanglyn Madden, District 5 councilwoman
* Richard Trojanski, District 6 councilman
* Edwina Agee, District 7 councilwoman
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