Editing Nauvoo, Illinois (section)

== Government and politics ==
Nauvoo city government consists of the mayor and five city council members. The position of city clerk is also elected.  Additionally, there are appointed positions for city treasurer, chief of police, and public works positions.  Tacy Nelson is the acting mayor with the councilmen as follows: Jim Boyles, Brenda Adkisson, Barb Schafer, Ron Grant and Scott Sumner.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.beautifulnauvoo.com/city-council1.html | title=City Council - Beautiful Nauvoo }}</ref>

Separate from the city are the Nauvoo Fire Protection District (FPD) and Nauvoo-Colusa School System. The Nauvoo FPD covers all of the city plus the surrounding five townships. The fire department currently provides both fire and EMS coverage for its district. In 1991 the Nauvoo FPD became a [[Basic life support|BLS]] non-transporting agency, relying on the county ambulance service to transport patients to local hospitals. Because of longer response times from county-run ambulances, the citizens of the Nauvoo FPD passed a referendum by 74% on April 17, 2007, for ambulance services that would transfer the ambulance tax money to the FPD that was being paid to the county. The Nauvoo FPD completed its fundraising efforts on November 30, 2007, to purchase its ambulance, which entered service in January 2008.