Editing Goddard, Kansas (section)

==Government==
Goddard is a [[Kansas#Important cities and towns|city of the second class]] with a hybrid Council-Manager form of government.  The [[city council]] consists of five council members and establish the policies and legislation of the city with the mayor acting as the presiding city council member of city council meetings.  The city council meets twice a month.<ref name="gov1">[https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260723 City of Goddard; League of Kansas Municipalities.]</ref>

===2023 controversy===
In 2023, there was a controversy over ex-mayor Hunter Larkin, at that time a council person, engineering a council vote to regain his mayor position.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rohrlich |first=Justin |url=https://news.yahoo.com/23-old-mayor-tried-trump-094933814.html |date=23 January 2023|title=A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump's Stolen Election Playbook. Only It Worked. |work= Yahoo!News}}</ref>