Editing Hugoton, Kansas (section)

==Government==
Hugoton is a [[Kansas#Important cities and towns|city of the second class]] with a [[mayor-council government|mayor-council]] form of government. The [[city council]] consists of five members and meets on the first Monday after the 4th day of each month.<ref name="gov1">{{cite web | title = Hugoton | work = Directory of Kansas Public Officials | publisher = The League of Kansas Municipalities | url = http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=459 | access-date = 2011-05-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110505135845/http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=459 | archive-date = 2011-05-05 }}</ref> The [[mayor]] and the council members are elected for four-year terms.<ref>{{cite web | title = City Government | publisher = City of Hugoton | url = http://cityofhugoton.com/government.htm | access-date = 2010-02-09}}</ref>

As the [[county seat]], Hugoton is the administrative center of Stevens County. The [[county courthouse]] is located downtown, and all departments of the county government base their operations in the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Stevens County Departments | publisher = Stevens County, Kansas | url = http://www.stevenscoks.org/depts.htm | access-date = 2013-11-22}}</ref>

Hugoton lies within [[Kansas's 1st congressional district|Kansas's 1st U.S. Congressional District]]. For the purposes of representation in the [[Kansas Legislature]], the city is in the 39th district of the [[Kansas Senate]] and the 124th district of the [[Kansas House of Representatives]].<ref name="gov1"/>