Integration of Political Ethos and Local Government Systems; The Utah Experience with Council-Manager Government

Council-manager government has not met with much success in Utah. This situation prevails in spite of persistent and concerted efforts—particularly since World War II—to integrate the council-manager system within the fabric of Utah municipal government. Nearly every major municipality has either adopted and/or abandoned the system or has experienced a major campaign to establish the system. At this time, only a small percentage of the total incorporated municipalities are functioning under council-manager government, and most of them under highly modified versions of the system

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