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Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [ 1 ] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts.
From 1890 until 1916 meetings were held alternately at the Horsham Town Hall and the Council House in Chichester, with the council's main offices also being divided between Chichester and Horsham. [2] [3] [4] The county council decided to find a location where it could consolidate its offices and meeting place.
The West Sussex Record Office at Orchard Street, Chichester, is the county record office for the county of West Sussex. It is run by West Sussex County Council. [1]
A successor parish was established covering the former borough of Chichester, and Chichester's city status passed to the new parish rather than the wider district. As such, Chichester City Council is a parish council, whilst Chichester District Council has greater powers and covers the much larger area of Chichester District. [6]
The 67 civil parishes in Chichester District are listed below. [1] [2] The Sussex Family History Group have produced a map [3] [4] showing the location of each parish.
The City Council [36] was retained but it only has the powers of a parish council; control of services is largely in the hands of Chichester District Council and West Sussex County Council. The City Council meets in the Council House on North Street, which dates from 1731. [ 37 ]
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
The building was the first meeting place of West Sussex County Council when it was established in 1889. [9] Meetings of the county council were then held alternately here and at Horsham Town Hall from 1890 until the council purchased Edes House in Chichester in 1916 to serve as its headquarters. [10] [11] [12]