Question

1.1 Visit your nearest Municipality and identify the type of services that are rendered by local authorities.

Answer 1

Municipal services refer to basic services that residents of a city expect the city government to provide in exchange for the taxes which citizens pay.

Municipality services in most of the countries include:

1. Sanitation (both sewer and refuse),

2. Water, streets, the public library, schools, food inspection

3. Fire department, police, ambulance, and other health department issues, transportation.

City governments often operate or contract for additional utilities like electricity, gas and cable television.

The available municipal services for any individual municipality will depend on location, history, geography, statutes and tradition. Provided services may vary from country to country or even within a country. Services may be run directly by a department of the municipality or be sub-contracted to a third party

Services provided by Local Municipal authorities in the US include, there are many other activities performed and are not just limited to the ones stated below:

School districts and districts for fire protection, sanitary sewer service, public transportation, public libraries, public parks or forests, or water resource management.