A mayor is the leader of a city or town. The mayor works at a building called City Hall. People in the city vote to choose their mayor. The mayor helps decide how to spend the city’s money on things like roads, parks, fire trucks, and schools. The mayor also works with the city council to make local laws. Not all cities have a mayor. Some cities use a city manager instead, who is hired rather than elected.
The mayor of a big city has a very big job. For example, the mayor of New York City is in charge of about 300,000 city workers! That includes police officers, firefighters, teachers, and park workers. The first woman to be elected mayor in the United States was Susanna Madora Salter. She was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887 when she was only 27 years old. Mayors meet with people in the community to hear their ideas and solve problems. They make important choices every day to keep their city running.
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