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Legislative Process - Reading List

Legislative Process - Reading List

MRSC, September 2000

This is a selected list of the MRSC Library's holdings relevant to policy-making. Items that are not linked are available to Washington State city/town/county employees and officials to borrow at no charge by contacting the MRSC Library at (206) 625-1300 or via E-mail to mrsc@mrsc.org. If you are not a Washington city/town/county official or employee, please contact your local public library to request these items.

  • "The Authority of the Legislative Body to Regulate Administration of City," by Susan Rae Sampson in Legal Notes: Proceedings of the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys. Information Bulletin No. 467. Seattle: Municipal Research & Services Center, 1990. P. 193.

  • Councilmember's Handbook, MRSC Report No. 48, January 2000

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  • Council-Staff Retreats, MRSC Research Memorandum No. 103, March 1987

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  • Elected Officials Handbooks. 4th edition. International City/County Management Association, 1994

  • Elected Official's Little Handbook: A Portable Guide for Local Government Legislators, by Len Wood. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.: Training Shoppe, 1994

  • Goal Setting in Local Government. ICMA MIS Report Vol. 27, No. 4. Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, April 1995

  • Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, Joseph S. Wholey, Harry P. Hatry, and Kathryn E. Newcomer, editors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994

  • Knowing the Territory: Basic Legal Guidelines for Washington Municipal Officials, MRSC Report No. 47, November 1999

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  • Knowing Your Roles: Resolving and Preventing Conflicts Between Mayors and Councils, MRSC

  • Level of Service Standards - Measures for Maintaining the Quality of Community Life, MRSC Report No. 31, September 1994

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  • Mayor's Handbook, MRSC Report No. 44, February 1999

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  • The New Commissioners Handbook. Report No. 43. Seattle: Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington, 1998

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  • Public Policy Education: Its Role in Community Change, by James C. Barron and Emmett P. Fiske. Corvallis, Ore: Oregon State University, Western Rural Development Center, revised April 1993

  • Public Policymaking, Washington Style, by Hugh A. Bone, Nand E. Hart-Nibbring, and Robert H. Pealy, University of Washington, Institute of Governmental Research, August 1980