Before 1978, Twinsburg was run by a part-time mayor and city manager.

The election of a part-time mayor is hardly a big deal when viewed through one town's prism.

The council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

The three commissioners vote among themselves to choose a part-time mayor, who presides over meetings but has no independent executive function.

But Mr. Cesar, who earns $6,556 a year as part-time mayor, already has plans for his next home.

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor.

Mr. Jackson earned $10,400 a year as the city's part-time mayor.

He was named vice president in 1991 during his second year as the part-time mayor.

As the part-time mayor, Fetterman earned $110.22 a month in 2007.

"People are beginning to see that it takes a lot more than a part-time mayor and a few township committeemen to run a municipality," he said.