At the first meeting following each election, the commission selects from its own number a mayor and mayor pro tem for the following two years.

The city is divided into five wards and voters select a mayor, a council member representing their ward and three at-large council members.

Voters elect a five-member City Council, all at-large seats, who in turn select a mayor who acts as its chairperson and head of the government.

The town is governed by a municipal council of eleven members who each represent the prominent families of Biddya and select a mayor.

Elections are not held; rather, the council - which has representatives from the village's prominent families - select a mayor.

The eight registered voters elect three commissioners, who then select a mayor among them.

Once the council was elected, they selected a mayor from among their number.

At a reorganization meeting after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.

The city council selects a mayor from among its members, who serves as council chair but has no veto power.

At an annual reorganization held in January, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.