>Lord-Mayorality; Chamberlain heavily influences the selection of a
>governing body, headed by a Prefect (mayor), with "votes" by the leading
>figures of the city (priestly, merchantile, "representatives" [informal] of
>the various lords with influence in the city, COS mages, et al).

Sounds good. The Chamberlain should be a permanent voting member. This
Upper council should probably consist of 3 other members (other than the
Chamberlain and the Mayor), who can come from any occupation in the city.
Traditionally, though, the Chamberlain tries to keep the membership
balanced, and the members
usually are the head of the most prominent temple, the head of the college of
sorcery, and the most influential local merchant.

Then there could be a lower council, with an open-ended number of members. The
members of the upper council also hold seats on the lower council. The lower
council is where the major merchants, other temples, and other high mages
should vote.

On a side note, someone employed by the City probably shouldn't hold a seat on
the council (other than the Chamberlain and the Mayor).

The Mayor is probably chosen by the lower council every set number of years.

> I'd be willing to have someone in charge of regulating trade and/or other
>matters. Also we need, both IC and OOC, a "zoning" body to determine where
>stuff should go and if it is ligitimate ("building permits"); I.E. no
>outlandish stuff, and while things can and should be cosmopolitan, nothing
>out of character for the rest of the city. I'd love to be on that body,
>also; I think 6-9 gamers should make up that "zoning" body, though;
>two-thirds vote carrys.

I'd like to be on this body too. We can have it at 6 or at nine, depending on
how many people want on. In character, the zoning body can be chosen out of
members in the lower council (usually the 5 upper councillors and 1-4 others).

>I'm sure there should be taverns/inns in every "portion" of the city,
>frequented by various types of clientle. Darkstar posted a tavern to the
>list a couple weeks ago, also, that would be perfect.

Could Darkstar repost this or email it to me? I only joined the list 2 days
ago.