With election-year politicking in the air, we figured this is as good a time as any for a quick brushing up on Oklahoma City municipal government.

The city has a council-manager form of government, meaning that the mayor and city council set municipal policy but have a city manager to oversee day-to-day operations of city government. Both the mayor and eight city council members are elected to four-year terms.

Current City Council members are: Gary Marrs, Ward 1; Ed Shadid, Ward 2; Larry McAtee, Ward 3; Pete White, Ward 4; David Greenwell, Ward 5; Meg Salyer, Ward 6; Ronald Skip Kelly, Ward 7; and Patrick J. Ryan, Ward 8. City Council meets every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, 200 N. Walker. Council meetings are open to the public.

Mayor Mick Cornett, a former city council member, first won election to the mayor's office in 2004. He is only the fourth mayor in the city's history elected to a third term. Oklahoma City's city manager, Jim Couch, has been at that post since 2000.