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Tuscaloosa has strong-mayor variant [[mayor-council government|mayor-council]] form of government, lead by a [[mayor]] and a seven-member [[city council]]. The mayor is elected by the city at-large and serve four-year terms. Council members are elected to single-member districts every four years as well. Neither the mayor nor the members of the city council is term-limited. All elected offices are nonpartisan.

The mayor administers the day-to-day operations of the city, including overseeing the various city departments, over whom he has hiring and firing power. The mayor also acts as ambassador of the city. The mayor sits in city council meetings and has a tie-breaking vote. The current Mayor of Tuscaloosa is '''Walt Maddox''' who was elected to office is September 2005. Prior to Maddox, '''Al DuPont''' had served as mayor for 24 years.

The city council is a legislative body that considers policy and passes law. The council also passes the budget for mayoral approval. Any resolution passed by the council is binding law. The majority of work in the council is done by committee, a usually consisting of a chairman, two other council members, and relevent non-voting city employees. The current members of the city council are: