ABSTRACT
A regional council is a voluntary association of local governments that represents the entire area's interests, plus coordinates a variety of local and regional plans, resources, services, and programs. "Regional council" is a general term applied to organizations whose names typify their variability. The public choice theorists conclude that the numerous local governments of a region offer their own public goods, services that, through externalities, create a competitive marketplace. The regional council in the United States is the most common regional entity that embodies the entire regional community and all its multiple activities. The general assembly is the general governing and policy-making body of the regional council. It meets annually to adopt the budget, amend the bylaws, assess member dues, elect the executive committee, select citizen committees, adopt the work program. Voting procedures show the individual imprints of local circumstances, varying relative to the number of representatives allocated to each member jurisdiction, and as to the number of permitted votes.
