The mayor speech is a seven to nine minute persuasive presentation that highlights the challenges of a city and calls on citizens to help them solve those problems. Developing a detailed mayor speech outline is helpful in creating an organized and persuasive presentation that proves the speaker’s thesis. The term mayor is derived from Old French maire, meaning “head of the city government.” Like a president leads a country and a governor leads a state, a mayor leads a city.
In the United States, many cities have a mayor elected directly through local-government elections. Mayors in other countries may be appointed by the council or may be ceremonial figureheads who carry out the council’s authority between meetings. Mayors are often styled His or Her Worship and wear robes and a mayoral chain when attending official functions.
Many mayors give a annual State of the City address to share community initiatives and highlight their priorities for the year. This year, mayors have been focusing on civic engagement and efforts to improve the quality of schools as well as programs that promote financial stability. They have also been addressing national issues that affect their communities such as the Trump administration’s policy on birthright citizenship and pardons and the fight against climate change.
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Trantalis has been working to improve the city’s utility infrastructure and hosted a town hall meeting on Jan. 8 to discuss the progress made and upcoming work that will ensure the community has modern water, sewer and stormwater systems. The event was held in light of the COVID-19 pandemic limiting large in-person gatherings.