One other thing:
This kind of annoying headache inducing super local nit picky local politics is *the most important kind of political battle right now*
Power is built from these tiny councils up-- and the structures that keep all manner of "outsiders" from participating, or even knowing what they are doing need to be destroyed -- one little town at a time. Get the school board too.
If you live in a small town and don't know who the mayor is or what he does.
Maybe YOU should be the mayor.