JA BizTown. City Hall Mayor

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1 JA BizTown City Hall Mayor You are an important official who must set an example for all citizens of JA BizTown. Be friendly and concerned about all businesses. Your responsibilities today include presiding over the town meetings, encouraging people to vote, recording the census, interviewing, selecting and presenting Business and Citizen of the day awards, and preparing speeches for the Town Meetings. 1. You should have brought your completed BizPrep Booklet from school. Give the Business Costs Sheet to the Town Treasurer. Keep the other pages until someone from the other businesses comes to collect them. 2. Remain in your business until after the Pledge of Allegiance. Your business needs everyone s help before it opens. 3. During business start-up time, study the directions below for taking the population count (census). Prepare for your Opening Town Meeting Speech by completing the Opening Town Meeting Speech Guide and practicing with your volunteer facilitator. 4. Read and study the papers entitled Citizen & Business Of the Day Guidelines : a. Study and become familiar with the Quality Business Survey instructions. b. Study and become familiar with the Citizen of the Day Criteria Guideline. 5. After the Pledge of Allegiance, take the Loan Application and the Promissory Note to the Bank CEO to apply for your business loan. 6. Begin to take a population count (census) of JA BizTown by doing the following: a. Take your Census Count Sheet as you visit each business. b. Ask the CFO for the total number of employees in the business and record this number on your Census Count Sheet. c. On the Census Count Sheet, write down the name(s) of the volunteer facilitator(s) in each business. d. When you finish and return to City Hall, total the JA BizTown population count and put this total on the bottom of the Census Count Sheet. e. Record the total number of JA BizTown citizens on the white board under Total Population. 7. Sign the Rental Agreement when the Leasing Agent brings it to your business. 8. The CEO from the Construction Company will come to meet with you regarding plans for the Park Bench Construction Project. They will need to disassemble the bench in front of the radio station (plastic or wood) and assemble a new one (either plastic or wood). Make sure they have indicated on the permit which type of bench they should be building for the day. Both you and the District Attorney will need to sign the Construction Permit. (Continue) 02/17

2 9. You may be Skyping another Mayor today at another BizTown in the country. The JA staff person helping in your shop will let you know if this will occur today and how it will take place. 10. Allow the Non-Profit Director to place a container for individual contributions in your business. Encourage your employees to contribute. The Non-Profit Director will collect the container later in the day. Remember, this container is for your employees to make a contribution if they wish to do so. 11. Use your Quality Business Survey and Citizen of the Day Criteria Guideline as you go out into JA BizTown and begin to survey the citizens, teachers and volunteer facilitators. a. Read the instructions for each before you begin to ask citizens and adults for nominations. b. You may ask for nominations for both awards at the time same, or you may go into JA BizTown and survey for the Quality Business at a different time than for Citizen of the Day. 12. After determining the winners, neatly write the name of the winning business on one of the Quality Business Awards. Neatly write the name of the two Citizens of the Day on the good citizen certificates. Keep the certificates with you to be presented at the Closing Town Meeting. 13. Throughout the day, encourage citizens to vote. It is their right and responsibility as good citizens. 14. Prepare your speech for the Closing Town Meeting. Use the Mayor Closing Town Meeting Speech Guideline and practice your speech by rehearsing with the volunteer facilitator. a. Ask a JA BizTown staff member for the number of citizens who voted today. Include this number in your Closing Town Meeting Speech Guideline. 15. Assist with business clean up at the end of the day. 02/17

3 JA BizTown City Hall Mayor Opening Town Meeting Speech Guideline Good morning, I am, Mayor of JA BizTown. (your name) Today the staff of City Hall will provide a number of services to our community. I want to encourage all citizens to vote today. We have several important issues to consider and, as Mayor, I ask that you voice your opinion by voting. Remember, it is a privilege and the responsibility of all good citizens to vote. Today we will be honoring one business and two citizens with very special awards. First, one business will be named as Quality Business of the Day. Then, one boy and one girl will be honored as Citizens of the Day. I will be visiting each business to ask the CEO and volunteers to nominate individuals for this award. To be considered nominees must return from breaks on-time, work hard throughout the day, and be courteous, friendly, and respectful of others. We have a busy day ahead and I encourage each of you to do your best. Thank you for being good citizens! (JA staff will call on other CEO s to make speeches and then dismiss citizens back to their businesses.) 08/11

4 JA BizTown City Hall Mayor Closing Town Meeting Speech Guideline Good afternoon JA BizTown citizens, it has been my pleasure to serve as your Mayor today. 1. Today I observed that the citizens of our community were. (describe what citizens were doing) 2. I am pleased to report that citizens voted and I encourage everyone to take part in all privileges of citizenship. 3. It is an honor to present some very special awards. First, today s Quality Business Award is presented to. Would the CEO of this business please come forward to receive their certificate? (Shake hands with the CEO and give him/her the certificate.) 4. Now, it is my pleasure to announce our JA BizTown Citizens of the Day. When I announce your name, please come forward to receive your certificate. of ; and (name) (business name) of. (name) (business name) (Please turn this paper over to finish reading your speech.) 10/13

5 Read this only if YOU made a SKYPE Conference call today: Today, I had a SKYPE conference call with the Mayor of JA BizTown at JA of. Their BizTown was busy today also. I learned that they had a population count today of citizens, compared to the citizens we had in our BizTown today. Their BizTown has businesses in it compared to our. One of their Mayor s biggest job responsibilities today was It was very interesting talking to another Mayor today. 6. I would like to thank our teachers, volunteers, sponsors, and others who have made this day possible for us. Please help me say thank you to everyone by joining in a round of applause. (Lead the group in applause) (JA staff will call on other CEO s to speak and then conclude the Town Meeting.) 11/20/13