The elected officials, the staff who run things day to day, and the departments under them.
City: City of Ashburn Charter (Sec. 2.10: mayor and five council members) and Code of Ordinances Chapter 2 (Sec. 2-1 departments, unchanged since 2007; Sec. 2-3 allows a Director of Public Safety since 2018; Sec. 2-276 environmental compliance and animal control, 2005; Sec. 2-48 ethics panel). Staffing from the DCA 2022 wage survey (56 full-time, 6 part-time) and council minutes; in 2026 one person serves as both city manager and city clerk. Fire rating as stated by the fire chief. Sanitation contractor since April 2026. County: Turner County commission minutes (five commissioners, a chair, county clerk and county attorney at meetings; county manager job postings), county public notices, and Georgia's constitutional offices. This lesson describes jobs, not the people in them.