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10183 Truckee Airport Rd, Truckee, CA 96161

Truckee is governed by a council-manager form of government. Citizens elect five local individuals to serve overlapping four-year terms on the Town Council, and that body appoints the town manager and the town attorney. Newly elected councilmembers are seated at the first regular council meeting in December, which is also when the council selects which members will serve as mayor and vice mayor. 


Town Council meetings are televised by Truckee Tahoe Community Television. Tune in live on local Channel 18.

Meetings: Held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. at Truckee Town Hall, 10183 Truckee Airport Rd.

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