ORIGIN:

Residents voted to incorporate the City of Centennial on September 12, 2000 and elected its first officials on February 6, 2001. Centennial officially became a city on February 7, 2001.

The quest for a new city took almost two and one-half years. The campaign included victories in the State Legislature and State Supreme Court. Formation of the new city was approved by a 77 percent margin in the incorporation election. It was the largest city incorporation in U.S. history.

GOVERNMENT:

The City consists of a citywide elected Mayor and eight Council Members, two elected from each of Centennial's four wards. The City also elects a citywide Treasurer and citywide City Clerk. Council members serve staggered four-year terms; the City Treasurer and City Clerk serve two-year terms. The City Council employs a City Manager to direct the day-to-day activities and functions of the City.

The City of Centennial, the largest incorporation of its kind in U.S. history when it was created in 2001, has brought the same kind of intensive citizen involvement to its growth plan as it did to its formation. Our Voice, Our Vision, Centennial 2030, was a citizen-led effort that charted a course for the next two decades. The visioning process offered the opportunity to dream together and plan actions that can turn those dreams and hopes into reality.