How to Use city council in a Sentence

city council

noun

• He's running for city council.
• Cities like Carmel already have the power to remove members of a city council through state law.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022
• Fellow colleagues from city council came to check on him Saturday.
  — Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2022
• Data collected will help city council prioritize its goals for the next two years.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
• And though the all-Democratic city council did not see a general election upset this year, there will be a few new faces in the 14-member body.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
• Since then, thousands of new units received permits that otherwise would not have — but the policy drew pushback, and the next city council will probably make changes in response.
  — Sami Sparber, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
• The ordinance before the city council appears to recognize the power appointing the controller gives the mayor’s office.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022
• In fact, the idea of Grand Park is one of the projects that inspired me to run for city council.
  — Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
• Tempe voters have the chance to elect who will sit on their city council.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2024
• David Little: Running for city council has been a dream of mine for many years.
  — Scott Turner | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2022
• The mayor and three of the seven city council members are of Lebanese descent.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2024
• The first all-female city council in the history of St. Paul, Minn., was sworn in on Tuesday.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Here's what's on deck at city council meetings tonight.
  — Alex Golden, Axios, 9 July 2024
• A few dozen adults and teenagers packed the city council chambers for Thursday’s meeting.
  — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• Clark has served on the city council of Forest Park, a Cincinnati suburb, since 2017.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• The five-member city council has three Black members and two White members.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• The city of Pavlograd, in Dnipro region, has been hit by a rocket strike, according to the city council.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 3 July 2022
• Some city council members were upset by the report as well.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• With a hiring crisis on its hands, the Long Beach city council is scheduled to meet next week with the goal of streamlining the process.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• Mitchell has served as Alexander mayor for the last 10 years and was previously on the city council.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2022
• All of the members of the city's 6-member city council are Muslim of either Yemeni or Bangladeshi descent.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
• The code was written by members of Congress, not city council members.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• His time in city government spanned more than 30 years, starting with eight years on the zoning appeals board and 14 on the city council.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2022
• Three city council seats are up for election this year in Hamtramck.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• The special city council meeting is scheduled for Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
• The firearms will be given to the National Police of Ukraine, according to the agenda of a Phoenix city council meeting.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
• Phoenix voters will head to the polls on Nov. 5 to elect a mayor and four city council members, plus vote on three city ballot measures.
  — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024
• The town's city council and mayor did not respond to request for comment on their new camping ban.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
• On the family’s fourth day in Ladenburg, the city council paid for Ukrainian kids to use a trampoline gym.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• The recent city council vote extends that seasonal closure to be in place year-round.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024