How to Use city council in a Sentence

city council

noun

• He's running for city council.
• Tempe voters have the chance to elect who will sit on their city council.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 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
• The five-member city council has three Black members and two White members.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The code was written by members of Congress, not city council members.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• Three city council seats are up for election this year in Hamtramck.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• 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
• The recent city council vote extends that seasonal closure to be in place year-round.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• That policy would be unlikely to be taken up by the deep-blue city council.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• Youth crime is talked about at city council hearings and on neighborhood chat groups far more than their well-being.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• This is the second time in recent years that city council members have approved a network of smart streetlights.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Judith Lee, the city council member who proposed the trial, says some constituents have expressed anger about the idea of not salting.
  — Ciara Nugent, Time, 12 Dec. 2022
• In 2006, they were invited to Lovell’s swearing-in as a Houston city council member.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Eight city council members voted in favor of the height increase, while one member said no.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
• Charlotte’s city council members will approve agreements in the fall.
  — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
• This is not the first time Randall and others have attempted to change governance of the utility through a city council vote.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 8 Feb. 2023
• David Oh, an at-large city council member and attorney, had hoped to be the city’s first Asian American mayor.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 8 Nov. 2023
• Last year, there was a debate over whether the commission should include in its changes a plan to elect city council people by districts, known as wards.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2024
• The discussion is slated for the upcoming city council meeting on Feb 26 or March 4.
  — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Get involved with a local city council, school board, or state legislative race.
  — Mallory McMorrow, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• The Enquirer surveyed city council and found that at least seven of city council's nine members would vote yes.
  — Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
• My local city council has voted to ban only the loud ones, but that will impose new costs on landscaping firms.
  — Howard Husock, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• They were followed by Berkeley city council member Ben Bartlett.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Davis, speaking at a Memphis city council meeting Tuesday, said training was not an issue with the unit.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
• Hill was indicted on several felony counts in late March and subsequently suspended from her city council seat.
  — Annie Martin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024