city council

noun

1. a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of city council¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Redistricting is a complex process that involves redrawing city council, state legislative and congressional districts.

From Voice of San Diego

Redistricting involves redrawing city council, state legislative and congressional districts.

From Voice of San Diego

Grant pointed to the move by other city councils to move forward to approve hazard pay ordinances this week, even after Kroger’s announcement.

From Washington Post

Multiple city council members have called for an investigation, the Inquirer reported, and want to know why inexperienced college students were placed in charge of such a crucial task in the first place.

From Washington Post

He also said he tried pushing “to focus the group around global heating and climate breakdown,” but the members, he said, wanted to talk about “gardening and city council meetings,” not the apocalypse, so Peter and Transition Pasadena parted ways.

From ProPublica

Jumaane Williams, a City Council member known for advocating police reform, spoke at the press conference.

From The Daily Beast

One cop who admitted to hitting the man went on to become one of the five whites on the six-member Ferguson City Council.

From The Daily Beast

Seattle is one of the most recent, with its city council voting this year to adopt the indigenous version of the holiday.

From The Daily Beast

The City Council appoints the municipal judge, currently Ron Brockmeyer, who is also white.

From The Daily Beast

Four of the five sitting members on the Ferguson City Council were white.

From The Daily Beast

The governor then presented the mayor to the Prince, and the recorder and city council, collectively.

From Project Gutenberg

He blessed the city council for not having put in new lamp-posts as a recent budget had recommended.

From Project Gutenberg

She is president of the school board here in the city, and she is also a member of the city council.

From Project Gutenberg

Does the city council or mayor confirm the appointees of the city manager?

From Project Gutenberg

The city council of Harrisville and the county commissioners offered rewards for the arrest and conviction of the dynamiters.

From Project Gutenberg