Providence City Council

Providence City Council
Providence City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 consecutive terms
Leadership
President	Rachel M. Miller
President pro tempore	Juan M. Pichardo
Majority Leader	James Taylor
Senior Deputy Majority Leader	John Goncalves
Deputy Majority Leader	Mary Kay Harris
Majority Whip	Miguel A. Sanchez
Structure
Seats	15
Political groups	Majority (15) Democratic (15);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Single-member districts
Meeting place
	Providence City Hall
Website
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The Providence City Council is the fifteen-member legislative body of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. The two major responsibilities of the council are enacting ordinances necessary to ensure the welfare and good order of the city and adopting the city's annual budget. Providence uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor.

The members of the Providence City Council are elected by residents of the fifteen wards of Providence. City Council members are elected to four-year terms and are limited, by City Charter, to serving a maximum of three consecutive full terms (excluding any partial term of less than two years previously served). Council members represent the concerns, needs, and issues of their constituents, and work to improve the city's neighborhoods.

City Council members, by ward

The current City Council consists of:

Ward 1: John Goncalves
Ward 2: Helen Anthony
Ward 3: Susan Anderbois
Ward 4: Justin Roias
Ward 5: Jo-Ann Ryan
Ward 6: Miguel Sanchez
Ward 7: Ana Vargas
Ward 8: James Taylor
Ward 9: Juan Pichardo
Ward 10: Pedro Espinal
Ward 11: Mary Kay Harris
Ward 12: Althea Graves
Ward 13: Rachel Miller
Ward 14: Shelley Peterson
Ward 15: Oscar Vargas

All fifteen members of the council are members of the Democratic Party.

External links

Providence City Council official website

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