How to Use city council in a Sentence

city council

noun
  • He's running for city council.
  • The two had been elected to the city council at the same time.
    — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The bill is next scheduled for a vote by the city council on Dec. 9.
    — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • The mayor and city council said the grave may hold as many as 9,000 civilians.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022
  • For city council at-large seats, three seats were to be chosen.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The city council president isn’t a fan of the new language.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022
  • David Little: Running for city council has been a dream of mine for many years.
    — Scott Turner | [email protected], 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 racial accusations and heated rhetoric are far from new for the city council.
    — Thomas Phippen, Fox News, 8 May 2022
  • That's a contrast to full-time mayors, who aren't members of their city councils.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The five-member city council has three Black members and two White members.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Prior to this, city council members had control over the process.
    — Nami Sumida, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Two years later, in 2017, the mayor and city council consented to the transfer of the franchise.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • But in Courtney’s story, that’s not Leila: really what their city council is in the throws of.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 25 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Some ride a bicycle or walk their dog near the large square in front of the city council, past a crater with the remains of a rocket still inside.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Monday was the deadline for candidates to file to run in mayor and city council races across metro Phoenix in the Aug. 2 election.
    — AZCentral.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The answer is clear: Our city council clings to an outdated system that suppresses voter engagement.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Current city council member seeking re election, also served as an Elgin Township Trustee.
    — Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025

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