How to Use city council in a Sentence

city council

noun
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  • He's running for city council.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Voters also decided some city council seats in the runoff.
    — Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
  • But more than two dozen people spoke at a city council meeting last month, most of them in favor of fluoridation.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024

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