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Each council member is in charge of one of the five major departments. The city controller and treasurer are elected independently. Twenty cities employ this form of governance. The mayor-council form has a council of five, seven, or nine members, elected at large for overlapping four-year terms. A mayor, treasurer, and a controller also are ...
Pennsylvania city council members (5 C, 83 P) Pages in category "Pennsylvania city councils" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected at-large. The council president is elected by the members from among their number. Each member's term is four years, and there are no limits on the number of terms a member may serve.
The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the City of Pittsburgh. It consists of nine members. [2] City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts. The city operates under a mayor-council system of local governance.
On January 7, 1952, Philadelphia's current city charter took effect. The city council created under that charter consists of seventeen members. Ten are elected from equal-sized districts, and seven are elected at-large in a citywide vote.
The mayor appoints (with City Council approval) the position of Pittsburgh Police Chief.The city and its immediate suburbs are served by the four-year elected Allegheny County District Attorney to prosecute criminal offenses and the congressionally appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania for federal offenses.
In the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, she supported the "Philadelphia Tax Fairness Package", a new and special tax on the purchase of cigarettes, and the Act 75, which in 2012 amended state law to allow expert testimony in sexual assault cases. [8] Tasco retired from Philadelphia city council in 2015, and encouraged Parker to succeed ...