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city council

noun

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

First recorded in 1780–90

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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