city council

American  

noun

• city councils
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• city councils
  plural

Etymology

Origin of city council

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

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city council

Before incarceration, I was a member of Cincinnati’s city council for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The number of prosecutions in Peterborough rose from one in 2024 to seven in 2025, and the city council has brought four prosecutions so far this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Shifting all of them to electric power would be the same as taking around 30,000 cars off the road annually, according to the city council, but costs and infrastructure challenges lie ahead.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

One instance of enforcement occurred in 2006, when a former city council field deputy reported her Sherman Oaks neighbors for having basketball hoops near their curbs, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

In time, he became a good public speaker, even feeling at ease making presentations before the city council.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson