- City council members make up the legislative body of the city's government and are responsible for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Its legislative duties include enacting ordinances, levying taxes, and adopting a budget. 
- The city council has the authority to investigate all activities of the city government and its employees. 
- City councils in Kentucky typically have between 6 and 12 council members. They serve two-year terms except in Louisville and Lexington where some members serve four-year terms. 
- Council members can be elected to represent a single district or the city at-large. Elections take place in even-numbered years. 

Passes laws and regulations for your city.

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- The duties of the mayor depend on the type of government within the city, 
- If the city has a mayor-council form of government, the mayor is responsible for the executive and administrative functions of the government. They oversee all city departments, but cannot vote in most council matters. 
- If the city has a mayor-aldermen form of government, the mayor is responsible for executing and enforcing local and state laws. The mayor may appoint city officials with approval from the aldermen. 
- If the city has a mayor-commission form of government, the mayor presides over the city commissioners and can vote within the commission. The mayor is responsible for executing all decisions reached by the commission. 
- If the city has a city manager form of government, the mayor presides over the city commissioners and can vote within the commission. The mayor is recognized as the head of the city department but does not have any regular administrative duties. 
- City mayors are elected during general elections for a four-year term. Most cities in Kentucky hold nonpartisan elections for mayor. 

Louisville

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Mayor

- Urban county council members make up the legislative body of the Lexington-Fayette County government and are responsible for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Its legislative duties include enacting ordinances, levying taxes, and adopting a budget. 
- The city council has the authority to investigate all activities of the city government and its employees. 
- The urban county council has 12 district council members and three at-large council members. 
- Council members voted to represent a single district serve two-year terms and those voted at-large serve four-year terms. Elections take place in even-numbered years. 

Passes laws and regulations for your urban county.

Urban County Council Member

Worthington Hills

Woodlawn Park

Woodland Hills

Windy Hills

Wildwood

Westwood

West Buechel

Wellington

Watterson Park

Thornhill

Ten Broeck

Sycamore

Strathmoor Village

Strathmoor Manor

Spring Valley

Spring Mill

South Park View

Shively

Seneca Gardens

St. Regis Park

St. Matthews

Rolling Hills

Rolling Fields

Riverwood

Richlawn

Prospect

Poplar Hills

Plantation

Parkway Village

Old Brownsboro Place

Norwood

Northfield

Norbourne Estates

Murray Hill

Moorland

Mockingbird Valley

Middletown

Meadowview Estates

Meadowbrook Farm

Meadow Vale

Maryhill Estates

Manor Creek

Lynnview

Lyndon

Lincolnshire

Langdon Place

Kingsley

Jeffersontown

Indian Hills

Hurstbourne Acres

Hurstbourne

Houston Acres

Hollyvilla

Hollow Creek

Hills and Dales

Hickory Hill

Heritage Creek

Green Spring

Graymoor-Devondale

Goose Creek

Glenview Manor

Glenview Hills

Glenview

Forest Hills

Fincastle

Druid Hills

Douglass Hills

Crossgate

Creekside

Coldstream

Cambridge

Brownsboro Village

Brownsboro Farm

Broeck Pointe

Briarwood

Blue Ridge Manor

Bellewood

Bellemeade

Beechwood Village

Barbourmeade

Bancroft

Audubon Park

Anchorage

Wurtland

Worthville

Worthington

Woodlawn

Williamstown

Wilder

Warsaw

Walton

Villa Hills

Vanceburg

Union

Taylorsville

Taylor Mill

Sparta

Southgate

South Shore

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