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Berea City Council Member

Passes laws and regulations for your city.

Full office description

  • 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.

How this impacts you

  • TaxesThe city council can directly impact how much you pay in taxes to the city and how your tax money is spent.

  • PolicingThe city council has the final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get, and how they are trained.

Election results

WINNER

Steve Caudill

8.7%

3,061 votes

WINNER

Steve Davis

7.7%

2,727 votes

WINNER

John Payne

7.5%

2,629 votes

WINNER

Katie Startzman

7.4%

2,596 votes

WINNER

Jerry Little

7.3%

2,587 votes

WINNER

Teresa Scenters

7.1%

2,494 votes

WINNER

Cora Wilson

6.3%

2,234 votes

WINNER

Ronnie Terrill

6.2%

2,191 votes

Abner Robert

6.1%

2,148 votes

Jim Davis

5.7%

2,020 votes

Christopher Preece

5.5%

1,925 votes

David Rowlette

5.4%

1,917 votes

Erica Chambers

5.4%

1,908 votes

Martin Richards

3.9%

1,367 votes

Teresa Wren

3.7%

1,299 votes

Robyn Moreland

3.5%

1,246 votes

Jeffrey Martin

2.6%

919 votes

Candidates (17)

Choose 8

Abner Robert

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Christopher Preece

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Cora Wilson

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David Rowlette

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Erica Chambers

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Jeffrey Martin

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Jerry Little

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Jim Davis

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John Payne

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Katie Startzman

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Martin Richards

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Robyn Moreland

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Ronnie Terrill

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Steve Caudill

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Steve Davis

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Teresa Scenters

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Teresa Wren

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