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Manchester 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

"Country" Earl Owens

10.2%

328 votes

WINNER

Charles Weaver

9.9%

321 votes

WINNER

Traci Rice White

9.4%

302 votes

WINNER

Russell Gregory

7.8%

253 votes

WINNER

Dorothy Sizemore

7.5%

242 votes

WINNER

Mark Deaton

7.4%

238 votes

WINNER

Betty Meredith

7.2%

234 votes

WINNER

Donna Allen

7.1%

228 votes

Whitney Smith

7%

225 votes

Joshua Jackson

6.9%

224 votes

Darnell Hipsher

6.1%

196 votes

Wanda White

5.2%

169 votes

Westley Brumley

4.6%

149 votes

Tim McGinty

3.7%

120 votes

Candidates (14)

Choose 8

"Country" Earl Owens

(R)

Betty Meredith

(D)

Charles Weaver

(R)

Darnell Hipsher

(D)

Donna Allen

(R)

Dorothy Sizemore

(R)

Joshua Jackson

(R)

Mark Deaton

(R)

Russell Gregory

(R)

Tim McGinty

(R)

Traci Rice White

(R)

Wanda White

(R)

Westley Brumley

(R)

Whitney Smith

(R)

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