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Mount Vernon 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

Julie Asher

14.8%

548 votes

WINNER

Lonetta Daugherty

11.8%

437 votes

WINNER

Wayne Bullock

10.3%

384 votes

WINNER

David Bales

9.8%

364 votes

WINNER

Gertha Mink

9.7%

360 votes

WINNER

Chandler Hunter

8.9%

329 votes

Charles "Chuck" Shields

8.6%

320 votes

Cecil Vanwinkle

7.8%

291 votes

Kenneth Collins

7.6%

284 votes

Shelly Lewis

7.1%

263 votes

Vincent Townsend

3.6%

135 votes

Candidates (11)

Choose 6

Cecil Vanwinkle

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Chandler Hunter

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Charles "Chuck" Shields

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David Bales

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Gertha Mink

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Julie Asher

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Kenneth Collins

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Lonetta Daugherty

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Shelly Lewis

(N)

Vincent Townsend

(N)

Wayne Bullock

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