Providence City Council
The Providence City Council is the fifteen-member legislative body of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. The two major responsibilities of the council are enacting ordinances necessary to ensure the welfare and good order of the city and adopting the city's annual budget. Providence uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor.
Providence City Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 3 consecutive terms |
| Leadership | |
President | Sabina Matos |
President Pro Tempore | Michael Correia |
Majority Leader | Jo-Ann Ryan |
Senior Deputy Majority Leader | Nicholas Narducci |
Deputy Majority Whip | Mary Kay Harris |
Majority Whip | John J. Igliozzi |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 15 |
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Political groups | Majority (15)
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Single-member districts | |
| Meeting place | |
| Providence City Hall | |
| Website | |
The members of the Providence City Council are elected by residents of the fifteen wards of Providence. City Council members are elected to four-year terms and are limited, by City Charter, to serving a maximum of three consecutive full terms (excluding any partial term of less than two years previously served). Council members represent the concerns, needs, and issues of their constituents, and work to improve the city's neighborhoods.
City Council members, by ward
The current City Council consists of:
- Ward 1: Councilman John Goncalves
- Ward 2: Councilwoman Helen Anthony
- Ward 3: Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune
- Ward 4: Councilman Nicholas J. Narducci, Jr., Senior Deputy Majority Leader
- Ward 5: Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan, Majority Leader
- Ward 6: Councilman Michael Correia, Council President Pro Tempore
- Ward 7: Councilman John Igliozzi, Majority Whip
- Ward 8: Councilman Jim Taylor
- Ward 9: Councilwoman Carmen Castillo
- Ward 10: Councilman Pedro Espinal
- Ward 11: Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris, Deputy Majority Leader
- Ward 12: Councilwoman Katherine Kerwin
- Ward 13: Councilwoman, Rachel Miller
- Ward 14: Councilman David Salvatore
- Ward 15: Councilwoman Sabina Matos, Council President
All fifteen members of the council are members of the Democratic Party.