Fort Wayne City Council

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Fort Wayne City Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Unicameral
Term limits
none
Leadership
Council President
Councilman Tom Didier (R)
Council Vice President
Paul Ensley (R)
Structure
Seats9
Fort Wayne City Council partisanship 2020.svg
Political groups
  Republican (5)
  Democratic (4)
Elections
Last election
November 5, 2019
Website
https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/city-council.html

The Fort Wayne City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The council uses a strong mayor system with a separately elected mayor who acts as the executive. There are currently nine members of the council. City council members serve a four-year term and there is no term limit. The council consists of nine members, which 3 are at-large and 6 are representing districts.[1][2]

Current composition[]

This is the current composition of the council the president is Thomas F. Didier and the vice president is Paul Ensley. The partisanship of the council is 5 Republicans to 4 Democrat.[3][4][5]

District Name Party Notes
At-large Glynn A. Hines Democratic
At-large Michelle Chambers Democratic
At-large Tom Freistroffer Republican
1 Paul Ensley Republican Vice President
2 Russ Jehl Republican
3 Tom Didier Republican Council President
4 Jason Arp Republican
5 Geoff Paddock Democratic
6 Sharon Tucker Democratic

References[]

  1. ^ "Home - City of Fort Wayne". www.cityoffortwayne.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Fort Wayne, Indiana". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Home - City of Fort Wayne". www.cityoffortwayne.org. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Council Elects Mayoral Candidate 2019 President". WANE. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ "City elections in Fort Wayne, Indiana (2019)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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