Providence City Council

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Providence City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 consecutive terms
Leadership
President	John Igliozzi
President Pro Tempore	Pedro Espinal
Majority Leader	James Taylor
Senior Deputy Majority Leader	Nicholas Narducci
Deputy Majority Leader	Mary Kay Harris
Majority Whip	Carmen Castillo
Structure
Seats	15
Political groups	Majority (15)   Democratic (15)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Single-member districts
Meeting place
Providence City Hall
Website
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City Council chambers in Providence City Hall

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.

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
• Ward 6: Councilman Michael Correia
• Ward 7: Councilman John Igliozzi, Council President
• Ward 8: Councilman James Taylor, Majority Leader
• Ward 9: Councilwoman Carmen Castillo, Majority Whip
• Ward 10: Councilman Pedro Espinal, Council President Pro Tempore
• 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: Councilman Oscar Vargas

All fifteen members of the council are members of the Democratic Party.

External links[]

• Providence City Council official website