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Providence City Council

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Providence City Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
3 consecutive terms
Leadership
President
Rachel M. Miller
President pro tempore
Juan M. Pichardo
Majority Leader
James Taylor
Senior Deputy Majority Leader
John Goncalves
Deputy Majority Leader
Mary Kay Harris
Majority Whip
Miguel A. Sanchez
Structure
Seats15
Political groups
Majority (15)
  •   Democratic (15)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
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

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The current City Council consists of:

  • Ward 1: John Goncalves
  • Ward 2: Helen Anthony
  • Ward 3: Susan Anderbois
  • Ward 4: Justin Roias
  • Ward 5: Jo-Ann Ryan
  • Ward 6: Miguel Sanchez
  • Ward 7: Ana Vargas
  • Ward 8: James Taylor
  • Ward 9: Juan Pichardo
  • Ward 10: Pedro Espinal
  • Ward 11: Mary Kay Harris
  • Ward 12: Althea Graves
  • Ward 13: Rachel Miller
  • Ward 14: Shelley Peterson
  • Ward 15: Oscar Vargas

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

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