Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The governing body of a city.
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- noun A
governing body of peopleelected to overseemanagement of a city and represent theinterests of residents.
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- noun a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The city council has 60 days to name a replacement.
Beleaguered Illinois Mayor Found Dead at Home Lauren Etter 2010
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The city council has committed to providing customers with access to "world-class services" how, when and where they want them.
Contact centre puts customers first Liza Ramrayka 2010
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WHo was married four times, who ran for city council, who was hired because he looked like a pop star? '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Where DID the original Star Trek cast boldly go? 2009
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WHo was married four times, who ran for city council, who was hired because he looked like a pop star?
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Where DID the original Star Trek cast boldly go? 2009
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I found out they organized themselves in 2004 after George Bush was re-elected, and after they realized that there were no women on the city council.
Madeleine M. Kunin: Women, Hugs, and the Power of Grassroots 2009
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Organization for Women to the staffs of certain members of the city council.
Our Neighbors' Keeper: Local Cop Chiefs Want to Create a Nation of Snoops 2009
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Elba Garcia In Dallas, the city council will vote next month on extending an existing nighttime curfew for minors to make it broadly illegal for minors under 17 years old to appear in public without adult supervision during school hours.
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It seemed like with city council races everybody would come through two or three months before the elections.
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* Villaraigosa, along with the city council, bankrupted Los Angeles, in spite of dire warnings over the last 18 months that the City coffers were drying up, and he allowed and encouraged them to continue their spending sprees all the same.
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I worked with city council, which included some good GOBs, and we got some good things done for our city.
Mary Kinnunen: A Contrast Of Small-Town Mayors: Sarah & Mary 2008
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