MAYOR & COUNCIL • ELECTION • ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
COUNCIL MEETINGS • ACTION ITEMS & MEETING MINUTES• TAXES

Mayor Jack P. Longino
Councilman Ambrose Clay, Ward I
Councilman Joe Carn, Ward II
Councilman Tracey Wyatt, Ward III
Councilman Charles E. Phillips, Sr., ESq., Ward IV

The affairs of the City are conducted by a Mayor and Council consisting of five members. Under the City's Charter, all corporate powers are vested in the Mayor and the Council. The Mayor and members of the Council serve four-year terms of office. The City is divided into four wards, and the members of the Council are elected only by the voters of the ward from which he or she offers for election.

The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the City. The Mayor presides at all meetings of the Mayor and Council and has a vote only in the case of a tie vote by the members of the Council.

Under the City's Charter, the City Manager, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor and Council, is the head of the administrative branch of the municipal government of the City and is responsible for the efficient and effective administration of all City departments of such municipal government.