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Fort Wayne City Council
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Type
Type
Term limits
none
Leadership
Council President
Glynn Hines ( D)
Council Vice President
Tom Freistroffer ( R)
Structure
Seats9
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, of 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 Glynn Hines and the vice president is Tom Freistroffer. The partisanship of the council is 5 Republicans to 4 Democrats. [3] [4] [5]

District Name Party Notes
At-large Glynn A. Hines Democratic Council President
At-large Michelle Chambers Democratic
At-large Tom Freistroffer Republican Vice President
1 Paul Ensley Republican
2 Russ Jehl Republican
3 Tom Didier Republican
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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