Lexington Urban City Council
From Sunshine Review
The Urban County Council is a fifteen-member legislative group that serves in Lexington, Kentucky. Twelve of the members represent specific districts and serve two-year terms; three are elected city-wide as at-large council members and serve four-year terms. The at-large member receiving the highest number of votes in the general election automatically becomes the Vice Mayor who, in the absence of the Mayor, is the presiding officer of the Council.
The County Council is a legislative branch of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, with the power to establish budgets, set policy and levy taxes, subject to limits set by the Charter and state laws.
[edit] The current council members are
- Jim Gray: Vice Mayor
- Linda Gorton: At-Large
- Chuck Ellinger II: At-Large
- 1st District: Andrea James
- 2nd District: Tom Blues
- 3rd District: Dick DeCamp
- 4th District: Julian Beard
- 5th District: David Stevens
- 6th District: Kevin Stinnett
- 7th District: K. C. Crosbie
- 8th District: George Myers
- 9th District: Jay McChord
- 10th District: Don Blevins
- 11th District: Peggy Henson
- 12th District: Ed Lane
The Urban County Council Clerk is Liz Damrell. The Deputy Clerk is Susan Lamb.
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