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Pensacola City Council

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The '''Pensacola City Council''' is the elected body which sets policy for serves as the legislative arm of the [[City of Pensacola]]. It also appoints the [[Pensacola City Manager|City Manager]], which implements those policiesgovernment. The Council represents the is composed of seven City of Pensacola districts with ten members, including the [[Mayor of Pensacola]] elected from single-member districts. The City Council elects a Council President annually who is responsible for chairing Council meetings and two "at large" memberspreparing meeting agendas.
City Councilmembers serve four-year terms and are elected in nonpartisan offices contests. ==History==From 1913 to 1931, the City of Pensacola was governed by a three-member [[Wikipedia:City commission government|city commission]]. From 1931 to 2010, the City of Pensacola operated under a [[Wikipedia:Council–manager government|council-manager form of government]]. During most of that time — from 1931 to 2001 — the City Council was composed of ten members: seven elected from single-member districts, two elected at-large, and a mayor who was elected by the other council members and are chaired council meetings. Beginning in 2001, the position of mayor was elected by voters citywide, but the mayor continued to serve on the city council. In 2009, voters approved a new city charter which instituted a [[Wikipedia:Mayor–council government|mayor–council form of government]], and beginning in 2010, the position of mayor was separated from the city council, leaving a nine-member city council. In 2014, voters approved a charter amendment eliminating the council's twoat-year termslarge seats, leaving a seven-member city council with all seats being elected from single-member districts==Current City Council==
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'''[[Pensacola City Council]]'''
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! Seat
| [[City of Pensacola District 1|District 1]] || [[P.C. Wu]]
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| [[City of Pensacola District 2|District 2]] || [[Sam Hall]]|-| [[City of Pensacola District 3|District 3]] || [[Mike DeSorbo]]|-| [[City of Pensacola District 4|District 4]] || [[Marty DonovanSherri Myers]]
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| [[City of Pensacola District 53|District 53]] || [[John JerraldsAndy Terhaar]]
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| [[City of Pensacola District 64|District 64]] || [[Jewel Canada-WynnJared Moore]]
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| [[City of Pensacola District 75|District 75]] || [[Ronald TownsendGerald Wingate]]
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| 8 (at large) [[City of Pensacola District 6|District 6]] || [[Jack NoblesAnn Hill]]
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| 9 (at large) [[City of Pensacola District 7|District 7]] || [[Mike WigginsJewel Cannada-Wynn]]
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