Pittsburgh City Council

City Council of the City of Pittsburgh
Type
Type
Full-time Mayor-Council
Houses Unicameral
History
Preceded by

Borough of Pittsburgh House of Burgesses

City of Pittsburgh Select Council and City of Pittsburgh Common Council[1]
Leadership
Council President
Bruce Kraus, Democratic
Since 2014
City Clerk
Brenda F. Pree, CMC
Structure
Seats 9
Political groups
 Democratic
Committees Finance and Law; Public Safety; Public Works; Human Resources; Land Use and Economic Development; Urban Recreation; Innovation, Performance, and Asset Management; Intergovernmental Affairs, Hearings
Length of term
 4 Years
Elections
Plurality by District
Redistricting Decennial
Motto
Benigno Numine (by the favor of the heavens)
Meeting place
Council Chamber
City-County Building
Website
pittsburghpa.gov/council/council.html
Constitution

Home Rule Charter Code of Ordinances

Rules of Council
Title page of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances

The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the City of Pittsburgh. It consists of nine members.[2] City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts. The city operates under a strong-mayor-council system of local governance.

Current membership

The current members of the city council are:[3]

District Name Took Office Committee Chairship Party
1Darlene Harris2006Human ResourcesDemocratic
2Theresa Kail-Smith2009[4]Public WorksDemocratic
3Bruce Kraus†2008HearingsDemocratic
4Anthony Coghill2018Urban RecreationDemocratic
5Corey O'Connor2012Intergovernmental AffairsDemocratic
6R. Daniel Lavelle2010Public SafetyDemocratic
7Deborah Gross2014Land Use and Economic DevelopmentDemocratic
8Erika Strassburger2018Innovation, Performance, and Asset ManagementDemocratic
9Rev. Ricky Burgess2008Finance and LawDemocratic

† Denotes Council President (since 2014[5])

Past Presidents

Past members[9]

  • Patrick Dowd (2008-2013)
  • Bill Peduto (2002–14)
  • Barbara Burns (2000–04)
  • Sala Udin (1997-2007)
  • Dan Onorato (1992-2000)
  • Bob O'Connor (1991-2003)
  • Gene Ricciardi (1990-?)
  • Christopher Smith (?-1997)
  • Michael Coyne (1988–92)
  • Bernard Regan (?-1992)
  • Jack Wagner (1984–94)
  • Alan Hertzberg 2003?[10]
  • Jim Ferlo (1988-2002)
  • Otis Lyons, Jr. (1988–89)
  • Mark Pollock (1986–89)
  • Stephen Grabowski (1984–88)
  • Ben Woods (1981–89)
  • Thomas E. Flaherty (1980–83)
  • Jim O'Malley (1980–87)
  • Michelle Madoff (1978–94)
  • William Robinson (1978–85)
  • Jim Bulls (1977–80)
  • Sophie Masloff (1976–88)
  • Richard E. Givens (1976–87)
  • James Lally (1976–80)
  • Frank Lucchino (1974–78)
  • John Lynch (1970–76)
  • William J. Coyne (1974–81)
  • Robert Rade Stone (1973–85)
  • Eugene DePasquale (1972–84, 1988–89)
  • Richard Caligiuri (1970–77)
  • Charles Leslie (1970–72)
  • Amy Ballinger (1970–76) Chairman of the cities committee to grant cable TV[11][12]
  • James Cortese (1970)
  • George Shields (1970–74)
  • John Lynch (1970–76)
  • Edgar Michaels (1969–74)
  • Thomas Fagan (1968–73)
  • Louis Mason Jr. (1967–77)
  • Peter Flaherty (1966–70)
  • Walter Kamyk (1963–70)
  • Charles Leslie (1961–69)
  • Phillip Baskin (1962–70)
  • James Jordan (1960–67)
  • Horner Green (1960–61)
  • George Shields (1970–74)
  • Edgar Michaels (1969–74)
  • J. Craig Kuhn (1959–70)
  • Charles McCarthy (1958–63)
  • David Olbum (1956–61)
  • Irma D'Ascenzo (1956–70)
  • Paul Jones (1954–60)
  • Emanuel Schifano (1952–56)
  • Bennett Rodgers (1952–59)
  • Charles Dinan (1952–58)
  • John Counahan (1952–70)
  • William Davis (1951–53)
  • Patrick Fagan (1950–67)
  • Frederick Weir (1947–60)
  • William Alvah Stewart (1946–51)
  • Joseph A. McArdle (1942–49)
  • Thomas Kilgallen (1940–51)
  • John Duff Jr. (1940–52)
  • Edward Leonard (1939–51)
  • A.L. Wolk (1938–56)
  • James A. O'Toole (1936–41)
  • Frederick Weir (1936–47)
  • Cornelius Scully (1935–36)
  • George Evans (1935–45)
  • William Magee (1934–37)
  • John Jane (1934–35)
  • John Houston (1934–35)
  • Thomas Gallagher (1934–65)
  • Walter Demmer (1934–51)
  • Frank Duggan (1933-33)
  • George Oliver (1933-33)
  • William Soost (1932–35)
  • John Phillips (1931–32)
  • Michael Muldowney (1930–33)
  • Clifford Connelley (1930–33)
  • George J. Kambach (1929–31)
  • Harry A. Little (1926–33)
  • Robert J. Alderdice (1924–32)
  • Joseph F. Malone (1922–30)
  • Wallace Borland (1922–25)
  • Charles Anderson (1920–39)
  • A.K. Oliver (1919–21)
  • John H. Henderson (1919–21)
  • Daniel Winters (1918–29)
  • William J. Burke (1918–19)
  • William H. Robertson (1916–24)
  • John H. Dailey (1916–21)
  • P.J. McArdle (1911–13, 1916–19, 1922–30, 1932-40)
  • Charles H. Hetzel (1914–15)
  • W.Y. English (1914–33)
  • John S. Herron (1914–33)
  • Dr. G.A. Dillinger (1913–17)
  • Robert Garland (1911–39)
  • Dr. S.S. Wooburn (1911–39)
  • W.G. Wilkins (1911–13)
  • Enoch Rauh (1911–19)
  • James P. Kerr (1911–18)
  • John M. Goehring (1911–15)
  • W.A. Hoeveler (1911–14)
  • Edward V. Babcock (1911–13)
  • David P. Black (1911)
  • A.J. Kelly (1911)
  • Robert McKnight (1847–49)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Around Town: In the good ol' days, Pittsburgh Council had 108 guys". Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "City Council Function". www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us.
  3. ↑ "City Council Archived 1998-12-06 at the Wayback Machine.." City of Pittsburgh (official website) Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on January 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ Lord, Rich (February 19, 2009). "New Pittsburgh councilwoman sworn in". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  5. ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2014-01-06 http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/01/06/Kraus-likely-to-replace-Harris-as-Pittsburgh-council-president/stories/201401060104. Retrieved 2014-01-06. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
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  8. ↑ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  9. ↑ "Brookline and Pittsburgh Historical Facts and Remembrances". www.brooklineconnection.com.
  10. ↑ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  11. ↑ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  12. ↑ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
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