Louisville Metro Council
Louisville Metro Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | January 1, 2003 |
| Preceded by | Louisville Board of Alderman and Jefferson County Fiscal Court |
New session started | January 9, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
President | Brent Ackerson (D) since January 9, 2025 |
Majority Caucus Leader/President Pro-Tempore | Tammy Hawkins (D) since January 9, 2025 |
Minority Caucus Leader | Anthony Piagentini (R) since January 3, 2023 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 26 members |
Political groups | Majority (13)
Minority (13)
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Length of term | Four years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
| Redistricting | 2020 |
| Meeting place | |
| Louisville City Hall | |
| Website | |
| louisvilleky | |
| Rules | |
| louisvilleky | |
The Louisville Metro Council is the city council of Louisville, Kentucky (Louisville Metro). It was formally established in January 2003 upon the merger of the former City of Louisville with Jefferson County and replaced the city's Board of Aldermen and the county's Fiscal Court (three county commissioners). Louisville City Hall houses the offices and chambers of the council.
Louisville's Metro Council consists of twenty-six seats corresponding to districts apportioned by population throughout Jefferson County. Although all cities in Jefferson County, apart from Louisville, retained their status after the merger, their residents are represented on Metro Council and vote alongside other county residents. The seats come up for reelection every four years, using a staggered process so that only half of the seats are up every two years.
Since the council's inception, Democrats have maintained a majority in the chamber, currently with seventeen members (65%). Democrats gained two seats in the 2010 election, gained another two seats in the 2018 midterms, lost two seats in the 2022 election, and 4 in the 2024 election yet still maintained a majority. On January 29, 2025 Democrat Paula McCraney announced she was leaving the party and becoming an Independent.