Government of Louisville, Kentucky

"Louisville Metro" redirects here. For the communities other than Louisville proper which form the Louisville metro area, see Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville. It houses the offices and chambers of the Mayor of Louisville and the Louisville Metro Council.

The government of Louisville, Kentucky, headquartered at Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville, is organized under Chapter 67C of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a First-Class city in the state of Kentucky. Created after the merger of the governments of Louisville, Kentucky and Jefferson County, Kentucky, the city/county government is organized under a mayor-council system.[1] The Mayor is elected to four-year terms and is responsible for the administration of city government. The Louisville Metro Council is a unicameral body consisting of 26 members, each elected from a geographic district, normally for four-year terms. The Mayor is limited to a two consecutive term limit,[2] while members of the Louisville Metro Council are not term limited.

  1. ^ "Louisville-Jefferson County Local Government Consolidation" (PDF). louisvilleky.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "67C.105 Qualifications, election, title, and powers of mayor – Procedure for filling vacancy in office of mayor". Kentucky Legislative Resource Council. July 12, 2012. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2018.