Phoenix City Council

{{Short description|Governing body of Phoenix, Arizona}}

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Phoenix City Council

| house_type = Unicameral

| foundation = 1948

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Kate Gallego

| party1 = (D)

| leader2_type = Vice Mayor

| leader2 = Debra Stark

| party2 = (D)

| leader3_type = Public Safety Committee Chair

| leader3 = Ann O’Brien

| party3 = (R)

| election1 = March 2019

| election2 = January 2024

| seats = 9

| structure1 = Phoenix City Council.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| structure1_alt = Phoenix City Council composition

| political_groups1 = 3

Officially nonpartisan

• {{Color box|#3333FF|border = darkgray}} Democratic (5)
• {{Color box|#E81B23|border = darkgray}} Republican (3)
• {{Color box|#DCDCDC|border = darkgray}} Independent (1)

}}

The Phoenix City Council is the governing body of the city of Phoenix, Arizona. The council is made up of nine members, including a mayor and eight council members representing individual districts. While the mayor is elected in a citywide election, city council members are elected by votes only in the districts they represent, with both the mayor and council members serving four year terms.{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenix.gov/mayorcouncil/about/index.html |title=Official Site of the City of Phoenix – About the Phoenix City Council |publisher=Phoenix.gov |access-date=June 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041330/http://phoenix.gov/mayorcouncil/about/index.html |archive-date=May 16, 2012 }}

The current mayor of Phoenix is Kate Gallego, a Democrat, who won the seat after defeating her former fellow-council member, Daniel Valenzuela in a run-off election in March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/03/12/phoenix-mayor-election-results-kate-gallego-daniel-valenzuela/3109447002/|title=Latest numbers: Kate Gallego wins big in race for Phoenix mayor|website=azcentral|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}} In setting city policy and passing rules and regulations, the mayor and city council members each have equal voting power.