Indianapolis City-County Council

The City–County Council of Indianapolis and Marion County is the legislative body of the combined government, known as Unigov, of the city of Indianapolis and the county of Marion in the state of Indiana. It was formally established in 1970 upon the merger of the city government with the county government. Both the Council and Mayor's office are located within the Indianapolis City-County Building. The council passes ordinances for the city and county, and also makes appointments to certain boards and commissions.

City–County Council of Indianapolis and Marion County
City of Indianapolis
Type
Term limits	None
History
Founded	January 1, 1970
New session started	January 1, 2020
Leadership
President	Vop Osili (D)
Vice-President	Zach Adamson (D)
Majority Leader	Maggie A. Lewis (D)
Majority Whip	William Oliver (D)
Minority Leader	Brian Mowery (R)
Minority Whip	Paul Annee (R)
Structure
Seats	25
Political groups	Majority   Democratic (20) Minority   Republican (5)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2019 (25 seats)
Next election	November 7, 2023 (25 seats)
Meeting place
Beurt R. Servaas Public Assembly Room Indianapolis City-County Building
Website
www.indy.gov/agency/city-county-council

Composition of the Council

Map of council partisanship

The Council consists of 25 seats, corresponding to 25 districts apportioned by population throughout Marion County. Although all cities in Marion County, apart from Indianapolis, retained their status after the merger, their residents are represented on the Council and vote alongside other county residents.[1] Every seat is up for reelection every four years. The head of council is the Council President who is elected by the majority party at the Council's first meeting in January. Following the 2019 elections Democrats expanded their control of the council with a 20–5 majority.[2][3] This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that Democrats would hold a super majority on the council.[4]

Republicans have generally been stronger in the southern and northeastern parts of the county (Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, and Perry townships) while Democrats have been stronger in the central and northwestern parts (Center, Pike, and Warren townships). Republican and Democratic strength is split in Washington and Wayne townships.

In April 2013, the Indiana General Assembly removed the four at-large seats for the Council, starting with the term after the 2015 elections, part of a larger overhaul of Marion County government. Democrats had held control of all four seats when this measure passed the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature.[5]

Members of the Council

Committee chairs shown in bold.

District	Council Member	Assumed Office	Party	Committees
1	Leroy Robinson	2016	Dem	Education Metropolitan and Economic Development Public Safety and Criminal Justice Rules and Public Policy
2	Keith Potts	2019	Dem	Education Metropolitan and Economic Development Parks and Recreation
3	Dan Boots	2019	Dem	Community Affairs Public Safety and Criminal Justice Public Works Rules and Public Policy
4	Ethan Evans	2019	Dem	Administration and Finance Community Affairs Public Safety and Criminal Justice
5	Ali Brown	2019	Dem	Education Ethics Metropolitan and Economic Development Municipal Corporations Rules and Public Policy
6	Crista Carlino	2019	Dem	Administration and Finance Parks and Recreation Public Safety and Criminal Justice Public Works
7	John Barth	2019	Dem	Administration and Finance Education Public Safety and Criminal Justice
8	Monroe Gray, Jr.	1992	Dem	Municipal Corporations Public Works Rules and Public Policy
9	William Oliver	2004	Dem	Parks and Recreation Public Safety and Criminal Justice Public Works
10	Maggie A. Lewis	2009*	Dem	Administration and Finance Committee on Committees Metropolitan and Economic Development Rules and Public Policy
11	Vop Osili	2012	Dem	Committees on Committees Ethics Parks and Recreation Rules and Public Policy
12	Jason Larrison	2020*	Dem	Education Parks and Recreation
13	Keith Graves	2018	Dem	Administration and Finance Community Affairs Municipal Corporations Public Safety and Criminal Justice
14	LaKeisha Jackson	2014*	Dem	Administration and Finance Community Affairs Metropolitan and Economic Development Rules and Public Policy
15	Jessica McCormick	2019	Dem	Education Metropolitan and Economic Development Parks and Recreation Public Works
16	Kristin Jones	2019	Dem	Communtiy Affairs Metropolitan and Economic Development Parks and Recreation Public Works
17	Zach Adamson	2011	Dem	Community Affairs Metropolitan and Economic Development Public Works
18	Michael-Paul Hart	2019	Rep	Communtiy Affairs Education Ethics Municipal Corporations Public Works Rules and Public Policy
19	David Ray	2016	Dem	Administration and Finance Education Metropolitan and Economic Development Public Works
20	Josh Bain	2020*	Rep	Administration and Finance Community Affairs Ethics Metropolitan and Economic Development Municipal Corporations Parks and Recreation Public Safety and Criminal Justice
21	Frank Mascari	2012	Dem	Administration and Finance Municipal Corporations Public Safety and Criminal Justice
22	Jared Evans	2016	Dem	Ethics Metropolitan and Economic Development Municipal Corporations Public Safety and Criminal Justice
23	Paul Annee	2019	Rep	Administration and Finance Education Metropolitan and Economic Development Parks and Recreation Public Safety and Criminal Justice Public Works Rules and Public Policy
24	Michael Dilk	2019	Rep	Administration and Finance Community Affairs Education Ethics Public Safety and Criminal Justice Rules and Public Policy
25	Brian Mowery	2016*	Rep	Administration and Finance Committee on Committees Metropolitan and Economic Development Municipal Corporations Parks and Recreation Public Safety and Criminal Justice Public Works Rules and Public Policy

*Appointed to fill vacancy via Caucus

The Clerk of the Council is SaRita Hughes.

Committees of the Council

As of February 3, 2021.

Committee	Chair	Members
Committee on Committees[6]	Vop Osili	Maggie Lewis Brian Mowery
Administration and Finance[7]	Frank Mascari	Paul Annee Josh Bain John Barth Crista Carlino Michael Dilk Ethan Evans Keith Graves LaKeisha Jackson Maggie Lewis Brian Mowery David Ray
Community Affairs[8]	LaKeisha Jackson	Zach Adamson Josh Bain Dan Boots Michael Dilk Ethan Evans Keith Graves Michael-Paul Hart Kristin Jones
Education Committee[9]	David Ray	Paul Annee John Barth Ali Brown Michael Dilk Michael-Paul Hart Jason Larrison Jessica McCormick Keith Potts Leroy Robinson
Ethics Committee[10]	Jared Evans	Josh Bain Ali Brown Michael Dilk Michael-Paul Hart Vop Osili
Metropolitan & Economic Development[11]	Maggie Lewis	Zach Adamson Paul Annee Josh Bain Ali Brown Jared Evans LaKeisha Jackson Kristin Jones Jessica McCormick Brian Mowery Keith Potts David Ray Leroy Robinson
Municipal Corporations[12]	Monroe Gray, Jr.	Josh Bain Ali Brown Jared Evans Keith Graves Michael-Paul Hart Frank Mascari Brian Mowery
Parks and Recreation[13]	William Oliver	Paul Annee Josh Bain Crista Carlino Kristin Jones Jason Larrison Jessica McCormick Brian Mowery Vop Osili Keith Potts
Public Safety & Criminal Justice[14]	Leroy Robinson	Paul Annee Josh Bain John Barth Dan Boots Crista Carlino Michael Dilk Ethan Evans Jared Evans Keith Graves Frank Mascari Brian Mowery William Oliver
Public Works[15]	Zach Adamson	Paul Annee Josh Bain Dan Boots Crista Carlino Monroe Gray, Jr. Michael-Paul Hart Kristin Jones Jessica McCormick Brian Mowery William Oliver David Ray
Rules and Public Policy[16]	Vop Osili	Paul Annee Dan Boots Ali Brown Michael Dilk Monroe Gray, Jr. Michael-Paul Hart LaKeisha Jackson Maggie Lewis Brian Mowery Leroy Robinson

Salary

Members of the council earn $11,400 a year, plus per diem of $112 per council meeting and $62 per committee meeting.[17]

Pertinent Issues

• Scooters Removal/Regulations[18]
• Addressing Potholes[19]
• Improve Downtown[20]
• BlueIndy[21]
• Equity and Equality[22]
• Council Pay Raise[23]

See also

• History of Indianapolis
• Timeline of Indianapolis
• List of mayors of Indianapolis

References

1. "Marion County, Indiana". Savi Interactive. January 4, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
2. "Analysis: Indianapolis Democrats win big in City-County Council, flipping 6 seats". The Indy Channel. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
3. "Democrats expand majority on City-County Council". Indianapolis Business Journal. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
4. "Seismic shift: Democrats win City-County Council supermajority". WTHR. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
5. "Pence signs measure overhauling Marion County government". Indianapolis Business Journal. May 11, 2013.
6. "Committee on Committees". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
7. "Administration and Finance Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
8. "Community Affairs Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
9. "Education Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
10. "Ethics Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
11. "Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
12. "Municipal Corporations Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
13. "Parks and Recreation Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
14. "Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
15. "Public Works Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
16. "Rules and Public Policy Committee". Indy.gov. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
17. "Municode Library". www.municode.com.
18. Pinho, Faith E. "Indianapolis scooters: What the proposed regulations could mean". Indianapolis Star.
19. Chapman, Lauren (February 28, 2018). "Indy City-County Council Makes Step Forward In Addressing Potholes". WFYI Public Media.
20. Bartner, Amy. "$31 million tax to beautify Downtown Indianapolis moves to City-County Council". Indianapolis Star.
21. "BlueIndy: Indianapolis electric car-sharing program to shut down". Indianapolis Star.
22. "How council leader hopes to transform Indianapolis for poor and marginalized people". Indianapolis Star.
23. "City-County Council Democrats pull pay raise proposal from agenda, will revisit in 2020". Indianapolis Star.

External links

• Indianapolis City-County Council
• Indianapolis History and Statistics
• Historical List of Councillors