Cuyahoga County Council is the legislative branch

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

 of the government

Local government in the United States

Local government in the United States is generally structured in accordance with the laws of the various individual states. Typically each state has at least two separate tiers: counties and municipalities. Some states have their counties divided into townships...

 of Cuyahoga County in Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. Cuyahoga is one of only two of Ohio's 88 counties not governed by a three-member commission. The council and related government structure were created by means of a charter approved by the county's electorate on November 3, 2009, and became effective January 1, 2011.

Council members are elected from the county's eleven districts to four-year terms. The size of the council is fixed at eleven; however districts are to be re-evaluated following each decennial federal census

Census

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 in order to reflect shifts in population.

Council chambers are located within the Cuyahoga County Justice Center Complex

Justice Center Complex

The Justice Center Complex is a building complex located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio that opened in 1976. It consists of the Cleveland Police Headquarters Building, the Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Municipal Courts Tower, and the Correction Center. It occupies a city block bounded by Lakeside...

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Council members

Council members are listed below, along with party affiliation, by order of district served.

1. Dave Greenspan (R)
2. Dale Miller
   Dale Miller
   Dale Miller is a former Democratic member of the Cuyahoga County Council, serving since January 1, 2011. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2006 to 2010, and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 to 2006...
   
    (D)
3. Dan Brady
   Dan Brady
   Daniel R. Brady of Cleveland, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party. Brady holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Ohio University. An early staff member of Ohio Citizen Action, Brady was a member of the Cleveland city council from 1986 to 1996. Brady...
   
   (D)
4. Chuck Germana (D)
5. Michael J. Gallagher (R)
6. Jack Schron (R)
7. Yvonne M. Conwell (D)
8. Pernel Jones, Jr. (D)
9. C. Ellen Connally (D), President
10. Julian Rogers (D)
11. Sunny M. Simon (D), Vice-President

External links

• Cuyahoga County Council (official website)