Fort Wayne City Council

The Fort Wayne City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The council uses a strong mayor system with a separately elected mayor who acts as the executive. There are currently nine members of the council. City council members serve a four-year term and there is no term limit. The council consists of nine members, of which 3 are at-large and 6 are representing districts.^[1][2]

Fort Wayne City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	none
Leadership
Council President	Glynn Hines (D)
Council Vice President	Tom Freistroffer (R)
Structure
Seats	9
Political groups	Republican (5)   Democratic (4)
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2019
Website
https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/city-council.html

Current composition

This is the current composition of the council. The president is Glynn Hines and the vice president is Tom Freistroffer. The partisanship of the council is 5 Republicans to 4 Democrats.^[3][4][5]

District	Name	Party	Notes
At-large	Glynn A. Hines	Democratic	Council President
At-large	Michelle Chambers	Democratic
At-large	Tom Freistroffer	Republican	Vice President
1	Paul Ensley	Republican
2	Russ Jehl	Republican
3	Tom Didier	Republican
4	Jason Arp	Republican
5	Geoff Paddock	Democratic
6	Sharon Tucker	Democratic