Providence City Council

The Providence City Council is the fifteen-member legislative body of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. The two major responsibilities of the council are enacting ordinances necessary to ensure the welfare and good order of the city and adopting the city's annual budget. Providence uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor.

Providence City Council
Type
Type
Term limits
3 consecutive terms
Leadership
President
Sabina Matos
President Pro Tempore
Michael Correia
Majority Leader
Jo-Ann Ryan
Senior Deputy Majority Leader
Nicholas Narducci
Deputy Majority Whip
Mary Kay Harris
Majority Whip
John J. Igliozzi
Structure
Seats15
Political groups
Majority (15)
  •   Democratic (15)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Single-member districts
Meeting place
Providence City Hall
Website
City Council chambers in Providence City Hall

The members of the Providence City Council are elected by residents of the fifteen wards of Providence. City Council members are elected to four-year terms and are limited, by City Charter, to serving a maximum of three consecutive full terms (excluding any partial term of less than two years previously served). Council members represent the concerns, needs, and issues of their constituents, and work to improve the city's neighborhoods.

City Council members, by ward

The current City Council consists of:

  • Ward 1: Councilman John Goncalves
  • Ward 2: Councilwoman Helen Anthony
  • Ward 3: Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune
  • Ward 4: Councilman Nicholas J. Narducci, Jr., Senior Deputy Majority Leader
  • Ward 5: Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan, Majority Leader
  • Ward 6: Councilman Michael Correia, Council President Pro Tempore
  • Ward 7: Councilman John Igliozzi, Majority Whip
  • Ward 8: Councilman Jim Taylor
  • Ward 9: Councilwoman Carmen Castillo
  • Ward 10: Councilman Pedro Espinal
  • Ward 11: Councilwoman Mary Kay Harris, Deputy Majority Leader
  • Ward 12: Councilwoman Katherine Kerwin
  • Ward 13: Councilwoman, Rachel Miller
  • Ward 14: Councilman David Salvatore
  • Ward 15: Councilwoman Sabina Matos, Council President

All fifteen members of the council are members of the Democratic Party.

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