Saint John City Council Explained

Saint John Common Council
Leader1 Type:	Mayor (head of council)
Election1:	June 7, 2021
Leader2 Type:	Deputy Mayor
Leader2:	John MacKenzie
Election2:	June 21, 2021
Salary:	$32,600 (councillor) $88,000 (mayor)^[1]
Members:	10 plus Mayor

The Saint John City Council or Saint John Common Council as distinguished by the city's own charter, is the city council for the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors.^[2] In the 2007 Saint John, New Brunswick Ward Plebiscite, it was decided that as of the May 2008 quadrennial municipal elections, the city will be divided into four wards of approximately equal population, with two councillors to be elected by the voters in that ward, and two councillors to be elected at large.

The Common Council consists of:

• The Mayor, who runs at-large, acts as chairman of the board.
• Two at-large Common Councillors.
• Two Common Councillors, from each of the city's four wards.

One is elected by the council to serve as Deputy Mayor.

Responsibility

Saint John is governed by a body of elected officials, referred to as "Common Council", whose responsibilities include:

• Setting the city operational budget
• Setting the City Water utility budget/ rates
• Enacting and amending by-laws
• Rezoning and land-use permissions of properties in Saint John.
• Setting the capital budget for the city
• Acting as the board of directors for the corporation "City of Saint John"
• Appointing persons to city staff and commissions
• Overseeing the operation of city commissions and departments

Current council

The members of Saint John Common Council are listed below in the order of the ward they serve.

Ward	Council Member^[3]	In office since
1		2021
		2012
2	Deputy Mayor	2012
		2021
3		2019
		2014
4		2021
		2021
At Large		2021
		2008

See also

• List of mayors of Saint John, New Brunswick

External links

• City of Saint John

Notes and References

1. News: Ibrahim . Hadeel . Saint John council selects John MacKenzie as deputy mayor . 5 March 2024 . . 22 June 2021.
2. Web site: Institutional Discrimination in the 1785 Saint John Royal Charter . UNB . 4 August 2020.
3. Web site: Saint John. Mayor and Common Council. 2021-12-10.