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Cork City Council
Cork City Council
is the authority responsible for
local government
in the city of
Cork
in
Ireland
. As a
city council
, it is governed by the
Local Government Act 2001
. The council is responsible for
housing
and community, roads and
transportation
,
urban planning
and development, amenity and
culture
, and
environment
. The council has 31 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by
single transferable vote
. The head of the council has the honorific title of
Lord Mayor of Cork
. The city administration is headed by a
Chief Executive
, Ann Doherty. The council meets at
Cork City Hall
. The 2015
Cork Local Government Review
has recommended merging Cork City Council and
Cork County Council
into a single "super council", within which a
metropolitan district
council will govern the
Metropolitan Cork
area; however, a minority report opposes the merger.
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