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The Houston City Council is a city council for the city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. Currently, there are sixteen members, 11 elected from council districts and five at-large. The members of the Council are elected every two years, in odd-numbered years. Under the current city charter, if the population in the city limits goes past 2.1 million residents, the current nine-member city council districts will be expanded with the addition of two city council districts. Since the threshold was passed, the city created two new districts.〔Foster, Robin. "(Candidates' forum offers reminder about new districts election: Fourm provides feedback Candidates' forum offers reminder about new districts )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Tuesday September 20, 2011. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.〕 The council works with the mayor in a strong mayor–council government model. The City Council monitors the performance of city agencies, confirm the mayor's appointments, and makes land use decisions as well as legislating on a variety of other issues. The mayor chairs meetings of City Council and has a vote in the proceedings in all cases. In the event of the mayor's absence, the mayor pro-tem, a member of council chosen for the position by fellow Council Members, presides over Council meetings. The Administrative Office of City Council (AOCC), a division of the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department which serves administrative duties for the council, has its offices in the City Hall Annex in Downtown Houston.〔"(Administrative Office of City Council )." City of Houston. Retrieved on January 8, 2011. "Administrative Office of City Council City Hall Annex 900 Bagby, 1st Floor Houston, TX 77002"〕 ==History== Between the Reconstruction and the enacting of court-ordered city council redistricting in the 1970s, none of the city council members were black.〔Davis, Rod. "(Houston's really good idea Bus tour celebrates communities that forged a city. )" ''San Antonio Express-News''. Sunday August 3, 2003. Travel 1M. Retrieved on February 11, 2012.〕 Until 1972 all of the members of the city council were white.〔Gaventa, John, Barbara E. Smith, and Alex W. Willingham. ''Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South''. Temple University Press, 1990. (196 ). Retrieved from Google Books on October 6, 2011. ISBN 0-87722-650-4, ISBN 978-0-87722-650-5.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houston City Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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