Council President

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The Council President is the elected leader and presiding officer of the Baltimore City Council, responsible for guiding legislative proceedings and representing the council as a whole.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Council President canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elected office ⓘ
municipal legislative leadership position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction City of Baltimore ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore
branch legislative branch of Baltimore City ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electedBy voters of Baltimore City ⓘ
electionType citywide election ⓘ
governmentLevel municipal ⓘ
governs Baltimore City Council ⓘ
hasHigherRankThan Baltimore City Council member ⓘ
jurisdiction Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Baltimore City Charter ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baltimore City ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore

Maryland ⓘ
maySucceed Mayor of Baltimore (under certain vacancy or succession rules, depending on city charter) ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore mayors
officeCreatedFor leadership of the Baltimore City Council ⓘ
officeHolders Nick J. Mosby ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime December 2020 ⓘ
officeType local government office ⓘ
partOf Government of Baltimore City ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization Baltimore City Council ⓘ
represents Baltimore City Council as an institution ⓘ
responsibleFor maintaining order during council debates ⓘ
management of council legislative sessions ⓘ
signing certain council documents and legislation as required ⓘ
role assigns legislation to committees ⓘ
elected leader of the Baltimore City Council ⓘ
ensures council rules and procedures are followed ⓘ
guides legislative proceedings of the Baltimore City Council ⓘ
may appoint or recommend committee chairs ⓘ
may cast tie‑breaking votes when permitted by council rules ⓘ
may participate in budget deliberations and negotiations ⓘ
oversees council meetings ⓘ
presiding officer of the Baltimore City Council ⓘ
represents the council as a whole ⓘ
represents the council in intergovernmental relations ⓘ
serves as a public spokesperson for the Baltimore City Council ⓘ
sets or influences the council’s legislative agenda ⓘ
seat Baltimore City Hall ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltimore City Council → hasPosition → Council President ⓘ
Montgomery County Council → hasPart → Council President ⓘ
Council Vice President → reportsTo → Council President ⓘ
Council Vice President → worksWith → Council President ⓘ