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City council
A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality, or local government area.
Australia.
Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the exact definition of a city council varies. However, it is generally only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status (usually on a basis of population) that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is "Corporation of
, like the county boroughs before them, are almost identical in power and function to the administrative counties. The five administrative cities were Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford.
Republic of Ireland Administrative mergers.
The Local Government Reform Act 2014 merged Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council into Limerick City and County Council, and Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council into Waterford City and County Council, with effect from the 2014 local elections. Each of the two merged local government areas is termed a "city