Finance Committee meets 3rd Tuesday at 6pm (Jan.-June) & 7pm (July-Dec.). Parks and Recreation Committee meets 4th Tuesday at 6pm. Policy Committee meets 4th Tuesday at 7pm. The current Mayor of Phoenixville is Peter Urscheler. During the 2017 mayoral race there were three candidates running for Mayor in 2017 results below:   Borough Council members are: East Ward - Jeremy Dalton, and Cathy Doherty. Middle Ward: Michael Kuznar (beginning January, 2018, Beth Buckley), and Jonathan Ewald. North Ward: Edwin Soto, Christopher Bauers (beginning January, 2018, Rich Kirkner). West Ward: James C. Kovaleski - President. Dana Dugan - Vice-President. Phoenixville is in Pennsylvania's 6th federal Congressional District (represented by Chrissy Houlahan), there are two districts in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the 157th State House of Representatives District (represented by Melissa Shusterman), the 155th State House of Representatives District (represented by Danielle Friel Otten), and in the state senate 19th State Senatorial District (represented by Andy Dinniman). Phoenixville is served by the Phoenixville Area School District, which has three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school. High school students can choose to attend the Technical College High School Pickering Campus for specific hands-on training in particular fields of study. The School District also serves the surrounding municipalities of East Pikeland and Schuylkill Townships. As of the census of 2010, there were 16,440 people, 7,590 households. There were 6,793 housing units at an average density of 1,892.6/sq mi (730.6/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 78.0% White, 8.6% African American, 0.2% American Indian, 3.5% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2.6% two or more races, and Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.4% of the population. The Borough's age demographics were 6.3% under the age of 5, 79.9% (12,822) from 18 to 65, and 11.6% (1,870) from 65 and older. The median age was 37.90 years, 52.6% (8,448) are females, and 47.4% (7,606) are males. The median income for a household in the Borough was $56,704, and the median income for a family was $71,005.