Members of the City Council are elected for 3-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. The City Council is made up of 7 members, with 2 council members elected from each of the city’s 3 wards (PDF) and the mayor elected at large.

Attending Meetings

Citizens are welcome to attend council meetings and may speak during public input. If you wish to speak at a council meeting, please fill out the public input form and submit online.

NOTICE: In response to the coronavirus pandemic, effective March 16, 2020, Texas Governor Abbott suspended certain Open Meeting rules to allow telephonic or videoconference meetings of government bodies that are accessible to the public to decrease large groups of people from assembling. In an effort to slow the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the City of Roanoke will adhere to the Governor’s recommendation for “Social Distancing”, therefore temporarily conducting it’s meetings via videoconference, in lieu of meetings at Roanoke City Hall. The City of Roanoke invites you to participate remotely in its meetings.

For instructions on how to join a meeting online, please go to the current City Council agenda located at     https://www.roanoketexas.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262020-735