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Mayors of Albany, 1865 to present

  • J.C. Powell (1865)
  • E.F. Russell (1866-1867)
  • Jacob Norcross (1868)
  • A.W. Stanard (1869-1870)
  • N.H. Cranor (1871)
  • A.W. Sweeney (1872)
  • Collins Van Cleve (1873)
  • Martin V. Brown (1874)
  • David Froman (1875)
  • N.B. Humphrey (1876)
  • Allen Parker (1877)
  • Jason Wheeler (1878)
  • Thomas Monteith (1878)
  • D.G. Clark (1880)
  • David Froman (1881)
  • Ira C. Dickey (1882)
  • Walter M. Ketchum (1883)
  • John Lindsey Hill (1884)
  • Walter M. Ketchum (1885)
  • J.K. Weatherford (1886-1887)
  • J.L. Cowan (1888-1893)
  • L. Flinn (1894-1895)
  • C.G. Burkhart (1896-1899)
  • W.H. David (1900-1905)
  • J.P. Wallace (1906-1911)
  • P.D. Gilbert (1912-1913)
  • L.M. Curl (1914-1920)
  • P.A. Young (1921-1924)
  • J.H. Robnett (1925-1926)
  • Mark Weatherford (1927-1928)
  • V.L. Calavan (1929-1932)
  • W.L. Jackson (1933-1936)
  • Charles Ashton (1937-1939)
  • A.G. Senders (1939-1942)
  • G.C. Knodell (1943-1946)
  • Ralph Banton (1947-1948)
  • Jess Savage (1949-1950)
  • Lyle M. Bain (1951-1952)
  • Charles K. McCormack (1953-1956)
  • William L. Fitzpatrick (1957-1962)
  • Larry D. Roth (1963-1964)
  • Russell W. Tripp (1965-1970)
  • Donald R. Catt (1971-1972)
  • Platt Davis (1973-1974)
  • David C. Hayes (1975-1976)
  • Leonard Roche (1977-1978)
  • Richard Olsen (1979-1980)
  • Donald Brudvig (1981-1984)
  • Tom Holman (1985-1988)
  • Keith J. Rohrbough (1989-1992)
  • Eugene Belhumeur (1993-1994)
  • Charles A. McLaran (1995-2006)
  • Doug Killin (2007)
  • Dan Bedore (2008)
  • Sharon Konopa (2009-2020)
  • Alex Johnson II (2021-present)
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About City Council

The City Council is the legislative branch of our local government. It is composed of a mayor and six councilors with two councilors elected from each ward. The councilors serve for a term of four years, and the mayor serves for a term of two years. The Council adopts laws called ordinances, passes resolutions, sets policies, adopts the budget, levies taxes, and conducts public meetings.

The current Albany City Charter became effective on January 1, 1957. By Charter, the City of Albany adopted a council-manager form of government. The Charter provides that the City Manager is the administrative head of the City, and the manager serves at the pleasure of the Council.

Council Member Manual

The manual includes protocols that were developed at an Albany City Council training session held on January 19, 2018, and endorsed by council on February 26, 2018. They are intended to set expectations for members of the Albany City Council and provide a model to guide the conduct and working relationships of Council Members.

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