City of Chester

City Council

The City of Chester is a Third Class City, approved by the citizens on April 20, 1980 as a Home Rule Charter Community. Under the Home Rule form of government, the city council has been given all the legislative power to create ordinances, rules and regulations so the city can provide for the health, safety and well-being of its citizens. The Chester City Council consists of four elected members and the presiding officer, the mayor.

City Council

Pictured from right: Councilor Willie M. Wells, Councilor Walter Miles, Jr., Mayor Wendell N. Butler, Jr., Councilor Marrea Walker-Smith, and Councilor Shepard A. Garner.

The terms of the Mayor and members are four years. Council members are elected at large to serve the entire City. Under the Administrative Code of the City, each council member serves as a department head for one of the five municipal departments. Council meetings are generally held the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 1 Fourth Street, Chester, PA 19013 at 10:00 am.

March 12 & 26	August 13* & 27
April 09 & 23*	September 10 & 24
May 14 & 28	October 08* & 22
June 11* & 25	November 12 & 26
July 09 & 23	December 10* 17 & 24

*The first regular Council Meeting of every other month shall be held in the City Council Chambers at 7:00 pm, prevailing local time, with the exception of April.

Mayor Wendell N. Butler Jr., Director of Public Affairs

Willie M. Wells, Director of Accounts and Finance

Walter Miles, Jr., Director of Public Safety

Marrea Walker-Smith, Director of Parks, Recreation & Public Property

Shepard A. Garner, Director of Streets & Highways

Dalinda Carrero-Papi, Controller

CHESTER, Pennsylvania