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City Council videos now available online. You will be able to watch Council Meetings LIVE as they happen twice a month, or view archived meetings after they happen. Upcoming meetings are listed for your convenience, so you can stay aprised of when the meeting will air - and when there isn't a live meeting to watch, you can view GTV8's bulletin board video instead. You will need Windows Media Player 9 or better in order to watch these videos.

The City is governed by a non-partisan City Council consisting of a mayor, mayor pro tem, and five council members. Elections are held every two years. The Mayor serves two-year terms and the council members serve staggered four-year terms. Click here to see the Wilmington Code of Ordinances.

The City Council generally holds regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the City Council chambers in City Hall. Agendas are available on the Friday before Council meetings.   Meetings are broadcast live on GTV-8, the City's government access channel on AOL Time-Warner cable system.

A variety of Boards and Commissions assist in policy-making decisions. Citizens that are appointed by the City Council volunteer their time to serve.

The Council also appoints a City Attorney who gives legal advice to the City, a City Clerk whose job it is to maintain official records for the City, and a City Manager who carries out the policy decisions of the Council through the City’s staff of approximately 1,100 employees.