Welcome to the newly enhanced Akron City Council website — rebuilt with you in mind!
On behalf of the 13 members of Akron City Council and the dedicated staff who support our work, we are proud to introduce a more accessible, more navigable, and more user-friendly experience on your city’s legislative branch’s digital home. This enhancement reflects our ongoing commitment to ensuring that every resident of Akron — regardless of ability, background, or circumstance — can fully access the information, resources, and representation they deserve.
In keeping with our commitment to ADA compliance and digital equity, our website has been updated to meet newly mandated accessibility standards, with improved screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, language access options, and more. Because democracy only works when everyone can participate.
The Council plays a vital role in the operation of your city government. All budgetary matters — including personnel, allocations, expenditures, and investments — are authorized by the Akron City Council. In that role, we serve as the City’s oversight and accountability branch, and it is our responsibility to ensure that government remains open, transparent, and responsive to the people it serves.
City Council is also the avenue through which residents who have a concern, complaint, or question can make their voices heard. At each Council meeting, Akron citizens are given the opportunity to address their elected officials during the public comment portion — a practice we consider essential to a healthy democracy and a connected community. We are here because you sent us here, and we never lose sight of that.
As Akron moves forward in 2026, we do so with clear eyes and determined hearts. Our city continues to navigate real challenges — economic pressures, infrastructure needs, and the ongoing work of building a community where everyone thrives. But Akron’s greatest strength has always been its people. The diversity of experience, perspective, and vision represented on this Council — and across every neighborhood, business, faith community, and civic organization in our city — is not just our identity. It is our advantage.
On this website, you will find council documents, contact information, meeting schedules, legislative updates, and multiple ways to connect with your elected officials and Council staff. We are always working to provide easier, more equitable pathways for residents to reach us and get their needs met.
We are here to serve you — and this website is one more way we intend to prove it.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to reach out the old-fashioned way. We are always just one phone call away.
Warmly,
Margo Sommerville, President
Akron City Council