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Revere City Council
Revere’s City Council has eleven members: five elected city-wide (“at-large”) and six from neighborhood wards. The Council is the city’s legislative branch, it makes local law while the Mayor runs the executive branch. Councillors choose one of their own as President to lead meetings, and the Council currently serves two-year terms.
- Sets policy and law by adopting ordinances and resolutions.
- Controls the purse by adopting the city’s annual budget.
- Provides oversight of the Mayor’s administration, departments, and spending.
Council Members
Council President Anthony T. Zambuto (At-Large) leads the Council; Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya serves as Vice President. The five at-large councillors are elected by all Revere voters; the six ward councillors each represent one neighborhood ward.
Anthony T. Zambuto
Robert J. Haas, III
Joanne McKenna
Michelle Kelley
Marc Silvestri
Jim Mercurio
Ira Novoselsky
Anthony Cogliandro
Paul Argenzio
Angela Guarino-Sawaya
Chris Giannino
Individual councillor emails and direct lines are on the city’s “City Council” directory at revere.org.
Meetings & How to Participate
- Where: City Hall, 281 Broadway, in the City Council Chamber.
- Agendas & minutes: posted in advance on the city’s online legislative portal (reverema.iqm2.com).
- Public comment: residents may address the Council on matters before it; check the agenda for the procedure.
- Watch: meetings are broadcast and streamed on RevereTV.
Public hearings and meetings are where residents shape city decisions.