The Newark City Council consists of ten council members; three At-Large and one from each of seven wards. Council members are elected to 4-year terms. The ward elections alternate with the at-large elections. Council members are paid a stipend of $10,020.14/year for their service.
Regular session meetings are held at 40 W. Main St., City Hall Council Chambers, 1st Floor on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of every month, except for Monday holidays (moved to Tuesday). Meetings start at 7:00 p.m.
The public is welcome to all meetings. Your input is important, and you are encouraged to contact your ward councilperson or any at-large councilperson to discuss issues of interest to you. Agendas are posted on the website by Thursday before the meeting; minutes are posted after the meetings. Committee and Council meetings can be viewed by clicking the link below.
Newark City Council Meetings on YouTube.
For archived/prior year minutes a public records request can be made to the Clerk of Council at avensel@newarkohio.net
2026 Meeting Calendar and Deadlines
President (2024-2027)
Jeff Harris
(740) 403-0481 (C)
jaharris@newarkohio.net
At Large (2024-2027)
Dustin Neely
(740) 877-8489 (C)
dneely@newarkohio.net
At Large (2024-2027)
Bill Cost Jr.
(740) 403-8625
bcostjr@newarkohio.net
At Large (2024-2027)
Bradley Chute
(740) 344-1338
bchute@newarkohio.net
1st Ward (2026-2027)
Jim Lemley
(740) 328-7083
jlemley@newarkohio.net
2nd Ward (2026-2029)
Beth Bline
(740) 258-8659 (C)
bbline@newarkohio.net
3rd Ward (2026-2029)
Molly Ingold
(740) 975-4967 (C)
mingold@newarkohio.net
4th Ward (2026-2029)
Mark Labutis
(740) 527-0825 (C)
mlabutis@newarkohio.net
5th Ward (2026-2029)
Spencer Barker
(740) 877-1770 (C)
sbarker@newarkohio.net
6th Ward (2026-2029)
Doug Marmie
(740) 403-9340 (C)
dmarmie@newarkohio.net
7th Ward (2026-2029)
Michelle Newman
(740) 919-6617
mnewman@newarkohio.net
Clerk of Council
Amy Vensel
(740) 670-7516 (W)
avensel@newarkohio.net
There are times when Council looks for participants to serve on task forces or ad hoc committees dealing with a single issue, such as trash removal, transit issues, charter review commission, etc. If you are interested, please contact the Clerk of Council by calling 740-670-7516.