{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-373.9","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 373.9","heading":"Metropolitan council.","body":"1. A consolidated metropolitan corporation shall be governed by a metropolitan council. The council shall consist of an odd number of members, not less than eleven and not more than seventeen. If a vacancy on the metropolitan council occurs more than sixty days before the next general election, the council shall direct the county commissioner of elections to conduct a special election to fill the vacancy until the next general election.\n2. Unless otherwise specified in the consolidation charter, the council shall act by a majority vote of the members on the council.","path":["Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)","Chapter 373 - CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/373.9.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:10Z","sha256":"5f5a44ee297eb4eb7072b57674e7742c182dabe76aad87ec9c4b4a25c6801584","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-373.8","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-373.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}