![[photo, Cecil County Administration Building, 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ce/images/buildings/1198-1-08710c.jpg)
Since adoption of the County Charter in December 2012, the County Council has served as the Legislative Branch of Cecil County government (County Charter, Art. 2, secs. 201-214).
Elected at large by the voters to four-year terms, the County Council consists of five members. Every two years, the Council chooses the Chair and Vice-Chair (County Charter, Art. 2, sec. 201).
County Administration Building, 200 Chesapeake Blvd., Elkton, Maryland, May 2018. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
After each federal decennial census, the County Charter requires that the County Council revise the County’s councilmanic election districts (County Charter, Art. 2, sec. 214).
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