City Council consists of the Mayor and 14 City Councillors, one representing each of Calgary's 14 Wards. City Council is the main governing and legislative body for The City of Calgary and is responsible for making the decisions necessary to allow the Corporation to achieve its purposes by determining goals and priorities, developing and approving policies, raising and spending money, planning and providing services and programs and representing the municipality.

David Duckworth
Chief Administrative Officer

The Executive Leadership Team (ELT) is the most senior group of administrative officials in the organization.

The ELT exists to understand, make decisions about, and co-ordinate the various programs, projects and initiatives that have broad corporate scope and influence to balance priorities in the best interests of the city community as a whole.

The ELT tries to look beyond departmental or business unit silos and strives to connect all work processes so that they support overarching corporate goals.

At ELT meetings the group will consider not just what needs to be done in various departments, but how work processes flow together, how employees can be best empowered to perform their jobs, and how each initiative will deliver on the priorities of Council.

The ELT recognizes that moving the Corporation ahead effectively and consistently requires that leaders fully understand risks and issues and develop a vision for the future based on that understanding.

The City of Calgary's Senior Management Team (SMT) consists of the directors of business units from across the Corporation who work collaboratively to:

• Advise on strategic issues related to corporate decision making
• Generate solutions to organizational challenges
• Provide direction on corporate-wide projects and initiatives, and
• Empower employees through The City's core values.