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New Castle County Council
Extracted from the Wikipedia article New Castle County, Delaware.
County Council
The county's legislative body is a thirteen-member county council, consisting of twelve members elected by district and one president elected at large. The council is tasked with drafting laws and managing county government services, public health ordinances, land use, transportation, and zoning. New Castle County Council doubled in size to thirteen from seven members in 2004. Its most famous council member was Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, who represented the 4th district from 1971 to 1973.