The council holds regular meetings on alternate Monday evenings on the fourth floor of the Baltimore City Hall.

Two leaders in the fight for the law were Jacob I. Cohen Jr. (1789–1869) and Solomon Etting (1764–1847), who subsequently won election to the council and became the first Jewish officeholders in the state.

The council president continued to be elected at-large resulting in a legislative body consisting of a total of 15 members.

In the 1970s the elections were changed to the fall, with the primary occurring in September and the general in November and the winners taking office in December.

[8] Reflecting the near-total dominance of the Democratic Party in city politics, no Republican has been elected to the council since 1939.

[12] The collection includes administrative files, volumes of proceedings, joint council session reports, correspondence, ordinances and resolutions, committee bills, hearing schedules, and other records.

** Bill Cole resigned his seat on August 30, 2014, to become the president of the Baltimore Development Corporation.

The council elected Vernon Crider to the seat on April 16, 2007, and he lost re-election in the primary later that year.