Statutory meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.

As of the municipal election, Mouvement Lavallois has a majority on the city council and the mayor's office.

the city is divided into six sectors (secteurs in French) which only approximately cover the territories of the former municipalities.

[4] Following Vaillancourt's resignation, councillor Basile Angelopoulos served as the city's acting mayor[6] until council selected Alexandre Duplessis, the former councillor for District 15 (Saint-Martin), as the new mayor on November 23.

[7] Angelopoulos again undertook the responsibilities of pro-mayor upon Duplessis' resignation on June 28, 2013, until Martine Beaugrand, the former councillor for District 20 (Fabreville) was acclaimed as the city's new mayor on July 3, 2013.