Louisville's Metro Council consists of twenty-six seats corresponding to districts apportioned by population throughout Jefferson County.

In 1780 the town was formerly chartered and the Virginia legislature provided for local government by nine legislature-appointed trustees.

[3] In 2016, Louisville's Metro Council was the first among several cities in the United States to approve a One Touch Make Ready ordinance for allowing new communications service providers to alter/relocate existing utility pole attachments owned by third party communications service providers.

[4] Louisville's Metro Council faced multiple lawsuits following its approval of the ordinance.

[5] On June 10, 2020, the Metro Council unanimously approved ″Breonna's Law″ banning no-knock search warrants after the 26-year-old emergency room technician was killed by Louisville police on March 13, and the city erupted in violent protests on May 28.

[6] Police Chief Steve Conrad was fired on June 1 after the fatal shooting of black business owner David McAtee.