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{{Short description|City Council of Pichilemu in Chile}}
[[File:Concejo Municipal de Pichilemu, 2012-2016.JPG|thumb|right|Members of the Pichilemu City Council for the 2012&ndash;16 term.]]
The '''Pichilemu City Council''' ({{langx|es|Concejo Municipal de Pichilemu}}) is the legislative body of the [[City of Pichilemu]]. The council meets in [[Pichilemu City Hall]].
==City Council==
The City Council consists of seven members, including the [[Mayor of Pichilemu|Mayor]].<ref name="Pichilemu">{{Cite web
|url=http://pichilemu.cl/mun.php
|title=Autoridades
|publisher=Pichilemu
|language=es
|access-date=11 August 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509051955/http://www.pichilemu.cl/mun.php
|archive-date=9 May 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> City council members and the Mayor are chosen by elections every 4 years. The city council is presided by the Mayor.
==Pichilemu City Hall==
[[File:Pichilemu city hall April 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Pichilemu City Hall.]]
The Pichilemu City Hall served as the city's administrative headquarters. It was constructed from 1891 until May 6, 1894.<ref name="Primer alcalde">{{Cite web
|url= http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2007/08/01679-alcaldes-regidores-y-concejales-de-la-comuna-de-pichilemu.html
|title=Alcaldes, regidores y concejales de la comuna de Pichilemu
|publisher=[[Pichilemu News]]
|author=[[Washington Saldías González|Washington Saldías]]
|date=August 2, 2007
|language=Spanish
|accessdate=15 August 2010
}}</ref><ref name="Lechuga">{{cite web|author=Carla Ramírez Lechuga |url=http://www.cybertesis.cl/tesis/uchile/2004/ramirez_c2/sources/ramirez_c2.pdf |title=Edificio Consistorial I. Municipalidad de Pichilemu |publisher=[[University of Chile]] |year=2007 |accessdate=2010-04-14|language=Spanish}} (thesis)</ref>
The building was located in the [[Ángel Gaete]] street,<ref>{{Cite web
|url= http://geo.amarillas.com/page/es/VI/pichilemu/i-municipalidad-de-pichilemu/16-300012893.html
|title=I. Municipalidad de Pichilemu - Pichilemu, VI, - (72) 841-017
|work=Amarillas
|accessdate=October 30, 2010
|language=Spanish
}}</ref> in a terrain of {{convert|1660|m2|ft2}} that descends suddenly from the street level. It was conformed by a 2-floors building, a ''zócalo'', a complementary construction ({{convert|260|m2|ft2}}) and a yard. The yard serves as car parking for the municipality trucks, has a store and the ''corral municipal''.<ref name="Lechuga"/>
The building was not constructed for that purpose, and worked as four separate parts rather than one unit.<ref name="Lechuga"/>
The Pichilemu City Hall was scheduled to be renovated in 2011, by the Government of [[O'Higgins Region]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goreohiggins.cl/pdfs/ari_2011_anexo1.pdf|title=Iniciativas ARI 2011|year=2011|work=[[O'Higgins Region]] Government|accessdate=8 June 2011|location=Chile}}</ref> According to the Municipality of [[Paredones]], the Pichilemu City Hall "will be completely repaired."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comunaparedones.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=195:avance-en-reconstruccion-de-edificios-consistoriales-de-la-zona&catid=1:latest-news|title=AVANCE EN RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE EDIFICIOS CONSISTORIALES DE LA ZONA|date=28 February 2011|work=[[Municipalidad de Paredones]]|language=Spanish|accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref> Mayor of Pichilemu Roberto Córdova said on a Pichilemu City Council meeting that the new City Hall will be constructed with the earthquake reconstruction funds, and it was expected that by late 2011, the construction work will begin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pichilemu.cl/municipalidad/actas/2011/010411.pdf|title=Acta N°10 Concejo Municipal|date=1 April 2011|work=[[Municipalidad de Pichilemu]]|accessdate=8 June 2011}}</ref>
The ''Municipalidad de Pichilemu'' building was demolished between December 2011 and January 2012. No construction work has begun as of March 2012.
==List of councillors==
; 2012&ndash;2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.servel.cl/controls/neochannels/neo_ch258/appinstances/media522/RES_TER_Concejales_Oficial.xlsx|title=Concejales Municipales 2012|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2012|language=es|publisher=Servicio Electoral|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FsVEwd27?url=http://www.servel.cl/controls/neochannels/neo_ch258/appinstances/media522/RES_TER_Concejales_Oficial.xlsx|archive-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>
* Aldo Polanco Contreras
* Andrea Aranda Escudero
* Hugo Toro Galaz
* Mario Morales Cárceles
* Felipe Bustamante Olivares
* Marta Urzúa Pua
* Roberto Córdova &mdash; the mayor
; 2008&ndash;2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2008/alcaldes/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Alcaldes Municipales 2008 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2008|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730123237/http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2008/alcaldes/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2008/concejales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Concejales Municipales 2008 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2008|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301080406/http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2008/concejales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=1 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Pedro Aldo Polanco Contreras
* Andrea Aranda Escudero
* Viviana Parraguez Ulloa
* Juan Cornejo Vargas
* Marta Urzúa Púa
* Patricio Morales Acevedo &mdash; since 1 September 2009<ref name="PN">{{cite news|url=http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2009/09/03107-alcalde-titular-habemus-en-pichilemu-roberto-cordova-carreno-elegido-tras-resolucion-del-tricel.html|title=Alcalde titular "habemus" en Pichilemu: Roberto Córdova Carreño elegido tras resolución del Tricel|last=Saldías|first=Washington|work=[[Pichilemu News]]|publisher=1 September 2009|language=es|access-date=6 January 2011|location=[[Pichilemu]], [[Chile]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301124652/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2009/09/03107-alcalde-titular-habemus-en-pichilemu-roberto-cordova-carreno-elegido-tras-resolucion-del-tricel.html|archive-date=1 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Roberto Córdova Carreño &mdash; councillor until 1 September 2009; and mayor since that date<ref name="PN"/>
* Marcelo Cabrera Martínez &mdash; mayor-elect, occupied office between 18 May 2009 until 19 August 2009<ref name="Saldías2">{{cite news|url=http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2009/05/02962-asumio-alcalde-titular-de-pichilemu-marcelo-cabrera.html|title=Asumió alcalde titular de Pichilemu, Marcelo Cabrera|last=Saldías|first=Washington|date=18 May 2009|work=[[Pichilemu News]]|language=es|access-date=5 January 2011|location=[[Pichilemu]], [[Chile]]}}</ref> until he was removed<ref name="Leiva">{{cite news|url=http://www.eltipografo.cl/policial/noticia/2775/alcalde-de-pichilemu-es-removido-de-su-cargo/|title=Alcalde de Pichilemu es removido de su cargo|last=Leiva|first=Erika|date=19 August 2009|work=El Tipógrafo|language=es|access-date=5 January 2011|location=[[Rancagua]], [[Chile]]}}</ref>
; 2004&ndash;2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2004/alcaldes/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Alcaldes Municipales 2004 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2004|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730102110/http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2004/alcaldes/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2004/concejales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Concejales Municipales 2004 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2004|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301080432/http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2004/concejales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
* Aldo Polanco Contreras
* Héctor Cornejo Galarce
* Víctor Rojas González &mdash; councillor until 2007, elected mayor by the council and then removed from office
* Hernán Garrido Salas
* Roberto Córdova Carreño
* Marcelo Cabrera Martínez &mdash; councillor until Rojas' removal as mayor, succeeding him
* Jorge Vargas González &mdash; mayor until 2007
; 2000&ndash;2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2000/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Municipales 2000 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=2000|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617112514/http://elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2000/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref>
* Carlos Leyton Labarca
* Aldo Polanco Contreras
* Víctor Rojas González
* Roberto Córdova Carreño
* [[Washington Saldías González]]
* Jorge Vargas González &mdash; mayor
; 1996&ndash;2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/1996/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Municipales 1996 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=1996|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile}}</ref>
* Carlos Leyton Labarca
* Aldo Polanco Contreras
* [[Washington Saldías González]]
* Mariano Polanco Galarce
* Mario Bichón Cáceres
* Jorge Vargas González &mdash; mayor
; 1992&ndash;1996<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/1992/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|title=Municipales 1992 Pichilemu|access-date=7 February 2013|date=1992|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011554/http://www.elecciones.gob.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/1992/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4801.htm|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>
* Mario Bichón Cáceres
* Mariano Polanco Galarce
* Aldo Polanco Contreras
* Raúl Tobar Pavez
* Orlando Cornejo Bustamante &mdash; mayor
==References==
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