"To run the council" means to manage and make decisions for a group of people who oversee the activities and policies of a government organization at the local level.
Sentences with «to run the council»
What would happen is all 130 Labour run councils refused to set «legal» budgets? (leftfutures.org)
Labour were running the council on a minority basis before this election after a decade - long spell when no one party has had an overall majority. (itv.com)
From 2004, however, no party had a governing majority and a Conservative - Lib Dem coalition ran the council from 2004. (democraticaudit.com)