Mayor | City of Worcester

Joseph M. Petty, Mayor & Councilor-at-Large

The City of Worcester is governed by a Council-Manager, or Plan E, form of government with a popularly elected Mayor, 11 City Council Members and a City Manager.

About the Mayor

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Joseph M. Petty of 2 Grove Heights Drive, is serving his fifteenth two-year term as Councilor-At-Large and his eighth term as Mayor of the City of Worcester. He is also the Chairman of the Worcester School Committee.

Joseph M. Petty has served as Mayor of the City of Worcester since January 2012. He is a graduate of Holy Name Central Catholic High School, Worcester. He received a BS in Business Administration from Nichols College, Dudley, and a law degree from New England School of Law, Boston.

Mayor Petty believes providing reliable police and fire services and exercising budgetary prudence at City Hall are issues of high priority. He promotes improving our infrastructure, especially in our schools and neighborhoods.

He is married to the former Gayle A. Perrone and is the father of two sons, Andrew and Joseph, and one daughter, Nicole.

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