The City of Glendale was incorporated February 16, 1906, and was governed by a Board Trustees from 1906 to 1921. The City of Glendale became a Chartered City upon ratification of its Charter on March 29, 1921, and the Board of Trustees became known as the City Council. An election was held on June 28, 1921, and those elected took office on July 5, 1921.

Wilmot Parcher February 1906 - September 1908	T. W. Watson September 1908 - April 1910	J. R. White, Jr. April 1910 - April 1912	T. W. Watson April 1912 - June 1914
O. A. Lane June 1914 - April 1916	Joseph S. Thompson April 1916 - April 1918	G. B. Woodbury April 1918 - April 1919 (Resigned)	F. L. Muhleman April 1919 - April 1920
Hartley Shaw April 1920 - Dec. 1920 (Resigned)	Dwight Stephenson Dec. 1920 - July 1921

Spencer Robinson July 1921 - April 1925	H. G. MacBain April 1925 - April 1929	C. E. Kimlin April 1929 - April 1931	Frank P. Taggart April 193 - April 1933
Joseph F. Baudino April 1933 - April 1935	Lawrence E. Olson April 1935 - April 1937	Joseph F. Baudino April 1937 - April 1939	William J. Goss April 1939 - April 1941
Archie L. Walters April 1941 - April 1943	Lawrence E. Olson April 1943 - Nov. 14, 1944 (Resigned)	Archie McWilliam Dec. 1944 - April 1945	Albert C. Lane April 1945 - April 1947
George A. Campbell April 1947 - Oct. 1947	Joseph F. Baudino Oct. 1947 - Oct. 1948	Robert C. Wian Oct. 1948 - April 1949	George R. Wickham April 1949 - April 1951
Paul L. Burkhard April 1951 - April 1953	Harold E. Wright April 1953 - April 1955	John M. Lawson April 1955 - April 1957	Zelma Bogue April 1957 - April 1959
E. C. Cannon April 1959 - April 1961	William Howard Peters April 1961 - April 1963	Herman E. Barnes April 1963 - April 1965	William Howard Peters April 1965 - April 1967
Kenneth R. Stephens April 1967 - April 1969	Warren F. Haverkamp April 1969 - April 1970	James W. Perkins April 1970 - April 1971	Vern E. Allen April 1971 - April 1972
Donald A. McWilliam April 1972 - April 1973	Carl Meseck April 1973 - April 1974	Vern E. Allen April 1974 - Oct. 1974 (Resigned)	Carl Meseck Oct. 1974 - April 1975
Richard A. Garcia April 1975 - April 1976	Warren F. Haverkamp April 1976 - April 1977	Carroll W. Parcher April 1977 - April 1978	Robert W. Garcin April 1978 - April 1979
Carroll W. Parcher April 1979 - April 1980	Carroll W. Parcher April 1980 - April 1981	John F. Day April 1981 - April 1982	Robert W. Garcin April 1982 - April 1983
V. W. "Ginger" Bremberg April 1983 - April 1984	Carroll W. Parcher April 1984 - April 1985	Jerold F. Milner April 1985 - April 1986	Larry Zarian April 1986 - April 1987
V. W. "Ginger" Bremberg April 1987 - April 1988	Carl Raggio April 1988 - April 1989	Jerold F. Milner April 1989 - April 1990	Larry Zarian April 1990 - April 1991
V. W. "Ginger" Bremberg April 1991 - April 1992	Carl Raggio April 1992 - April 1993	Larry Zarian April 1993 - April 1994	Eileen Givens April 1994 - April 1995
Richard M. Reyes April 1995 - April 1996	Sheldon S. Baker April 1996 - April 1997	Larry Zarian April 1997 - April 1998	Eileen Givens April 1998 - April 1999
V. W. "Ginger" Bremberg April 1999 - April 2000	Dave Weaver April 2000 - April 2001	Gus Gomez April 2001 - April 2002	Rafi Manoukian April 2002 - April 2003
Frank Quintero April 2003 - April 2004	Bob Yousefian April 2004 - April 2005	Rafi Manoukian April 2005 - April 2006	Dave Weaver April 2006 - April 2007
Ara Najarian April 2007 - April 2008	John Drayman April 2008 - April 2009	Frank Quintero April 2009 - April 2010	Ara Najarian April 2010 - April 2011
Laura Friedman April 2011 - April 2012	Frank Quintero April 2012 - April 2013	Dave Weaver April 2013 - April 2014	Zareh Sinanyan April 2014 - April 2015
Ara Najarian April 2015 - April 2016	Paula Devine April 2016 -April 2017	Vartan Gharpetian April 2017 - April 2018	Zareh Sinanyan April 2018 - April 2019
Ara Najarian April 2019 - Present