Election and powers of the president

The City Assembly has a president who is elected by a majority vote of all city representatives.

The President of the City Assembly:

• represents the City Assembly;
• convenes sessions of the City Assembly, proposes the agenda, chairs the sessions of the City Assembly and signs the acts of the City Assembly;
• refers proposals by authorised proponents to the stipulated procedure;
• takes care of the execution of decisions and other acts of the City Assembly;
• submits the Statute, Rules of Procedure, the city budget and other general acts to competent authorities in accordance with the law;
• coordinates the work of the City Assembly and its working bodies;
• takes care of the realisation of the city representative rights;
• maintains order at the session;
• determines a break at the City Assembly session and determines its duration;
• oversees the implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the City Assembly;
• announces voting results at the session;
• collaborates with the mayor and the presidents of neighbourhood councils;
• determines the representatives of the City Assembly in ceremonial and other occasions;
• takes care of the publicity of work of the City Assembly;
• cooperates with the presidents of the representative bodies of other local and regional self-government units and
• performs other duties according to the law, the Statute, the decisions of the City Assembly and the Rules of Procedure.