City Assembly of Niš explained

The City Assembly of Niš is the legislature of the City of Niš, third largest city in Serbia. It is a representative body that executes the essential functions of the local government stipulated by the legislation and the City Charter.

City Assembly of Niš
Native Name:	Скупштина Града Ниша Skupština Grada Niša
Coa Res:	150px
Coa Caption:	Coat of arms of Niš
House Type:	Unicameral
Leader1 Type:	President
Leader1:	Boban Džunić
Party1:	SNS
Election1:	2020
Seats:	61
Structure1 Res:	250px
Structure1 Alt:	Distribution of seats in the City Assembly for each party
Last Election1:	2024
Next Election1:	No later than 2028
Website:	http://www.ni.rs/gradska-uprava/skupstina-grada/
Constitution:	City statute

Composition

The City Assembly consists of 61 councilors elected at the local election for the four years’ term. The City Assembly gets together according to circumstances, and at least once in three months.^[1]

Leadership

President

The President of the City Assembly organizes the work of the City Assembly, summons sessions, suggests the agenda and presides over the City Assembly sessions, looks after implementing of the transparency of work of the City Assembly, signs bylaws adopted by the City Assembly and performs any other operations entrusted by the City Assembly. The City Assembly elects the President and Deputy President from the complement of the councilors for the four years’ term.

The current President of the City Assembly is Rade Rajković, while Mile Ilić is the Deputy President of the City Assembly.

Secretary

The Secretary of the City Assembly looks after the performance of professional operations in connection with convening and holding of sessions of the City Assembly and its working bodies, and manages administrative affairs related to their work. The City Assembly appoints the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly at the proposal of the President of the City Assembly, for four years.

The current Secretary of the City Assembly is Ružica Đorđević, while Milena Kostić is the Deputy Secretary of the City Assembly.^[2]

Authorities

City Assembly decides about:

• Adoption of the City Charter and deciding on its amendments;
• Adopting of the City budget and annual financial report;
• Certain activities, as well as programs for acquiring and alienating real estate;
• Symbols, holidays and other features of the City;
• Changing street names;
• The public debt of the City;
• Calling for referendum;
• Cooperation and association with other units of local self-government and on cooperation with local government units in other countries;
• Adoption the ethical code of conduct of officials;
• The election and dismissal of the President and the Deputy Chairman of the Assembly;
• The election and dismissal of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor;
• The election and dismissal of the members of the City Council;
• The dissolution of the Municipal Assembly.

References

1. Web site: Niš City Statute.
2. Web site: Assembly Leadership. 2018-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20181106164359/http://www.ni.rs/gradska-uprava/skupstina-grada/. 2018-11-06. dead.