Sarajevo City Council Explained

Sarajevo City Council
Native Name:	Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva
Coa Pic:	Coat of arms of Sarajevo.svg
Coa Res:	125px
House Type:	Unicameral deliberative assembly of Sarajevo
Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Leader1:	Jasmin Ademović, NiP
Election1:	26 March 2021^[1]
Leader2 Type:	Deputy speakers
Leader2:	Mirela Džehverović, NS since 26 March 2021^[2] Srđan Simonović, SDA since 24 April 2024^[3]
Members:	28
Structure1:	Sarajevo City Council.svg
Structure1 Res:	250px
Political Groups1:	Majority (17) NiP (8) NS (6) SDP BiH (3)Minority (11) Independent (4) SDA (3) BOSS (1) NES (1) SZSG (1) USD (1)
Term Length:	4 years
Last Election1:	15 November 2020
Session Room:	Stari Grad Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - panoramio.jpg
Meeting Place:	Vijećnica, Sarajevo
Website:	gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba

The Sarajevo City Council (Bosnian: Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva) is a 28-member elected body that scrutinises the activities of the mayor of Sarajevo and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget and to reject the mayor's draft statutory strategies.^[4]

The City Council meets at Vijećnica on the bank of the Miljacka river. The council is also able to publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the mayor.

City Council Members

The City Council comprises 28 City Council Members, including a council speaker, two deputies, and a secretary, elected by each municipal council of municipalities that make up the City of Sarajevo, electing seven delegates to the council from among the municipal councilors, with 15 seats needed for a majority.^[5] Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, as constituent peoples, are individually guaranteed a minimum of 20% of the seats in the City Council, while the group of Others are individually guaranteed at least two seats, regardless of all election results.^[4]

Structure of the City Council

Political party	City Council members
2012	2016	2020	2023
	People and Justice	0	0	7	8
	Our Party	4	4	5	6
	Independent	6	7	4	4
	Party of Democratic Action	6	8	4	3
	Social Democratic Party	7	1	3	3
	Bosnian Party	0	1	1	1	Hex: FF6347
	People's European Union	0	0	1	1
	Alliance for Stari Grad	1	2	1	1	Hex: E17D19
	Union of Social Democrats	0	1	1	1	Hex: D21404
	Democratic Front	0	1	1	0
	Union for a Better Future of BiH	2	3	0	0	Hex: Union for a Better Future of BiH
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	0	Hex: Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Responsibilities

The City Council is responsible for carrying out the policies and decisions:

• adopts the City Statute
• makes decisions, other regulations and general acts and gives their interpretation
• adopts the rules of procedure of the City Council
• elects and dismisses the Speaker of the City Council, Deputy Speakers of the City Council, members of the working bodies of the City Council and the Secretary of the City Council
• elects and dismisses the Mayor and Deputy Mayors
• adopts the budget of the City of Sarajevo and adopts the report on the execution of the budget of the City of Sarajevo and the final account of the budget of the City of Sarajevo at the proposal of the Mayor
• adopts development programs for individual activities for which it is responsible
• enacts implementing regulations, including zoning
• enacts regulations on city taxes and otherwise provides financial resources, in accordance with the law
• manages and disposes of the property of the City of Sarajevo
• establishes public companies and public institutions and other legal entities to perform economic, social, communal and other activities of interest to the City of Sarajevo
• calls a referendum on issues of interest to the City of Sarajevo
• announces a public loan and self-contribution and decides on borrowing by the City of Sarajevo
• enacts a regulation on the establishment and scope of the administrative body of the City of Sarajevo
• gives consent to the rulebook on the internal organization of the administrative bodies of the City of Sarajevo
• performs the tasks of the second instance body, which the Mayor decides on the basis of the regulations of the City of Sarajevo
• enacts regulations in the exercise of delegated powers
• makes decisions on recognitions and awards of the City of Sarajevo
• performs other tasks determined by law and the statute

The City Council supervises the work of the administrative bodies of the City of Sarajevo and has the right to gain insight into the implementation of its decisions, especially when it comes to city revenues and expenditures, and for this purpose the City Council can form a commission that can inspect the files in the premises of the City Administration and to submit a report to the City Council on the results of the inspection.^[4]

External links

• Sarajevo City Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jasmin Ademović izabran za predsjedavajućeg Gradskog vijeća Sarajeva. 26 March 2021. 26 March 2021. bs. N.V.. Klix.ba.
2. Web site: Za dopredsjedavajuće Gradskog vijeća Sarajeva izabrani Dragan Stevanović i Mirela Džehverović. 26 March 2021. 26 March 2021. bs. N.V.. Klix.ba.
3. Web site: Srđan Simonović izabran za zamjenika predsjedavajućeg Gradskog vijeća Grada Sarajeva. 24 April 2024. 24 April 2024. bs. I.Sa.. Klix.ba.
4. Web site: O Vijeću – Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva. 10 May 2021. bs. gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba.
5. Government of Sarajevo on Sarajevo Official Web Site