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. The City Council meets at Vijećnica on the bank of the

Miljacka The Miljacka ( sr-Cyrl, Миљацка) is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. Numerous city bridges have been built to cross it. Characteristics The Miljacka river originates from the confluence of the Paljanska Mi ...

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

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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.Government of Sarajevo o
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/ref> Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

and

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

, 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.

Structure of the City Council

Responsibilities

The City Council is responsible for carrying out the

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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 In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

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

tax A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on an individual or legal entity by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. Tax co ...

es 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 A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...

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.

References

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