COMPOSITION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT AREAS

• Finance and Economic Promotion
  
  o General budget and bases for execution
  o Credit transactions and Treasury
  o Accounts
  o Voluntary and executive fundraising
  o Economic-Financial management
  o Contracting and purchases
  o Tourism: promotion and support
  o Relations with organisations involved in the tourist trade
  o Promotion and development of holidays and leisure activities
  o Economic growth
  o Local development

• Urban planning and Environment: this includes the areas of: Urban Planning and Regulation, Environment, Infrastructures, Public Works, Municipal Services and Economic Activities, and Agriculture. The areas of responsibility will be:

o Instruments for general planning and development, urban rules and regulations.
o Urbanisation Projects and Ordinary Works Projects.
o Urban Agreements.
o Protection of urban legality, inspection and sanctions.
o Municipal authorizations and permits for works, uses and activities in all types of locations, first use licences and certificates of conformity with building standards.
o Provisional authorizations, of works and uses.
o Public Works.
o Promotion of subsidised housing.
o Housing Rehabilitation.
o Intervention in and maintenance of municipal heritage.
o Paving and conservation of public and rural roads.
o Traffic regulation.
o Road marking.
o Parks and gardens.
o Solid urban waste Management Plan.
o Water Protection and Management.
o Protected Natural Spaces.
o Cleansing and signposting of dumps (Green Zone).
o Improvements in the efficacy of agricultural structures.
o Plan for Agricultural Burnings.
o Assistance for works and services for agricultural infrastructures.
o Ecological Agriculture: control and campaign against land, urban and rural space degradation.

• Social Welfare and Culture: culture, social services, education, youth, sports, organised trips, third age and health. Its areas of responsibility will be:

o Historic-Artistic Heritage.
o Public Libraries.
o Municipal bands.
o Municipal Archive.
o Cultural Activities.
o Leisure Activities.
o Sport facilities.
o Promotion of sport and sport events.
o Organised holidays.
o Municipal participation in traditional holidays and religious events.
o Youth Council or Youth Centre.
o Yearly municipal plan for Social Welfare and Action Plan.
o Creation and improvement of welfare centres (residences, pensioner centres, workshops, day centres for older people, open centres and dining halls).
o Studies regarding social needs.
o Management of local health services personnel.
o Health campaigns (deratizations, disinfections and fumigations).
o Preventive vaccinations.
o Cooperation with the educational administration in the creation, construction and maintenance of public educational establishments and their links with industry and work placements.
o Supervision of the functioning of nurseries.

• Civic participation and safety: safety and surveillance, Civic Participation Council, Municipal Information Bulletin, Ombudsperson, personnel and domestic?? Internal systems. Its areas of responsibility will be:

o Safety and surveillance.
o Plans for the safety and protection of the public.
o Information regarding the desired conduct of citizens.
o Regulation of methods, means and procedures of information and the participation of citizens and citizen groups in the municipal management.
o To elaborate, and, if appropriate, consider the approval or modification of the Letter of Civic Participation.
o Municipal Information Bulletin.
o Promotion of the constitution and functioning of the Council of Civic Participation.
o Municipal Cooperation with non-profit-making and non-governmental institutions and organisations.
o Heritage and inventory of areas of local importance and value.
o The naming of streets and squares.
o Municipal Register of Inhabitants.
o Census of population and housing.
o Electoral Register.
o Municipal Computer Plan and Computer Services.
o Declaration of competence in conflicts with other local entities and other public administrations.
o Staff.
o List of posts.
o Personnel salaries.
o Collective agreement.
o Acceptance of a delegation from another Public Administration to monitor competence.