City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 7 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
7 IINSTIITUTIIONAL FRAMEWORK
In order to give effect to the provisions of 74th CAA, the municipal structure was
revised to include elected council to the already existing administrative setup. For
this purpose elections were held in every municipality under the new act once in
every 5 year. The organizational structure of the Ambur Municipality generally
consists of Elected Council and Executive wing.
7.1 ELECTED COUNCIL
The Elected Council, the political wing consists of 36 elected councilors. Each
Councilor represents one electoral ward. The Councilors in turn elect the
Chairperson as head of the Municipal Council. The chairman is the head of the
municipal council and he is assisted by vice chairman.
To assist the council in its functioning, the following 4 administrative committees
have been constituted namely:
Appointment committee
Agreement/Contract Committee
Taxation Appeal Committee
Local Planning Authority
The committees consist of the Chairman, the Municipal Commissioner and elected
Councilors as members. Appointment Committee is a statutory committee, and the
Chairman of the Municipality is also the Chairman of the committee. The
Committee is responsible for making appointments for posts which fall under the
purview of the Appointing Committee. Contract Committee is another statutory
committee and quotation of works is finalized by the Contract Committee. The
Taxation Appeal Committee is responsible for hearing of appeals of the tax items.
The Council is the decision making as well as policy making body.
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