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<strong>City</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> for Vellakoil <strong>Municipal</strong>ity SMEC India Pvt Ltd<br />

Final report TNUDP III<br />

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE<br />

The organisational structure of the Vellakoil <strong>Municipal</strong>ity generally consists of administrative and<br />

executive wings.<br />

4.1 ELECTED BODY<br />

The <strong>Municipal</strong> Council, the political wing of the Vellakoil <strong>Municipal</strong>ity consists of 21 elected<br />

councilors. Each Councilor represents one electoral ward. The Councilors in turn elect the Chairman<br />

as head of the <strong>Municipal</strong> Council.<br />

Administrative wing<br />

The administrative wing gives overall guidance to the municipal functions through set of committees.<br />

Three committees have been formed namely, Appointment Committee, Contract Committee and<br />

Taxation and Appeal committee consisting of the Chairman, the <strong>Municipal</strong> Commissioner and<br />

elected Councilors as members. Appointment Committee is a statutory committee, and the<br />

Chairman of the <strong>Municipal</strong>ity is also the Chairman of the committee. The Committee is responsible<br />

for making appointments for posts which fall under the purview of the Appointing Committee.<br />

Contract Committee is another statutory committee and quotation of works is finalized by the<br />

Contract Committee. The Taxation Appeal Committee is responsible for hearing of appeals of the<br />

tax items.<br />

4.2 EXECUTIVE WING<br />

The executive wing is responsible for the <strong>Municipal</strong> operations and maintenance. The Executive<br />

Officer is the administrative head of the executive wing and is supported mainly by 5 department<br />

heads in the <strong>Municipal</strong> operation and maintenance. The organization structure of the <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />

comprises of 5 functional departments namely,<br />

1. General Administration<br />

2. Engineering and Water Supply Department<br />

3. Accounts Department<br />

4. Public Health Department, and<br />

5. Town <strong>Plan</strong>ning Department<br />

4.2.1 General Administration<br />

Vellakoil <strong>Municipal</strong>ity is a Grade Three <strong>Municipal</strong>ity. The Manager is the head of Administration, next<br />

to the Commissioner in the section of General Administration, and he is responsible for general<br />

supervision and administration of the Office. All establishment matters are dealt by the General<br />

Administration Section.<br />

Manager<br />

Manager is the Head of General Section. His duty includes general supervision of the ministerial<br />

staff, and maintenance of discipline in the office premises, ' and to sign receipts for all remittances<br />

made in the <strong>Municipal</strong> Treasury to acknowledge registered tapals, Money orders etc on behalf of the<br />

Commissioner. The Manager is the custodian of the cash collected by daily-checking of Chitta and<br />

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