Vellakovil City Development Plan - Municipal
Vellakovil City Development Plan - Municipal
Vellakovil City Development Plan - Municipal
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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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