Mayor of Porto Alegre - Duties of The Mayor of Porto Alegre

Duties of The Mayor of Porto Alegre

Section V, Chapter VI enumerates duties of the Mayor of Porto Alegre. In general, the Mayor has broad powers over Porto Alegre's bureaucracy, as Porto Alegre is set up to be in a strong mayor-council type of government. These are the duties of the Mayor of Porto Alegre, as set forth by Article 94, Section V, Chapter VI of Porto Alegre City Charter:

  1. Appoint and dismiss Secretaries, Directors of the several Departments, and everyone in charge of Porto Alegre's public bodies
  2. Sign into law bills passed by Porto Alegre City Council, enacting ordinances for execution of several Acts of City Council
  3. Veto bills passed by City Council
  4. Disposal of municipal administration
  5. Dispose on civil servants, except for those under jurisdiction of City Council
  6. Report annually to City Council on public works
  7. Sponsor bills whose purposes are
    • Hiring of new servants, pay rises
    • Legal situation of civil servants
    • Creation and management of bodies under Mayor's jurisdiction
  8. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, to questions raised by City Council and several other bodies
  9. Stand for Porto Alegre
  10. Take loans with prior City Council approval
  11. Issue condemnation orders
  12. Propose selling or leasing of government-owned assets with City Council approval
  13. Propose deals, agreements beneficial for Porto Alegre
  14. Propose administrative division of Porto Alegre
  15. Bring lawsuits disputing constitutionality of Acts
  16. Buy stocks, raise capital for public-owned enterprises
  17. Declare state of emergency
  18. Nominate NGOs for supervision alongside with government entities
  19. Reply, no later than 45 days after filing, about feasibility of bills

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