City assembly
City Assembly
The Assembly is the highest body of the City that performs basic functions of local government, established by the Constitution, Law and City Charter. City Assembly consists of representatives who are elected in direct elections, by secret ballot, in accordance with the law and City Charter. Councillors are elected for 4 years, in accordance with the Constitution, Law and Statute. The Assembly has 47 councilors.
Graphic representation of the share of councilor groups in the City Assembly
Councilor can not be a person employed at the City Administration or the person appointed, or assigned by the City Assembly of the City authorities, enterprises and institutions founded.
IMMUNITY OF COUNCILORS
Councillor can not be held criminally liable, detained or punished for an opinion or a vote cast at a session of the Assembly and working bodies.
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF COUNCILORS
• Participate in the work of the Assembly and its working bodies
• Propose the City Assembly debate on certain issues
• Submit draft decisions and other documents under jurisdiction of the City
• Provide amendments to the draft regulations
• Ask questions related to the work of the City
• Participate the other activities of the Assembly of the City
Councillor of the City has the right to address the Assembly on any language that is in official use in the territory of the City.
The Assembly is considered to be constituted by selection of the SPEAKER of the City Assembly and appointing of the Secretary of the City.
Responsibilities of the Assembly
- Delivers the City Charter and the Rules of the City Assembly;
- Adopts the budget and adopts the annual financial statement of the city budget;
- Determines the rate of genuine revenues of the city, as well as ways of the criteria for determining the amount of local taxes and fees;
- Initiates the proceedings for the establishment, dismissal or change in the territory of the City;
- Adopts the program of the City development and certain activities;
- Bring spatial plan and urban plans and regulates the use of construction land;
- Issues regulations and other general acts;
- Sets the City referendum and the referendum in the territory of the City, discuss the proposals contained in the citizens' initiatives and propose decisions on self-contribution;
- Establishes service, public enterprises, institutions and organizations listed in the City Charter and supervises their work;
- Appoints and dismiss management and supervisory boards, directors of public enterprises, institutions, organizations and agencies, whose founderit is, and approve their statutes, in accordance with the law;
- Elects and dismisses the President of the Assembly and Deputy President of the Assembly;
- Appoints and dismisses the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Assembly;
- Elects and dismisses the mayor and at the mayor’s proposal elects the Deputy Mayor and members of City Council;
- Elects and dismisses the Ombudsman;
- Appoints and dismisses the Municipal Public Attorney and his/her deputy;
- Determines the city taxes and other local revenues that belong to the city by law;
- Establishes fees for surfacing and use of construction land;
- Adopts the act on public debt of the City, in accordance with the Law on managing public debt;
- Adopts the annual program of acquiring real estate for the purposes of the City, with the consent of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and initiates a process of alienation of immovable property before the competent authorities;
- Regulates working hours of catering, trade and craft objects;
- Gives opinion on the national and regional planning;
- Establishes permanent and temporary task forces to consider issues under its jurisdiction;
- Gives opinions on laws stipulating issues of interest to local government;
- Assesses the report on the work and approves on a program of work of budget users;
- Decides on cooperation and joining with cities and municipalities in the country with territorial communities and local governments of other countries, associations and NGOs;
- Informs the public about its work;
- Starts the procedure for assessing the constitutionality and legality of a law or other general act of the Republic of Serbia which violates the right of local self-government;
- Approves the use of the name, emblem and other symbols of the City;
- Reviews and approves the annual reports on the work of public enterprises, institutions and other public services whose founder or majority owner is the City;
- Considers Ombudsman’s Report on the realization of human and minority rights in the City;
- Consider the reports of the CIRs;
- Adopts the ethical code of conduct of the officials;
- Brings measures and adopts recommendations for the improvement of human and minority rights;
- Performs other tasks stipulated by the law and this Charter.
President of the Assembly
The City Assembly has a president who is elected from among the members on the proposal of at least one third of councilors for a period of 4 years by secret ballot by a majority vote of the total number of the Assembly councilors.
President of the Assembly is the candidate who wins the majority of votes of the total number of councilors.
If there are more candidates, and none won the necessary majority, the election between the candidates is repeated in the same session.
If the second round of the President of the City Assembly is not elected, the election procedure is repeated.
The President organizes the work of the Assembly, convenes and presides over its sessions, take care of the transparency of the Assembly, signs the acts and regulations delivered by the Assembly, cooperates with the executive bodies and performs the tasks entrusted to him/her by the Assembly.
President of the Assembly has a deputy to replace him in case of his absence or inability to perform his duties.
Deputy President of the Assembly is elected and dismissed in the same manner as the President of the Assembly.
Secretary
The City Assembly has a secretary to manage professional affairs related to convening and holding meetings of the City Assembly and its working bodies and manages administrative affairs related to their work.
Secretary of the Assembly is appointed on the proposal of the President of the Assembly for four years and may be re-appointed.
The Secretary of the Assembly can be a person with a law degree, with passed professional exam for work in administrative bodies and professional experience of at least three godine.The Assembly may, at the proposal of the President of the Assembly, dismiss the secretary before the expiry of the mandate.
Secretary of the Assembly is responsible for timely submission of data, files and documents, when required by the competent authority of the Republic for supervision of the operation and acts of the City Assembly.
He is the chief editor of the "Official Gazette of Novi Pazar."
Secretary of the Assembly has a deputy who replaces him in his absence.
Deputy Secretary of the Assembly is appointed and dismissed in the same manner and under the same conditions as the Secretary of the Assembly.
Councilors
„European Novi Pazar – Rasim Ljajić“ (SDP, SDPS, SZS, LDP, BDZ)
1. Muamer Bačevac
2. Meho Mahmutović
3. Bilsena Kurtanović
4. Nihad Hasanović
5. dr Enver Ujkanović
6. Senada Leković
7. Fahrudin Đekić
8. Mirzet Bektović
9. Banina Muderizović
10. Safet Vesnić
11. Sead Šaćirović
12. Azemina Bojadžić
13. Faruk Pašović
14. Edin Kolašinac
15. Mirzeta Ljajić
16. Kasim Zoranić
17. Fuad Batilović
18. Sanja Nićiforović
Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak – dr Sulejman Ugljanin
1. dr Emro Bihorac
2. Fahrudin Mavrić
3. Saima Brunčević
4. Amir Hasurdžić
5. Sabahudin Ramović
6. Ifeta Radončić
7. Muamer Smailbegović
8. Alan Karaahmetović
9. Hanadi Hajrović
10. Nafilj Sejdović
11. Safet Bronja
Muamer Zukorlić – Bosniak Democratic Community of Sandzak
1. Muamer Zukorlić
2. Jahija Fehratović
3. Misala Pramenković
4. Admir Muratović
5. Mustafa Fetić
6. Amela Zoranić
7. Edin Đerlek
8. Edin Zećirović
9. Semrija Smajlović
10. Sead Redžović
Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia wins (SNS, SPS, NS, JS, PUPS, PS)
1. Bane Milosavljević
2. Jovan Jovanović
3. Snežana Lešević
4. Milena Jakovljević
5. Slobodan Nedeljković
Sandzak Peoples Party – dr Mirsad Đerlek
1. Mirsad Đerlek
2. Džafer Nurović
3. Salmina Curić
Election 2016
Results of local elections for the election of members of the Assembly of the City of Novi Pazar
No. |
Name of the list |
Number of votes |
Number of positions |
1. | „FOR EUROPEAN NOVI PAZAR – RASIM LJAJIĆ“ | 16.655 | 18 |
2. | „ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ – SERBIA WINS“ (SNS,SPS,NS,JS,PUPS,PS) | 4.455 | 5 |
3. | „SANDZAK PEOPLE PARTY – DR. MIRSAD ĐERLEK“ | 2.810 | 3 |
4. | GROUP OF CITIZENS „NEW MOVEMENT" – REŠAD HODŽIĆ“ | 877 | |
5. | „SDA OF SANDZAKA – DR. SULEJMAN UGLJANIN“ | 10.381 | 11 |
6. |
„SERBIAN LIST – SRS-DVERI-DSS“ |
1.267 | |
7. | GROUP OF CITIZENS „NATIONAL MOVEMENT“ | 33 | |
8. | GROUP OF CITIYENS „SPRING“ | 128 | |
9. |
„MUAMER ZUKORLIĆ – BOSNIAK DEMOCRATIC COMMUNITY OF SANDZAK“ |
9.459 | 10 |
10. | „AWAKENING – ZAIM HADŽISALIHOVIĆ“ | 112 |
Record of work of the Electoral Commission of the City of Novi Pazar to determine the election results for the Assembly members of Novi Pazar City, held on April 24, 2016.
- The record can be downloaded HERE