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Poti City Assembly

Lawmaking body of Poti, Georgia

Poti Municipal Assembly (Georgian: ფოთის საკრებულო) is a representative body in the city of Poti, Georgia. currently consisting of 25 members. The council is holding sessions regularly, to consider subject matters such as utilities, taxes, city budget, oversight of city government and more. Poti sakrebulo is elected every four year. Currently the city council has 5 committees.

01Composition

City Assembly 2021-2025

Party Seats (35) Current Municipal Assembly
  Georgian Dream 20                                        
  United National Movement 11                                        
  For Georgia 4                                        

City Assembly 2017-2021

The 2017-2021 city council had a total of 25 members. Ruling Georgian Dream had 18 members, United National Movement had two members, and European Georgia, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, Labour Party, Development Movement and Democratic Movement all had one member each.

Party Seats (25) Current Municipal Assembly
  Georgian Dream 18                                    
  United National Movement 2                                    
  European Georgia 1                                    
  Alliance of Patriots 1                                    
  Labour Party 1                                    
  Development Movement 1                                    
  United Georgia 1                                    

02Powers

In accordance with the Code of Local Self-Government of the Organic Law of Georgia, the Sakrebulo exercises its powers to define the administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and its identity, organizational activities, determination of the personnel policy of the municipality, regulation and control of the activities of executive bodies; In the fields of municipal property management, social, amenities and household utilities, land use and natural resources us municipal territory planning, transport and road economy, accounting, support for innovative development and informatization.

The authority of the Sakrebulo in the field of administrative-territorial organization of the municipality and defining its identity includes:

  • Creation and abolition of administrative units in the municipality, change of their borders
  • Establishment of local self-government symbols - coat of arms, flag and other symbols and make changes in them
  • establish the rules for the introduction of honorary titles and awards of the self-governing unit and their award
  • names of geographical objects, Establishing the rule of numbering of buildings in the settlements
  • Making a decision on creating, joining or leaving a non-profit (non-commercial) legal entity together with other self-governing units.
  • approval of the socio-economic development strategy of the self-governing unit
  • approval of measures and programs to be taken to attract investments and support innovative development in the territory of the municipality

03Current committees of assembly

Committee Chair
Committee on Legal Affairs David Kvitsiani
Committee on Finance and Budget Tornike Kirtadze
Committee on Economy, Property Management and Urban Economy Temur Dundua
Committee on Territorial Planning and Infrastructure Commission Tornike Kharchilava
Committee on Health and Social Affairs Commission Bakar Eragia
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