Sarajevo City Council

Sarajevo City Council Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva
Type
Type	Unicameral deliberative assembly of Sarajevo
Leadership
Speaker	Jasmin Ademović, NiP since 26 March 2021[3]
Deputy speakers	Mirela Džehverović, NS since 26 March 2021[1] Srđan Simonović, SDA since 24 April 2024[2]
Structure
Seats	28
Political groups	Majority (17)   NiP (8)   NS (6)   SDP BiH (3) Minority (11)   Independent (4)   SDA (3)   BOSS (1)   NES (1)   SZSG (1)   USD (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	15 November 2020
Meeting place
Vijećnica, Sarajevo
Website
gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba

The Sarajevo City Council (Bosnian: Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva) is a 28-member elected body that scrutinises the activities of the mayor of Sarajevo and has the power, with a two-thirds super-majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget and to reject the mayor's draft statutory strategies.[4]

The City Council meets at Vijećnica on the bank of the Miljacka river. The council is also able to publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the mayor.

City Council Members

The City Council comprises 28 City Council Members, including a council speaker, two deputies, and a secretary, elected by each municipal council of municipalities that make up the City of Sarajevo, electing seven delegates to the council from among the municipal councilors, with 15 seats needed for a majority.[5] Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs, as constituent peoples, are individually guaranteed a minimum of 20% of the seats in the City Council, while the group of Others are individually guaranteed at least two seats, regardless of all election results.[4]

Structure of the City Council

Political party		City Council members
		2012	2016	2020	2023
	People and Justice	0	0	7	8	8 / 28
	Our Party	4	4	5	6	6 / 28
	Independent	6	7	4	4	4 / 28
	Party of Democratic Action	6	8	4	3	3 / 28
	Social Democratic Party	7	1	3	3	3 / 28
	Bosnian Party	0	1	1	1	1 / 28
	People's European Union	0	0	1	1	1 / 28
	Alliance for Stari Grad	1	2	1	1	1 / 28
	Union of Social Democrats	0	1	1	1	1 / 28
	Democratic Front	0	1	1	0	0 / 28
	Union for a Better Future of BiH	2	3	0	0	0 / 28
	Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	0	0 / 28

Responsibilities

The City Council is responsible for carrying out the policies and decisions:

• adopts the City Statute
• makes decisions, other regulations and general acts and gives their interpretation
• adopts the rules of procedure of the City Council
• elects and dismisses the Speaker of the City Council, Deputy Speakers of the City Council, members of the working bodies of the City Council and the Secretary of the City Council
• elects and dismisses the Mayor and Deputy Mayors
• adopts the budget of the City of Sarajevo and adopts the report on the execution of the budget of the City of Sarajevo and the final account of the budget of the City of Sarajevo at the proposal of the Mayor
• adopts development programs for individual activities for which it is responsible
• enacts implementing regulations, including zoning
• enacts regulations on city taxes and otherwise provides financial resources, in accordance with the law
• manages and disposes of the property of the City of Sarajevo
• establishes public companies and public institutions and other legal entities to perform economic, social, communal and other activities of interest to the City of Sarajevo
• calls a referendum on issues of interest to the City of Sarajevo
• announces a public loan and self-contribution and decides on borrowing by the City of Sarajevo
• enacts a regulation on the establishment and scope of the administrative body of the City of Sarajevo
• gives consent to the rulebook on the internal organization of the administrative bodies of the City of Sarajevo
• performs the tasks of the second instance body, which the Mayor decides on the basis of the regulations of the City of Sarajevo
• enacts regulations in the exercise of delegated powers
• makes decisions on recognitions and awards of the City of Sarajevo
• performs other tasks determined by law and the statute

The City Council supervises the work of the administrative bodies of the City of Sarajevo and has the right to gain insight into the implementation of its decisions, especially when it comes to city revenues and expenditures, and for this purpose the City Council can form a commission that can inspect the files in the premises of the City Administration and to submit a report to the City Council on the results of the inspection.[4]

References

1. N.V. (26 March 2021). "Za dopredsjedavajuće Gradskog vijeća Sarajeva izabrani Dragan Stevanović i Mirela Džehverović" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
2. I.Sa. (24 April 2024). "Srđan Simonović izabran za zamjenika predsjedavajućeg Gradskog vijeća Grada Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
3. N.V. (26 March 2021). "Jasmin Ademović izabran za predsjedavajućeg Gradskog vijeća Sarajeva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. "O Vijeću – Gradsko vijeće Grada Sarajeva". gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
5. Government of Sarajevo on Sarajevo Official Web Site

External links

• Sarajevo City Council