Mayor – Cristi Valentin Misăilă

Art. 66. – (1) The mayor performs a public authority function. He is the head of the local public administration and of the specialized apparatus of the local public administration authorities, which he leads and controls. (2) The mayor is responsible for the proper functioning of the local public administration, under the law. Art. 67. – (1) The mayor represents the commune or town in relations with other public authorities, with Romanian or foreign natural or legal persons, as well as in court. (2) The mayor’s distinctive sign is a sash in the colors of the national flag of Romania. (3) The sash must be worn obligatorily at solemnities, receptions, public ceremonies, and during marriage celebrations. (4) The model of the sash is established by a Government decision. Art. 68. – (1) The mayor performs the following main duties: a) ensures respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, the provisions of the Constitution, and the implementation of laws, presidential decrees, and Government decisions and ordinances; takes the necessary measures and provides support for the implementation of normative orders and instructions of ministers and other heads of central public administration authorities, as well as county council decisions; b) ensures the implementation of local council decisions. If he considers that a decision is illegal, within 3 days of its adoption, he notifies the prefect; c) may propose to the local council the consultation of the population by referendum on matters of special local interest. Based on the local council decision, he takes measures for organizing this consultation, according to the law; d) presents to the local council, annually or whenever necessary, reports on the economic and social state of the commune or town, in accordance with the duties of local public administration authorities, as well as reports on the implementation of local council decisions; e) prepares the draft local budget and the account for closing the budgetary exercise and submits them for approval to the local council; f) exercises the function of main credit authorizing officer; g) checks, ex officio or upon request, the collection and expenditure of local budget funds and immediately informs the local council of findings; h) takes measures to prevent and limit the effects of disasters, catastrophes, fires, epidemics, or epizootics, together with specialized state authorities. For this purpose, he may mobilize the population, economic agents, and public institutions in the commune or town, which are obliged to execute measures established in protection and intervention plans elaborated for different types of disasters; i) ensures public order and the peace of residents through the police, gendarmerie, public guards, firefighters, and civil protection units, which are obliged to respond to his requests, according to the law; j) guides and supervises the activity of public guards, according to contractual commitments; k) takes the legal measures regarding public assemblies; l) takes measures to prohibit or suspend shows, performances, or other public events that violate the law or offend public morals, order, and peace; m) controls the hygiene and sanitation of public premises and food products sold to the population, with the support of specialized services; n) takes measures to prevent and combat dangers caused by animals, according to the law; o) takes measures for the elaboration of the general urban plan of the locality and submits it for approval to the local council; ensures compliance with the general urban plan, as well as with zonal and detailed urban plans; p) ensures the allocation of social housing based on the local council decision; q) ensures maintenance and rehabilitation of public roads owned by the commune or town, installation of traffic signs, and normal conduct of road and pedestrian traffic, according to the law; r) exercises control over activities in fairs, markets, livestock markets, amusement parks, and takes measures for their proper functioning; s) manages local public services; ensures the operation of civil status and guardianship authority services; supervises the implementation of social assistance and welfare measures; s) performs the function of civil status officer; t) issues approvals, consents, and authorizations within his legal competence; t) proposes to the local council for approval, according to the law, the organizational chart, staffing, number of personnel, and rules of organization and operation of the specialized apparatus; u) appoints and dismisses personnel from the specialized apparatus of local public administration authorities, except the secretary; proposes to the local council the appointment and dismissal of the directors of autonomous administrations, institutions, and local public services; v) is responsible for inventorying and managing the assets belonging to the public and private domain of the commune or town; x) organizes records of construction works in the locality and provides the results to central public administration authorities; y) takes measures to control the storage of household, industrial, or other waste, ensures the cleaning of riverbanks in the commune or town, and unclogs local watercourses and footbridges to ensure water drainage. (2) The mayor also performs other duties provided by law or other normative acts, as well as assignments given by the local council. Art. 69. – (1) In exercising duties as guardianship authority and civil status officer, tasks arising from laws regarding the census, organization and conduct of elections, civil protection measures, as well as other duties established by law, the mayor also acts as the representative of the state in the commune or town where he was elected. (2) In this capacity, the mayor may request, including through the prefect, under the law, the assistance of heads of decentralized public services of ministries and other central bodies in administrative-territorial units, if his duties cannot be fulfilled by his specialized apparatus. Art. 70. – (1) The mayor delegates to the deputy mayor, or, as appropriate, to the deputy mayors, by order issued within no more than 30 days from validation, the exercise of the duties assigned under Art. 68 (1) letters j), m), p), r), v), x), and y).