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Municipal Operations and Decision-making

Municipal operations

The municipality is divided into three main areas of operational responsibility, which consist of the following divisions:

Main area of responsibility

Divisions

1. Services of administration, economic development and social security

 

Local authority audit committee

Central municipal election board and local authority audit committee

Central municipal election board and election boards

Central municipal election board and local authority audit committee

Local executive

Local management

 

Administrative services

 

Employment

 

Policies of land use planning

 

Social and health care services

 

Vitality development

 

Environmental healthcare

Personnel committee

Personnel policy

 

 

2. Local education and culture department

 

 

Local education and culture committee

Administration

 

Basic education

 

 

 

General upper secondary education

 

Library and cultural services

 

Leisure activities department

 

Liberal adult education

 

Basic education in the arts

 

 

Early childhood education

 

 

3. Technical department

 

Technical committee

Technical department

 

Nutritional and cleaning services

 

Building and environment department

 

Parks and other public areas

 

Heating plant

 

 

 

The chief executive is responsible for the operational management of the municipality along with the local management group consisting of the chief executive, managers of areas of main responsibility and the service supervisor. Other personnel is consulted if the matter in question so requires.

 

Decision-making

The municipality's tasks are defined in the Constitution and the Local Government Act. According to the Constitution, municipalities have local self-government Following the Local Government Act, each municipality has to have a local executive, a chief executive, a local authority audit committee, a professional auditor and a local council elected in municipal elections for a term of four calendar years. The local council exercises the highest power of decision-making.

Pyhäjoki local council has a total of 21 members.

The local executive prepares matters to be decided by the local council and implements the local council decisions. The local education and culture committee and the technical committee decide about matters concerning their own sector.

The administrative regulations govern the administrative and decision-making procedures as well as meeting procedures.

The local administrative organisation:

Chart of Decision-Making