GENERAL SECRETARY

OFFICES – DEPARTMENTS

INFORMATION

 

Headquarters: TOWN HALL – Aristotelous 53, P.C. 17455 – 4th floor
General Secretary: Evaggelos Kakkavis
Phone number: 213-2008048

RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The General Secretary is appointed and dismissed by decision of the Mayor published in the Government Journal. The General Secretary supports the Mayor in his administrative duties, implementing the responsibilities assigned to him by  Mayor’s decision. These responsibilities mainly concern the coordination of municipal services, in order to ensure in an efficient way the effectiveness in the achievement of the periodic objectives and programmes that decided by the political bodies of the Municipality.

For example, the General Secretary:

  • He is the head of all the human recourse of the Municipality that he provides instructions, gives directions and, more generally, coordinates the services of the Municipality in the course of their work, in cooperation with the corresponding superiors, after the instructions of the Mayor.
  • He ensures for the timely processing by the competent services of the issues that are for discussed in accordance with the agenda of the Municipal Council, the Economic Committee, the Quality of Life Committee and the Executive Committee, in cooperation with their President.
  • He monitors the process of implementation of the decisions of the Municipal Council, the Economic Committee, the Quality of Life Committee and the Executive Committee by the competent departments of the Municipality.
  • He participates in the procedures for the preparation of the Operational Plan and the Annual Action Programmes of the Municipality and monitors the achievement of the periodic objectives and the implementation of the respective programmes decided by the political bodies of the Municipality.
  • He ensures the timely preparation of the periodic action reports of the Municipality in accordance with the respective programs or decisions and informs the Executive Committee accordingly.
  • He ensures the continuous improvement of the effective action of the services of the Municipality, the adaptation of their operation to the needs of the local community and the improvement of the performance of the staff and technical resources of the Municipality.
  • He participates in the Coordinating Councils in which all or part (depending on the thematic subjects) of the Municipality’s services participate with their representatives and which are chaired by the Mayor or the Deputy Mayor or the General Secretary.
  • He monitors the activities of the legal entities of the Municipality and cooperates with their administrations and services, in order to ensure the harmonization of the results from their activity to the objectives of the Municipality.
  • He personally carries out all the responsibilities assigned to it and provides the necessary instructions to the staff of the Municipality for the precise execution of its mission.
  • He arranges for the drafting of the Mayor’s circulars as well as for the correspondence of the Municipality that is not related to the responsibilities of the Directorates.
  • He may convene periodically or, as the case may be, Coordinating Councils, where all or part (depending on the thematic subjects) of the services participate with their representatives.
  • He signs documents in accordance with the jurisdictions assigned to him by the Mayor. In particular, it may sign the licensing decisions decisions with or without pay and  the trto move away from home and abroad of the employees of the Municipality.