The City Assembly of Novi Sad () is the legislature of Novi Sad, the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia. It is the highest body of the City, exercising the basic functions of local government set out by the Constitution, the law and the Statute of the City of Novi Sad.
Powers The City Assembly adopts the Statute of the City and its own Rules of Procedure; adopts the city budget and final accounts; sets local taxes and fees; decides on public borrowing; adopts development programmes, the spatial plan and urban plans; establishes city bodies, public enterprises and institutions and appoints their management; calls city referendums; and decides on the names of streets and squares. It elects and dismisses the President and Deputy President of the Assembly and the Mayor, and, on the Mayor's proposal, the Deputy Mayor and members of the City Council. It also appoints the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Assembly, the City Attorney and the local ombudsman.
Organisation The President of the City Assembly organises its work, convenes and chairs its sessions, proposes the agenda, ensures the transparency of its work and signs the acts it adopts. The Deputy President stands in when the President is absent or unable to act. The Secretary oversees the professional work related to convening and holding sessions of the Assembly and its working bodies, manages the related administrative affairs and heads the Assembly's service.
+ Presiding officers of the City Assembly Position Name Party President Dina Vučinić Serbian Progressive Party Deputy President Kristina Karaić Serbian Progressive Party
Councillor groups Councillors may form councillor groups of at least three members; each councillor may belong to only one group.
+ Councillor groups in the City Assembly of Novi Sad Group Seats Aleksandar Vučić – Novi Sad Tomorrow 36 Kreni-Promeni Novi Sad 8 Socialist Party of Serbia – United Serbia 5 Citizens' Group Heroes – Miša Bačulov 4 NADA for Novi Sad – New DSS and Monarchists 4 Serbia Centre – Bravo Novi Sad 4 People's Movement of Serbia – Ecological Uprising 4 Democratic Party, Movement of Free Citizens and Green–Left Front 4 Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – Dr Bálint Pásztor 3 Party of Freedom and Justice 3 Dr Vojislav Šešelj – Serbian Radical Party 3 Total 78
Latest election results
The previous election was held in 2020.
See also President of the City Assembly of Novi Sad Mayor of Novi Sad
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