Ayuntamiento de Valladolid

The City Council of Valladolid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valladolid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body (ayuntamiento) of the municipality of Valladolid, Spain.

City Council of Valladolid
Ayuntamiento de Valladolid
TypeAyuntamiento
HeadquartersCasa consistorial, Plaza Mayor 1, Valladolid, Spain
Region
Valladolid
Mayor
Óscar Puente (since 2015)

Organization

Its organization regime is based on the Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulatory of the Bases of the Local Regime.[1] Integrated by the Mayor and the councillors, the ayuntamiento is charged with the government and administration of the municipality.[1] The Mayor, who holds the highest representation of the city, directs politics government and administration and presides over the whole corporation as well as the plenary.[1] The later is conformed by all the council members and it is tasked with adopting strategic decisions, overseeing the executive bodies and passing by-laws and regulations.[1]

Mayor

The Mayor is elected by the members of the plenary among its members the day the new municipal corporation is formed after the local election, and has a mandate for the 4-year duration of the elected body. Since 13 June 2015 the Mayor is Óscar Puente.[2]

City hall
City hall

The city hall is located at the Plaza Mayor, 1, in the city centre. Its construction started in 1892. The building, a work of Repullés y Vargas, was inaugurated on 19 September 1908, although by that time the construction was not yet finished.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Reglamento Orgánico del Ayuntamiento de Valladolid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Valladolid. Diputación Provincial de Valladolid. 13 December 2004.
  2. "Óscar Puente, un alcalde "del, por y para el pueblo"". Europa Press.
  3. "Día grande en el centenario del ayuntamiento". El Norte de Castilla. 19 September 2008.
  4. Quintana, Sonia (2 May 2016). "El edificio que sopla 108 velas". El Norte de Castilla.
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