Metropolis Assembly

The Assembly is a legislative and control body of Metropolis GZM. It consists of representatives of all 41 member cities and communes.

The Assembly adopts resolutions regarding the manner, form and financing of projects related to the implementation of statutory tasks by the Metropolis. The Assembly also has a controlling function over the Management Board.

Resolutions of the Assembly are adopted by a double majority of votes. This means that a given project must not only get the majority of the votes of the statutory composition of delegates, but they must also represent more than half of the Metropolitan population.

Representatives of the Assembly elect the Chairperson and a maximum of three Deputy Chairpersons. The task of the Chairperson or, in their absence, the Deputy Chairpersons is to convene the sessions of the Assembly and to conduct them. The first session of the Assembly after local government elections is convened by the President of Katowice, who acts as the government’s representative for the Metropolis. Until the Assembly’s Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons are elected, the session is led by the oldest delegate.

The Assembly appoints an audit committee that oversees the legality, reliability, expediency and economy of the activities undertaken by the Metropolis and its organizational units.

A Disputes Committee also operates in Metropolis GZM. Its task is to find compromise solutions when at least one of the communes decides that a resolution adopted or proceeded by the General Assembly violates its interest. Other delegates may also join the objection raised by one commune. The Disputes Committee prepares an opinion and a proposal to solve this situation, which is later presented to all Assembly delegates.

Resolution initiatives can be brought up by at least 11 delegates of the Assembly, committees of the Assembly and the Management Board.

Bureau of the Metropolis GZM Assembly