Reports on Environment and Urban Development for Alaverdy

GEO ALAVERDI: ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The municipality aims at creating more small playgrounds for children, in case if additional funding is available. 6. Description of the local self-government system The local self-government in the community is performed in accordance with the requirements of the RA law “On Local Self-Government”, through elected local executive bodies: the mayor and the Council of Elders that consists of 11 representatives. The municipality has 45 employees. The administrative management of the municipality consists of the mayor, his/her deputy, the advisor and the head of staff. The municipality includes departments on fi nance and on collection, as well as the professional staff (12 civil servants) and the technical service employees. The Government approved the list of municipality-managed assets as follows: kinder gardens - 6, • specialized schools - 3, • art houses - 3 • libraries - 2, • heating, water supply, sewage infrastructure and streets, • leisure park - 1, • open air playgrounds - 7, • administrative buildings - 2, • transportation means - 1, • museum – 1, • Sports school – 2. • third residential service units (RSU) of the municipality. In general, the residential fund is characterized as follows: number of employees: 38 apartments: The service of the residential areas of the city (rehabilitation of roofs, cleaning of chimney pipes, repair of water pipes, etc.) is performed by fi rst, second and

214,7 thousand m 2 197,0 thousand m 2

privatized residential areas: multi-apartment buildings:

183,

including: high-rise buildings:

22

emergency blocks:

3

Total number of apartments:

5568 5120

Number of privatized apartments

Besides the abovementioned, the municipality operates its “Alaverdi improvement” LLC for the general improvement of the city. The general improvement includes:

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