the elected members of the Corporation at the first meeting of the Corporation after a general election when the Mayor is also elected. The Chairman Job is to convene meetings of the Corporation and to preside over them like the speaker of the Legislature.
The Act provides for only a single statutory committee, the Municipal Accounts Committee. This consists of between five and seven persons who are elected by the members of the Corporation from amongst themselves in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote Members of the Mayor-in-Council are not eligible for being elected. this implies that this Committee is meant to be a separate statutory body to oversee the functions of the Mayor-in-Council from the point of view of accounts and audit The Committee may also include not more than two persons having special knowledge and experience in financial matters. They are to be nominated by the Corporation and they should not be members, officers or employees of the Corporation The essential job of this Accounts Committee is to examine the accounts by the auditors and to submit reports to the Corporation every year from time to time on the basis of such examination and scrutiny.
It is permissible on the part of the Mayor-in-Council to constitute other consultative committees for specific purposes. Each such committee will consist of not more than five elected members of the Corporation and its Job will be basically to advise the Mayor-in-Council in the discharge of his business
Another important feature of the new Act is the provision for a second tier administration in the form of borough committees. At the first meeting after a general election or as soon as may be, the Corporation has to group the wards of the Corporation into fifteen boroughs. Each borough consists of such number of wards as the Corporation may determine. Each borough committee will consist of the councillors other than the Chairman of the Corporation and the members nominated from amongst the elected members of the Corporation to form a panel of presiding officers to preside over the meetings of the Corporation in the absence of the Chairman. Also the members of the Mayor-in-Council are debarred from being members of the borough committees. A member of a borough committee representing a constituent ward will hold office for so long as he continues to be councillor representing such a ward. One of the members of each borough committee is elected as its Chairman. At the locality level each borough committee is expected to look after the purely local functions of the Corporation. the functions, as mentioned in the Act, relate to provision of water supply and sewerage and drainage connection to premises, removal of accumulated water on streets or public places due to rain or public places due to rain or otherwise, collection and removal of solid wastes, disinfections, provision of health and immunization services and bustee services, provision of lighting, repair of local roads, maintenance of parks, drains and gullies etc. Specified categories of officers and employees are to be assigned to a particular borough for the discharge of these functions. These officers and employees are to be assigned to a particular borough for discharge of these functions. These officers and employees are to function under the direction of the borough committee. The borough committee in turn has to function under the general supervision and control of the Mayor-in-Council. The design of the borough committee is motivated by the desire to create local administrative units that would easily be accessible to the citizens for their day-to-day
requirements. the new Act therefore, has introduced virtually a two-tier structure of municipal government in the city of kolkata In conformity with the requirement of the 74th Constitutional Amendment, the Corporation administration has been further decentralized by creating a third tier below the borough committees.To articulate local level problems and identify local issues, Ward Committee has been provided for in Committee has been provided for in every Ward or Electoral constituency. Each ward committee will have not more than 14 members and will function under the overall control of the Borough Committee