Hello. This is a blog that tells the world about the structure of Japanese civil servants from Japan to the world.
This time, it is about the work contents of the mayor, how to be, and annual income.
This article is translated into English by a Japanese who is not fluent in English, so some expressions may be incorrect.
The "mayor" is the person who administers on behalf of the city.
The transfer of the central government's sovereignty to local governments is called "decentralization," and the mayor is the representative of the local government that performs "administration."
People who are in charge of local government administration work as local public servants through local public employment examinations, but the mayor is characterized by being decided by citizens' elections.
In addition, the mayor designs "gussets" so that residents living in the local government can live a safe and secure life, and corporations and companies that do business there can conduct business properly.
To do so, he has a lot of responsibility to think about how to use the city's budget, how to meet the needs of the residents, to provide leadership to the public servants who are responsible for the administration, and to interact with the members of Congress. I am in charge of the important role that determines the present and future of the city.
The job of the mayor is to conduct citizen-centered administration by collecting and improving problems and issues for municipal administration.
In order to create a better environment for citizens to live in, they may not only attend events and conferences held in and around the city, but also go onsite and conduct surveys.
In recent years, some municipalities have been promoting regional revitalization, creating a town where young people can easily live and revitalizing shopping districts.
If you have 10 citizens, each has 10 different ideas. One of the tasks of the mayor is to listen to such citizens and act equally and fairly.
The qualities as a leader that the mayor is required are as follows.
Do not act intuitively just because the citizens want it. Take a comprehensive look at whether you really need it, how to achieve it, and what other citizens are thinking before acting.
The mayor submits budget and ordinance proposals in Congress and answers questions from members of the City Council.
Congress has been held four times and has enacted budgets and ordinances that meet the needs of citizens, such as "reducing the number of children waiting to enter a nursery school" and "how to use taxes."
The mayor not only attends parliament, but also attends events in the city.
When you greet or participate in an event, you can connect with the public and hear the opinions of many people.
Is the mayor really the top of the city council? About "double representation system"
Local councils have adopted a "double representation system" in which the mayor in charge of administration and the city council overseeing it have different powers.
"Double representation system" is a system where a mayor and a member of the city council are separately elected. In each case, they are elected directly by the city residents and have different powers.
It is common to think that the mayor will lead the city council as a leader of the city council, which is incorrect.And since the mayor and members of the city council have different powers, it is correct to think that the relationship between the mayor and the city council is conflicting.
The mayor submits bills, such as budgets and ordinances, and has the authority to make personnel decisions, and the city council is responsible for overseeing the mayor's administration in parliament.
Also, the mayor will not be able to carry out the work he has proposed without the resolution of a council member.
Members of the city council sometimes point out the work of the mayor , monitoring whether the mayor is using his budget correctly and whether he manages the administration properly.
In this way, the mayor and the city council sometimes conflict and respect each other to create a better living environment for citizens.
First, the city council is where the mayor and members of the city council discuss.
The city council has two types of meetings. One is a regular meeting stipulated by the ordinance held four times a year, and the other is an extraordinary meeting where the chief announces the project and convene the city council members as needed.
Regular meetings are usually held around March, June, September and December.
Parliament usually starts around 9 o'clock and ends at about 17 o'clock, but may extend the time depending on the bill being considered.
In the city council, the mayor proposes a budget and administrative plan, and members of the city council discuss point of improvements and question about the plan.
Then, with the approval of the city council, the mayor can implement the budget and administrative proposals.
The term of the mayor is four years, as is the city council member.
However, city council members are not paid retirement benefits, but mayors are paid retirement benefits at the end of their four-year term.
The retirement allowance of the mayor is about 10 to 20 million yen.
The term of the mayor is set at four years, but if you win the election again, you can become the mayor.
For example, if you become mayor for the second consecutive term, you will be paid retirement benefits every four years.
As such, in some cases, the mayor receives retirement allowance more than once, a dispute may arise over whether the mayor needs retirement allowance.
For instance, in 2013, Mayor Kuninori Takechi of the Iyo City Council in Ehime Prefecture won the election with a promise to cut retirement allowance, and reduced the retirement allowance that would have been paid about 19 million yen to 22 yen.
In addition, former Mayor of Osaka City, Toru Hashimoto, applied for abolition of retirement benefits and addition to salaries in order to mitigate sudden increases and decreases in salaries, and had not received retirement benefits.
The term of mayor is set at four years, but if a "recall" is made, the person will be fired before the term expires.
A "recall" is a system in which voters can dismiss local government officials, who can offer to the Election Commission if they collect more than a third of their signatures.
Then, if the Election Commission determines that their offer is valid, a referendum will be held within 60 days. And if the majority of voters agree, the mayor loses his job.
But we cannot perform "recall" for one year after the mayor was elected.
To become the mayor, you must first run for mayoral election.
Japanese over the age of 25 can run for mayoral election regardless of their educational or professional background.
In other words, you can run without the experience of a city council member.
However, looking at the actual electoral situation of the mayoral election, it seems that many people have careers as city council members or city / prefecture officials.
The mayor must be trusted by citizens because it is a profession to achieve better citizen life.
If you do not have the experience of a city council member and want to win the mayoral election, it is important to rely on a person who has experience in municipal administration or participate in election volunteers and listen to the voices of those who have experience in municipal administration.
And, in order to run for the mayoral election, it is necessary to deposit 2.4 million yen in government-designated cities and 1 million yen in other cases as deposits with the Election Commission.
Deposit is money deposited to avoid irresponsible running, and will be refunded after the election if a certain number of votes are won in the election, and will be confiscated if the number of votes is not enough.
The Prime Minister, the leader of the Cabinet Office, is elected by a member of Parliament.
This method of choosing a Prime Minister is governed by the Constitution.
However, the mayor, who is the leader of the local council, is appointed by the "public election system" of direct election by the residents living in the city.
This is the same way as the US presidential election, where the presidential election is not a member of parliament, but a direct election by the residents to determine the president.
In the TV drama "The People's Enemy," Chiba is modeled and the city council is used as the location.
So, let's look at the mayor of Chiba City this time and see the salary of the actual mayor.
Mr. Toshihito Kumagai, the current mayor of Chiba City, has been the mayor for three consecutive terms since June 14, 2009.
Mayor Kumagai became the mayor at the age of 31 years and 5 months, and as of 2017, he is the youngest mayor in a government-designated city.
The mayor of Chiba City has a monthly salary of 1.04 million yen.
Term-end allowance is paid twice a year on June 1st and December 1st.
The term-end allowance is paid by multiplying the monthly salary by 4.30 months.
The retirement allowance is monthly salary x number of employments x 53/100, and approximately 33.7 million yen is paid per term of office.
Reference:
https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/somu/kyuyo/documents/2017_01kyuuyokouhyou.pdf
This time, I also introduced the role of the “mayor” and content of its work, and the income side such as annual income and retirement allowance.
The mayor is the person who acts as a citizen's leader and carries out the administration.
It is important to listen to the voices of many citizens and to have "action" and "compassion" to carry out.
Of course, knowledge and judgment to reflect the voice of the people in the administration are also essential.
This article is an English translation of the page of "Civil Service Research Institute", a Japanese web media that we run.
This article is the information surveyed or published as of December 15, 2017.
Please use the contents of this article at your own risk, taking into consideration their safety and usefulness.
The URL is https://koumu.in/articles/528
This time, it is about the work contents of the mayor, how to be, and annual income.
This article is translated into English by a Japanese who is not fluent in English, so some expressions may be incorrect.
What is the "mayor"? And what they do .
The "mayor" is the person who administers on behalf of the city.
The transfer of the central government's sovereignty to local governments is called "decentralization," and the mayor is the representative of the local government that performs "administration."
People who are in charge of local government administration work as local public servants through local public employment examinations, but the mayor is characterized by being decided by citizens' elections.
In addition, the mayor designs "gussets" so that residents living in the local government can live a safe and secure life, and corporations and companies that do business there can conduct business properly.
To do so, he has a lot of responsibility to think about how to use the city's budget, how to meet the needs of the residents, to provide leadership to the public servants who are responsible for the administration, and to interact with the members of Congress. I am in charge of the important role that determines the present and future of the city.
Work 1 of the mayor "Performing administration"
The job of the mayor is to conduct citizen-centered administration by collecting and improving problems and issues for municipal administration.
In order to create a better environment for citizens to live in, they may not only attend events and conferences held in and around the city, but also go onsite and conduct surveys.
In recent years, some municipalities have been promoting regional revitalization, creating a town where young people can easily live and revitalizing shopping districts.
If you have 10 citizens, each has 10 different ideas. One of the tasks of the mayor is to listen to such citizens and act equally and fairly.
The qualities as a leader that the mayor is required are as follows.
Do not act intuitively just because the citizens want it. Take a comprehensive look at whether you really need it, how to achieve it, and what other citizens are thinking before acting.
Work 2 of the mayor "congress"
The mayor submits budget and ordinance proposals in Congress and answers questions from members of the City Council.
Congress has been held four times and has enacted budgets and ordinances that meet the needs of citizens, such as "reducing the number of children waiting to enter a nursery school" and "how to use taxes."
Work 3 of the mayor "participation in event"
The mayor not only attends parliament, but also attends events in the city.
When you greet or participate in an event, you can connect with the public and hear the opinions of many people.
Is the mayor really the top of the city council? About "double representation system"
Local councils have adopted a "double representation system" in which the mayor in charge of administration and the city council overseeing it have different powers.
"Double representation system" is a system where a mayor and a member of the city council are separately elected. In each case, they are elected directly by the city residents and have different powers.
It is common to think that the mayor will lead the city council as a leader of the city council, which is incorrect.And since the mayor and members of the city council have different powers, it is correct to think that the relationship between the mayor and the city council is conflicting.
The mayor submits bills, such as budgets and ordinances, and has the authority to make personnel decisions, and the city council is responsible for overseeing the mayor's administration in parliament.
Also, the mayor will not be able to carry out the work he has proposed without the resolution of a council member.
Members of the city council sometimes point out the work of the mayor , monitoring whether the mayor is using his budget correctly and whether he manages the administration properly.
In this way, the mayor and the city council sometimes conflict and respect each other to create a better living environment for citizens.
About municipal assembly
First, the city council is where the mayor and members of the city council discuss.
The city council has two types of meetings. One is a regular meeting stipulated by the ordinance held four times a year, and the other is an extraordinary meeting where the chief announces the project and convene the city council members as needed.
Regular meetings are usually held around March, June, September and December.
Parliament usually starts around 9 o'clock and ends at about 17 o'clock, but may extend the time depending on the bill being considered.
In the city council, the mayor proposes a budget and administrative plan, and members of the city council discuss point of improvements and question about the plan.
Then, with the approval of the city council, the mayor can implement the budget and administrative proposals.
How long is the term of mayor?
The term of the mayor is four years, as is the city council member.
However, city council members are not paid retirement benefits, but mayors are paid retirement benefits at the end of their four-year term.
The retirement allowance of the mayor is about 10 to 20 million yen.
The term of the mayor is set at four years, but if you win the election again, you can become the mayor.
For example, if you become mayor for the second consecutive term, you will be paid retirement benefits every four years.
As such, in some cases, the mayor receives retirement allowance more than once, a dispute may arise over whether the mayor needs retirement allowance.
For instance, in 2013, Mayor Kuninori Takechi of the Iyo City Council in Ehime Prefecture won the election with a promise to cut retirement allowance, and reduced the retirement allowance that would have been paid about 19 million yen to 22 yen.
In addition, former Mayor of Osaka City, Toru Hashimoto, applied for abolition of retirement benefits and addition to salaries in order to mitigate sudden increases and decreases in salaries, and had not received retirement benefits.
What is a recall? You may need to quit the mayor before your term expires.
The term of mayor is set at four years, but if a "recall" is made, the person will be fired before the term expires.
A "recall" is a system in which voters can dismiss local government officials, who can offer to the Election Commission if they collect more than a third of their signatures.
Then, if the Election Commission determines that their offer is valid, a referendum will be held within 60 days. And if the majority of voters agree, the mayor loses his job.
But we cannot perform "recall" for one year after the mayor was elected.
How to become the mayor? Conditions for running for election.
To become the mayor, you must first run for mayoral election.
Japanese over the age of 25 can run for mayoral election regardless of their educational or professional background.
In other words, you can run without the experience of a city council member.
However, looking at the actual electoral situation of the mayoral election, it seems that many people have careers as city council members or city / prefecture officials.
The mayor must be trusted by citizens because it is a profession to achieve better citizen life.
If you do not have the experience of a city council member and want to win the mayoral election, it is important to rely on a person who has experience in municipal administration or participate in election volunteers and listen to the voices of those who have experience in municipal administration.
And, in order to run for the mayoral election, it is necessary to deposit 2.4 million yen in government-designated cities and 1 million yen in other cases as deposits with the Election Commission.
Deposit is money deposited to avoid irresponsible running, and will be refunded after the election if a certain number of votes are won in the election, and will be confiscated if the number of votes is not enough.
How to recruit the mayor is similar to the presidential election.
The Prime Minister, the leader of the Cabinet Office, is elected by a member of Parliament.
This method of choosing a Prime Minister is governed by the Constitution.
However, the mayor, who is the leader of the local council, is appointed by the "public election system" of direct election by the residents living in the city.
This is the same way as the US presidential election, where the presidential election is not a member of parliament, but a direct election by the residents to determine the president.
By the way, how much is the salary of the mayor of Chiba City?
In the TV drama "The People's Enemy," Chiba is modeled and the city council is used as the location.
So, let's look at the mayor of Chiba City this time and see the salary of the actual mayor.
Mr. Toshihito Kumagai, the current mayor of Chiba City, has been the mayor for three consecutive terms since June 14, 2009.
Mayor Kumagai became the mayor at the age of 31 years and 5 months, and as of 2017, he is the youngest mayor in a government-designated city.
The mayor of Chiba City has a monthly salary of 1.04 million yen.
Term-end allowance is paid twice a year on June 1st and December 1st.
The term-end allowance is paid by multiplying the monthly salary by 4.30 months.
The retirement allowance is monthly salary x number of employments x 53/100, and approximately 33.7 million yen is paid per term of office.
Reference:
https://www.city.chiba.jp/somu/somu/kyuyo/documents/2017_01kyuuyokouhyou.pdf
summary
This time, I also introduced the role of the “mayor” and content of its work, and the income side such as annual income and retirement allowance.
The mayor is the person who acts as a citizen's leader and carries out the administration.
It is important to listen to the voices of many citizens and to have "action" and "compassion" to carry out.
Of course, knowledge and judgment to reflect the voice of the people in the administration are also essential.
This article is an English translation of the page of "Civil Service Research Institute", a Japanese web media that we run.
This article is the information surveyed or published as of December 15, 2017.
Please use the contents of this article at your own risk, taking into consideration their safety and usefulness.
The URL is https://koumu.in/articles/528