Bilbao City Council

Bilbao City Council
Bilboko Udala

Bilbao City Hall
Local government overview
JurisdictionMunicipality of Bilbao
Employees2,431 employees (2012)[1]
Annual budget€512.8 million (2014)[2]
Local government executive
Websitewww.bilbao.eus

The Bilbao City Council (Basque: Bilboko Udala) is the ayuntamiento of Bilbao (Spain). Its headquarter, the Bilbao City Hall, is located in the Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza. The city council is made up of an executive body and a normative municipal plenary. The executive body consists of the mayor and the Governing Junta of the Town of Bilbao (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno de la Villa de Bilbao). The council performs executive and administrative tasks, and functions in correspondence with the mayor. The junta consists of no more than nine people, its members can be appointed by the mayor.[3]

  1. ^ Sergio Eguía, «Vitoria, el Ayuntamiento vasco con más empleados», El Correo, 27 de enero de 2012.
  2. ^ «Bilbao tendrá en 2014 un presupuesto de 512,8 millones, un 12,7% más», El Mundo, 28 de octubre de 2013.
  3. ^ Bilbao City Council. "La Junta de Gobierno de la Villa de Bilbao: Naturaleza, Atribuciones y Organización". Retrieved 18 September 2014.