The first working session of the Zagreb City Assembly began on Thursday, and councillors will disscuss thirty items on the agenda, including the proposal by Mayor Tomislav Tomasevic to reorganise the City Administration and reduce the number of city offices from 27 to 16.

The club of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) disagrees with the proposal to reorganise the City Administration and has put forward as many as 13 amendments as it wants to keep the existing city offices, namely the Office for EU Programmes and Projects, the City Office for Health and the City Office for War Veterans.

One of the more important items on the agenda is the proposed conclusion that the City of Zagreb take out a short-term loan of HRK 400 million for a period of a year. Tomasevic proposed that Zagreb borrow money due to the tight cash flow situation which has been caused by a difference in the dynamics of fund inflow and the maturity of liabilities.

At the session, the HDZ and HSLS club in the assembly also intends to task Tomasevic with appointing members of the Supervisory Board and the Management Board of the Zagreb Holding multi-utility conglomerate within 30 days in according with the legal procedure, which means that councillors have to approve the appointment.

Another important item on the proposed agenda is the report on the Children’s Hospital Srebrnjak.

City Assembly Chairman Josko Klisovic said at the beginning of the session that 41 of 47 councillors were present.