An elected municipal council has the authority to issue regulations, decisions, orders and monitor all of this within the limits of its competence stipulated in the Municipalities Law promulgated by Decree-Law No. (35) of 2001, and in particular in Article No. (19) of the same law.
The council operates on a committee system, where it studies all requests and proposals received from members, citizens, ministries, and various civil society institutions through its specialized committees, which in turn prepare the necessary technical and specialized studies, and ultimately submit them to the municipal council to take decisions and recommendations regarding them and follow up on their implementation with the competent authorities.
The Council has internal bylaws that regulate the general provisions of the work in addition to the work system of the sessions and define the terms of reference of the committees in addition to the functions and work of the committees as well as the responsibilities and duties of the members towards work in the Council.