SECTION 206

(1) The mayor shall represent the council in acts of civil life and in court. As such, he shall, under the control of the council board, be responsible for: - preserving, maintaining and administering the council's property and assets, and performing all acts aimed at preserving such property and assets; - managing revenue, and supervising council services and accounts; - issuing building and demolition permits as well as land use authorizations; - preparing and proposing the budget, authorizing expenditure and prescribing revenue execution; - supervising council works; - ensuring the execution of development programmes funded by the council or implemented with its participation; - taking measures relating to council road networks; - concluding contracts and signing leases and tenders for council works, in accordance with the regulation in force; - signing, according to the same rules, deeds of sale, exchange, sharing, acceptance of gifs or legacies and transaction, where such deeds have been authorized by the council board; - taking all measures required to destroy animals declared harmful, where the owners or holders of the hunting right served with a prior formal notice fail to do so, in accordance with the laws and regulations in force and, as appropriate, requiring inhabitants having weapons and dogs used to hunt such animals to supervise and ensure the enforcement of such measures and prepare a report thereof; - ensuring environmental protection and, accordingly, taking measures to prevent or eliminate pollution and nuisances, ensure the protection of green spaces and contribute to beautifying the council; - appointing to council positions and, generally, implementing council board deliberations. (2) He shall be the council's authorizing officer.