YEREVAN, JULY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The issues on the agenda of Yerevan Council of Elders July 6 special sitting regarded Yerevan's 2009 budget, the structure of the Mayor's Office, endorsement of the staff list of Mayor's Office and 12 administrative districts, and others. According to the report of Yerevan Mayor's Office Information and Public Relations Department, the 2009 Yerevan budget was endorsed on the basis of this year's budgets of the former communities. The rates of local duties set by former communal elders at the beginning of the year were also endorsed. According to the new structure of Mayor's Office, Yerevan Mayor has three deputies, the staff consists of 20 departments. The Council of Elders through voting endorsed Taron Margarian's appointment on the post of First Deputy Yerevan Mayor. Kamo Areyan and Vano Vardanian were appointed on the posts of the other two Deputies. The Council of Elders reaffirmed the acting order of legalization of unauthorized structures. Yerevan's advertisement and urban development zones of town significance were also established. According to Gagik Beglarian, the staff of Council of Elders factions and commissions will be approved at a regular session of Council of Elders to be convened in September as it is envisaged by the law On Local Self-Government in the City of Yerevan.

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