This is how the City of Seinäjoki functions

The Mayor of the City of Seinäjoki is Mr Jorma Rasinmäki.

The city’s highest decision-making power is vested in the City Council, whose 51 members are elected in a municipal election every four years. The tasks of the City Council include deciding on the bases for the economy and financing of the city. The Council also decides on the structure of the city administration: committees, offices and institutions, as well as on their authority. Also the elected officials and the key officeholders are appointed by the City Council.

The City Board (13 members) leads the city administration. Its task is to prepare the issues to be dealt with by the City Council and to take care that the decisions of the City Council are implemented. The City Board also takes care of the general development of the city and supervises its officeholders’ actions as well as the financial management of the city.

The City Council appoints the 13 committees for each municipal electoral period of four years. The committee prepares the issues connected with its own sphere of authority to be handled by the City Board or the City Council and takes care of the implementation of the decision. A committee’s task is to take care of the development of the activities, economy and organisation of its own sphere of authority, to set goals and to follow the results of the activities carried out, as well as to supervise and to monitor the planning and implementation relating to its own sphere of authority.

The Service Centres:

1. City Office
Administrative services (Head of City Office)
Development services (Director of City Development Department)
Financial services (Director of Finance)
2. Centre of Educational, Cultural and Leisure Services (Director of Educational, Cultural and Leisure Services)
3. Centre of Social And Health Services (Deputy Mayor)
4. Centre of Technology (Director of Technology)

Emergency Services Department of South Ostrobothnia/Etelä-Pohjanmaan Pelastuslaitos (Corporation)