City Council
The supreme decision-making body in the City of Rauma is the City Council with its 43 members. Council members and their deputies are elected in a municipal election held every four years.
Information about the council and decision-making
Council meetings
The City Council meets at the City Hall mainly on the last Monday of every month. The meetings are public and can be viewed live online on the city’s YouTube channel where recordings of past meetings can also be found.
Council desides
- key operational and economical objectives
- the basis for organizing of administration
- the basis for organizing the economy and funding
- the basics of internal control and risk management for the municipality and municipal corporations
- fees and payments collected from public services
- operational and economical objectives of the municipal corporations
- debt guarantees
- benefits for council members
Council chooses
- members of the City’s various boards and committees
- accountants
Council accepts
- the financial estimate
- financial statements and exceptions from liabilities
Minutes
- Displayed at Corporate Services, Information Management, Kanalinranta 3, Rauma
- On display after the first Friday after the meeting
Council groups
Seat distribution
- Social Democratic Party 18
- National Coalition Party 10
- Centre Party 6
- Finns Party 3
- Left Alliance 3
- Greens 2
- Christian Democrats 1
- In total 43
Chairpersons
- Council group of Social Democratic Party – Kalle Leppikorpi
- Council group of National Coalition Party – Sari Pettersson
- Council group of Centre Party – Jyrki Soukainen
- Council group of Left Alliance – Lotta Hatakka
- Council group of Christian Democrats – Sauli Ahvenjärvi
- Council group of Greens – Saara Haaslahti
- Council group of Finns Party – Jasmin Määttä