CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

The President of the Executive Council has sole responsibility for administration. He delegates by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to each Executive Councillor. These delegations remain in force until revoked.

The President of the Executive Council is the head of the services of the territorial collectivity of Martinique. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate his signature in all matters to the heads of the said departments. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions provided by the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

The President of the Executive Council may, by order deliberated within the Executive Council, take any measure: 1° Tending to specify the terms of application of the deliberations of the Assembly of Martinique; 2° Laying down the rules for the organisation and operation of the services of the territorial collectivity of Martinique.

The President of the Executive Council shall appoint rural wardens in the cases and under the conditions provided for in article L. 2213-17.

The President of the Executive Council manages the local authority’s property. As such, he exercises the police powers associated with this management.

The Chairman of the Executive Board may take all protective measures and interrupt any lapse.

The President of the Executive Council brings legal actions on behalf of the territorial collectivity of Martinique by virtue of the decision of the Assembly and may, with the assent of the Executive Council, defend any action brought against the collectivity. He may, by delegation of the Assembly, be charged for the duration of his mandate with bringing legal actions on behalf of the collectivity or defending the collectivity in…

The President of the Executive Council, by delegation of the Assembly, may be entrusted for the duration of his term of office with taking any decision concerning the preparation, award, performance and settlement of contracts and framework agreements, as well as any decision concerning their amendments, when the appropriations are entered in the budget. The President of the Executive Council shall report to the next meeting of the Assembly on…

Where article L. 7224-19, the decision of the Assembly instructing the President of the Executive Council to award a specific contract may be taken before the award procedure for this contract is initiated. In this case, it must include a definition of the scope of the need to be met and the estimated value of the contract.

Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation delegating powers, the President may sub-delegate the powers conferred by the Assembly of Martinique, under the conditions set out in article L. 7224-12.