Legal Department

• Close legal support for council and management meetings.
• Drafting legal opinions on fundamental and complex issues and on any legal question that arises.
• Advising all council divisions on the implementation of legal provisions and council decisions.

• Managing and representing the council in civil and administrative lawsuits and administrative petitions.
• Representing the authority before appeals committees, planning and building committees, and judicial tribunals.

• Drafting and reviewing tenders of all kinds and all of the council's contractual engagements.
• Legal support for infrastructure projects and urban development.
• Regulating contractual engagements with residents, government bodies, companies and contractors.

• Formulating and updating municipal bylaws adapted to the town's changing needs.
• Aligning municipal enforcement policy with changes in national legislation.

• Implementing work procedures to prevent conflicts of interest.
• Overseeing compliance with standards of integrity and administrative fairness.

By law, the legal office represents the council as a legal body and does not provide private legal advice to residents.

Nonetheless, the office is responsible for:

• Freedom of information: Supporting the council's authorized officer in handling requests for public information under the Freedom of Information Law, and providing any assistance required by the council employee handling these requests.
• Status regulation: Legal handling of cross-cutting matters affecting the welfare of all residents.

The council's legal advisor serves as the municipal prosecutor, filing indictments and appearing in court in offenses relating to the Business Licensing Law, the Maintenance of Cleanliness Law, the Law for the Prevention of Smoking in Public Places and Exposure to Smoking, the Compulsory Education Law, the Water Law, municipal bylaws, and other laws of a municipal nature within its authority, all by virtue of the authority granted to the municipal prosecutor by the Attorney General. The municipal prosecutor files indictments based on reports received from the various municipal departments and, in certain cases, also from the Israel Police. The authority to cancel parking tickets is likewise vested in the municipal prosecutor, by virtue of the same authorization from the Attorney General and subject to the Attorney General's guidelines.

We will be happy to assist you by appointment:

• Mobile: 052-2475029
• Public reception: By prior appointment only.