THE SPECIFICITY OF THE POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODY OF THE MUNICIPAL FORMATION

The article is devoted to the analysis of the powers of the executive and administrative body of themunicipality. The local administration is a mandatory body in the structure of local self-government bodies,is headed by the head of the local administration on the principles of unity of command and has generalcompetence. The specifics of the legal status of the local administration is expressed in the fact that itspowers, unlike other local self-government bodies, are not directly regulated by federal legislation, theyare determined by the charters of municipalities. Since there are no general requirements and criteria fordetermining the powers of local administrations, this approach causes a number of problems that arise inpractice. This article provides suggestions and recommendations for their elimination.