Contraloría - Dictamen N° 61525 2014

La Contraloría considera que el concejo municipal puede revocar acuerdo de remoción de administrador si no fue formalizado, y no halla irregularidades en la adquisición de vehículo por funcionario vía subasta pública.

• Article 30 of Law No. 18,695 (Organic Constitutional Law of Municipalities) establishes that a municipal administrator can be removed by the mayor or by an agreement of two-thirds of the municipal council members.
• Municipal council decisions regarding administrator removal constitute 'agreements' which must be formalized through an alcaldic decree, as per Article 3, seventh paragraph, of Law No. 19,880 and Article 12 of Law No. 18,695.
• Contraloría jurisprudence, exemplified by Dictamen No. 36,929/2010, requires that the removal of a municipal administrator be perfected through a corresponding alcaldic decree registered with the Contraloría General.
• Article 61 of Law No. 19,880 allows administrative bodies to revoke their own acts, provided that such acts have not generated legally ...