The functions and powers of a Zila Council shall be to:- approve bye-laws proposed by the District Government under this Ordinance; approve taxes proposed by the District Government on the subjects specified in Part-I of the Second Schedule of the Local Government Ordinance 2001; approve long term and short term development plans, annual and supplementary budgetary proposals of the District Government and, where required, intra-district fiscal transfers; approve annual budget of the Zila Council; elect committees of the Zila Council for monitoring the performance of the District Government; ensure the Monitoring Committees of the Zila Council perform their functions in a non-intrusive manner without interfering in the day to day working of the relevant offices of the District Government and do not assume a command and control role; review the Monitoring Committees' quarterly reports on the performance of the District Government; elect an Ethics Committee (Code of Conduct Committee) which shall be responsible for enforcing the code of ethics for regulating the conduct of the members of the Zila Council; elect an Insaf Committee which shall facilitate access of the people to the Member Inspection Team of the High Court for redressing their grievances; elect a Sports and Culture Committee which shall promote sports and cultural events in the district and youth participation in healthy pursuits; elect the members of the Zila Council for representation in the District Public Safety Commission; footnote elect a Zila Accounts Committee; constitute Farm Produce Market Committee under the relevant law; approve the proposals of the District Government for changes in the number of posts of officials and employees of the decentralised offices of District Administration and Tehsil Municipal Administration and Town Municipal Administration as part of the budget statement; approve posts for the office staff of Zila Nazim and staff of Zila Council but no post of advisor, special assistant, press or political secretary to the Zila Nazim shall be sanctioned or approved: make recommendations to the District Government for enhancement of the care of disabled persons, paupers, aged, sick, persons of unsound mind, abandoned minors, juvenile delinquents, drug dependants, abused children, needy and disadvantaged persons; authorise Zila Nazim, Naib Zila Nazim, Tehsil Nazim, Naib Tehsil Nazim, Town Nazim, Naib Town Nazim, Union Nazim, Naib Union Nazim and members of the Councils to receive honorarium, travelling and daily allowances from respective local funds but the honorarium and rates of travelling and daily allowances shall be fixed with the approval of the Government and any change thereof authorised by the Zila Council shall be applicable to the succeeding Nazims, Naib Nazims and members of the Councils. The Provincial Government shall accord approval within sixty days of receipt of proposals from a Zila Council failing which it shall be deemed to have been approved. review the performance reports of the District Government presented by Zila Nazim; review the audit reports of the Zila Accounts Committee; review measures for flood relief, and storm water drainage; and require the District Government to undertake measures for good governance and improvement in the delivery of services. In addition to the above functions the Zila Council in a City District shall perform the following functions, namely:- approve master plans, zoning, land use plans, including classification and reclassification of land, environment control, urban design, urban renewal and ecological balances; review implementation of rules and bye-laws governing land use, housing, markets, zoning, environment, roads, traffic, tax, infrastructure and public utilities; approve proposals of the District Government for public transport and mass transit systems, construction of express-ways, fly-overs, bridges, roads, under passes, and inter-town streets; approve development schemes for beautification of areas along rivers, * beaches and sea sides ( * not applicable in the case of Punjab and NWFP) review development of integrated system of water reservoirs, water sources, treatment plants, drainage, liquid and solid waste disposal, sanitation and other municipal services. In the case of a town in a City District, the Zila Council shall perform the functions of approval of such macro municipal plans as may be notified by the City District Government.

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