{"id":13590,"date":"2018-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/ny-baejarstjorn-tekur-vid-i-dag\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:56","slug":"a-new-mayor-takes-office-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/ny-baejarstjorn-tekur-vid-i-dag\/","title":{"rendered":"A new town council takes office today."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councillors of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party<br \/>\nand independent parties in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur have reached an agreement to form a majority in<br \/>\nThe town council. The partnership is based on a programme for government which will be presented in more detail at<br \/>\nthe first meeting of the new town council at 17:00 today.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1g\u00fast Bjarni Gar\u00f0arsson will be chairman of the town council and<br \/>\nKristinn Andersen will become the mayor and then R\u00f3sa<br \/>\nGu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, leader of the Independence Party and outgoing chair of the town council, mayor<\/p>\n<p>The policy agreement of the new majority states, among other things:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main role<br \/>\nThe City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur provides residents and businesses with a wide range of services.<br \/>\ntag. Emphasis will be placed on further strengthening this aspect of the operation,<br \/>\nfrom the time the town is contacted until a decision is reached. Receipt<br \/>\nobjectives and matters, efficient and high-quality processing of them, a service-oriented guide<br \/>\nand support and timely processing will be prioritised. Consideration will be given to<br \/>\nto utilise interactive information technology for this purpose, but it is also important<br \/>\nthat the best service is available to all, whether it is sought after<br \/>\nby electronic means or otherwise. The aim is to provide excellent service.<\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve them<br \/>\nWork will begin on the objectives set by the majority of the newly-elected town council.<br \/>\nworking to analyse procedures and make recommendations for changes in working practices and<br \/>\nadministration. It is important that the town's administration follows up on and can support<br \/>\nContinuous development of operations and financial management and the increased emphasis placed upon them<br \/>\nwill be on service and efficiency.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B\u00e6jarfulltr\u00faar Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0isflokks og Frams\u00f3knar og \u00f3h\u00e1\u00f0ra \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i hafa gert me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samkomulag um meirihlutamyndun \u00ed b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rn. Samstarfi\u00f0 er byggt \u00e1 m\u00e1lefnasamningi sem kynntur ver\u00f0ur n\u00e1nar \u00e1 fyrsta fundi n\u00fdrrar b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnar kl 17:00 \u00ed dag. \u00c1g\u00fast Bjarni Gar\u00f0arsson ver\u00f0ur forma\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarr\u00e1\u00f0s og Kristinn Andersen ver\u00f0ur forseti b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnar og \u00fe\u00e1 ver\u00f0ur R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir oddviti Sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0ismanna og [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13590"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}