The Board of Directors of the Tivat Public Utility Company adopted a Decision at an electronic session on issuing a power of attorney to the Executive Director To Vučet Stanisić and thus prevented Komunalno from being "decapitated" and blocked at the dawn of the main part of the summer tourist season, caused by political disputes within the local ruling coalition.
The decision, as announced, was made in accordance with the possibility provided for in the Company's Statute.
"This decision overcomes the problem that arose because the decision of the Board of Directors on the election of Stanišić from November 27, 2025 was not included on the agenda of the Municipal Assembly, which prevented him from fully performing his duties. The procuration will be valid until the verification of the decision of the Board of Directors at the Assembly, when it is held," the Board of Directors announced.
As stated in the decision, the procurator is authorized to represent the Company in internal and external legal transactions, conclude contracts, sign acts and other business documentation, undertake legal and factual actions necessary for the regular and smooth operation of the Company, represent the Company before courts, state authorities, local government authorities, banks and other financial institutions, and undertake actions related to the financial operations of the Company, including signing payment orders, travel orders, business travel orders, documentation necessary for the fulfillment of the Company's financial obligations, as well as other actions necessary for the regular functioning of the Company.
On November 27th of last year, after conducting a competition, the Board of Directors of Komunalni chose and appointed the current executive director of the municipal company, Vučeta Stanišić, as director for a new four-year term. The only opponent to Stanišić in that competition was the current president of the Tivat Municipal Assembly and leader of the New Serbian Democracy (NOS). Miljan Marković.
However, after the Board of Directors did not elect him, Marković, from the position of president of the local parliament who should formally approve the decision of the municipal management to elect a new executive director, began to hinder the implementation of that procedure before the Parliament, even though the decision to elect Stanišić was submitted to the parliament in a timely manner.
Since the Tivat Municipal Council did not decide on this decision within the prescribed period, until the expiration of Stanišić's previous directorial mandate, the Mayor of the Municipality Željko Komnenović In order to ensure the continuity of the work of the Utility Company, using the powers under the Law on Local Self-Government, on January 26, the Board of Directors issued a decision approving the decision. In the meantime, however, the three-month validity period of Komnenović's act had expired, and the Utility Company was in danger of being left without an executive director.
"As the Municipal Assembly did not decide on the relevant Decision of the Board of Directors, and due to the termination of the Decision of the Mayor by force of law, a legal situation has arisen that may lead to the difficult or impossible legal representation and presentation of the Company. DOO Komunalno Tivat performs communal activities of public interest that must be carried out continuously and without interruption, including waste management, maintenance of public hygiene, funeral services and other activities of importance to the citizens and economy of the Municipality of Tivat, especially considering the upcoming tourist season," the Board of Directors stated yesterday.
They recalled the provisions of Articles 39 and 40 of the Municipal Statute, which "prescribe the announcement of a new competition, or the appointment of an acting executive director exclusively in the event that the Board of Directors does not appoint an executive director or when the Founder does not consent to the decision to appoint an executive director."
"Since in this specific case the Board of Directors timely adopted the Decision on the appointment of the Executive Director after the public competition, while the Founder did not adopt a decision refusing to grant consent, but did not act on the relevant Decision of the Board of Directors until the date of adoption of this Decision, the conditions for the application of the provisions of Article 39 and Article 40 of the Statute did not arise. The Board of Directors additionally took into account that the possible appointment of an acting Executive Director, as a temporary solution, in the existing circumstances could produce additional legal uncertainty regarding the registration and implementation of such a decision before the Central Register of Business Entities, taking into account the obligation to harmonize the organization and operations of the Company with the provisions of the new Law on Business Entities, as well as open issues regarding the status form and method of registration of the acting director in the transitional period. For the above reasons, and in order to prevent the blockage of operations and ensure the continuity of the Company's legal representation until the final decision of the Founder, the Board of Directors applied the authorization from Article 43 of the Statute," the explanation states.
Marković: I'm not delaying, there are already no councilors
Tivat Municipal Assembly President Miljan Marković denied that he was deliberately delaying the scheduling of a session of the local parliament, which, among other things, had to include a decision on approving the election of Stanišić as the new/old director of the Municipal Corporation, which Mayor Komnenović accuses him of. Marković announced that the only reason for not holding the April session of the Municipal Assembly was the announced absence of one of the councilors from the ruling coalition, without whom they would not have a majority to make decisions. He called out Komnenović and said that the mayor was to blame for “the fact that the Municipal Assembly session was not held for two months because you refused to attend the Assembly session and the discussion on the Report of the Commission for FC “Arsenal”, thereby blocking the consideration of other important points.”
"I would like to point out that we established this Commission together with all coalition partners of the government, so when your name was mentioned in a negative context in the text of the Report, you decided to boycott the work of the Assembly. Such an attitude does not befit a responsible attitude towards the citizens of Tivat who deserve to be publicly informed about how and in what way money is spent at Arsenal FC," Marković said to Komnenović.
"The Municipal Assembly must not be a flow-through boiler of personal and political interests, but a place where decisions are made in the interest of citizens, responsibly and transparently. That is why it is time to stop political maneuvers and substitutions of theses, and for everyone to return to their responsibility, because the citizens of Tivat can see very well who is working in their interests, and who is trying to cover up their own responsibility with political combinations," Komnenović replied to the president of the local parliament.
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