Mayor Aliza Bloch has Formed the City's Coalition

At the end of last week, Mayor Aliza Bloch succeeded in forming an municipal coalition that includes 12 members at this time, and which is expected to soon expand to 13 after the expected resignation of the outgoing mayor Moshe Abutbul, who sits on the Agudath Israel representative's seat. The Agudath Yisrael faction has received: The Deputy Mayor of the City, the Chairman of the Planning and Building Subcommittee, the Licensing Authority, the Engineering Portfolio, the Chairman of the Water Corporation, the Deputy of the Education Portfolio, a portfolio of community activities and a Director in the Economic Company,.The Likud faction has received: Deputy Mayor, the Aliyah & Klita portfolio, the Tourism Portfolio, the Environmental portfolio, the Sports portfolio, and the Culture portfolio. Bayit Yehudi, which includes the Chabad representative, received control of the city's Religious Council.Bloch announced that she is also negotiating with the Degel Hatorah, Shas and Etz factions to create a broad coalition that will represent all the city's residents: "I am happy about the existing coalition and hope that in the next few days Shas and Etz flag will also be part of the broad coalition. And as part of our commitment, every representative in this coalition will represent all the residents of the city, and we are committed to equal opportunities for everyone with professionalism and responsibility.”The Degel Hatorah faction announced that, in consultation with the city's rabbis, it has decided not to join the municipal coalition at this stage, because there were not a significant amount of portfolios left that were commensurate with the amount of representatives voted in for that party. Declaration of allegiance to the members of the Council Delegating authority and approval of appointments, will be held at the first meeting of the Council to be held this week.